Naval Collection (page 100)

Model of HMS Queen of 1839
Engraving of a model of HMS Queen, displayed in the Naval Gallery of the South Kensington Museum, 1865. HMS Queen, launched in 1839, was a three-decker first-rate with 110 guns

King George V driving through Portsmouth, 1935
Photograph of King George V and The Prince of Wales being greeted by the City of Portsmouth as they drove to the dock to go aboard the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert for the Naval Review

The British Mediterranean Fleet on Exercises, 1935
Photograph of a line of Royal Navy destroyers, setting out from Gibraltar on a naval exercise, 1935

Augustus Earl of Bristol
AUGUSTUS JOHN HERVEY, third earl of BRISTOL Naval commander, gave evidence at Byngs trial : husband of Elizabeth Chudleigh, a lady of scandalous habits

Naval Cadets on Deck
An officer instructs a group of cadets how to raise the anchor of the Sorlandet during the Tall Ships Race near Dartmouth

HMS Caesar, 1905
Photograph of HMS Caesar ; the British Naval Representative at the Norwegian Royal Inauguration, December 1905. This vessel, the flagship of the second in command of the Channel Squadron

SEA BATTLE 1550 - 2
The perils of sea warfare in northern latitudes - when their ship is caught in the ice she presents an easy target, so her crew hurry to cut her free. Date: 1550

SEA BATTLE 1550 - 3
Fire-ships are despatched against the enemy vessels - but first the attacker must get to windward of his victim

Fleet at Torbay
The British battle fleet at Torbay, Cornwall, in the year of Trafalgar

SEA BATTLE 1550 - 1
A naval combat in northern waters - two ships sling cannon balls at each other, one loses her mast

Battle Scene 1854
Warships are frequently used against shore targets as their guns generally outclass any thing available on land : during the Crimea War H.M.S. Bulldog bombards Bomarsund

Pay Day on Naval Ship
Pay day on the Royal Sovereign - each man in turn doffs his cap to receive whats owing to him

Coastguard Galley
Eight stalwart tars row a coastguard galley, protecting Englands shores from invasion by foreign powers

Messina Occupied
Following a naval bombardment, the port of Messina is invested by the royalist forces of Ferdinando II, king of the Two Sicilies

Prince of Wales Squadron
The Prince of Wales naval squadron, including the ships The Swallow and Prince Charles

Lost Seamen Letter
A letter from the Ministry of War Transport to a mother whose son has been lost at sea following the sinking of his ship by the enemy

Seamen Missing at Sea
A letter informing a mother that there is still no news about her son, since his ship Inverness was sunk one month ago by the enemy. He is presumed drowned

SAILOR 1896
A sailor smokes

Missing Seamen 1941
Letter to a mother whose son was drowned when his ship was sunk by the enemy. It gives information about his pension arrangements

Donation to Seamen
A note detailing a mothers donation to the Missions to Seamen charity in memory of her son, whose ship was sunk in the Altantic in World War Two

Dock being constructed at Chatham
The Naval Docks at Chatham, Kent, under construction. The dockyard dated from the 16th century but was extended in the 1860s to cover an area of 380 acres

Naval manouvres on the Thames
Men of the Red Fleet of the British Navy preparing mines to protect the Thames and Medway area during naval manoeuvres in 1906

Women workers at a naval ship-building yard
Female workers at a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Destroyer on stock in a navy ship-building yard
Scene inside a naval ship-building yard (unspecified) during World War I. A destroyer under construction on stocks

Launch of H. M. S. Nankin
An engraving of a noble and beautiful specimen of naval architecture, H.M 50-gun Frigate Nankin, designed by Oliver Lang and built at Woolwich

Women at work in a naval ship-building yard
Women workers handling long steel bars in a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Charles Napier on Deck
SIR CHARLES NAPIER naval commander

Don Juan of Austria - 1
DON JUAN, known as Don John of Austria son of emperor Carl V : Spanish governor of the Netherlands, naval commander at the battle of Lepanto

Sir Christopher Myngs
SIR CHRISTOPHER MYNGS naval commander ( Ammiraglio della flotta Inglese )

Don Juan of Austria - 8
DON JUAN, known as Don John of Austria son of emperor Carl V : Spanish governor of the Netherlands, naval commander at the battle of Lepanto

Don Juan of Austria - 7
DON JUAN, known as Don John of Austria son of emperor Carl V : Spanish governor of the Netherlands, naval commander at the battle of Lepanto

Christopher Myngs (Mezzo
SIR CHRISTOPHER MYNGS naval commander

FAIREY SWORDFISH
Best known of British naval aircraft, this torpedo bomber is in active service until the end of WW2, proving more effi- -cient than more up-to-date aircraft meant to replace it

Death Certificate 1941
Death certificate issued when Alan Sandersons ship Inverness is sunk by the enemy in the North Atlantic in World War Two. He is missing, supposed drowned

James Baron Gambier
JAMES BARON GAMBIER naval commander

Clifford of Chudleigh
Thomas, first lord CLIFFORD of CHUDLEIGH naval commander and statesman

The Normandie, the largest liner in the world
The burning of the luxury liner, the Normandie in 1942. The Normandie was the largest liner in the world. As World War II commenced the liner was taken out of service

Naval Battle of Genova
The contest between France and the Empire for Italy is conducted at sea as well as on land : at Genova (Genoa) the French win a duel of galleys with a Spanish vessel

Nordsee Manoeuvres
The deck of a German Torpedoboot during manoeuvres in the North Sea

German Naval Manoeuvres
The German battle fleet on manoeuvres, seen from the bridge of the commanding flagship

Naval Combat 1870
Naval fight between the Prussian Kanonenboot Meteor and the French Bouvet off Havana, Cuba - one of the few naval engagements of the war

German Ships Gunners
Firing a gun from the mast turret of a German cruiser

Venice and Genoa
Naval commander Vettor Pisani is arrested by the Venetian authorities for his failure to repel the attack by the Genoa fleet : but he will be freed and with Zeno save Venice

Venice and Genoa - 2
Naval commanders Vettor Pisani and Carlo Zeno devise plans to thwart the tactics of the Genoa fleet which threatens Venice

First Doge of Genova
Naval hero Simone Boccanegra is elected the first Doge of Genova, by popular acclaim. His private affairs will be the subject of a Verdi opera

Jean Bart Threatens
NAVAL BATTLE OFF TEXEL In the course of his victory over the Anglo-Dutch fleet, Jean Bart boards a Dutch vessel and threatens to blow her up unless she surrenders

Combat at Belle Isle
Naval battle off Belle Isle : the English fleet under Admiral Hawke defeat a French fleet under Marechal Conflans

Lord Charles Beresford
CHARLES WILLIAM BERESFORD British naval officer and commander. Friend of the Prince of Wales

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