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Warship Hms HoodHMS Hood, completed in 1920, was the worlds largest warship for more than two decades. She was finally sunk by the Bismarck in 1941 at the Battle of Denmark Strait
National Savings Group wartime posterConvoy your country to victory : save and lend through our National Savings Group. World War II poster illustrated by warship flying the Royal Navy ensign
Britains Sea Power Is YoursWorld War Two propaganda poster for the Royal Navy - Britains Sea Power Is Yours - showing destroyers in line ahead
Advertisement for Libertys new shops, LondonAn advertisement for Libertys new shops about to open in Argyll Place, off Regent Street, London. Liberty & Co have had the exterior and interior built in 16th century style
Taranto, Italy - A series of Italian naval vessels pass through the famous Swing Bridge. Date: circa 1910s
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
Nelson on ShoreHORATIO, LORD NELSON standing on a rocky shore, while a line of warships sails past behind him
Battle of Cluys / FroissarAt the battle of SLUYS, the English fleet of 200 totally defeats the French fleet of 70, capturing or destroying virtually every vessel
Wartime poster, More Ships -- come on! War Savings are Warships. Encouraging people to save money and help the war effort. Featuring a British bulldog wearing an HMS Victory naval cap. 1940s
Royal Navy losses in both World Wars, 1945Illustration showing the ships lost by the British Royal Navy during the Second World War (main picture) compared with those lost during the First World War (inset bottom right)
Tsushima (Schon - 5BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA STRAIT After their overwhelming defeat of the Russian navy, the Japanese tow away the Russian warships they have captured
British Act at JutlandBritish warships Royal Oak, Acasta, Benbow, Superb and Canada in action at the Battle of Jutland
Battle of Portland 1653BATTLE OF PORTLAND (Three-days battle), 1st Anglo-Dutch War. Robert Blake & fleet of the Commonwealth of England attack Dutch under Maarten Tromp who suffered heavy losses
Outward Bound. Sailing ship leaving harbour. Date: ca. 1847
French Warships - ConstantinopleFrench warships at Constantinople at the end of the First World War
Trafalgar (Davidson)warships at close quarters
15th Century ShipsWarships of the period of Edward IV. The larger vessel carries three cannon amidships, behind closed ports which are lowered when the ship goes into action. Date: 1482
Scout Plane for WarshipsAn aeroplane acts as a scout for warships Date: 1913
Naval review at Spithead, HampshireKing George V reviewing the British naval fleet at Spithead, Hampshire. The Fleet Review is a British tradition, in which the reigning monarch reviews the massed Royal Navy
Warship trailing a Fog Buoy, 1912Photograph of a British warship trailing a fog buoy. When a group of warships travelling line ahead entered fog they would stream fog buoys
ITALY. Pompeii. House of the Vettii. Detail with warships. First Century A.D. Roman art. Early Empire. Painting; Fresco
HMS Minotaur at Gibraltar, c. 1880. c. 1880
William Fox presents Bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteenWilliam Fox presents bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen episodes : Episode nine hurled from the clouds. Motion picture poster for Bride 13, episode nine
Our victorious fleets in Cuban waters. Date c1898
U. S. Ship of the Line Ohio, 104 GunsU.S. Ship of the Line Ohio, 104 Guns. Date: 1847
U. S. Ship North Carolina, 102 GunsU.S. Ship North Carolina, 102 Guns. Date: 1844
Warships, Algiers, Algeria. Date ca. 1899
Britiannia Bides Her Time" Britiannia Bides Her Time.", Alick P. F. ritchie, The Bystander front cover, 19th August 1914. In 1914, Britannia really did rule the waves
Getting Under Way and Manning the YardsThe Grand Naval Review at Spithead : getting under way and manning the yards - a mighty warship. Date: 1856
Dreadnought PhotoThe battleship which has set the pattern for warships combining heavy gunpower with high speed. Date: 1906
Malta / VallettaWarships in Valletta harbour during World War One. Date: 1914-1918
Warship peeking over North Sea wavesWarship peeking over the North Sea waves - only the top of the mast is visible - has the rather humourous caption Xmas Greetings from North Sea. Date: circa 1920s
Whitby YorkshireA photograph purporting to be from the time of the devastating German naval attacks on the Yorkshire coast on 16th December 1914
Dogali - Italian naval vessels in dockDogali, Italy - Italian naval vessels in dock Date: circa 1910s
Bank Holiday mobilisation activity at Sheerness, WW1Bank Holiday mobilisation activity at Sheerness at the start of the First World War. British civilians watch the warships with interest from the deck of the Princess of Wales, Rochester
Bay at Talcahuano, ChilePanorama of the Bay at Talcahuano, Chile (in the Biobio Region) with moored naval ships. Date: circa 1910s
British Dreadnoughts
Growth of the Worlds DreadnoughtsThe Dreadnought Fever visualised in The Sphere by diagrammatic illustrator, G. H. Davis showing the huge growth in the building of dreadnoughts (all-big-gun battleships)
Wartime poster, War Savings Are Warships, encouraging people to save more to help the war effort. Showing four warships at sea. 1940s
H. M.s GloriousOriginally commissioned as a light cruiser, HMS GLORIOUS was later converted into an aircraft carrier. Destroyed by SCHARNHORST after she aided in the evacuation of Norway, 1940 Date: 1930s
Russian Ships IncanalWarships of the Russian Baltic Fleet pass through the Canal on their way to Port Arthur, to take part in the war with Japan : soon, many of these ships will be under water. Date: December 1904
Dutch Warships 1670A Dutch man-of-war firing her guns. Date: circa 1670
Italians Attack ShipsItalian warships fire on suspicious-looking vessels in the Aegean Date: November 1940
Kiel Canal WWIView of Kiel Canal, Germany during World War I, it was recently enlarged to be able to accommodate warships
British warships and transports WWIBritish warships and transports of Cape Helles during World War I in Gallipoli
Destroyed warship WWIIGerman stukas destroyed the warships they found in Dunkirk harbour during World War II
Two women in fursPencil sketch of two women, both wearing furs, set above two small doodles of navy warships. Drawings by Raymond Sheppard
Sydney, Nova Scotia, CanadaBritish (rear) and French (foreground) warships in the harbour at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
How the Japanese Raid on Pearl Harbour and its Warships was carried out By English School
Eugenie at ToulonWhen Eugenie visits Toulon, she is greeted by salvoes of welcoming guns from the warships congregated in the harbour
Kjobenhavn BombardedCopenhagen is bombarded by hostile warships - but we cannot trace who is doing the bombarding or why !
