Foreign vessels have also visited the city over the years, including a historic trip by US aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman back in 2018.
We have had a look back through our picture archive, and Getty Images, to find some historic pictures of Royal Navy and foreign aircraft carriers visiting Portsmouth over the years.
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![The Nimitz-class ship, launched in 1998 and carries more than 70 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, arrived in the Solent for a five-day stay.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmNiMjBjY2NkLWQyYTgtNDBkOS05YWRkLTU4ODE5NmRjNmE0Mjo4ODFhNTM5NS04Njg2LTQ5YzctYWY4Mi0zOWRhMmE1M2RlMjA=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
17. USS Harry S. Truman
The Nimitz-class ship, launched in 1998 and carries more than 70 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, arrived in the Solent for a five-day stay.Photo: The News archive
![Naval officers check the new mirror deck landing aid for aircraft on HMS Victorious after the warship was extensively reconstructed and modernised in January 1958, while HMS Victory sits in her dry dock as a museum ship.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjY4ODQ4ZTFiLTRiMWYtNDBjMi1hY2I1LTYxOGZlNTg1OGYxNDo4OWEwZWM1NS05MjE3LTQ2MzctYTczOS05OTZiY2UxZWExMGE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
18. HMS Victorious and HMS Victory
Naval officers check the new mirror deck landing aid for aircraft on HMS Victorious after the warship was extensively reconstructed and modernised in January 1958, while HMS Victory sits in her dry dock as a museum ship.Photo: The News archive
![A Fleet Air Arm de Havilland DH 110 Sea Vixen, twin boom, twin-engined two-seat jet fighter of 899 Naval Air Squadron on the flight deck of HMS Eagle during exercises in the English Channel on 3 June 1969.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU2ODgzOTVjLTEwN2QtNDNkZC05YmE1LWVkYjFmNmIwMmJhZDo4ZWQ1OGNmOC0yNDBmLTQwZWUtODg3Ni03YWE5ODJkNTY2NDU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
19. HMS Eagle
A Fleet Air Arm de Havilland DH 110 Sea Vixen, twin boom, twin-engined two-seat jet fighter of 899 Naval Air Squadron on the flight deck of HMS Eagle during exercises in the English Channel on 3 June 1969.Photo: The News archive
![Sightseers take photographs of the US warship USS Harry S. Truman, anchored in the Solent on October 8, 2018 near Portsmouth.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUzMTIzNmE1LTgwZjktNGZhMi1iOWMzLTM3Y2NjNWJkNDc3ZTozYjc0MGUzYS01ZmE1LTQ5MTctODEwNi03YTk0ZDM2OTkxODA=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
20. USS Harry S. Truman
Sightseers take photographs of the US warship USS Harry S. Truman, anchored in the Solent on October 8, 2018 near Portsmouth.Photo: The News archive