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HMS Broadsword EAW582726HMS 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
HMS Warrior J870325HMS WARRIOR, Portsmouth. General view from the bows
Naval princes D880032OSBORNE HOUSE, Isle of Wight. The Ryde Album
Cutty Sark and HMS Worcester EPW061029Greenhithe, Kent. The Cutty Sark tea clipper and HMS Worcester berthed outside Ingress Abbey (the Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College). Photographed in May 1939 by Aerofilms Ltd
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth EPW024215ROYAL 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
Spithead Review 1924 EPW011365REVIEW OF THE FLEET, Spithead, Portsmouth. The Spithead Review in July 1924, at which George V presented colours to the Royal Navy
HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge a98_05144TOWER BRIDGE, Stepney, London. Looking down onto the foredeck of the cruiser HMS Belfast
HMS Warspite EAW005978HMS 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, Greenwich N060940OLD 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
Victory EAC648530HMS Victory, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, 1995
Warrior EAC648548HMS Warrior, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, 1995
Spithead review 1897 EGP_22662_056Spithead, Solent. Elevated view from the foremast of a battleship showing boats forming part of a naval review at Spithead in 1897
HMS Prince of Wales 33940_033HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier in dock with HMS Victory and HMS Warrior in the background, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 2020
HMS Queen Elizabeth 33940_032HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier in dock, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 2020
Pride of the Navy 33940_031The Royal Navys two largest aircraft carriers in dock. HMS Queen Elizabeth is on the left and HMS Prince of Wales is on the right, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 2020
HMS Belfast JLP01_10_22752London Bridge City, Southwark, Greater London. A view looking east over the London Bridge City complex, showing HMS Belfast moored on the River Thames with Tower Bridge beyond
HMS Diamond 33564_023HM Naval Base, City of Portsmouth, 2018. Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond (D34). SU6201
HMS Queen Elizabeth 33564_017HM Naval Base, City of Portsmouth, 2018. Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08). SU6201
Chatham Dockyard 27552_024Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent. Once one of the Royal Navys main facilities, the dockyard is now a maritime museum
Chatham Dockyard 27552_022Chatham 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
Stranded submarine JXC01_01_008Near Falmouth, Cornwall. The wreck of the submarine UB 106 on the rocks. Five German U-boats were moored at Falmouth after being surrended to the Royal Navy in 1918
Chatham Naval Dockyard 21303_10Chatham Naval Dockyard, Kent. This aerial photograph shows the dry docks at Chatham Dockyard beside the River Thames
HMS Centaur EAW108229HMS 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
Maritime Hartlepool EAW695745HMS Trincomalee and PSS Wingfield Castle docked at Hartlepool. Trincomalee was laid down in Bombay, India in 1812. The Wingfield Castle is a paddle steamer built at Hartlepool and launched in 1934
HMS Wishart a002466HMS WISHART, Hays Wharf, Bermondsey, London. A Thorneycroft modifed W class destroyer launched in 1919, here bedecked in celebratory bunting
Paddle steamer under arms CC80_00195DEPTFORD CREEK, LONDON. The paddle steamer Plinlimmon (formerly Cambrai) was hired by the Ministry of War transport in 1939
RFA Lyme Bay 24688_016ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARY LYME BAY L3007. Aerial view of one of the Royal Navys amphibious assault vessels (Bay Class landing ship dock), moored alongside at Portland Harbour
HMT Queen Mary at Southampton EAW001370HMT QUEEN MARY at home in Southampton in June 1946 between round trips to Halifax, Nova Scotia and New York
HMS Ophir BL16520_030SS OPHIR. Interior of the Saloon from the Gallery. Photographed by Bedford Lemere in 1901 for Anderson Anderson & Co
Stranded submarines JXC01_02_006Falmouth, Cornwall. A view from the shore of the lifting rig Cyklop, with two stranded submarines in the foreground, and another between Cyklop and the shore
Stranded submarine JXC01_01_011Falmouth, Cornwall. A view from the shore showing people aboard the wreck of UB 112, on the rocks west of Pendennis Point, with a sailing boat in the foreground
Stranded submarine JXC01_01_005Falmouth, Cornwall. Naval visitors aboard the wreck of UB 112, stranded on the rocks west of Pendennis Point
Aircraft carriers HAW_9397_20River Tamar, Plymouth, Devon. Royal Navy Aircraft carriers and other military vessels on the River Tamar. Photographed by Harold Wingham in July 1959
Royal Yacht Britannia EAW075124The Royal Yacht Britannia in Portsmouth Harbour. May 1959. Aerofilms Collection
Royal Yacht Alberta IC076 / 001A reconstruction drawing of the Royal Yacht Alberta, a 370 ton wooden paddle steamer owned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
HMS Grampus EAW103445HMS Grampus off Portsmouth. July 1962. Grampus was a Porpoise-class submarine of the Royal Navy, launched in 1957. Aerofilms Collection
Royal Naval Cordite Factory 26653_035Holton Heath, Dorset. Aerial view of the Royal Naval Cordite Factory
Queen Victoria at the Royal Naval Expo BL10832AROYAL HOSPITAL, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, SW3
Sheerness Boat Store a98_04608Boat Store, Sheerness Naval Dockyard, Kent. A detail of the Boat Store at Sheerness Naval Dockyard, by G T Greene in 1859
Figurehead a98_04640CHATHAM NAVAL DOCKYARD, Kent. General view of a male figurehead from a large collection of figureheads at chatham. Photographed by Eric de Mare in 1956
The Old Royal Naval College a98_06414OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Greenwich, London. Exterior perspective view of the college looking along the colonnade
Queen Victorias cortege D880022OSBORNE HOUSE, Isle of Wight. The Ryde Album. Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on 22nd January 1901 aged 81
Swordfish over Blackpool EAW212942A Fairey Swordfish Mk.II flying over Blackpool in 1971. This type of torpedo bomber was used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War 2
Woolwich Dockyard engraving BB86_03871Royal Naval Dockyard, Woolwich, London. This image of the dockyard at Woolwich was created in 1739 by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck. The dockyard was established in 1512-13 by Henry VIII
Ship in drydock BL22201_012CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPYARD, Birkenhead, Merseyside. General view showing a ship in drydock. The ship may be called Audacious. Photographed in June 1913 by Bedford Lemere
Trafalgar Monument IoE 474404Anchor from HMS Victory set on battered granite stone plinth. Clarence Esplanade, Portsmouth, Hampshire. IoE 474404
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