Naval Officer Collection (page 14)

Captain Cook claims Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1770 (1886). James Cook proclaiming New South Wales a British possession after landing there on his first voyage of discovery

Captain James Cook, English explorer, navigator and cartographer, (1886). Cook (1728-1779) claimed Australia for Britain after he arrived there in 1770 on the first of this three voyages of

Captain John Hindmarsh, RN, KH, 1886. Hindmarsh, of the Royal Navy, was the first Governor of South Australia, holding the post from 1836 to 1838

Navy cadet Prince Albert with Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont, 1912. The future King George VI (1895-1902) served in the Navy from 1910 until 1918

Prince Albert in the uniform of a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, 1918. The future King George VI (1895-1902) served in the Navy from 1910 until 1918

Sub-Lieutenant Prince Albert serving tea to wounded soldiers at Buckingham Palace, 1916
Sub-Lieutenant Prince Albert serving tea to wounded soldiers at Buckingham Palace, London, 1916. The future King George VI (1895-1902) served in the Navy from 1910 until 1918

Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, British admiral, (1832). Artist: H Robinson
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, British admiral, (1832). Earl Howe (1726-1799) commanded the English fleet that decisively defeated the French in the Battle of Ushant (the Glorious First of June) in 1794

Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral, (1833). Artist: Henry Thomas Ryall
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral, (1833). Keppel (1725-1786) held sea commands during the Seven Years War and the War of American Independence

Vice-Admiral Roger John Brownlow Keyes, British naval officer, 1918. The commander of the port of Dover, Keyes (1872-1945)

Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, Scottish navy officer, (1870). Artist: H Robinson
Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, Scottish navy officer, (1870). Duncan (1731-1804) defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown (north of Haarlem) on 11 October 1797

George V and the Prince of Wales reviewing the Fleet, July 26th, 1924, (c1935)

The Prince of Wales, future King Edward VIII, c 1935. Edward (1894-1972) ruled from ruled 20 January 1936 until 11 December 1936

Samuel Francis du Pont, American naval officer, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Samuel Francis du Pont, American naval officer, (1872). Du Pont (1803-1865) was a naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy

Commodore Andrew Hull Foote, American naval officer, late 19th century. Artist: John A O Neill
Commodore Andrew Hull Foote, American naval officer, late 19th century. Foote (1806-1863) served in the Union Navy in the American Civil War

Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, 19th century. Artist: DJ Pound
Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, 19th century. Lyons (1790-1858) commanded the British fleet in the Black Sea during the Crimean War (1853-1856)

Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral of the Royal Navy, 19th century. Artist: William Finden
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral of the Royal Navy, 19th century. Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810) entered the Navy in 1761

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, English naval officer, (19th century). Artist: Henry Thomas Ryall
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, English naval officer, (19th century). Montagu (1625-1672) was General at Sea during the Commonwealth period

Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, (1822-1886), English naval captain Artist: George J Stodart
Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, English naval captain and Turkish admiral, 19th century. Hobart Pasha (1822-1886), Marshal of the Ottoman Empire, was the third son of the Earl of Buckinghamshire

King and Queen of Portugal, presented with flowers by Admiral Touchard, 1904. Carlos I, King of Portugal, married Princess Amelie of Orleans in 1886

Six monthly inspection by Admiral Roustan on board the Borda, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd February 1902

Admiral Nikolai Skrydlov, Russian naval officer, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Admiral Nikolai Skrydlov, Russian naval officer, 1895. Skrydlov commanded the Russian squadron that visited the Kiel Week sailing regatta in 1895 coinciding with the opening of the Kiel Canal

Visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to the Resolute, 1856, (c1888)
Visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to the Resolute, Spithead, Hampshire, 1856, (c1888). Queen Victoria and her husband visit the ship of British Arctic explorer John Franklin

The Queen waving farewell to the Duke of Wellington flagship, c1850s, (1888). Queen Victoria waves off HMS Duke of Wellington, a 131-gun Royal Navy warship which was launched in 1852

Admiral Gervais in front of the investigation board, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Admiral Gervais in front of the investigation board, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th December 1895

Thomas Bertie, English naval officer. Artist: Page
Thomas Bertie, English naval officer. Bertie commanded HMS Ardent at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. He later became Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Royal Navy

Lord Charles Beresford, British Admiral and Member of Parliament, 1893. Artist: HC Balding
Lord Charles Beresford, British Admiral and Member of Parliament, 1893. An engraving of Beresford (1846-1919) from James Taylors The Age We Live In: A History of the Nineteenth Century

Real Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, British rear-admiral. Portrait of Kempenfelt (1718-1782), English naval officer of Swedish descent

Abraham Duquesne, 17th century French admiral, 19th Century. Duquesne (1608-1690) at the Battle of Messina in 1676, where he defeated a combined Dutch and Spanish fleet

Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Artist: Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Captain James Cook, (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and cartographer was killed by inhabitants of Hawaii during his third voyage of discovery

Lieutenant, 1799. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Lieutenant, 1799. From the collection of the National Maritime Museum, London

Candidate for the Marines, 1799. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Candidate for the Marines, 1799. From the collection of the National Maritime Museum, London

Lieutenant of the Guard, 1799. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Lieutenant of the Guard, 1799. From the collection of the National Maritime Museum, London

Officier de Marine, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Print from a series titled Souvenirs du Siege de Paris. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Lord Nelson, c1797-1805. Artist: Sir William Beechey
Lord Nelson, c1797-1805

John Ross, British polar explorer and naval officer, 19th century. In 1818 Ross (1800-1862) led an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage

Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic explorer, 1914
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), British Antarctic explorer, 1914. Portrait surrounded by vignettes of his fatal expedition to South Pole

Natives of the Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, slaughtering swine before Captain Cook, c1778. Captain James Cook, the famed navigator and hydrographer, transformed our knowledge of the Pacific region

Postcard commemorating Captain Scotts ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, c1912. Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) English antarctic explorer (inset) and his ship the Terra Nova trapped in ice

William Bligh, British naval officer received by the Governor of Timor, 14 June 1789 (1802)
William Bligh, British naval officer received hospitably by the Governor of Timor, 14 June 1789 (1802). Bligh (1754-1817)

George Anson, Baron Anson (1697-1762), English naval commander. Anson command a Royal Navy squadron of 6 ships sent to attack Spanish interests in South America at the outset of the War of Austrian

James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Artist: Nathaniel Dance-Holland
James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform, seated, with his hand resting on a map of the world

Jean Bart, French privateer and naval officer, 19th century. Bart (1651-1702) served in the French Navy in the war between Louis XIV and the United Provinces

Mutiny of the crew of HMS Bounty, 28 April 1789. Lieutenant William Bligh (1754-1817), English naval officer and his 18 companions cast adrift in a longboat by Fletcher Christian

Andrew Hull Foote, American naval officer, late 19th century. Foote (1806-1863) served in the Union Navy in the American Civil War

Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805) on the deck of HMS Victory during the battle where the British navy decisively defeated the Franco-Spanish fleet

Death of Nelson on board HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (1827). One of Britains greatest military figures, Admiral Nelson (1758-1805)

Admiral David Beatty (1871-1936), British naval commander, World War I, 1914-1918
Admiral David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936), British naval commander, World War I, 1914-1918. Beatty commanded the Royal Navys battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916

John Felton (1595?-1628), English Puritan naval officer, 1830. Artist: Richard Sawyer
John Felton (1595?-1628), English Puritan naval officer, 1830. Felton murdered George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham at Portsmouth on 23 August 1628

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