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Background imageOn Board Collection: The Last of England, 1855. Artist: Ford Madox Brown

The Last of England, 1855. Artist: Ford Madox Brown
The Last of England, 1855. From World Famous Paintings edited by J Grieg Pirie [W.& G. Foyle Ltd. London, 1938]

Background imageOn Board Collection: Dancing between Decks, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Dancing between Decks, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Dancing between Decks, 1850. Emigrants leaving for the colonies: United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand

Background imageOn Board Collection: 1st Earl of Birkenhead with his daughter on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925

1st Earl of Birkenhead with his daughter on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930) with his daughter Lady Pamela Smith Berry, Baroness Hartwell (1915-1982) on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Helmsman, 1925, (1926). Artist: Arthur Briscoe

The Helmsman, 1925, (1926). Artist: Arthur Briscoe
The Helmsman, 1925, (1926). From The Studio Volume 91. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

Background imageOn Board Collection: The crew of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert III, Norway, 1904 (1908). Artist: Queen Alexandra

The crew of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert III, Norway, 1904 (1908). Artist: Queen Alexandra
The crew of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert III, Norway, 1904 (1908). From Queen Alexandras Christmas Gift Book, Photographs from My Camera, by Queen Alexandra

Background imageOn Board Collection: Aboard H. M. S. Prince of Wales, 1941, (1945). Creator: Unknown

Aboard H. M. S. Prince of Wales, 1941, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Aboard H.M.S. " Prince of Wales", August 1941, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the deck of the battleship Prince of Wales during the Second World War

Background imageOn Board Collection: The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett

The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 21st August 1896

Background imageOn Board Collection: A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett

A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 7th August 1896

Background imageOn Board Collection: Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons

Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons
Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume III, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893

Background imageOn Board Collection: Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service. Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920
Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Shows William Sowden Sims (1858-1936), who was the leader of U.S. Naval forces in Europe during World War I.

Background imageOn Board Collection: On LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

On LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
On LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14, 1914. Shows group on the deck of the French ship La Lorraine, which left New York City in August 1914 for its last transatlantic crossing before World War I.

Background imageOn Board Collection: Canadians from France, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Canadians from France, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Canadians from France, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageOn Board Collection: Prince Ruspoli, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Prince Ruspoli, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Prince Ruspoli, 1919. Shows Prince Eugenio Ruspoli, Secretary of the Italian Embassy, probably taken aboard the Mauretania at the Cunard pier in New York on November 25, 1919.

Background imageOn Board Collection: Wounded return, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Wounded return, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded return, 1918 or 1919. Wounded American soldiers on a ship after their return to the United States after World War I.

Background imageOn Board Collection: French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. French women on the deck of the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square

Background imageOn Board Collection: Gun of 100 - French Navy, 20 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Gun of 100 - French Navy, 20 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gun of 100 - French Navy, 20 May 1918 (date created or published later). Sailors on a French Navy ship.

Background imageOn Board Collection: British nurses on hospital barge, 19 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

British nurses on hospital barge, 19 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British nurses on hospital barge, 19 Jun 1917. A Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) staff nurse, Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS) sisters

Background imageOn Board Collection: Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton on a destroyer, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton on a destroyer, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton on a destroyer, between c1910 and c1915. Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947), a British Army general the deck of a ship with others.

Background imageOn Board Collection: German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. German submarines in a harbor. Front row (left to right): U-22, U-20 (sank the Lusitania), U-19 and U-21

Background imageOn Board Collection: Submarine 'U-14', 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). Creator: Bain News Service

Submarine "U-14", 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). Creator: Bain News Service
Submarine "U-14", 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). The German U-14 submarine which served in World War I.

Background imageOn Board Collection: Georgii Iakovlevich Sedov and Members of the Expedition with Those Seeing Them off on the..., 1912

Georgii Iakovlevich Sedov and Members of the Expedition with Those Seeing Them off on the..., 1912
Georgii Iakovlevich Sedov and Members of the Expedition with Those Seeing Them off on the Deck of the Ship Before Going to Sea, 1912

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Sailing Ship 'Saint Martyr Foka', 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin

The Sailing Ship "Saint Martyr Foka", 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin
The Sailing Ship "Saint Martyr Foka", 1912. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Background imageOn Board Collection: 'Our Special Artist' on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour..., 1864

"Our Special Artist" on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour..., 1864
"Our Special Artist", on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour, North Carolina, 1864. American Civil War

Background imageOn Board Collection: A prayer service on a steamship on the feast of St. Nicholas on 9 (12) May, 1880. Creator: Unknown

A prayer service on a steamship on the feast of St. Nicholas on 9 (12) May, 1880. Creator: Unknown
A prayer service on a steamship on the feast of St. Nicholas on 9 (12) May, 1880. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist

Background imageOn Board Collection: Pupils of primary schools in Krasnoyarsk celebrate the opening of the State Duma on the..., 1906

Pupils of primary schools in Krasnoyarsk celebrate the opening of the State Duma on the..., 1906. Creator: L. B. Vonago
Pupils of primary schools in Krasnoyarsk celebrate the opening of the State Duma on the Yenisei River, 1906. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei

Background imageOn Board Collection: VINDICTIVE after ZEEBRUGGE, 23 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

VINDICTIVE after ZEEBRUGGE, 23 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
VINDICTIVE after ZEEBRUGGE, 23 May 1918 (date created or published later). The HMS Vindictive was a British Arrogant-class cruiser which participated in the Zeebrugge Raid during World War I.

