Sailor Collection (page 29)

The company of the first class cruiser, HMS Imperieuse, 1896. Artist: A Debenham
The company of the first class cruiser, HMS Imperieuse, 1896. Launched in 1883, HMS Imperieuse was an armoured cruiser. From 1896 until 1899 she was flagship of the Royal Navys Pacific Station

A class of seamen at ammunition instruction, Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Russell & Sons
A class of seamen at ammunition instruction, Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 26th June 1896

Engine room ratings on board HMS Majestic, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Engine room ratings on board HMS Majestic, 1896. Launched in 1894, Magnificent was one of the 9 Majestic class battleships built by the Royal Navy

A holophote on board HMS Imperieuse, 1896. Artist: A Debenham
A holophote on board HMS Imperieuse, 1896. A holophote is a lamp which incorporates lenses or reflectors to collect the light and throw it in a particular direction. They are used in lighthouses

A message for the captain of the battleship HMS Magnificent, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
A message for the captain of the battleship HMS Magnificent, 1896. Captain Charles James Barlow, Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Alington

Torpedo instruction on board HMS Theseus, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Torpedo instruction on board HMS Theseus, 1896. Four sailors with a Whitehead torpedo. The Theseus was a cruiser launched in 1892

At drill with a 6 inch quick firing gun on board the battleship HMS Resolution, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
At drill with a 6 inch quick firing gun on board the battleship HMS Resolution, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 15th May 1896

Bluejackets of the torpedo boat destroyer HMS Sturgeon, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Bluejackets of the torpedo boat destroyer HMS Sturgeon, 1896. The Sturgeon was launched in 1894 and was attached to the Channel Squadron

A diver from the battleship HMS Camperdown in his divers dress, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
A diver from the battleship HMS Camperdown in his divers dress, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 1st May 1896

On board the torpedo-boat destroyer HMS Sturgeon, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
On board the torpedo-boat destroyer HMS Sturgeon, 1896. The Sturgeon was launched in 1894. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 17th April 1896

Jack in his watch below on board HMS Alexandra, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Jack in his watch below on board HMS Alexandra, 1896. HMS Alexandra was a broadside ironclad battleship launched in 1875. From 1891 until 1901 she was flagship of the reserve at Portland

Raising the anchor on the forecastle of the battleship HMS Majestic, 1896Artist: Gregory & Co
Raising the anchor on the forecastle of the battleship HMS Majestic, 1896. When launched in 1895, the 16, 000 ton Majestic was the largest warship in the world

Repel boarders exercise, Sheerness Gunnery School, Kent, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Repel boarders exercise, Sheerness Gunnery School, Kent, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 21st February 1896

Some of the company of the first-class battleship HMS Sans Pareil, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Some of the company of the first-class battleship HMS Sans Pareil, 1896. View showing the ships two 16.25 inch guns, mounted in a single turret sited forward of the superstructure

Royal Navy Maxim gun practice at Whale island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Royal Navy Maxim gun practice at Whale island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 17th January 1896

Some of the stokers of the battleship HMS Camperdown, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Some of the stokers of the battleship HMS Camperdown, 1896. On 22nd June 1893 the Camperdown collided with another battleship, HMS Victoria, while on exercises in the Mediterranean

Ambulance drill on board the cruiser HMS Tartar, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Ambulance drill on board the cruiser HMS Tartar, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 17th January 1896

A look-out on the bridge of a British warship, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
A look-out on the bridge of a British warship, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 17th January 1896

Naval cadets on board HMS Britannia, Dartmouth, Devon, 1895 (1896). Artist: Gregory & Co
Naval cadets on board HMS Britannia, Dartmouth, Devon, 1895 (1896). Launched in 1860, the battleship HMS Prince of Wales was renamed Britannia

The battleship HMS Resolution, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
The battleship HMS Resolution, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Just astern is her sister ship Royal Sovereign. The battleships of the Royal Sovereign class were the largest warships in the world when

Issuing rum on board HMS Royal Sovereign, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Issuing rum on board HMS Royal Sovereign, 1896. Half a gill of rum is allowed to each man. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 3rd January 1896

