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1935 Kings Silver Jubilee Fleet ReviewA panoramic view showing the berthing arrangements made for the Review of the Fleet at Spithead by King George V to celebrate his Silver Jubilee
Naval Battle 1782Off St Lucia, West Indies, Rodney attacks de Grasses fleet and breaks the French line, resulting in a fine victory
H. M. S. WarspiteAn overhead view of H.M.S.Warspite during the Battle of Cape Matapan. Warspite was a veteran British Queen Elizabeth class battleship which had taken part in the Battle of Jutland in World War I
USS Monitor and CSS Virginia ironclad naval battleTerrific Engagement Between the USS Monitor with 2 Guns, and the CSS Virginia (aka Merrimac) with 10 Guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The First Fight between Ironclad ships of War
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1920), pictured in uniform at Admiral of the Fleet. Date: 1953
HMS Barham, British battleship, Scapa FlowHMS Barham, a Queen Elizabeth class battleship, launched 1914, served during the First and Second World Wars, sunk by a German U-boat 1941. Seen here with the Fleet in Scapa Flow, Scotland
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, Fleet Street, London. Date: circa 1935
Fairey Swordfish Torpedo-Bomber; Second World War, 1941Painting showing a Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bomber-reconnaissance airplane flying over a British destroyer (bottom centre) and the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (back right), 1941
WW2 recruitment poster, Join the Wrens (Womens Royal Naval Service) and free a man for the Fleet. Printed for HMSO. Date: circa 1940
British aircraft camouflage, 1941British aircraft camouflage, showing how the colours appear to merge into their surroundings, 1941. Date: 1941. Aircraft include Blenheim Bomber, Hudson Bomber, Wellington Bomber, Skua Bomber
The British Fleet - Spithead, 1914Britains 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
British Royal Navy FleetThe British Empire on the Sea - the Royal Navy depicted en masse during the reign of King George V (1910-1936). Date: circa 1912
Model T FordsAutomobile (Cars). Fleet of four Model T Fords parked outside behind a building for salesmen of Peter Doelgers Healthful Beverage
Daily Telegraph - printing room 1900Daily Telegraph, printing room in Fleet Street, London. Date: 1900
King George V - Scenes of the British EmpireOne King, One Flag, One Fleet, One Empire - inset portrait of King George V (1865-1936) surrounded by images of the varied animals and wildlife of the British colonial territories (4/4)
The Last Man, Hans Bohrdt - Propaganda - German navy officerIn 1915 Hans Bohrdt created his most famous illustration which is called " The Last Man". The image shows a German navy officer holding up a German flag as his ship sinks because he would
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe - British Royal Navy - WWIAdmiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935) - British Royal Navy - WWI. Commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland
Imperial Airways Poster, four types of planeImperial Airways Poster, showing four types of plane, with cutaway drawings of interiors of each class -- Heracles and Hannibal, Scylla, Atalanta, and Scipio. 20th century
Fishing boats entering the harbour at Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk. Britain was once described by a politician as " built on coal and surrounded by fish"
A Dreadnought firing her great guns. Date: circa 1910s
Spanish Armada - Golden Lion attacks Santa AnaAn Armada episode, the Golden Lion attacking the Santa Ana of the Spanish Armada on 25 July 1588. Date: 1588
How to recognise rank in the Royal Navy-a wartime advert for Dunlop fort tyres. Date: 1941
Fairey Gannet AEW-3Royal-Navy 849 Squadron B Flight Fairey Gannet Aew-3 Taking-Off Operating on Aircraft-Carrier Hms Ark Royal R09 Using the Catapult System Date: 1974
The old and new forms of Accringtons Trams - the older steam tramcar from 1886 (top) dubbed the Baltic Fleet and (below) the new modern electric car - the Flying Squadron ! Date: 1907
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
The Harbour - Wick, ScotlandThe Harbour - During the Fishing Season (in the summer) - Wick, Scotland Date: circa 1910s
The Terra Nova of Scotts Antarctic ExpeditionThe ship Terra Nova - the vessel used by Robert Falcon Scott (1868 -1912) for his South Polar Expedition in 1911-12. Built originally for the Dundee whaling and sealing fleet (launched 1884)
King Edward VIII as Admiral of the Fleet by John St. HelierKing Edward VIII (1894-1972), later Duke of Windsor, painted by John St. Helier Lander in the robes of Admiral of the Fleet and as Sovereign of The Order of the Garter
Wouldn t you like to just sail away? Theres a fabulous Union-Castle / Safmarine mailshipWouldn t you like to just sail away? Theres a fabulous Union-Castle/Safmarine mailship leaving a South African port every week. Date: circa 1970s
King George V - Scenes of the British EmpireOne King, One Flag, One Fleet, One Empire - inset portrait of King George V (1865-1936) (1/4). Date: circa 1911
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
GARNERAY, Louis (1783-1857). Naval Battle of Navarino. ca. 1827. Greek War of Independence (1821-1832). Battle of Navarino, October 20th, 1827. Victory of the British and French fleet on the ottoman
Lowestoft, Suffolk, Herring Drifters off the Fishing Grounds Date: circa 1920s
GLC-LFB appliance fleet -- Emergency TenderThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
GLC-LFB appliance fleet -- a foam tenderThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
The fleet protects the nation - Prudential Life Insurance protects the home. Illustration shows a fleet of steam-powered warships sailing past the Rock of Gibraltar labeled The Prudential has
HMS Iron Duke, British battleship, launched 1912, served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, used as a base ship at Scapa Flow during the Second World War
Captain Collins of Brighton, with his familyCaptain Fred Collins of Brighton, who ran three pleasure boats called the Skylark and was a familiar figure on Brighton Beach for sixty years
Royal Proclamation 1914Proclamation by King George V calling for men for the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Fleet Reserve, and for officers and men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Nelsons last signal at Trafalgar, 21 October 1805At the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, Nelson gives his famous last signal England expects that every man will do his duty
King George V as Admiral of the Fleet, c. 1930Photographic portrait of King George V of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1865-1936), pictured wearing his Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet Uniform, c.1930
Spanish Armada DefeatedThe Spanish Armada is defeated by the sailors of the English fleet in the Channel
Admiral Philip Louis VianA portrait of Admiral Philip Louis Vian, Commander-in-Chief, Royal Navy Home Fleet. Born in 1864, Vian had served on several Royal Navy ships during World War I
German Seaman chatting up a Chinese girlGerman Seaman (with his battleship visible in the rear of the shot) chatting up a Chinese girl
Mr Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty with Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, First Sea Lord
Battle of GibraltarThe battle of Gibraltar : a Dutch fleet finds the Spanish fleet in the bay of Gibraltar, and completely destroys it
Whitby FishermenA fishing fleet of Scottish Drifters in Whitby harbour, Yorkshire, England