Royal Navy Collection (page 27)

Prince William Henry as a midshipman on board the Prince George, (1831). Artist: R Page
Prince William Henry as a midshipman on board the Prince George, (1831). The future King William IV (1765-1837) was the third son of King George III

Chesapeake and Shannon, 1812 (c1850s). Engagement between the English frigate Shannon and the American Chesapeake during the War of 1812

Lord Howes Victory, 1794 (c1850s). 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

Captain Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim, British naval officer, 1883. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Captain Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim, British naval officer, 1883. Pims naval career saw him involved in Arctic exploration as well as active service in the Crimean War and in China

Captain Lord Charles William Delapoer Beresford, British naval officer, 1883. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Captain Lord Charles William Delapoer Beresford, British naval officer, 1883. Beresford later attained the rank of Admiral and was a Conservative Member of Parliament

Vice-Admiral Sir John Edmund Commerell, KCB, VC, British naval officer, 1883. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Vice-Admiral Sir John Edmund Commerell, KCB, VC, British naval officer, 1883. Commerell won his Victoria Cross during the Crimean War

Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key, KCB, FRS, DCL, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, 1883. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key, KCB, FRS, DCL, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, 1883. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science

Samuel Pepys, English diarist, (19th century). Portrait of Pepys (1633-1703), who was a naval administrator and Member of Parliament

King George V knights Vice-Admiral Pakenham aboard HMS Princess Royal, c1930s
King George V knights Vice-Admiral Vice-Admiral Pakenham aboard HMS Princess Royal, c1930s. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury

Government House and HMS Nelson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: JR Ashton
Government House and HMS Nelson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran

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

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

The USS Constitution capturing the Cyane and Levant, 1815, (1872). On 20 February 1815, the Constitution overcame the British ships Cyane and Levant

Crossing a Heavy Ice-Pack at the Head of Wellington Channel, 1877

Explosion on board the British warship HMS Royal Sovereign, 1901. On 9th November 1901, off the Greek coast, one of the 6-inch guns on board the battleship exploded whilst being fired

HMS Victory at Portsmouth, 19th century. Nelsons ship Victory was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765

HMS Victory towed back to Gibraltar, 1805, 19th century. Nelsons ship Victory was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765

The Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, 19th Century. Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 (1900). Scene from the famous naval battle in which Lord Nelson decisively defeated the Spanish

Portmouth Harbour, Hampshire, c1888. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (c1888)

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

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

HMS Sturdy,s class destroyer, 1937. HMS Sturdy ran aground and was wrecked off Tiree Island in western Scotland in 1940. Five of her crew were drowned whilst trying to reach the shore

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

The Prince of Wales on his way to Australia, 1920
The Prince of Wales says good-bye to his father and mother at Victoria, on his way to Australia, 1920. The future King Edward VIII bids farewell to King George V

The future King Edward VIII as a midshipman in HMS Hindustan, c1910. Edward (1894-1972) succeeded his father George V to the throne as King Edward VIII in 1936

Prince George and his wife Mary with their son Edward, HMS Crescent, late 19th-early 20th century. The future King George V with his family

Napoleon In The Bellerophon, 1815 (c1850s). After his defeat at Waterloo and a failed attempt to escape to the United States

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

Edward Vernon, English naval officer, (19th century). Vernon (1684-1757) was nicknamed Old Grog because of the grogram coat he wore

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

HMS Bulwark, British battleship, c1899-1914. A Royal Navy battleship of the London class, HMS Bulwark was captained in 1908 by Robert Falcon Scott

HMS Lord Nelson, c1908-1920. HMS Lord Nelson was a battleship of the Royal Navy built between 1906 and 1908. She was flagship of the Channel Fleet in 1914 and saw service in the Dardanelles in 1915

Sinking of the Merchant Ship Stamboul, Istanbul Harbour. May 25th 1915. HMS E11, an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy was one of the most successful submarines of the 1915 naval operations in

Zeppelin destroyed by an English aviator, 1915. Artist: Lemonier
Zeppelin destroyed by an English aviator, 1915. On 7 June 1915 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Warneford, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Dispatch vessel HMS Iris, c1880. Launched in 1877, this was the first steel ship built for the British Admiralty. She was constructed of steel made by the Siemens-Martin process at Landore Siemens

The captured Swiftsure, Seven Oaks, Loyal George and Convertine... c1666. Artist: Willem van de Velde the Younger
The captured Swiftsure, Seven Oaks, Loyal George and Convertine brought through Goeree Gat, 16 June 1666, c1666. The four Royal Navy warships were captured by the Dutch under Michiel de Ruyter at

Peace commemorations for the end of the Crimean War, at Plymouth, England, 1856. Rockets and general illumination of the fleet in Plymouth sound. From The Illustrated London News, 1 June 1856

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)

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

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)

British shipping off St Helena, 1817. St Helena, the island to which Napoleon was banished after his surrender following defeat at Waterloo in 1815

Battlecruiser HMS Lion coming into action, Battle of Jutland 31 May - 1 June 1916. Jutland (also called Battle of the Skagerrak)

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

Horoscope drawn up by Ebenezer Sibly in 1779. This horoscope was produced by Sibly at the request of some naval gentlemen to predict that the British West Indies Fleet under Admiral Rodney would be

British submarine E-13 in the Baltic to assist the Russians, World War I, 1915. E-13 ran aground off Saltholm in the waters of neutral Denmark on 9 August 1915

Richard Kempenfelt (1718-1782), English naval officer of Swedish descent. Kempenfelt commanded HM ships in the East Indies in the Seven Years War (1756-1763)

Flight-Lieutenant Rex Warneford VC, British pilot, 1915. Warneford was the first Royal Naval Air Service pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross

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