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Royal Navy recruitment poster. Stokers required, no previous experience necessary, age 18 to 25 years. Apply to the Royal Navy Recruiting Office, Naval Base, Great Yarmouth
Skegness is SO Bracing by John HassallSkegness is SO Bracing - the famous poster featuring the jolly fisherman designed for the East Coast seaside town by artist John Hassall. Date: 1908
HMS Worcester, Greenhithe, Kent -- Merchant Navy training vessel. Date: circa 1946
Join the Royal Marines PosterJoin the Royal Marines recruitment poster for the navy
Le Touquet Paris-PlageTourism poster from French railway Chemin de Fer du Nord for Le Touquet on the coast of north-western France, the beach of Paris
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston circumnavigates the globeSir Robin Knox-Johnston and his 32-foot ketch Suhaili, after completing a 312-day non-stop single-handed voyage around the world
Sailor Slice tinned fishAn advertisement for Sailor Slice tinned salmon. A tin of the stuff is held up by an old fisherman - Fine!
Propaganda poster: careless talk costs livesSecond world war propaganda poster warning people that careless talk costs lives. Tell nobody -- not even her
Britains New Navy in Training - HMS Raleigh. circa 1930s
Girl with SchipperkeA small girl in a sailor suit poses with her schipperke
WW2 poster, The British Commonwealth of Nations Together. 1941
Consequences, illustration by William Heath RobinsonConsequences -- How the thoughtlessness of a butterfly seriously affected a bishops corn, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
Sinbad The Sailor. Middlesbrough Date: 1970s
Players Navy CutAdvertisement for Players cigarettes, with an updated portrait of the original sailor
Carrier deck of HMS Warrior aircraft carrierView of the carrier deck of HMS Warrior (R31) aircraft carrier at Kure, Japan, with crew lined up and a Sea Fury plane. Date: 1953
Carr and Co biscuits
The Fat Boy of Peckham and his fatherJohn Trundley, or sometimes, Trunley (1898 - 1944), known as the Fat Boy of Peckham appearing with his father on the front cover of The Tatler magazine in 1903 when he was aged five
Horatio, Lord NelsonCircular portrait of legendary British naval commander Horatio, Lord Nelson (1758 - 1805) surrounded by scenes depicting his death on the deck of the flagship HMS Victory
The House That Jack Built, by G. Grenville MantonA colour illustration portraying a sailor showing a little boy how to build a house of playing cards
JACOBs STAFFA sailor uses a Jacobs Staff to calculate the angle between a star and the horizon
WW1 poster, Enlist in the Navy, All Together - Allied sailors of six nationalities. Date: 1917
Ships trapped in Suez Canal, Six-Day WarFifteen ships trapped in the Suez Canal as a result of the Six-Day War (5-10 June 1967) between Israel and Egypt. Although the war was short
Poster encouraging people to eat more fishPoster encouraging people to Eat More Fish. More than half the catch is sold as fried fish. A range of people, including two children, in a fish and chip shop
Save Food / Wwi PosterA First World War poster encouraging people to save food, featuring a sailor about to embark for war on a battle ship
Naval Captain 1800A captain of the Royal Navy stands on the taffrail, on the poop deck of his vessel
Advertising card for Singer Sewing Machines - showing a good patriotic wife using her sewing machine to produce a white ensign for a Royal Naval Seaman husband. Date: circa 1916
The Rocky Twins dressed as sailors, late 1920s late 1920s
German Seaman chatting up a Chinese girlGerman Seaman (with his battleship visible in the rear of the shot) chatting up a Chinese girl
Advert / Navy Cut CigsPlayers Navy Cut Cigarettes - A Fine Tobacco
King George V at Cowes Week, Bystander front cover 1927A portrait of King George V (1865 - 1936), in a sailors outfit for Cowes Regatta, which he was attending in 1927. Looking a little like hes had one too many sherries. Date: 1927
Training Ship Exmouth, dumb bell drillUniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth perform dumb bell drill. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment
Boys Band, Training Ship IndefatigableThe Boys Band of the Training Ship Indefatigable pose for their photograph in a field, near a tent -- probably at a local fete where they were performing
Issuing Grog to NavyOn deck on the Royal Sovereign ship: sailors are issued with grog, a mixture of rum and water
Training Ship Exmouth, full crewFull group photo of the crew of the Training Ship Exmouth. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment for pauper children
Sailors rescued by fishing boat during First World WarTorpedoed sailors are rescued by a Brixham fishing boat, aptly named the Providence, during the First World War
The Rocky Twins in London, 1929The Rocky Twins dressed as sailors in London, April 1929 1929
Ws Gilbert / SambourneWILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright and collaborator with Sullivan, satirised for his love of the sea and sailing
Horatio, Lord Nelson Sailor
Ataturk and Amanullah Khan in a rowing boat - 1928Exceptionally rare postcard from May 1928 showing Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (18811938), President of Turkey, pictured in a rowing boat with the Sovereign of Afghanistan
Furling the Sails Victorian period
Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly CarteRetro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s
Fisting the Mainsail by Arthur BriscoeSailing clinging on to a ships mast to fix the mainsail. Date: 1931
Tatler cover - Gabrielle Chanel & Alain GerbaultFront cover of The Tatler featuring a snapshot taken at Eaton Hall, Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, where Alain Gerbault, captain of the Firecrest and French lawn tennis star, was staying
Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC)Greek art. Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC). Marble relief depicting a warrior sitting sad and meditating on the stern of a ship. Beside him, his helmet and shield
Royal Navy sailor with Union Jack and Red Ensign flags. circa 1900
Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Jack Tar the SailorHappy Families Playing Cards Mr Jack Tar the Sailor. late 19th century
Decorated Christmas tree with toys and food below. Date: circa 1890s
Patriotism in a British home, WW1A cosy scene in a British home showing a young man (possibly a wounded sailor?) displaying a Union Jack flag to the rest of his family