Images Dated 2010 July

HMS 'Iron Duke', British battleship, c1936-c1937. Artist: Unknown

HMS 'Iron Duke', British battleship, c1936-c1937. Launched in 1912, HMS 'Iron Duke' was named in honour of the Duke of Wellington. She was the flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. By the time of this photograph 'Iron Duke' had been disarmed under the terms of the 1930 London Naval Treaty and was serving as a gunnery training vessel. In the Second World War she served as a base ship at the naval base at Scapa Flow, Orkney. She was scrapped in Glasgow in 1948

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Collins Street, looking east, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, c1900s(?). Artist: Unknown

Collins Street, looking east, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, c1900s(?). Postcard. The view shows Prince Alfred's Tower, the clock tower of Melbourne Town Hall. Designed by Joseph Reed in Second Empire style, the town hall was completed in 1870

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Receipt for a ex-Japanese sword, HMS 'Venerable', Singapore, 1946. Artist: Unknown

Receipt for a ex-Japanese sword, HMS 'Venerable', Singapore, 1946. Confirmation that AB Stevens, a member of the crew of the British aircraft carrier HMS 'Venerable', had been issued with the sword as a souvenir. The document bears the commanding officer's stamp and is signed by Lieutenant Julian Richards

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