Naval Collection

HMS Flying Fox EAW033316
HMS Flying Fox (Royal Naval Reserve) moored off Hotwell Road, Bristol. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in October 1950

The Erebus and the Terror Among Icebergs

The Fighting Temeraire, 1839. Artist: JMW Turner
The Fighting Temeraire, 1839. The 98-gun ship Temeraire became known as the Fighting Temeraire after its role in Nelsons victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Players Please: Sailor, 1955
Players Navy Cut small rectangular counter card. The background is yellow with a cream edge. In the centre is the head and shoulders of a sailor with " H Ms EXCELLENT" on his hatband

Trafalgar Square J060185
TRAFALGAR SQUARE, City of Westminster, London. An elevated view of the square showing Nelsons Column & National Gallery

Navy Cut: HMS Vanguard, 1940=1960
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Charles Pears painting of HMS Vanguard dressed for Royal Review

Royal Naval College, Dartmouth EPW024215
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Dartmouth, Devon, photographed in 1928. This officer training college was purpose built on this site in 1905 to a design by Sir Aston Webb

HMS Warspite EAW005978
HMS WARSPITE, Prussia Cove, Cornwall. Warspite was launched in 1913 and saw action with the Royal Navy at the Battle of Jutland in 1916

The Old Royal Naval College a065204
OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Greenwich, London

Map Darwins Beagle Voyage South America
Map of the World with Voyage of the Beagle coloured in red. Appendix from " The Voyage of HMS Beagle" by Charles Darwin (Cover Title) New Edition 1890 John Murray Publishers

Jules Vernes Nautilus submarine, artwork
Nautilus submarine. Artwork of the submarine Nautilus surfacing rapidly after sinking a ship

Chatham Dockyard EAW223251
Chatham Docks, Chatham, from the north-east, showing Rochester and the Thames. A number of vessels are in the naval dockyard. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1972

HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge a98_05144
TOWER BRIDGE, Stepney, London. Looking down onto the foredeck of the cruiser HMS Belfast

Coastguard cottages, St Just in Penwith Churchtown, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Coastguard cottages with a White Ensign flying on the flagpole at the New Downs end of the town

Navy sailor cut-out, 1954
Players Navy Cut cut-out counter-card of a sailor leaning against a wooden post reading a paper

USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, North America

Wessex helicopter winching up survivior in rescue from sea

HMS Broadsword EAW582726
HMS Broadsword (F88) off Plymouth. July 1990. This Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy was commissioned in 1979. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1995. Aerofilms Collection

Cutaway view of an American warship
Hull of an American man-of-war cut open amidships, showing deck plans and quarters, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Sheerness Naval Dockyard EAW037832
Blue Town and the naval dockyard, Sheerness, Kent. Little ships were collected here in 1940 before being towed across to the Dunkirk beaches. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1951

Darwins Beagle Voyage Map South America
Map of South America with Voyage of the Beagle coloured in red. Appendix from " The Voyage of HMS Beagle" (Cover Title) by Charles Darwin, New Edition 1890 John Murray publishers

HMS Wishart a002466
HMS WISHART, Hays Wharf, Bermondsey, London. A Thorneycroft modifed W class destroyer launched in 1919, here bedecked in celebratory bunting

HMS Warrior J870325
HMS WARRIOR, Portsmouth. General view from the bows

Old Royal Naval College a065183
OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Greenwich, London. Misty view of the wrought iron gates and gatepiers to the Royal Naval College on Romsey Road, showing the college beyond. Photographed by John Gay

Spithead Review 1924 EPW011365
REVIEW OF THE FLEET, Spithead, Portsmouth. The Spithead Review in July 1924, at which George V presented colours to the Royal Navy

U. S. NAVY TRAVEL POSTER. Travel
U.S. NAVY TRAVEL POSTER. Travel. Lithograph recruiting poster for the U.S. Navy, probably 1930s

Players Please: Female sailor, 1955
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a painting of a blonde female sailor in white shirt and navy tie with naval hat to the left behind her head

Naval princes D880032
OSBORNE HOUSE, Isle of Wight. The Ryde Album

Dover Castle siege J020150
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. The siege of 1216. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) of a naval battle in Sandwich Bay

The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich N060940
OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Greenwich, London. An aerial view of the baroque Naval College, Queens House, National Maritime Museum and Greenwich Park with The Royal Observatory

