Spithead Collection

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Spithead Air Ferry to and from the island, winter fare seven shillings and sixpence return, seven services daily

1935 Kings Silver Jubilee Fleet Review
A panoramic view showing the berthing arrangements made for the Review of the Fleet at Spithead by King George V to celebrate his Silver Jubilee

The British Fleet - Spithead, 1914
Britains Bulwarks. The great fleet assembled at Spithead, Portsmouth - July 16th - 20th 1914 for King George Vs inspection, three weeks after the declaration of war against Germany

Spithead & Shoreham Air Ferries Poster
Poster, Spithead & Shoreham Air Ferries, showing a passenger plane G-ABVB above a map of the south coast. Save time, see more, give your holiday a flying start

Spithead panorama, ships on south side
Panorama of the Coronation Review: the left-hand section, showing ships on the south side. A Spithead panorama, looking west: home fleet battleships headed by the Nelson foreign warships

1889 photograph - RMS Teutonic - from an album of images relating to the launch of the vessel, which was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast

SS Berengaria Passing Spithead, 1935
Photograph of the Cunard Liner SS Berengaria passing through the lines of the British Fleet, assembled for the Spithead Review, on her homeward journey from New York

Turbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time

Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - Royal Spithead Hotel Date: circa 1909

A Japanese Man of War warship in the Spithead Review of 1902

Japanese Man of War battleship, Spithead Review in 1902

The Naval Review, Queen Victoria's Jubilee

RMS Titanic, May Collection, archive of ephemera
RMS TITANIC MAY COLLECTION, small archive of personal ephemera relating to Titanic passengers Richards and Stanley May. It includes a South Western Hotel luncheon menu from July 1914 for the Spithead

HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal)
Royal Navy - HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal) at A Spithead re in 1938. HMS Pegasus was re-named from the 1914 HMS Ark Royal seaplane carrier

Luncheon menu, Assembly of Fleet at Spithead, Southampton
South Western Hotel, Southampton, luncheon menu from 19 July 1914 for the Spithead Review, signed by Richard and Stanley May, in the May brothers personal archive of shipping items. Date: 1914

Small archive of May brothers personal ephemera
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, May Collection. Small archive of personal ephemera relating to Titanic passengers Richard and Stanley May

Aeroplane in Sea, Spithead
A British aeroplane had fallen into the sea at Spithead due to the bad weather and high winds. The plane can be seen getting towed away by R.A.F Auxiliary vessel Adastral. Date: 1925

Kamov Ka-27PS 60 Red
Russian Navy - Kamov Ka-27PS 60 Red (msn 88610), aboard the Russian destroyer Admiral Levchenko, during a Spithead Naval Review on 28 June 2005. Date: 2005

Royal Navy ships off Spithead, Hampshire. 1860

Memorial, at Portsea to the Crew of HMS Royal George
Memorial at Portsea to the Crew of HMS Royal George, sunk on the heel of Spithead on 29 August 1782. 1780s

Westland Wessex passenger aircraft G-ABVB, of the Portsmouth, Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation Co, also known as the Spithead Ferry. Date: circa 1932

Advert, Samson Barnett Diving Apparatus
Advertisement for Samson Barnett, Diving Apparatus Manufacturer to the Royal Navy. 1862

Queen Victorias farewell to the Duke of Wellington, 131 guns, Spithead, 11 March 1854. 1854

HMS Amphibian and HMS Lion, Spithead, July 1912
HMS Amphibian (naval aero-hydrople or seaplane) flying over the battle cruiser HMS Lion at Spithead, July 1912. Date: 1912

HMS Pegasus - ex HMS Ark Royal
HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal) at A Spithead re in 1938. HMS Pegasus was re-named from the 1914 HMS Ark Royal seaplane carrier, which saw action in WWI and in the 1920s She was re-named in 1934

