Spithead 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

Her Majestys Experimental Squadron, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Her Majestys Experimental Squadron, 1845. Warships of the Royal Navy at Spithead. The whole squadron, which presents a total of 781 guns, and nearly 7000 men

The Fleet at Spithead, 1853, c1900. Creator: Unknown
The Fleet at Spithead, 1853, c1900. From " The British Navy - Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

The Town and Harbour of Portsmouth with a View of his Majestys Fleet at Spithead, 18th century. Landscape with Royal Navy ships in the distance

Spithead, c1880. Artist: W. P
Spithead, c1880. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

Portsmouth Harbour & Spithead, 1859. Artist: Edward Paxman Brandard
Portsmouth Harbour & Spithead, 1859. Best known as home of the Royal Navy because of its strategic location on the south coast of England. After William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854)

The Turret Armour-Clad Ship Devastation at Spithead, 1873 (1906)
The Turret Armour-Clad Ship Devastation at Spithead on the Occasion of the Naval Review in Honour of the Shah of Persias Visit, 23 June, 1873, 1906. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol

Spithead, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, 1884. From The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine Volume I [The Illustrated London News, London, 1884]

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

Royal Yacht passing the battleship HMS Nile, Coronation Review, Spithead, Hampshire, 1902. Stereoscopic card detail

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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