Naval Collection (page 2)

Shackleton Portrait
ERNEST SHACKLETON Naval officer and explorer of the Antarctic. Date: 1874 - 1922

Training Ship Mercury and boys racing crew, River Hamble
The racing crew of the training ship Mercury with the ship itself in the background. The Mercury, established in 1885 by Charles Hoare, was originally based at Binstead, Isle of Wight

Ufos / Trindade Island
Flying saucer photographed over Trindade Island (Brazil) from naval training vessel Almirante Saldanha; the sighting lasted 30 seconds and was witnessed by many aboard

A Dreadnought firing her great guns. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 poster, The British Commonwealth of Nations Together. 1941

Spanish Armada - Golden Lion attacks Santa Ana
An Armada episode, the Golden Lion attacking the Santa Ana of the Spanish Armada on 25 July 1588. Date: 1588

HMS Ulster, British destroyer, WW2
HMS Ulster (R83), British U-class destroyer. Date: circa 1940s

HMS Duke of York, WW2
HMS Duke of York, British battleship. Date: 1940s

H. M. S. Warspite
A view of the bridge of H.M.S. Warspite, from where, as his flagship, Admiral Andrew Cunningham oversaw the Royal Naval actions during the engagement with the Italian Navy at the Battle of Cape

The HMS Victory - brought in to Portsmouth Harbour
The HMS Victory - in Portsmouth Harbour. Fitted up as a Naval School of Telegrapha before becoming a floating signal school proper (as can be seen on this card) until 1904

The Last Shot by Matania
A group of British seamen gunners straining to fire a final shot at a German ship as their own ship sinks beneath them. The caption notes that this was a common occurrence with light cruisers

How to recognise rank in the Royal Navy-a wartime advert for Dunlop fort tyres. Date: 1941

The Subzeppmarinellin by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
The subzeppmarinellin for making sure of your enemy. All bases covered with this combined submarine and zeppelin from the imagination of William Heath Robinson during the First World War. Date: c.1916

Carrier deck of HMS Warrior aircraft carrier
View of the carrier deck of HMS Warrior (R31) aircraft carrier at Kure, Japan, with crew lined up and a Sea Fury plane. Date: 1953

HMS Ajax, British battleship, at Malta
HMS Ajax, British King George V-class battleship, seen here at Malta. Date: circa 1919

HMS Curacoa, British light cruiser
HMS Curacoa (D41), British C class light cruiser. Date: circa 1920

Training Ship HMS Conway - Working with the Sextant
The naval training ship HMS Conway was established in 1859 and for many years was moored on the River Mersey near Liverpool. Here, some of the ships boys are seen using a sextant. Date: 1898

WW2 poster, The Merchant Navy was there! Merchant Navy Comforts Service. Date: 1940s

Singapore, bastion in the East, by G. H. Davis
Britains great bastion in the East: Singapore, stubborn obstacle to Japans ambitious projects in Southern Asia during the Second World War

Westland Wessex HAS1, XP116, of 845 Royal naval Air Squa?
Westland Wessex HAS1, XP116, of 845 Royal naval Air Squadron on the Batang Rajang, September 1963

No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb binoculars to the Navy pack carefully, include your name and address : send to Naval Observatory Washington D.C

Scene at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, with ships
Scene at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, with various ships in the harbour. Date: 20th century

German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus!, WW1
A German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus! (U Boats Launch!), showing a submarine officer looking through a periscope with a sinking torpedoed enemy ship in the background

Taranto, Italy - A series of Italian naval vessels pass through the famous Swing Bridge. Date: circa 1910s

HMS Vengeance, British battleship, WW1
HMS Vengeance, a predreadnought British Canopus-class battleship, launched 1899, served in various locations before and during the First World War, decommissioned 1920

Some of the Officers of the British Antarctic expedition
Officers on board the Terra Nova on its return to New Zealand in February 1913 after the discovery of the bodies of Captain Scott and his companions. From left to right. Back row, Mr

Training Ship Mercury, River Hamble, Hampshire
The Training Ship Mercury was established in 1885 by the London philanthropist Charles Hoare. The ship, a barque previously named Illova, was originally moored at Binstead on the Isle of Wight

Rosyth Naval Base, Scotland, 1908
Illustration showing an artists impression of how Rosyth Naval Base, in the Firth of Forth, would look when complete. This image was created when the work on the base had only just begun in 1908

HMCS Bonaventure CVL-22
Royal Canadian Navy - HMCS Bonaventure CVL-22, a Majestic-class aircraft carrier seen in March 1957. (Originally ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Powerful) Date: 1957

WW1 poster, Enlist in the Navy, All Together - Allied sailors of six nationalities. Date: 1917

The Gymnasium - Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon
circa 1910s

HMS Vengeance, British aircraft carrier
HMS Vengeance (R71), British light aircraft carrier, Colossus-class. Seen here in Malta harbour. Date: circa 1950s

HMS Suffolk, British heavy cruiser, Hong Kong, China
HMS Suffolk (55), British County class heavy cruiser, at Hong Kong, China. Date: 1933

Joshua Barney
JOSHUA BARNEY (1759 - 1818) American naval officer who, despite his abilities, was three times captured by the British but none the less survived to fight another day. Date: circa 1800

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

Card commemorating Graf Spee destruction, WW2
Card commemorating the destruction of the German cruiser, Admiral Graf Spee, on 13 December 1939 by HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles following the Battle of the River Plate. Date: 1939

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

HMS Royal Oak, British battleship
HMS Royal Oak, British Revenge class battleship. Date: circa 1918

USS Essex aircraft carrier, CV9, built for the US Navy during the Second World War

H. M. S. Cressy
Lead ship of the Royal Navy Cressy class of armoured cruisers, the Cressy was launched in December 1899. Soon after the outbreak of World War One, the Cressy and two of her sisterships

WW1 - Aircraft Carrier - HMS Argus - Camouflaged - served in Royal Navy 1918-1944. Converted from an Ocean Liner under cnstruction at the start of WW1. Date: circa 1918

H H Sheikh of Kuwait Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
The 10th Monarch of Kuwait (between 1921-1950), H H Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1885-1950) - pictured in October 1933 firing the anti-airplane machine guns - mounted on the rail for demonstration

Trafalgar Square and Lord Nelson. Date: circa 1950

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

HMS Albion, British battleship, WW1
HMS Albion, a predreadnought British Canopus-class battleship, launched 1898, served in various locations before and during the First World War, decommissioned 1919. Date: 1914-1918

WW1 naval blockades
Map of English and German naval blockades around Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark and Norway

British battleships
Illustration of unidentified British battleships at sea during World War Two, with guns firing

Royal Proclamation 1914
Proclamation 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

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