Submarine A3 - sunk at Spithead in collision with HMS Hazard
A-class Submarine HMS A3 - sunk at Spithead in collision with HMS Hazard with the loss of all 14 lives on 2nd February 1912 - The HMS Hazard

Queen Elizabeth II - Coronation Naval Review at Spithead - greeting Commander of the Russian Cruiser Sverdlov - Monday, 15th June, 1953. Date: 1953

The King and his fleet, Spithead, July 1914 -- some 400 ships assembled in the Solent. Date: 1914

Demonstration of Britains sea power, Spithead, July 1914
The finest demonstration of Britains sea power ever seen, Spithead, July 1914. Date: 1914

French battleship Danton at Coronation Review, Spithead
French battleship Danton at the Coronation Review, Spithead. It was sunk by a German U-boat in March 1917. Date: 1911

The British fleet at Spithead
The British Fleet was concentrated at Spithead a fortnight before the outbreak of World War I. Twenty-two miles of warships ranging from Dreadnoughts to Destroyers passed in procession before King

Fairey Swordfish I of No 823 Squadron from HMS Glorious participating in the Coronation Review at Spithead on 20 May 1937. Date: 1937

Naval review at Spithead, Hampshire
King George V reviewing the British naval fleet at Spithead, Hampshire. The Fleet Review is a British tradition, in which the reigning monarch reviews the massed Royal Navy

Three latest naval types at Spithead, July 1914 -- HMS Iron Duke flagship, with airship and seaplane above. Date: 1914

Jubilee Naval Review - battery of searchlights of the fleet
Jubilee Naval Review - Spithead - battery of searchlights of the fleet - Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935. Date: circa 1908

Richard Kempenfelt
RICHARD KEMPENFELT Rear-Admiral : drowned when the Royal George refitting at Spithead, heeled over, taking with her 800 crewmen, tradesmen, women and children Date: 1718 - 1782

Spithead Review cartoon 1897
A cartoon by Tenniel at the time of the Spithead Naval Review in honour of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. A British lion rows young lions from the colonies - Australia, New Zealand

Captain J. E. T. Harper
Captain J.E.T.Harper of the Royal Navy, appointed Master of the Fleet for the Inspection of the Fleet by King George V at Spithead in July 1914 Date: 1914

Spithead panorama, ships on north side
Panorama of the Coronation Review: the right-hand section, showing ships on the north side. A Spithead panorama, showing battleships of the Mediterranean fleet headed by the Queen Elizabeth

Cruiser Southampton at Spithead by G. H. Davis
The cruiser visited at Spithead by the King as representing the new units in the Navy: the recently commissioned Southampton, a vessel of novel features, including 6-inch guns in triple turrets

Spithead Fort is one of the Martello Towers built in 1804 as a defence against the anticipated French invasion of England. They are retained as coastal defences Date: circa 1910

The Coronation Naval Review - Spithead - Royal Yacht Surprise passes HMS Superb on 15th June 1953. Date: 1953

Journey of HIJMS Ashigara from Japan to England - 1937
HIJMS Ashigara - left Yokohama on 3rd March 1937, arriving in Portsmouth on 9th May 1937, in order to take part in George VIs Coronation Review at Spithead on 20th May. Date: 1937

Coronation Naval Review at Spithead, 15th June 1953 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh on the Royal Yacht Surprise. Date: 1953

Sopwith Circuit Seaplane rebuilt in the form where it was inspected by King George V at the 1914 Spithead Naval Review. It later served in No 4 Wing RNAS. Date: 1914

Getting Under Way and Manning the Yards
The Grand Naval Review at Spithead : getting under way and manning the yards - a mighty warship. Date: 1856

Spithead Review - Diamond Jubilee
The spectacle of thirty miles of British war ships assembled at Spithead for a Naval Review on the Solent in honour of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in 1897

Spithead Review
Afloat with the British Royal Navy: A view of the White Ensign (flag) at Spithead, of the Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1930s

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