Background imageOn Board Collection: German refugees on EUROPA, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German refugees on EUROPA, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German refugees on EUROPA, between c1914 and c1915. German women and children refugees, possibly from the city of Kiau Chau (Tsing-Tao), China during World War I.

Background imageOn Board Collection: Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914

Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A group of American doctors including Dr

Background imageOn Board Collection: Sailors from the North, c1900s. Creator: Jean-François Raffaëlli

Sailors from the North, c1900s. Creator: Jean-François Raffaëlli
Sailors from the North, c1900s

Background imageOn Board Collection: Allegory of the Sound, 1622. Creator: Isaac Isaacsz

Allegory of the Sound, 1622. Creator: Isaac Isaacsz
Allegory of the Sound, 1622

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. Kentucky, superstructure deck, 1900 or 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Kentucky, superstructure deck, 1900 or 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Kentucky, superstructure deck, 1900 or 1901

Background imageOn Board Collection: Sunday morning inspection, Russian navy, 1893. Creator: Unknown

Sunday morning inspection, Russian navy, 1893. Creator: Unknown
Sunday morning inspection, Russian navy, 1893

Background imageOn Board Collection: Officers and their visitors, German navy, 1893. Creator: Unknown

Officers and their visitors, German navy, 1893. Creator: Unknown
Officers and their visitors, German navy, 1893

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. Richmond, church services, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Richmond, church services, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Richmond, church services, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. Brooklyn, forecastle deck, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Brooklyn, forecastle deck, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Brooklyn, forecastle deck, between 1896 and 1901

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. Vixen, Capt. and officers, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Vixen, Capt. and officers, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Vixen, Capt. and officers, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. Texas, presentation of cross and badge to Ensign Gherardi by the King's... Aug. 8, 1897

U.S.S. Texas, presentation of cross and badge to Ensign Gherardi by the King's... Aug. 8, 1897. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Texas, presentation of cross and badge to Ensign Gherardi by the King's daughters, Aug. 8, 1897

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. San Francisco, a group of sailors, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. San Francisco, a group of sailors, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. San Francisco, a group of sailors, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. Richmond, 'stand by to lay aloft', between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown. U.S.S

U.S.S. Richmond, "stand by to lay aloft", between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown. U.S.S
U.S.S. Richmond, "stand by to lay aloft", between 1890 and 1901

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. Raleigh, a visit from the family, between 1894 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Raleigh, a visit from the family, between 1894 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Raleigh, a visit from the family, between 1894 and 1901

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. Olympia, between 1895 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Olympia, between 1895 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Olympia, between 1895 and 1901

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. New York, Admiral Sampson's son and 'Pitch' the mascot, (1899?). Creator: Unknown. U.S.S

U.S.S. New York, Admiral Sampson's son and "Pitch" the mascot, (1899?). Creator: Unknown. U.S.S
U.S.S. New York, Admiral Sampson's son and "Pitch" the mascot, (1899?)

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. New York, Admiral Farquhar leaving the ship, 1899, 1899. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. New York, Admiral Farquhar leaving the ship, 1899, 1899. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. New York, Admiral Farquhar leaving the ship, 1899, 1899

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. New York, single stick exercise, (1899?). Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. New York, single stick exercise, (1899?). Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. New York, single stick exercise, (1899?)

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. Massachusetts buglers and drummer, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Massachusetts buglers and drummer, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Massachusetts buglers and drummer, between 1896 and 1901

Background imageOn Board Collection: U.S.S. Iowa, pig taken from Spanish cruiser [Cristobal] Colon, ca 1898. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Iowa, pig taken from Spanish cruiser [Cristobal] Colon, ca 1898. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Iowa, pig taken from Spanish cruiser [Cristobal] Colon, ca 1898

Background imageOn Board Collection: Victorious Columbia at mooring in the horseshoe after race of Oct. 4, 1901... Creator: Unknown

Victorious Columbia at mooring in the horseshoe after race of Oct. 4, 1901... Creator: Unknown
Victorious Columbia at mooring in the horseshoe after race of Oct. 4, 1901, flying winning pennants, 1901 Oct 4

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Embarkation of Prince Alfred on board the 'Euryalus' on Wednesday week, 1858. Creator: Unknown

The Embarkation of Prince Alfred on board the "Euryalus" on Wednesday week, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Embarkation of Prince Alfred on board the "Euryalus" on Wednesday week - from a sketch by V. Jones, 1858. Naval cadet Alfred, accompanied by his father Prince Albert



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