Trafalgar Square J060220
TRAFALGAR SQUARE, City of Westminster, London. An elevated view of the square showing Nelsons Column & the National Gallery at dusk / night

HMS Amethyst EAW031911
HMS Amethyst (F116) moored off the Plymouth Breakwater, Plymouth. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in August 1950

Portsmouth Harbour EAW280874
Portsmouth Harbour. Looking across the harbour and naval dockyards towards Porchester. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1974

The Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth transits the Atlantic Ocean
October 11, 2010 - The Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth (F-235) transits the Atlantic Ocean during Exercise Joint Warrior

Chatham Dockyard 27552_024
Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent. Once one of the Royal Navys main facilities, the dockyard is now a maritime museum

HMS Centaur EAW108229
HMS Centaur docked in Liverpool. February 1963. One of the Centaur-class light fleet carriers of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1947 she saw service until 1966. Aerofilms Collection

Paddle steamer under arms CC80_00195
DEPTFORD CREEK, LONDON. The paddle steamer Plinlimmon (formerly Cambrai) was hired by the Ministry of War transport in 1939

U. S. S. Alabama Battleship Museum
U.S.S. Alabama Battleship Museum, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, North America

The Old Royal Naval College and Canary Wharf N060982
GREENWICH PARK, London. A sunset view from Greenwich Park looking towards the Queens House, National Maritime Museum and The Old Royal Naval College

The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich N060942
OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Greenwich, London. An aerial view from above Greenwich Park looking towards the Queens House, the National Maritime Museum and the college

PBY Catalina vintage flying boat
Consolidated PBY Catalina vintage flying boat in U.S. Army Air Force naval rescue colors

Battleship Maine entering Havana harbor, 1898
USS Maine saluting the Spanish flagship upon arrival in Havana harbor, 1898. Hand-colored halftone reproduction

Japanese taking Port Arthur, 1894
Japanese warships taking Port Arthur, Manchuria, during the Sino-Japanese War, 1894. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Spanish Armada, 1588
Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English navy, 1588. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, North America

The Summons to Surrender (An Incident in the Spanish Armada)
Artist: Cole, George Vicat - Title: The Summons to Surrender (An Incident in the Spanish Armada) - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 191.1 x 306.1

Royal Naval College CC53_00158
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Greenwich, London. A view of the Royal Naval College from the opposite bank of the Thames with a moored barge in the foreground

Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum, San Diego, California, United States of America, North America

Surrender of the Confederate ironclad ship Tennessee during the Battle of Mobile Bay 1864 American Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth a42_01082
Devonport Dockyard, South Yard, Covered Slip No. 1, Devonport, Plymouth. The interior of No. 1 covered slip in the South Yard of Devonport Dockyard

British naval discipline, 19th century. A sailor, tied to the grating, being flogged with a cat-o-nine-tails. In 1867 Parliament abolished flogging in the services

Chatham Dockyard 27552_022
Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent. Once one of the Royal Navys main facilities, the dockyard is now a maritime museum. The Ropery, shown here, is a Grade I listed building

Sullivans Island bombarded by the British, 1776
American defense of Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island, Charleston SC, 1776. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century F.C. Yohn illustration

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1920
Players Navy Mixture tobacco counter card in the form of a stylised tower or possibly a lighthouse with packs of tobacco at the base (like rocks?)

Navy Cut: Off Greenwich, 1952
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes and Tobacco rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of " Off Greenwich" by Frank H. Mason

The Old Royal Naval College a98_06414
OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Greenwich, London. Exterior perspective view of the college looking along the colonnade

Nelsons Column K060097
THE NELSON MEMORIAL, Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster, London. Detail of Nelsons Column

CIVIL WAR: ANACONDA PLAN. Scotts Great Snake or the Anaconda Plan: General Winfield Scotts plan to blockade the Confederacy and conduct a major offensive down the Mississippi River

Retreat of the Spanish Armada from England in stormy seas, 1588. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Captain James Cook regarding a map. Hand-colored woodcut of a painting

British capturing Quebec in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, French and Indian War, 1759. Hand-colored woodcut

Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28
Players counter card in the shape of the full-length profile of a naval officer. His insignia suggest he is a commander

One After Another, Players Please, 1956
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of four open packets of 20 Navy Cut Cigarettes Medium standing up domino-style

Navy Cut: Night Moorings, 1952
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of " Night Moorings" by Charles Pears

Its a way they have in the Navy: HMS Archeron, 1950
Players Navy Cut rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of a white submarine with sailors standing to attention on board entering port

