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Hms Collection (page 5)

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Magnificent, British battleship

HMS Magnificent, British battleship
HMS Magnificent, British Majestic class battleship. Date: circa 1908

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Frobisher, British heavy (armed) cruiser

HMS Frobisher, British heavy (armed) cruiser, Hawkins class. Date: circa 1930

Background imageHms Collection: Group photo, crew of HMS Marshal Ney

Group photo, crew of HMS Marshal Ney
A large group photo, officers and crew of the Monitor ship HMS Marshal Ney. Date: circa 1915

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Monarch, British cable ship

HMS Monarch, British cable ship
The HMS Monarch, a British cable-laying ship. There were three cable ships of this name -- this is probably the third one, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1916. Date: 20th century

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Birmingham

HMS Birmingham
The British light cruiser HMS Birmingham, commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, which sunk the first German submarine of the war (the U-15). 1914

Background imageHms Collection: Training Ship HMS Conway - Boys on the Upper Deck

Training Ship HMS Conway - Boys on the Upper Deck
The naval training ship HMS Conway was established in 1859 and for many years was moored on the River Mersey near Liverpool. Here, the ships boys and officers are seen on the upper deck. Date: 1898

Background imageHms Collection: Britain poster, HMS Victory, Southsea and Portsmouth

Britain poster, HMS Victory, Southsea and Portsmouth, bys Cribb for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Background imageHms Collection: H. M. S. Hardy

H. M. S. Hardy
One of twenty ships in the Royal Navy K class of destroyers (previously designated as Acasta class). After service in World War One, the Hardy was sold for breaking up in 1921 Date: 1914

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Shannon

HMS Shannon, view of the armoured cruiser, taken from the fighting top, shows the deck and some of the chief guns. Built in Chatham Dockyard, England, fro the Royal Navy in the mid-1900s

Background imageHms Collection: A Royal Navy Westland Wessex HU5, XT485, lifts supplies ?

A Royal Navy Westland Wessex HU5, XT485, lifts supplies ?
A Royal Navy Westland Wessex HU5, XT485, lifts supplies from HMS Hermes (R12)

Background imageHms Collection: Victoria Cross - Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson

Victoria Cross - Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson
Victoria Cross posthumously awarded to John Travers Cornwell (1900-1916) - for his gallantry at the Battle of Jutland. Cornwell was a Boy Seaman First Class on H.M.S Chester

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Empress aircraft carrier, WW1

HMS Empress aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Empress, British Royal Navy aircraft carrier during the First World War. Launched 1907 as a cross-channel steamer, converted as aircraft carrier 1914, based at Harwich, then Queenstown

Background imageHms Collection: British battleship HMS King Edward VII sinking, WW1

British battleship HMS King Edward VII sinking, WW1
The British battleship HMS King Edward VII with her stern down during the First World War. She struck a mine off Cape Wrath, off the northern Scottish coast

Background imageHms Collection: The HMS Collingwood and seaplane

The HMS Collingwood and seaplane
The HMS Collingwood with a seaplane flying overhead. A St Vincent Class Dreadnought Battleship, launched in 1908, commissioned in 1910 and scrapped in 1922

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, WW1

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

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Walker, British destroyer, WW1 and WW2

HMS Walker, British destroyer, WW1 and WW2
HMS Walker, British V & W class destroyer, launched 1917, served briefly during the First World War and throughout the Second World War, decommissioned 1946. Date: 20th century

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Shakespeare, British destroyer at sea, WW1

HMS Shakespeare, British destroyer at sea, WW1
HMS Shakespeare, British Thornycroft-type destroyer leader, launched 1917, badly damaged by a mine towards the end of the First World War, decommissioned 1936. Date: 1917-1918

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Broke, British destroyer, WW1

HMS Broke, British destroyer, WW1
HMS Broke, British Faulknor-class destroyer leader, launched 1914, served during the First World War, sold to Chilean Navy 1920, scrapped 1933. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHms Collection: Wartime poster, More Ships

Wartime poster, More Ships -- come on! War Savings are Warships. Encouraging people to save money and help the war effort. Featuring a British bulldog wearing an HMS Victory naval cap. 1940s

Background imageHms Collection: Loss of Queen Mary, Jutland

Loss of Queen Mary, Jutland
The battle cruiser Queen Mary explodes during the Battle of Jutland, World War One

Background imageHms Collection: The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and Ameth

The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and Ameth
Engraving showing the battle between HMS Shah and Amethyst and the Peruvian Ironclad turret ship Huascar on the 29th May 1877

Background imageHms Collection: Naval Cadets

Naval Cadets. Admiral Sir Gerald Vaughan Gladstone (1901-1978). Gladstone Joined Royal Naval College, Osborne, May 1915 And Then Went To Dartmouth Naval College In January 1917

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Aberdare, British hunt class minesweeper, WW2

HMS Aberdare, British hunt class minesweeper, WW2
HMS Aberdare (J49), British hunt class minesweeper. Date: circa 1943-1944

Background imageHms Collection: John Brown and Co. sink British Revenue Cutter Gaspee

