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H. M. S. CressyLead 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
Royal Marine Commandos re-embarking from a Westland Wessex helicopter on to a Royal Navy Commando Carrier
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-SabahThe 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
Greek trireme. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum
Prince George having a tattoo, Japan 1881" Everybody, it seemed, tattooed, whether belonging to the ward-room, gun-room, or lower deck, including, of course, both the Princes
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, WW1HMS 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
Poster encouraging people to eat more fishPoster encouraging people to Eat More Fish. More than half the catch is sold as fried fish. A range of people, including two children, in a fish and chip shop
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
Boys Band, Hull Sailors OrphanageBoys naval band at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Homes. The Homes, a cottage homes development, were established in 1895 by a charity originally called The Port of Hull Society
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
HMS Implacable, 1920Photograph of HMS Implacable, formerly the Duguay-Trouin, 1920. This ship was built in France in 1789, served at Trafalgar, and was captured by the Royal Navy shortly thereafter
Britains Sea Power Is YoursWorld War Two propaganda poster for the Royal Navy - Britains Sea Power Is Yours - illustrated by ships and warships of all kinds, designed to reassure with a shared sense of patriotism
Save Food / Wwi PosterA First World War poster encouraging people to save food, featuring a sailor about to embark for war on a battle ship
Naval Captain 1800A captain of the Royal Navy stands on the taffrail, on the poop deck of his vessel
Goubet Submarine / 1885Designed by Claude Goubet in 1885: the first electrically powered submarine. Seen here being used by the Russian Navy
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
The Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA - very interesting little naval steamer shown in the foreground. Date: 1908
Advertising card for Singer Sewing Machines - showing a good patriotic wife using her sewing machine to produce a white ensign for a Royal Naval Seaman husband. Date: circa 1916
Join the Navy, the service for fighting men. Poster showing a sailor astride a torpedo. Date 1917
HMS Glorious cruiser and aircraft carrier, WW1HMS Glorious, British Royal Navy Courageous-class cruiser during the First World War, rebuilt as an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s. Launched in 1916, sunk in 1940. Date: circa 1920s-1930s
St Vincent Sailing ShipSailing warship of the Royal Navy, later a training ship at Portsmouth, Hampshire. Date: in 1908
The Brigantine " Steadfast" - a companion vessel to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Training Ship " Exmouth"
German Seaman chatting up a Chinese girlGerman Seaman (with his battleship visible in the rear of the shot) chatting up a Chinese girl
Dockyard Workers on board HMS Coventry, Second World WarPhotograph showing dockyard workers, including a rivetters boy working with a portable forge, refitting HMS Coventry during the Second World War, 1940
Advert / Navy Cut CigsPlayers Navy Cut Cigarettes - A Fine Tobacco
Cuthbert CollingwoodLORD CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD English naval commander. Took command on Nelsons death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805
Recruitment poster, The Royal Marines -- Thats the life! 20th century
Admiral sir Michael Culme-Seymour, (1836 - 1920), British naval commander, on the deck of a warship at sea. Date: 1895
HMS Exmouth - Royal Navy predreadnought battleshipHMS Exmouth - a Duncan class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. HMS Exmouth was launched in August 1901 and served as a flagship for various fleets including the Mediterranean Fleet
HMS Queen Elizabeth, British battleshipHMS Queen Elizabeth, British dreadnought battleship, launched 1913, served during the First and Second World Wars, decommissioned 1948. Date: early 20th century
Training Ship Exmouth, dumb bell drillUniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth perform dumb bell drill. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment
Training Ship ExmouthThe Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the River Thames off Grays, Essex. In 1903
Boys Band, Training Ship IndefatigableThe Boys Band of the Training Ship Indefatigable pose for their photograph in a field, near a tent -- probably at a local fete where they were performing
Issuing Grog to NavyOn deck on the Royal Sovereign ship: sailors are issued with grog, a mixture of rum and water
Swordfish Torpedo-bombers on board HMS Victorious, SecondPhotograph showing Fleet Air Arm Swordfish torpedo-bombers gathered on the stern of the Royal Navy aircraft-carrier HMS Victorious, during the Second World War, 1941
HMS Onslow at the Battle of the Barents Sea, Second WorldIllustration showing the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Onslow attacking superior German forces during the Battle of the Barents Sea, December 1942
HMS Helmsdale, North Atlantic, 1944Painting showing HMS Helmsdale, a River class Frigate of the Royal Navy, on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic, 1944
To the Girls in Navy Blue by William BarribalA wren climbing up a ladder in a harbour revealing stocking tops in the process
Training Ship Exmouth, full crewFull group photo of the crew of the Training Ship Exmouth. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment for pauper children
Handbag Advert / Army / NavyA selection of British made & foreign handbags, pochettes & evening bags in crepe de chine, also a beaded bag, an embroidered nightdress sachet & a bag with applique flowers
Ships of the Navy 1921Flotilla leader, sloop and transport vessel of the Royal Navy
HMS Drake, British armoured cruiser, launched 1901HMS Drake, British armoured cruiser, launched in 1901. Illustration on a Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette postcard. Date: circa 1905
Spanish Armada DefeatedTHE SPANISH ARMADA Drake tows the captured Capitana into Torbay
Sailors rescued by fishing boat during First World WarTorpedoed sailors are rescued by a Brixham fishing boat, aptly named the Providence, during the First World War
British Navy taking Curacao, Napoleonic WarsThe British Navy taking the Caribbean island of Curacao during the Napoleonic Wars