U-Boat Sinks ThreeGerman U-boats sink three British warships during the first weeks of World War One, an ominous start to the war : U-9 was credited with sinking all three, but had help
Naval Battle SantiagoNAVAL BATTLE OF SANTIAGO Us warships Oregon and Iowa under heavy fire from the Spanish
Ruins of the MalakoffAllied warships bombard the city, but it will be nearly a year before the Allies overcome the Russian resistance
Captain Footes MonitorsCaptain Footes monitors take Island No. 10 on the Mississippi
Warship of MarsThe Martians are a warlike folk, so when they possessed oceans, it was inevitable that their ships would be built for fighting - massive warships of sophisticated design
Battle Scene 1854Warships are frequently used against shore targets as their guns generally outclass any thing available on land : during the Crimea War H.M.S. Bulldog bombards Bomarsund
Catania BombardedCatania, Sicily, stronghold of the independence movement, is bombarded by the warships of the kingdom of Naples and Two Sicilies
China Warships 1897German warships off the China coast : the flagship Kaiser signals that the artillery has been landed
German Naval ManoeuvresThe German battle fleet on manoeuvres, seen from the bridge of the commanding flagship
Dutch Warships 1630SDutch warships
Prophecy for 1865The British Lion - the emperor Napoleon - guns and warships - the papal crown - a coffin - Bismarck whispering to the German emperor - it looks like being an eventful year !
Battle of San DomingoNAVAL BATTLE Engagement off San Domingo, in which the British defeat the French and take two of their warships
100 Years War / NavalEnglish and Spanish warships of the 100 Years War : the earl of Pembrokes expedition is attacked by the Spanish fleet
Goeben PhotoAdmiral Souchons Goeben is one of the most powerful warships of its day, manned by over 1000 men and capable of firing at targets up to 233 km away : top speed 28 knots
Scene in LemuriaTechnological development in Lemuria was quite advanced, according to author Burtt : their warships and their architecture were not so very different from our own
Kings Bring GunsWhat the Three Kings bring today - guns, warships, shells
Sveaborg Rebellion, Suomenlinna, FinlandScene at the Sveaborg Rebellion, which began on 30 June 1906. It took place at the sea fortress Suomenlinna (Sveaborg in Swedish and Russian) as part of the Russian Revolution
Bomarsund Bombarded - 1Bomarsund, a Russian fortress in the Baltic, is bombarded by Hecla and other British warships before being taken by a combined French and British force under sir Charles Napier
French Warship 1660French warships at anchor
A Winter Gale at ScapaBlustery winter conditions prevail at Scapa Flow; British warships ride the gale
Sebastopol WarshipsWarships at Sebastopol: a British victory
Searchlight PracticeWarships of the Royal Navy engaged in searchlight practice off the Kent coast at Margate
Earl Pembroke attackedEnglish and Spanish warships of the 100 years war. The Earl of Pembrokes expedition is attacked by the Spanish Fleet
Dutch in MedwayA Dutch fleet commanded by De Ruyter sails up the Thames, and attacks Chatham, sinking or seizing the London and other warships anchored in the Medway
H. M. s. Lord NelsonBritish sailors lowering a lifeboat from H.M.S. Lord Nelson, which was completed in 1908 and was active during World War One, including in the Dardanelles in 1915
U. S. S. PLYMOUTH (PG 57)Built for Mrs Alva Vanderbilt in 1931 at the Krupp factory, Kiel, Germany, the Alva was given to the U.S. navy in 1941 and renamed U.S.S. Plymouth. Torpedoed by a U-boat in 1943
Ascension Island 1683A birds eye view of a rocky island surrounded by shipping and big sea birds. There seems to be a bit of a set-to between three ships who are surrounded by cannon smoke
Battle of Kentish KnockBATTLE OF THE KENTISH KNOCK 1st Anglo-Dutch War. Admiral Witte de With & the Dutch fleet engage the English, led by Blake but are beaten back with severe losses
North-Sea CanalThe Nord-Ostseekanal (or Kiel Kanal) links North Sea and Baltic, enabling Germany to move her warships from one sea to another. Its the worlds busiest artificial waterway
Port Royal TakenUnion warships bombard Port Royal, South Carolina, before taking the island from the Confederacy
Five Steam WarshipsRemoved from the effective list: The last cruise of the coast-defence monitors (left to right) Hydra, Glatton, Cyclops, Gorgon and Hecate
French Warships in LineFrench warships sailing in line astern
Woolwich Dockyard 1770WOOLWICH DOCKYARD seen across the river Thames, with four large sailing warships under construction
