Fleet Collection (page 4)

Turkish Warship - Sultan Selim I

Boswell and Johnson walking down Fleet Street, London
Engraving showing Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell walking, arm in arm, along Fleet Street in London

Invasion Plan / Tunnel
When Napoleon contemplates an attack on England, a tunnel beneath the Channel is one of his options, though it is unlikely he seriously considers it

Midshipmens Mess
Midshipmen eat, read and study in their mess on the Royal Navy warship Caesar

Mackerel Fishing / 1847
The Brighton Boats fishing for mackerel

Fleet St / Temple Bar 1875
Temple Bar in Fleet Street before its removal

Steamship berengaria be
Passenger ship on the Atlantic crossing, at this time the largest liner in the Cunard fleet

Edward Vii / French Fleet
Edward VII welcomes the visit of the French fleet to Portsmouth - an outward expression of the growing rapprochement between the two countries

Iphigenia Not Sacrificed
Agamemnon is about to sacrifice his daughter so the Greek fleet can get under way to Troy, but Diana substitutes a deer at the last minute, and spirits her off to Tauris

FAIREY FLYCATCHER
This is the main fighter used by the British Fleet Air Arm during the 1920s : depicted is the seaplane version, in which floats replace the undercarriage

Cromwells Watch
POCKET WATCH with chain, made by John Midnall of Fleet Street, London, and carried by Oliver Cromwell, enabling him to be punctual for battles and other activities

Viking Ships (Liebig)
A fleet of Viking ships using sail and oars

Battle of Portland 1653
BATTLE OF PORTLAND (Three-days battle), 1st Anglo-Dutch War. Robert Blake & fleet of the Commonwealth of England attack Dutch under Maarten Tromp who suffered heavy losses

Wellingtons Funeral
The Civic Authorities in the Duke of Wellingtons funeral procession passing down Fleet Street, London & the offices of Punch. The road is flanked by armed soldiers

Scapa Flow: German Ships
Surrendered battleships and cruisers of the German fleet at Scapa Flow

Events / Greece
At SALAMIS, the Greek fleet of 370 vessels defeats the Persian fleet of 1000+, thus forcing Xerxes to cancel his plan to invade Greece

Battle of Actium / 31 Bc
CLEOPATRA VII Ruled 58-55 BC The Battle of Actium, Cleopatra directs her fleet against the Romans commanded by Octavian

Hawker Hunter FGA. 74 505
Singapore Air Defence Command - Hawker Hunter FGA.74 505 (msn 41H/680085, ex XJ632 and G-9-356), on the line with armourers preparing the ADEN gun pack for removal

Supermarine Seagull ASR-1 Type 381 prototype 1948
Supermarine Seagull ASR-1 Type 381 First Prototype in 1948 Date: 1948

Supermarine Scimitar
Royal Navy 807 Squadron Supermarine Scimitar Flying in a Steep-Turn above Cloud Date: 1959

BAE Sea Harrier FRS-2
Royal-Navy Rn Bae Sea Harrier Frs-2 with Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (Amraam) Flying Enroute Date: 1990

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Tudor houses on the corner of Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, 1789. External specimen of the Grotesque Bracketed Front and Projecting Stories of the reign of Edward VI. Demolished 1799

Nelson turns a blind eye - Battle of Copenhagen
Admiral Lord Nelson ignoring the signal from Sir Hyde Parker to stop fighting. He is looking though his telescope with his blind eye (popularising the phrase to turn a blind eye )

British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS. 1 XZ451
Fleet Air Arm - British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS.1 XZ451 (base code R, call sign 005) of 801 Naval Air Squadron, embarked on HMS Ark Royal. Date: 1990

United States Marine Corps - Douglas C-117D Skytrain 50835 (msn 43321, unit code WZ, call-sign 835 ) in 1963-65(WZ is tail-code for AIRFMFPAC - Air Fleet Marine Force)

Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K. 2 XH561
Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K.2 XH561 of No.50 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath for an air display. After the Falklands conflict, the Victor K.2 fleet was fast approaching their fatigue limits

Fleet Air Arm - Supermarine Seafire F. XVII
Fleet Air Arm - Supermarine Seafire F.XVII, call-sign 174, after a bad landing somewhere in the Far East. Date: circa 1946

ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT DUNCAN OF CAMPERDOWN British Admiral - defeats the Dutch fleet under Admiral de Winter off Camperdown, 11 October 1797 Date: 1731 - 1804

CAMPERDOWN Viscount Duncans victory and Admiral de Winters resignation on board the Venerable. British defeat of the Dutch fleet. Date: 11 October 1797

WW1 - The Anglo-French fleet at Lemnos Island, Moudros, Greece. Moudros was used as an Allied Base during the Dardanelles Campaign during the First World War. circa 1915

Poster for Union Castle / Safmarine boat services Date: circa 1970s

Fleet Air Arm - Grumman Martlet V - JV337
A General Motors Martlet V of the Fleet Air Arm. the Martlet was soon to be re-named Wildcat (as per US Navy). the Martlet V was equivalent to the US Navy General Motors FM-1 (Grumman F4F-4)

Fishing Boats in the harbour at Looe, Cornwall Date: circa 1930s

Bermeo harbour, Spain
Fishing port of Bermeo before the building of the marina. Note the harbour is full of fishing boats Date: 1990

Bermeo fisherman, Spain
Fisherman adjusts the mooring line in Bermeo harbour, Northern Spain. Date: 1990

The Combined Fleet in China
The combined fleet in China - transports in Cowloong (Kowloon) Bay preparing to get under way for the North. Date: 1860

Valletta, Malta - View of Grand Harbour from Barrakka lift
Valletta, Malta - View of the Grand Harbour from the Barrakka lift (which links the Grand Harbour to the Upper Barrakka Gardens and Valletta city centre)

Supermarine Scimitar Type 544 N113
Royal-Navy Supermarine Scimitar N-113 with Steam from the Catapult System During Catapult Tensioning Trials Operating on Aircraft-Carrier Hms Ark Royal Date: 1950s

Hawker Sea Hawk F-1
Royal-Navy Hawker Sea Hawk F-1S flying in formation above a Cloud Layer Flown by (Nearest) Neville Duke, Bill Bedford, J Bullen Date: 1952

Hawker Sea Hawk
Royal-Navy Hawker Sea Hawks flying in formation over Aircraft-Carrier Hms Ark Royal Date: 1959

Blackburn Buccaneer S-2
Royal-Navy 809 Squadron Blackburn Buccaneer S-2 Formation in the Flying-Display at Farnborough 1968 Date: 1968

de Havilland DH-98 Sea Mosquito TR-37
703 Squadron Royal-Navy Rn Fleet Air Arm de Havilland Dh-98 Sea Mosquito Tr-37 with a Dh-104 Dove Parked and Hangar Behind Date: 1948

Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) Entering Grand Harbour, ?
Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) Entering Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta 2nd Feb 1951 Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa During Korean War Date: 1951

Fairey Firefly Being Loaded Onto Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) at Iwakuni Docks, Southern Japan Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa During Korean War Date: 1951

Hawker Sea Fury Landing Accident / Crash Sequence Onto Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa During Korean War Date: 1952

de Havilland DH-100 Vampire
Signature in Sky by Eric Brown. the First Jet-Aircraft a de Havilland Dh-100 Vampire 1 (The 3Rd Prototype) to Ever Take-Off from the Deck Runway of an Aircraft-Carrier

Grumman JRF-6B Goose
Royal-Navy Rn Fleet Air Arm Grumman Jrf-6B Goose Flying over Fields and Trees Date: 1946

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