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Her Majestys Australian Ship (HMAS) Melbourne (21) shown with its complement of Douglas A-4G Skyhawks of 805 Squadron RAN ranged for entering port

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

The Girl who ordered a glass of milk at the Cafe Royal
Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a blushing young woman regretting her decision to order a glass of milk in Londons fashionable Cafe Royal because of the laughter

Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg with family
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg (1884-1966), fourth and youngest daughter of Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and his wife, Maria Alexandrovna (later Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg)

Fleet Air Arm - Grumman Martlet II - AM958
A Grumman Martlet II of the Fleet Air Arm. Ordered by the British Purchasing Commission as Grumman G-36Bs, the Martlet II was powered by a Pratt and Whitney R-1830-S3C4-G engine

HMS Bonaventure - an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Bonaventure, an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889

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

United States Coast Guard - Lockheed SC-130B Hercules 1342
United States Coast Guard - Lockheed SC-130B-LM Hercules number: (USCG)1342 (msn 282-3548) at USCG station Barbers Point, Hawaii

Hadrians Wall / Winshields
A view of a section of Hadrians Wall at Winshields. The wall marked the northern limits of the Roman Empire, and was ordered by the Emperor on a visit to Britain in AD122

Boeing YB-52 Stratofortress 49-0231 (msn 16249). The second B-52, initially ordered as an XB-52 and made the first B-52 flight on 15 April 1952, due to XB-52 49-230 having a hydraulic snag

Bristol Aeronautical Corporation XLRQ-1 11652, the 2nd prototype amphibious assault transport glider at the Naval Air Material Centre (NAMC) Philadelphia

HMCS Magnificent CVL-21
Royal Canadian Navy - HMCS Magnificent CVL-21, a Majestic-class aircraft carrier seen in April 1948. (Originally ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Magnificent) Date: 1948

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

A Chelmsford Omnibus as ordered by Torquay Corporation, early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

8x Douglas DB-7A Havoc II aircraft awaiting delivery
Royal Air Force - Douglas DB-7A Havoc II intruder aircraft lined up at the factory before delivery. The nearest aircraft is AH433, the fourth production aircraft

HMS Eagle 94
Royal Navy - HMS Eagle 94, an aircraft carrier converted from the Almirante Latorre-class battleship Almirante Cochrane, ordered by Chile, but never delivered. Date: 1929

Douglas R4D-8 50772
United States Navy - Douglas R4D-8 50772 (MSN 43337) (ex USAAF 43-49092 / 14908/26353). Modified to R4D-8 with new MSN 43337 and operated as JM 772 from September 1952 to June 1954

Piasecki H-25A Army Mule 622 (msn 51, Model PV-18, ex 51-16622), at the international Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare

Lockheed SC-130B-LM - R8V-1G Hercules 1345
United States Coast Guard - Lockheed SC-130B-LM - R8V-1G Hercules 1345 (msn 282-3595), on display at the Paris Air Show on Le Bourget Airport in June 1969, with airshow serial 204C'

Lockheed HC-130G 1345
United States Coast Guard - Lockheed HC-130G 1345 Elizabeth City (msn 282-3595, ordered as R8V-1G 60-0312), on 27 May 1971, at the Paris Air Show, held at Le Bourget in May-June 1971 Date: 1971

HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Kale, a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered under the 1903-1904 Naval Estimates and named after the Kale Water in the Scottish Borders

Lockheed KC-130F Hercules 149791 Fat Albert
United States Marine Corps - Lockheed KC-130F Hercules 149791 Fat Albert (msn 282-3657), the Blue Angels support aircraft from 1988 to 1991, seen at Andrews Air Force Base on 21 May 1988

McDonnell F-4B Phantom II 150628
United States Marine Corps - McDonnell F-4B-14-MC Phantom II 150628 (msn 286, unit code MG, call-sign 3'), of VMFA-301 at NAS Miramar, in May 1978

HMS Vulture - a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered under the 1895 - 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1776 for a

HMS Usk - a Yarrow-type River-Class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Usk, a Yarrow-type River-Class destroyer ordered under the 1901 - 1902 Naval Estimates and named after the River Usk in Wales flowing through Newport

HMS Ness - White Type River-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Ness, a White Type River-class destroyer, at anchor. Ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903 - 1904 Naval Estimates and named after the River Ness in northern Scotland

HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Royal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy

Canadair F-86E Sabre G-ATBF
Canadair F-86E-6-CAN Sabre G-ATBF (msn 507, ex 53-19607 - XB733 - 19607 13-2'), at Biggin Hill in July 1968. Ordered for the Royal Canadian Air Force as 19607

Two British officers of the Scots Guards bearing the Colour at the changing of the guard at Buckingham palace. The two soldiers are seen in black crepe armbands, as ordered by the King

Edward VII's yacht, Britannia
The Royal yacht, Britannia taken in 1909 during the reign of Edward VII. Originally commissioned by Edward when he was Prince of Wales from G

Inniskillings in transit
The Inniskilling Fusiliers, stationed in China, are ordered back to Europe to die on the western front : a shipboard scene after leaving Tientsin (now Tianjin). Date: circa 1914

NOT A DEATHBED AFTER ALL
They've ordered the coffin, the wreaths, the flowers - and now it turns out that Jean Granet, farmer at Comiac, France, isn't as dead as they thought he was... Date: 1901

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 (msn 8040), of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW664
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW664 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW664 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic

United States Air Force - Republic YRF-84F Thunderstreak 49-2430 FICON parasite, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, seen with the retractable nose hook extended

United States Air Force North American T-6G Texan 50-1279, buzz-number TA-279, (msn 168-443), at the USAF Museum storage compound at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Royal Aircraft Factory F. E. 9 A4818
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.9 A4818, The first of three examples completed out of the 24 ordered. Date: 1917

Domesday Book - the larger volume
English Social History - The Domesday Book - the larger volume. A manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror

Public Record Office - Domesday Book and chest
Public Record Office - Domesday Book (two volumes) and chest. A manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror

Fredensborg Palace Gardens - Normandsalen - Denmark
The Valley of the Norsemen - Farmers and fishermen in stone at Normandsalen - Sculpture museum in Fredensborg, Denmark. The creator of the collection was the Norwegian post driver Jorgen Christensen

North American F-107A-NA 55-5119 (msn 212-2) Originally ordered as F-100B but constructed as F-107A, first flown on 28 November 1956

Comic postcard, Couple kissing in the countryside Date: 20th century

Four Contingent Battleships Ordered 1909
Building a Dreadnought, at Barrow-in-Furness. Digging out the upper half of a Dreadnought turbine cover. Thedressing shop in the large iron foundry of the works of Vickers, Sons and Maxim

Republic JF-105B Thunderchief 54-0112
United States Air Force - Republic JF-105B-2-RE Thunderchief 54-0112. Ordered as an RF-105B, but diverted to test missions after the RF-105B was cancelled. Date: circa 1960

Curtiss F8C-4 Helldiver A8425 (Curtiss Model 49B) 25 production aircraft were ordered by the United States Navy, as Curtiss Model 49B F8C-4 Helldivers. Date: 1930

Curtiss XF8C-4 Helldiver A8314 (Curtiss Model 49A) The second Helldiver prototype (after the XF8C-2), at the Curtiss Buffalo factory before delivery

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW665 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft

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