The diver on board ship, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
The diver on board ship, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 3rd January 1896

Naval training on shore; forming a rallying group, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Naval training on shore; forming a rallying group, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 3rd January 1896

Pay day on board HMS Royal Sovereign, 1895. Artist: Gregory & Co
Pay day on board HMS Royal Sovereign, 1895. When she was launched in 1891, the battleship Royal Sovereign was the largest warship afloat. Eight ships of the Royal Sovereign class were built

On the forecastle of HMS Royal Sovereign, 1895. Artist: Gregory & Co
On the forecastle of HMS Royal Sovereign, 1895. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 20th December 1895. When she was launched in 1891

Drill with a light gun on board HMS Camperdown, 1895. Artist: Gregory & Co
Drill with a light gun on board HMS Camperdown, 1895. HMS Camperdown was an Admiral class battleship launched in 1885. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 20th December 1895

Signalling by semaphore on board HMS Camperdown, 1895. Artist: Gregory & Co
Signalling by semaphore on board HMS Camperdown, 1895. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 20th December 1895

Flotilla of motor boats on the Rhine, c1918-1919. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Flotilla of motor boats on the Rhine, c1918-1919. Stereoscopic card detail

Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors, World War I, 1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors, World War I, 1918. Haig, commander of the British Expeditionary Force, inspecting participants in the raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge

The Forth Bridge, Scotland. Artist: Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours
The Forth Bridge, Scotland. The Forth Railway bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth, was built for the North British Railway and opened on 4 March 1890

Cork waist life belt, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II, Virtue and Co, London, 1866

Captain Bainbridge and the Dey of Algiers, 1800 (c1880) Artist: Hooper
Captain Bainbridge and the Dey of Algiers, 1800 (c1880). William Bainbridge was the commander of the George Washington, sent to carry the tribute that the United States paid to the Dey of Algiers so

John Paul Jones, American naval commander of the Revolutionary War, (c1880)
John Paul Jones, 18th century American naval commander, c1880. Jones (1747-1792) was the first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War, and founded the US Navy

Commodore Robert Hopkins, American naval commander, from a print of 1776, (c1880). Artist: Whymper
Commodore Robert Hopkins, American naval commander, from a print of 1776, (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume II, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London

Martin Frobisher, 16th century English navigator, c1880. Artist: Whymper
Martin Frobisher, 16th century English navigator, c1880. Frobisher (c1535-1594) made three voyages to the New World in search of the Northwest Passage

James Hall (1900-1940) and Clara Bow (1905-1965), American actors, 20th century. Bow was widely recognised as an archetypal flapper and was the original It Girl

William Dampier, English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer, (1879). Artist: McFarlane and Erskine
William Dampier, English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer, (1879). Dampier (1652-1715) mapped the coasts of New Guinea and Western Australia (then known as New Holland)

HM Submarine No1, c1908. Known as HMS Holland 1, this was the Royal Navys first submarine, commissioned in 1901

Boiler explosion on board HMS Britannia, 28th April 1908. The explosion, which occurred in one of the warships aft boiler rooms, seriously injured five of the crew. Three of them died later

Mail call on board a ship, early 20th century

Advert for Players Navy Cut cigarettes, 1928. A print from The Graphic, Christmas, 1928

Landing of the Chevalier de St George in Scotland, 1715, (19th century). James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766) was the son of James II of Britain

HMS Duke of Wellington, 1857. Artist: DJ Pound
HMS Duke of Wellington, 1857. The 131-gun Duke of Wellington was the flag ship of Admiral Sir Charles Napier. From Englands Battles by Sea and Land, volume I: Russia and Turkey

Winston Churchill, Charles Madden and Sir John Jellicoe, First World War, 1914. Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty; Madden, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet; and Admiral Jellicoe

British sailors throwing overboard luxuries, North Sea, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, Commander-In-Chief, First World War, 1914. Artist: Elliott & Fry
Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, Commander-In-Chief, First World War, 1914. Portrait of John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935). Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

British sailors wiring a mine, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

A warships boiler room, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918, seventh edition

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