The site is the former VT Halmatic shipyard where many smaller Royal Navy warships, such as [1] Fast Patrol Boats and Corvettes were built.
With the sale of the Portchester site, they vacated the yard, bringing an end to the company's use of the area, consolidating operations at its Shipyard facilities in HMNB Portsmouth.
[citation needed] The site offers a wide range of space for marine businesses in buildings ranging from the massive 400 ft (120 m) main shed, probably the largest building of its kind on the south coast,[4] to smaller individual business units including office space, housing many companies, overlooking Port Solent Marina.
Owned and operated by Premier Marinas' the companies friendly, highly trained dry stack team is capable of lifting two boats every 10 minutes using one of the three 42 tonne forklifts, all of which include telescopic cameras to provide advanced visibility, allowing the team to lift boats up 65 foot and down 25 foot.
Trafalgar Wharf can accommodate up to 380 boats, making it the UK's largest indoor dry stack facility.