Naval Review Collection

German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, 1937. The Graf Spee attending the Fleet Review for the coronation of King George VI at Spithead, Hampshire

The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1856. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1856. Queen Victoria attends a display by the Royal Navy off the Hampshire coast

The Naval Review: Promenade on Southsea Common - sketched by S. Read, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Naval Review: Promenade on Southsea Common - sketched by S. Read, 1856. Crowds flock to the Hampshire coast to watch a display by the Royal Navy

The Great Naval Review: "No Beds" - drawn by Phiz, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Great Naval Review: "No Beds" - drawn by Phiz, 1856. Crowds flock to the Hampshire coast for a display by the Royal Navy - accommodation is quickly snapped up

The Great Naval Review: "No Beds" - drawn by Phiz, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Great Naval Review: "No Beds" - drawn by Phiz, 1856. Crowds flock to the Hampshire coast for a display by the Royal Navy

The Great Naval Review: sketch on Fort Monckton, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Great Naval Review: sketch on Fort Monckton, 1856. Crowds watching a display by the Royal Navy off the Hampshire coast

The Naval Review: the Queen and Royal Family embarking at Portsmouth - sketched by R. Landells, 1856 Creator: Unknown
The Naval Review: the Queen and Royal Family embarking at Portsmouth - sketched by R. Landells, 1856. Queen Victoria attends a Royal Navy display in Hampshire

The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht passing Fort Monckton - drawn by S. Read, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Naval Review: the Queen's Yacht passing Fort Monckton - drawn by S. Read, 1856. Queen Victoria attends a display by warships of the Royal Navy off the coast of Hampshire

The Naval Review: Illumination of the Fleet - drawn by R. Leitch, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Naval Review: Illumination of the Fleet - drawn by R. Leitch, 1856....thousands who had borne the cold and languor of the day had left...before the ships made this grand

The Naval Review: Dance on Board H.M.S. "Caesar", 91, Capt. Robb - from a sketch by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Entertainment after a display by warships of the Royal Navy

The Naval Review: the Flotilla of Gun-Boats off the Motherbank - drawn by R. Leitch, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Naval Review: the Flotilla of Gun-Boats off the Motherbank - drawn by R. Leitch, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire

The Naval Review: the Signal for the Gun-Boat Attack, 1856. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
The Naval Review: the Signal for the Gun-Boat Attack, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy take part in a mock naval battle off the coast of Hampshire near Southsea Castle

The Naval Review: the Pivot-Ships "Rodney" and "London" - drawn by E. Weedon, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire....there was a

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Excursionists on the Floating-Bridge at Portsmouth, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Excursionists on the Floating-Bridge at Portsmouth, 1856. Sightseers flock to see a display of Royal Navy ships off the Hampshire coast

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Excursionists going to View the Fleet - scene on the "Hard", 1856. Sightseers flocking to a display of Royal Navy ships off the coast of Hampshire

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Southsea Castle, towards Portsmouth, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Southsea Castle, towards Portsmouth, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Light Draught Gun-Boats of the White Division of the Flotilla - Creator: Unknown
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Light Draught Gun-Boats of the White Division of the Flotilla - sketched by E. Weedon, 1856

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Gun-Boats attacking Southsea Castle - sketched by E. Weedon, 18 Creator: Unknown
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Gun-Boats attacking Southsea Castle - sketched by E. Weedon, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a mock naval battle off the coast of Hampshire

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: James Gate, Portsmouth - Liberty-Men Returning, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: James Gate, Portsmouth - Liberty-Men Returning, 1856. Sailors of the Royal Navy go ashore before taking part in a military display off the coast of

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Liberty-Men going on Shore - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856 Creator: W Thomas
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Liberty-Men going on Shore - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire....the entrance to

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Getting under Way, and Manning the Yards, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Getting under Way, and Manning the Yards, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire - sailors manning the yards

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Main-Deck of "The Blenheim" - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: The Fleet from the South - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: The Fleet from the South - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire....the fleet anchored

Plan of Spithead showing the Proposed Evolutions at the Review of the Fleet by Her Majesty, on Wedne Creator: Unknown
Plan of Spithead showing the Proposed Evolutions at the Review of the Fleet by Her Majesty, on Wednesday the 23rd April, 1856. Map showing Royal Navy ships off the coast of Hampshire

The Grand Naval Review - Supplement, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Naval Review - Supplement, 1856. Familiar for the past two years with the story of naval and military achievements

The Grand Naval Review - Yachts taking out Passengers to View the Fleet, sketched from Southsea Comm Creator: Unknown
The Grand Naval Review - Yachts taking out Passengers to View the Fleet, sketched from Southsea Common, 1856....the water was sprinkled with boats carrying spectators; steamers filled with visitors

The Approaching Naval Review - H.M. Divisional Ships of the Gun-Boat Flotilla, at Moorings off Ryde, Creator: Smyth
The Approaching Naval Review - H.M. Divisional Ships of the Gun-Boat Flotilla, at Moorings off Ryde, 1856. Blue Division, "Brunswick", Captain Yelverton

Harbour and Town of Cherbourg, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Harbour and Town of Cherbourg, 1850. The French port of Cherbourg prepares for a naval review. The vast harbour, which, in ordinary times

The French Squadron in Position, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The French Squadron in Position, 1850. Warships off Cherbourg in northern France for a naval review. The French fleet was under the command of Admiral Parseval-Dechesnes

The French President Quitting the Squadron at Cherbourg, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The French President Quitting the Squadron at Cherbourg, 1850. Louis Napoleon attends a naval review off the coast of France....the Prince visited each line-of-battle ship in succession

The Royal Yacht Squadron Saluting the French Squadron - sketched by the Hon. Dudley Pelham, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Yacht Squadron Saluting the French Squadron - sketched by the Hon. Dudley Pelham, 1850. French and British warships at a naval review off the coast of Cherbourg

Sailors from six different countries during the Coronation review, Southsea, Hampshire, 1937. Sailors from the USS New York, Asicara (Japan), HMS Malaya and the ARA Marat (USSR) pose with a young girl

The Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert III, 1937. The Royal Yacht at the Fleet Review in honour of the coronation of King George VI at Spithead, Hampshire. Victoria and Albert III entered service in 1901

Naval review off the coast of Portsmouth, 1907 (1908). Artist: Queen Alexandra
Naval review off the coast of Portsmouth, 1907 (1908). From Queen Alexandras Christmas Gift Book, Photographs from My Camera, by Queen Alexandra, published by The Daily Telegraph (London, 1908)

The Lords of the Admiralty at the Naval Review of 1907 (1908). Artist: Queen Alexandra
The Lords of the Admiralty at the Naval Review of 1907 (1908). King Edward VII reviewed the Home Fleet in the Solent on the 3rd of August 1907

The British fleet at King George Vs jubilee review, Spithead, July 1935, (1937). Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937

The queen reviewing the fleet at Spithead, Hampshire, late 19th century, (1900). Queen Victoria at a naval review. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Volume IV

Spithead, Hampshire, c1888. Traditional site of naval reviews. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (c1888)

Victoria and Albert, the first steam-driven royal yacht, c1855. Queen Victoria being cheered as the yacht carries her to the naval review at Spithead. Baxter needlebox print

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