Sailors Collection (page 21)

Still Sketching by George Ranstead
Drawing on a postcard showing a sailor sketching his comrades on the deck of a ship.The sketch is by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps

Admiral Trowbridge with Serbian sailors, WW1
Admiral Trowbridge, ADC to Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia, inspecting Serbian sailors on their return from training on a British battleship at Salonika during the First World War

British Navy men visiting the pyramids
1500 bluejackets and other men of the British Navy visiting the Great Pyramids at Giza, Egypt when the fleet was in Egyptian waters

British Naval personnel, 1913
An illustration attempting to reflect the growth in the number of personnel in the British Navy, which, according to First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill

Admiral Fisher and Admiral Beresford, British Navy
Admiral Fisher (left) and Admiral Beresford (right), of the British Navy. There was a lengthy dispute between them, as Fisher wished to reform

Capitan Pacha, Head of the Ottoman Navy
The Capitan Bachi in his dress worn on public Occasions. Depicting the Capitan Pacha or head of the Ottoman Navy. 1803

Jackie Coogan on the Leviathan
Jackie Coogan (John Leslie Coogan 1914-1984) - child star of silent films (famously starring alongside Charle Chaplin in The Kid )

Kingsway Alameda Gardens, Gibraltar Date: circa 1916

Pulling Naval Gun
A strange sight in Hyde Park, London - the gun team of the Royal Naval Reserve, dragging their gun on limber beside Rotten Row. Date: 24 February 1930

Topophone Life Save
TOPOPHONE Device which, by amplifying sound, helps sailors to avoid collisions at sea, particularly during fog or at night Date: 1880

Petty Officers & Seamen
Petty officers and seamen. Date: 1891

French Sailors Off-Duty
French sailors off-duty relax on deck Date: circa 1830

Naval Officers
Naval officers Date: 1892

England / Devonport / 1832
A general dock scene showing repairs, and sailors leaving and returning to their ships. Date: 1832

Great Eastern wheelhouse
The Wheelhouse and steering apparatus of Brunels massive steamship. Date: 1859

Galley Crew 1914
The galleys crew of HMS Nottingham which will be sunk during the battle of Jutland two years from now. Date: 1914

British / German Fight
At Milwall Docks, London, a fight breaks out between English and German sailors - a foretaste of things to come! Date: 1892

Four members of the Royal Naval Division (RND), outside their tent at a camp. The service was formed in September 1914 to fight alongside the army during the First World War

Seven members of the Royal Naval Division (RND), relaxing outside their tents at a camp. The service was formed in September 1914 to fight alongside the army during the First World War

The crew of the Infamous German surface raider SMS Mowe

The commander and crew of the SMS Mowe

The crew of the U boat U9, they sunk three royal navy cruisers, HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue

More Work For The Navy - postcard by Lawson Wood
More Work For The Navy - A young boy climbs up on the rail of the pier and tries to catch the attention of a submarine captain with the words: " I, Jellicoe, if you re goin down ag in

Banquet aboard H. M.s Wellington
Entertainment to Admiral Dundas, on board H.M.S Wellington of the Baltic Fleet

People on deck during a sea trip, South Wales
A group of people -- guests and crew -- on the deck of the good ship Effort, during a sea trip, probably off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Training Ship Exmouth, flag signalling drill
Uniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth learning flag signalling. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment

Training Ship Exmouth, gun crew
Uniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth in formation as a gun crew, pulling a gun carriage. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex

Street Scene - Pylos, Greece. A jolly group of English sailors form part of the shot

Argostoli - The Main Square
The Main Square at Argostoli, the capital and administrative centre of Kefalonia, Greece. Buildings that weren t shattered by German bombing in 1943 were destroyed in 1953 by an earthquake that razed

Parade down Whitehall - WW2 victory celebrations
Parade down Whitehall in Central London during victory celebrations to mark the end of the Second World War. Naval officers and ratings can be seen marching

Greece, Crete - Rethymnon
Rethymnon is the capital of the Prefecture of the same name and was built between two other large cities of Crete, Iraklion to the east and Chania to the west

Crew of the auxiliary Cruiser Mowe ( Seagull )
Muslim Auxiliary crew of the auxiliary cruiser of the Imperial German Navy SMS Mowe ( Seagull ), under the command of Lt. Commander Nikolaus Burggraf, Graf ( Count ) zu Dohna-Schlodien

Music sheet cover for Down Went the Captain, with words by Frederick Bowyer and music by Kate Royle, who was also the singer of the song

Gallipoli landing WWI
The landing at Anzac at Gallipoli during World War I

Memorial to Russian Navy, Sevastopol, Ukraine
View of the Soviet Memorial to the Russian Navy of World War Two, in Sevastopol, Ukraine, with marines on parade. Sevastopol is where Russias Black Sea Fleet is based

Soldiers and Sailors Monument at New London, Conneticut

Free French Navy WWII
Rene (taller) and Jean in the uniforms of the Free French Navy. They escaped from Occupied France with three other men in a 30 foot motor boat from North West France

French sailors WWII
The marine chaplain is also a sailor and one of the first to suggest distractions from ordinary routine

French navy mass WWII
The young sailors listen when one of their comrades performs mass

French naval chaplain WWII
A French naval chaplain looks back home at his native Brittany which he has sought to defend by donning military uniform

Bluejackets - Skylarking
A group of British Naval Divers (Bluejackets) messing about on deck

Life on board a man-of-war
Life in the British navy on board a man-of-war. 1. Playing up the colours, 8am; 2. A Corrobborie in the gun room on Saturday night; 3. Taking up the slops; 4

Two Islands near Perast, Montenegro
Two small islands near Perast, Montenegro: one is called St. George Island, and the other called Gospa od krpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel

William Peel throwing a live shell
Captain William Peel (1824 - 1858) depicted in the act of bravery that won his first Victoria Cross during the Crimean War

Sailors in a motor car in St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

HMS Cornwall sailors
Sailors from HMS Cornwall exercising, Halifax, Canada 1911

George V and family visiting Ireland
King George V, Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) and Princess Mary landing in Ireland from the Royal Yacht during a royal visit

Funeral of King Edward VII, arrival at Windsor
The funeral of King Edward VII -- the arrival of the coffin at Windsor Station, with military and naval troops

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