Navy Cut Medium cigarettes, 1924
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes in three, tiered sections

Fore-Cabin, H. M. S. Queen Elizabeth
Fore-Cabin, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, Rosyth, 16 November, 1918, 1918 (1935). After the painting by Sir John Lavery, R.A. From Modern Masterpieces Part 20. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935]

Seamen salute the resting place of USS Lexington
July 26, 2007 - Seamen salute as USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) passes the final resting place of USS Lexington (CV-2)

USNS Alan Shepard and USNS Joshua Humphreys are underway in the Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Aden, April 27, 2011 - The Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), left

WORLD WAR I: CAMOUFLAGE. The zebra-striped British transport ship Osterly decked out in flags in New York Harbor to celebrate the signing of the armistice, 11 November 1918. Photograph

Aircraft carriers HAW_9397_20
River Tamar, Plymouth, Devon. Royal Navy Aircraft carriers and other military vessels on the River Tamar. Photographed by Harold Wingham in July 1959

World War I 1914-1918. Battle of the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic. Decisive British naval victory over German Navy, 8 December 1914

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England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Portchester Castle showing the Norman 12th Century Tower and 14th Century Keep within the Roman 3rd Century Saxon Shore Fort

Naval Trawler, HMS Liffy alongside a Grimsby fishing vessel in Grimsby Docks, 1937
A Naval Trawler (H.M.S. Liffy) alongside a Grimsby fisihing vessel in Grimsby Docks, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

PBY Catalina vintage flying boat
Consolidated PBY Catalina vintage flying boat in U.S. Army Air Force naval rescue colors

Warships In Swell
A British battle squadron at sea in an Atlantic swell. The guns of HMS Audacious are in the foreground. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Boys from the Gravesend Sea School, Kent, dry their washing on a flag hoist. 5 June 1937

The Revenge under command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-91) engaging Spanish fleet off Flores. Cut off from English fleet, fought until overwhelmed 1591

Ross Arctic search expedition, 1848-9 C016 / 4490
Ross Arctic search expedition. 19th-century artwork of the ships HMS Enterprise and HMS Investigator caught in pack ice in Baffin Bay off Devils Point in the Arctic

Project Azorian, 1970s
Project Azorian. Artwork showing the secret US operation carried out by the CIA to recover a sunken Soviet submarine in the 1970s

Martin Frobisher, English explorer
Martin Frobisher (c.1535-1594), English navigator and explorer. Frobisher became a cabin boy in 1544 and rose to the rank of captain by 1565

CAVENDISH, DRAKE & HAWKINS. English admirals and navigators. Left to right: Thomas Cavendish (1560-1592), Sir Francis Drake (c1540-1596), and Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595)

Frigate " Merrimac" before and after conversion into an iron-clad Confederate warship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Aerial image of HMS Belfast, a Royal Navy Town-class cruiser, on the River Thames, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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"Exploring the Vast Seas: A Glimpse into Naval History" The Fighting Temeraire, 1839. Artist: JMW Turner - A masterpiece capturing the grandeur warfare and the indomitable spirit of sailors. Players Please: Sailor, 1955 - Sailors enjoying a moment of respite amidst their arduous duties, showcasing camaraderie and unity within the naval community. HMS Warspite EAW005978 - An imposing vessel that stood as a symbol of British naval power during World War II, evoking awe and admiration for its strength. Royal Naval College, Dartmouth EPW024215 - The prestigious institution where future naval officers are molded through rigorous training and education. Navy Cut: HMS Vanguard, 1940-1960 - A legendary ship that served as a floating fortress protecting Britain's shores during tumultuous times in history. USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum - Step aboard this majestic aircraft carrier to witness firsthand the technological marvels that revolutionized modern naval warfare. HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge a98_05144 - An iconic image capturing the juxtaposition between historical maritime heritage represented by HMS Belfast against London's contemporary skyline. The Old Royal Naval College a065204 - Immerse yourself in centuries-old architectural splendor at this historic site that once trained generations of skilled seafarers. Chatham Dockyard EAW223251 - Delve into the heart of shipbuilding excellence at one of Britain's most renowned dockyards, where vessels were meticulously crafted for centuries. Map Darwin’s Beagle Voyage South America – Trace Charles Darwin's groundbreaking expedition on board HMS Beagle as he embarked on his scientific journey that forever changed our understanding of life on Earth.