John Brown and Co. sink British Revenue Cutter Gaspee
The Burning of the " Gaspee". HMS Gaspee a British customs schooner ran aground after being boarded by a group of men led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown, who attacked, boarded

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Lysander, Laforey class destroyer

HMS Lysander, Laforey class destroyer. Date: circa 1914

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Venus, Scapa Flow, WW2

HMS Venus, Scapa Flow, WW2. 1943

Background imageHms Collection: D-Day, HMS Ramillies, WW2

D-Day, HMS Ramillies, WW2
D-Day, HMS Ramillies, June 1944. 1944

Background imageHms Collection: Old Bill, dog mascot of HMS Falmouth in WW1

Old Bill, dog mascot of HMS Falmouth in WW1
Rescued from a German fishing trawler in early August 1914 by HMS Falmouth, Fritz the wire haired terrier was promptly re-christened Old Bill by the crew, and adopted as their mascot

Background imageHms Collection: Waterloo Place, London - The Crimea Monument

Waterloo Place, London - The Crimea Monument
HMS Victorys Signal. The flaghoist signals used by Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), England expects that every man will do his duty

Background imageHms Collection: Sopwith 2F1 Camel -seven aboard HMS Furious in build

Sopwith 2F1 Camel -seven aboard HMS Furious in build

Background imageHms Collection: HMS London, British heavy cruiser

HMS London, British heavy cruiser
HMS London (69), British County class heavy cruiser, showing the main guns on the bridge. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Exeter, British heavy cruiser

HMS Exeter, British heavy cruiser
HMS Exeter (68), British York class heavy cruiser. Date: circa 1930

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Dorsetshire, British heavy cruiser

HMS Dorsetshire, British heavy cruiser
HMS Dorsetshire (40), British County class heavy cruiser. Date: circa 1930

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Kent, British heavy cruiser

HMS Kent, British heavy cruiser
HMS Kent (54), British County class heavy cruiser. Date: circa 1930

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Delhi, British cruiser, Alexandria, WW2

HMS Delhi, British cruiser, Alexandria, WW2
HMS Delhi (D47), British Danae class cruiser, seen here at anchor in Alexandria, as Admiral Cunninghams flagship. Date: 1940

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Argyll, British protected cruiser

HMS Argyll, British protected cruiser
HMS Argyll, British Devonshire class protected cruiser. Date: circa 1910

Background imageHms Collection: God Save the King in living letters on HMS Terrible

God Save the King in living letters on HMS Terrible
An impressive living display formed by the crew (dressed in white) of H.M.S. Terrible in honour of the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. It was organised by Captain Percy Scott R.N

Background imageHms Collection: Sopwith Pup N6444 being winched aboard HMS Manxman

Sopwith Pup N6444 being winched aboard HMS Manxman
Sopwith Pup, N6444, being winched aboard HMS Manxman in 1917. Date: 1917

Background imageHms Collection: Seven Sopwith 2F1 Camels lined up on the deck of HMS Furious

Seven Sopwith 2F1 Camels lined up on the deck of HMS Furious prior to the raid on the Tondern airship sheds on 19 July 1918

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Forth in Devonport

HMS Forth in Devonport, with seven submarines moored alongside. 1914

Background imageHms Collection: H. M. S. PRESIDENT

H. M. S. PRESIDENT
H.M.S. President, training ship of the British Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, moored on the Victoria Embankment, River Thames, central London. Date: 1960s

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Hogue, British armoured cruiser

HMS Hogue, British armoured cruiser
HMS Vindex, a seaplane carrier of the Royal Navy during the First World War, previously a fast passenger ferry for the Isle of Man Steam Packet

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Crescent, Edgar-class cruiser, WW1

HMS Crescent, Edgar-class cruiser, WW1
HMS Crescent, an Edgar-class cruiser. Launched in 1892, took part in the First World War. Date: 1911

Background imageHms Collection: British battlecruisers HMS Indomitable and Inflexible, WW1

British battlecruisers HMS Indomitable and Inflexible, WW1
British Invincible-class battlecruisers, HMS Indomitable and HMS Inflexible, travelling at speed on a rough sea during the First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Lion and HMS Princess Royal, WW1

HMS Lion and HMS Princess Royal, WW1
Two British battlecruisers at sea during the First World War. On the left is HMS Lion, and on the right is HMS Princess Royal. Date: circa 1916

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Dreadnought

HMS Dreadnought
A fine forward view of the HMS Dreadnought - pride of the British fleet

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Eurydice, Portsmouth Harbour, 1878

HMS Eurydice, Portsmouth Harbour, 1878
Engraving showing HMS Eurydice in Portsmouth Harbour, shortly before her last voyage, 1878. Launched in 1843 as a 21-gun frigate, by 1878 Eurydice was being used as a training ship

Background imageHms Collection: HMS Victorious, 1907

HMS Victorious, 1907
Photograph of the First-class battleship, HMS Victorious, 1907. Built in 1895, Victorious was a 15, 000 ton Majestic Class battleship. She was sold off in 1923



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