Navy Collection (page 93)

Mustard loaded aboard a Royal Navy ship - 18th century
Mustard for the Royal Navy being loaded aboard a ship setting out to broaden the scope of the British Empire during the reign of King George II in the mid 18th century. Date: circa 1750

Queen and Prince Philip inspecting parade on Albion
Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, stand in a Land Rover to carry out an inspection of a parade on board the aircraft-carrier, Albion

Planes of a British submarine, WW1
The planes of a First World War submarine - horizontal rudders to regulate the angle of ascent and descent. Date: 1914

Submarine D 4 with mounted gun
The British submarine the " D 4" which carried a quick-firing gun mounted forward of the conning tower upon a moving platform placed inside the hull

Sinking of the U 15 - HMS Birmingham
The British Light Cruiser, H.M.S. " Birmingham", commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, notable for sinking the first German U-boat - the U15 - on 9 August 1914. Date: 1914

British submarines in dock, WW1
Part of Britains underwater submarine fleet moored in dock just before the First World War. Date: 1914

Zeebrugge raid reconstruction at Wembley
A page from The Illustrated London News, 18 October 1924, showing two pictures of a reconstruction of the Zeebrugge raid carried out by the Royal Navy towards the end of World War One (23 April 1918)

Zeebrugge film stills
A page from The Illustrated London News, 18 October 1924, with twelve stills from a newly released film reconstruction of the raid on Zeebrugge by the Royal Navy on 23 April 1918

Army and Navy YMCA Building, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Naval stores at Savannah, Georgia, USA
Naval stores at the docks, Savannah, Georgia, USA, with tall ships in the distance. Date: 1910

Japanese sailors practicing balloon jumping
Japanese sailers practicing balloon jumping at a naval air force station in Kasumigaura. Date: 1932

Naval cadets marching in Mexico City, Mexico
Naval cadets marching with a band in Mexico City, Mexico. Date: 1913

The A. B. who asked for a light! By H. M. Bateman
" Shocking! The A.B. who asked for a light!" Two high-ranking naval officers are aghast when an able seaman asks if he can borrow a light. Date: 1917

Heinkel HE8 reconnaissance floatplanes, Danish Navy
Three Heinkel HE8 reconnaissance floatplanes, belonging to the Danish Navy. Date: 1930s

Edward, Prince of Wales as Master Mariner
Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972) (later King Edward VIII) dressed in the uniform of a Master Mariner. Date: circa 1920s

Duke and Duchess of York and Prince Edward
Princess May of Teck, Duchess of York (later Queen Mary) and Prince George, Duke of York (later King George V) with their eldest son Edward (later King Edward VIII). Date: 1909

Prince George as a midshipman
Prince George (later King George V) in naval uniform as a midshipman, on board ship. Date: circa 1879

Cartoon, British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billys old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, by James Gillray

Cartoon, John Bull taking a Luncheon, or, British Cooks cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard with Bonne Chere, by James Gillray. Celebrate Britains victory at Aboukir Bay in August 1798

George Keith Elphinstone - British naval admiral
George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (1746-1823), British naval admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars. Date: circa 18th century

Sir Henry Keppel - British naval commander
Sir Henry Keppel (1809-1904), British naval commander and Admiral of the Fleet. Here he poses in the naval uniform. Date: 1898

James King and James Cook - served in the Royal Navy
James King (1750-1784), british officer of the Royal Navy and the navigator and astronomer for Captain Cook (1728-1779), a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy

Illustration, Monkey on board ship
Illustration, A monkey on board ship entertains the sailors by running off with someones hat. Date: 1832

A New Tooth - hoisting new gun into a destroyer, WWI
A new gun being hoisted by crane into a destroyer under refit during the First World War. 1918

Illustration, A Song of the English, Halifax
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Halifax -- Into the mist my guardian prows put forth

Illustration, A Song of the English, The Sea
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson
Commander Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson (1876-1947), Australian-born British Royal Navy officer, best known for his part in the Battle for Lake Tanganyika in 1915. Date: 1925

Rear Admiral Sir John Parry
Rear Admiral (described here as Vice Admiral) Sir John Parry, hydrographer of the Royal Navy during the First World War. Date: 1925

Decima Moore
Lilian Decima, Lady Moore-Guggisberg, CBE (11 December 1871 18 February 1964), better known by her stage name Decima Moore, English singer and actress

Japanese Naval Types (2 of 2)
Japanese Naval Types. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1908

Japanese Naval Types (1 of 2)
Japanese Naval Types. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1908

Japanese boy and British boy, Russo-Japanese War
Thats How Its Done -- A Japanese boy and a British boy at the time of the Russo-Japanese War, looking at a toy cannon. Date: 1905

Royal Navy visit to Japan after the Russo-Japanese War, showing British sailors on decorated trams. Date: circa 1907

Naval rifle range, Weihaiwei island, China
Naval rifle range, Weihaiwei (Weihai) island, China, when it was a British colony. Date: circa 1910

Men with mobile field oven and motorcycle, WW1
Men with a mobile field oven, and a Royal Navy motorcycle combo, WW1. The chalked words on the oven, HMS Fred Carno, were a comic saying for chaotic operations. circa 1914

USS Tennessee, American cruiser, Falmouth, WW1
The American cruiser USS Tennessee at Falmouth in August 1914. She was en route to Europe and the Middle East, laden with gold

Royal Naval Air Service in Great War Deeds, WW1
Flight Commander Hewlett of the Royal Naval Air Service (before the RAF was formed) almost colliding with a mast of a German warship during the air raid on Cuxhaven on Christmas Day 1914

Men of the Australian Navy in Great War Deeds, WW1
Men of the Australian Navy, on board the HMAS Sydney, cheering and crying as the defeated and sinking German cruiser Emden turned to run ashore

Scene in a harbour with steamship in foreground
Scene in a harbour with a steamship and crew in the foreground. Date: circa 1930s

Scene in a harbour with yacht in foreground
Scene in a harbour with a yacht and crew in the foreground. Date: circa 1930s

Sailors on the deck of a ship. Date: circa 1940s

Battleship decked out with flags, and smaller boats alongside. Date: circa 1940s

Naval Division in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Royal Marine and Naval Brigades (Naval Division) of the British Royal Navy being guided by Colonel Seely in a car, leaving Antwerp after their gallant defence

Title page of Great War Deeds, Illustrated London News
Title page of Great War Deeds, a special panorama supplement produced by the Illustrated London News in 1915, featuring heroic actions of the First World War. Date: 1915

Band of female musicians with drums
Band of female musicians in naval uniform, with drums. Date: circa 1930s

Three men on the deck of a ship
Three men linking arms on the deck of a ship. Date: circa 1920s

Ships moored near the coast, with people visible on deck on the right. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - Comment on Scapa Flow, 21st June 1919
WW1 - An illustration commenting on the Germans making a decision to scuttle the fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands in Scotland

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