Arethusa Collection

Training Ship Arethusa II
Training Ship Arethusa - sometimes referred to as Arethusa II since it replaced the original long-serving Arethusa in 1933. Date: circa 1930s

Compass Drill, Training Ship Arethusa, Greenhithe, Kent
A group of boys aboard the Training Ship Arethusa receiving compass instruction. The ship received boys aged 13-16 from a variety of poor backgrounds, including the workhouse

Knotting Class, Training Ship Arethusa, Greenhithe, Kent
A group of boys aboard the Training Ship Arethusa receiving knotting and splicing instruction. The ship received boys aged 13-16 from a variety of poor backgrounds, including the workhouse

HMS Aurora, British light cruiser
HMS Aurora (12), British Arethusa class light cruiser. Date: circa 1940s

HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, with destroyers, WW1
HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, launched 1913, served in various locations during the early part of the First World War, damaged by a mine off Felixstowe and wrecked 1916

Shaftesbury and Arethusa Boys Homes, Royston, Hertfordshire
The Shaftesbury & Arethusa Boys Homes at Royston, Hertfordshire, were set up by the National Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children, founded in 1843 by William Williams

Naval Cadets Hornpipe
Naval cadets learning the Hornpipe onboard the HMS Arethusa, the cadet training ship

HMS Galatea, British light cruiser
HMS Galatea (71), British Arethusa class light cruiser. Date: circa 1935

HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, WW1
HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, launched 1913, served in various locations during the early part of the First World War, damaged by a mine off Felixstowe and wrecked 1916

Kew Gardens, with Pagoda
A View of the Lake & Island seen from the Lawn with a distant prospect of the Temples of Arethusa and Victory, & the great Pagoda in the Royal Gardens at Kew

Training Ship Arethusa
Boys in naval uniform exercise on the training ship Arethusa, moored on the Thames at Greenhithe and run by the National Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children

Advertisement for Shaftesbury Homes
An advertisement for The Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa Training Ship. Announcing the acquisition of Esher Place, the location of a girl's school

Common glider, original club-dot sailer and smoky orange tip
Common glider butterfly, Cymothoe caenis, male 1, 2, original club-dot sailer, Neptis melicerta 3, 4, and smoky orange tip, Colotis euippe omphale 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Cracker butterfly, Hamadryas arethusa, Panara
Cracker butterfly, Hamadryas arethusa, upper side 1, under side 4, Panara jarbas 2, and Symmachia menetas eurina butterfly 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Dragons mouth, Arethusa bulbosa
Dragons mouth or bulbous arethusa, Arethusa bulbosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by P. Syme for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine

America - At sea
The Saucy Arethusa And The Belle Poule Date: 1777

KEW GARDENS C1770
A View of the Lake & Island seen from the Lawn with a distant prospect of the Temples of Arethusa and Victory, & the great Pagoda in the Royal Gardens at Kew Date: circa 1770

NAVAL COMBAT
Naval combat between the Saucy Arethusa and the Belle Poule Date: June 1778

TS Arethusa - Compass instruction
Boys receive compass instruction aboard the training ship Arethusa, moored at Greenhithe, Kent Date: 1917

TS Arethusa - Steering instruction
Boys learning to steer aboard the training ship Arethusa, moored at Greenhithe, Kent Date: 1917

New Arethusa and old figurehead, Upnor, Kent
The new Training Ship Arethusa on the Thames off Upnor. Ashore is the preserved figurehead of its scrapped predecessor. Date: circa 1935

Boys Leaving the old Training Ship Arethusa at Greenhithe
Sailor boys from the Training Ship Arethusa leave the old vessel for the last time, following its replacement by a new ship in 1933. Date: 1933

Sinking of the Blucher in Great War Deeds, WW1
A dramatic incident in the Battle of Dogger Bank: the German armoured cruiser Blucher sinking and HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, standing in to save life

Four portraits for an exhibition by Madame Yevonde
Goddesses and Others -- four portraits for an exhibition by Madame Yevonde at her studio in Berkeley Square, London. From top left, clockwise, they are: Arethusa (Lady Bridget Poulett)

HMS Penelope, British light cruiser, WW1
HMS Penelope, British Arethusa-class light cruiser, launched 1914, served with the 5th LCS (Harwich Force) during the early part of the First World War, decommissioned 1924

Training Ship Arethusa, Greenhithe, Kent
The training ship Arethusa and Chichester operated by the National Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children, a charity founded in 1843 by William Williams

Air Chief Marshal Tedder and Admiral Ramsey, WW2
D-Day + 10, Air Chief Marshal Tedder of the RAF (1890-1967) and Admiral Ramsey of the RN (1883-1945), on board HMS Arethusa, June 1944. 1944

Prince of Wales inspecting boys from Training Ship Arethusa
The Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII, inspecting boys from Training Ship Arethusa, an establishment of which he was a longstanding supporter. Date: 1930s

Inauguration of New Training Ship Arethusa
Inauguration ceremony in July, 1933, for new Training Ship Arethusa which had replaced a previous vessel of the same name which had been scrapped. Date: 1933

Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa Boys with Dinghy
Boys carry the dinghy Prince George donated by Edward VIII to the Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa in 1936. Date: 1936

HMS Arethusa, British cruiser, Canada
HMS Arethusa, British Leander class protected cruiser, seen here at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Date: circa 1902

Commodore R Y Tyrwhitt of the Arethusa, WW1
Commodore (later Admiral of the Fleet) Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt (1870-1951), British naval officer. As Commodore of the Arethusa

Vickers Type 951 Vanguard G-APEG Arethusa of BEA
Vickers Type 951 Vanguard, G-APEG, Arethusa, of BEA shortly after take-off. 1961. Date: 1961

HMS Aurora, British light cruiser with mines, WW1
HMS Aurora, British Arethusa-class light cruiser, launched 1913, served in various locations during the First World War, decommissioned 1918. Seen here with mines lined up along her quarter deck

Arethusa to a Fountain
Hotly pursued by the river-god Alpheus, Arethusa flees to Ortygia, island near Syracuse, where Artemis/Diana transforms her into a fountain, but Alpheus joins her as a river

Priscilla Kemble - 1
PRISCILLA KEMBLE (nee Hopkins) actress, later wife of John Philip Kemble : in the role of Arethusa in Beaumont & Fletchers Philaster

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