Images Dated 3rd October 2017

Two Battleships Comparison by G. H. Davis

A comparison of the American Iowa battleship, and the British H.M.S. Vanguard. The ships are each given dimensions and a deck view, which details the ship guns and command centers. The illustration itself describes the battleships as "the two most powerful battleships in the world".
1946

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Princess Vicky christened, 1841

Princess Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain, Crown Princess of Prussia, later Empress of Prussia (1840-1901) pictured at her christening in 1840 in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace. The ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Howley. Known as Vicky, she was the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She married Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia in 1859 and was the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
10 February 1841

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Drifting derelict warship, Richelieu, by G. H. Davis

The drifting of the derelict French warship, Richelieu. While being towed from Toulon to Rotterdam, the ship broke loose from her tugs at Brest, and drifted around the English Channel and the Scillies, causing a danger to other ships. The ship was eventually secured by the Dreadnought cruiser, Inflexible, during a violent gale. She was later towed away by two tugs in the direction of Holland, where she was broken up.
1911

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