Sailors Collection (page 5)

Normandy sailor Date: early 19th century

Scenes from comedy film, You Know What Sailors Are
Scenes from Gaumont comedy film You Know What Sailors Are Date: 1929

Reverse of George V & Queen Mary Christmas card
This card was contained in a tin of tobacco and chocolates given to troops at Christmas 1914. Sailors had a card with the King in Naval uniform

George V & Queen Mary Christmas Card
This card was contained in a tin of tobacco and chocolates given to troops at Christmas 1914. Sailors had a card with the King in Naval uniform. WW1 Date: 1914

The Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert at Southport
The Royal Yacht (HMY) Victoria and Albert at Southport. The yacht was designed by the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy Sir William White, launched in 1899 and ready for service in 1901

Queen Victoria with her four great-grandchildren 1900
Queen Victoria with her four great-grandchildren taken at Osborne House, eldest standing next to Victoria, Prince David, future Edward VIII for one year in 1936 and then Duke of Windsor (1894 - 1972)

HMS Esk, burial at sea of Ldg Sig G H Guest
HMS Esk (H15), British E-class destroyer, burial at sea of Leading Signalman G H Guest, who died on 17 January 1935 and was buried the following day. Date: 1935

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Nuestras costas seran defendidas por nuestros bravos marinos (Our coasts will be defended by our brave sailors). Poster by Ballester Marco edited by the CNT

Clement Richard Attlee, Armistice Day procession
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British Labour politician, Labour Party leader 1935-1955 and Prime Minister 1945-1951

British sailors decorating the Victory on the anniversary
British sailors decorating the deck of H.M.S. Victory, Nelson's flagship, on the anniversary of his death on 21 October 1805

The phrase Vive la France formed by British sailors to welcome their French counterparts at Whale Island in 1905. Following the Entente Cordiale agreement of 1904

Queen Victoria's Funeral - Last Stage to Windsor
Arriving at Windsor for Queen Victoria's last journey before being interred beside Prince Albert. The coffin was placed on the gun carriage to be pulled by the white horses, but however

Old Floating Church for Seamen, London
Sailors Floating Church was moored near Tower Hill in London, the ship was a well attended place of worship, with religious teachings for the seafarers that docked there. Date: 1846

Late Victorians children's fashion 1899
Girls and boys linked hands, wearing the latest in Victorian clothing

SOLDIERS CATCH SHARK
Sailors begin to hack a shark to death on their deck which they have just caught. Date: circa 1830s

LIFE-IN-DEATH WINS
Life-in-Death dices with Death himself to decide the fate of the sailors; Life-in-Death wins the Mariner alone The game is done! I've won, I've won! Date: First published: 1798

Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) (1841 - 1910), with his two eldest sons who were young sailors, Prince George, (left) and Prince Albert Victor (right)

THE SIRENS (BRIOT)
To help them seek their friend Persephone, the daughters of Achelous ask the gods for wings and tails ; they become sirens, enticing sailors to death with their singing

THE SIRENS
To help them seek their friend Persephone, the daughters of Achelous ask the gods for wings and tails ; they become sirens, enticing sailors to death with their singing

After dinner at the Sailors'Home, in Wells Street, near the London Docks in the East End
After dinner at the Sailors Home, in Wells Street, near the London Docks in the East End. A sailor dancing the hornpipe accompanied by a harp. Date: 1873

Death of Admiral Robert Blake from old wounds, on board ship, within sight of Plymouth, 17 August 1657. He was regarded as the Father of the Royal Navy

The Battle of Dover (Battle of Sandwich), 24 August 1217, part of the First Barons War (1215-1217). An English fleet led by Hubert de Burgh attacked a French armada, forcing them to return to Calais

British crew from HMS Pelican boarding and capturing the American brig, USS Argus, 14 August 1813, off St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Sailors taking fragments of the flag from HMS Victory at Nelsons funeral in St Paul s
Sailors taking fragments of the flag from HMS Victory at Nelsons funeral in St Pauls Cathedral, London, 9 January 1806. Date: 1806

Nelson and the Signal, Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801 - the famous incident when Nelson held the telescope up to his blind eye in order to ignore a signal to retreat. Date: 1801

Battle of Cape St Vincent, southern Portugal, 14 February 1797, during the Anglo-Spanish War (1796-1808). The British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeated a larger Spanish fleet under Admiral

Surrender of Admiral De Winter, head of the Dutch fleet, to Admiral Duncan of the British fleet, after the Battle of Camperdown (Camperduin, North Holland), 11 October 1797. Date: 1797

Scene on deck before the Fourth Battle of Ushant, also known as the Glorious First of June, 1 June 1794. It was the first and largest naval action between Great Britain

Postcard, Women and children first, WW1 Date: 1914-1918

Postcard, Sailor girl, HMS Achilles, WW1
Postcard, Sailor girl, Greetings from HMS Achilles, 1917, WW1 Date: 1917

Captain Rowland Money leading the Blue-Jackets, Battle of New Orleans, 8 January 1815, a belated event in the War of 1812. Date: 1815

Comic postcard, Plump woman dancing on the beach, watched by three sailors Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Three sailors, one with a bottle, two without Date: 20th century

Sailors in the rigging, Finnish ship Herzogen Cecilie, 1933
Sailors in the rigging, Finnish sailing ship Herzogen Cecilie, 1933

Llaying wreaths, memorial monument, Shanghai, China
Vintage c.1920s photograph: sailors laying wreaths, memorial monument, Shanghai, China

Sea Cadets on board ship
Sea Cadets show members of public around ship. Date: circa 1950s

Bournemouth Station with two sailors, a languishing station porter and goods trolley. Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Sailor and Scotsman, WW2 - kissing the first thing he meets in skirts! Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Sailor in the British Royal Navy, WW2 - with a photo of his sweetheart. Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Sailor in the British Royal Navy, WW2 - feeling rather queasy on a rough day at sea. Date: circa 1940s

Zulu War, the naval brigade landed from HMS Active
The Zulu War - the naval brigade landed from HMS Active. A sketch at the Lower Tugela Drift

Vintage photograph WW II - final moment of HMS Hermes
Vintage photograph World War II - final moment of HMS Hermes, tilting at an angle following attack by Japanese dive bombers, 1942 - sailors in sea, negative water damaged

A group of Cornish Fishermen
insertcaption Date: circa 1920s

Photograph of Jolly Sailors PH, Shoreham, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

The old Arctic exploring ship, HMS Resolute, broken up at Chatham Dockyard. Two sailors contemplate the wreck. Date: 1879

The Lamplighter, Watchman and Link-boy. London lamplighter with ladder and fuse lighting streetlamps 55, watchman in great coat with lantern and rattle 56

Historical views of Poland. Polish men in the city of Cracow 55, Peter the Wild Boy found in a forest near Hamelin 56, and the inflammable springs near Cracow 57

Trades in Regency England. Tin mines, bullocks and pipe smoking. Miner on a ladder with a bucket of tin ore in a Redruth tin mine 10, beef cattle on a Devonshire moor 11

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