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RMERHN4T–British battleships and boats in 1910 that had been under the command of King George V. Paintings by Norman Wilkinson and Cecil
RM2D5JNE8–The “Barham” battleship (HMS Barham) is at the head of the British battleships. 1940 The battleship “Barham” belonged to the famous series of battlesh
RM2RAAF4F–British battleships at sea during the First World War, including HMS Agincourt, a dreadnought, in the foreground. Date: 1914-1918
RM2ARWF28–19th Century Pre-dreadnought British battleships at sea. Built between the mid- to late- 1880s and 1905, they replaced the ironclad battleships of the 1870s and 1880s. Built from steel, protected by case-hardened steel armour, and powered by coal-fired triple-expansion steam engines, pre-dreadnought battleships carried a main battery of very heavy guns in fully-enclosed rotating turrets supported by one or more secondary batteries of lighter weapons.
RM2R3GEK0–September 10, 1813 - American and British battleships in close quarters on Lake Erie engaged in battle.
RMF1M0FT–A line of British 'ships of the line', a type of naval warship in 1854. Constructed during the Age of Sail they were designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships maneuver to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides. In conflicts where opposing ships were both able to fire from their broadsides, the opponent with more cannons firing and firepower had an advantage.
RMERHFM1–Battleships in British navy at the start of World War I - from painting by C.E.Turner. Top image: 'Queen Elizabeth' and her
RMCWC6X2–Battle of Lake Erie. American and British battleships in close quarters on Lake Erie engaged in battle September 10 1813.
RM2C59DMW–World War II Propaganda Recruitment Recruiting (1940s). British Naval Poster 'Help Britain Finish the Job.' Battleships part the seas as escort aircraft soars above on this WWII WW2 poster, meant to inspire potential recruits to join the fight and 'Help Britain Finish the War.'
RM2WRBH92–Malta is a coaling station for ships going east to Constantinople and West to the Atlantic English battleships lying in the harbour of Malta. Frequently bursts of war flame in the east call forth these sea hounds for stern duty, Coal passers on the coal barges which come out to fill up the ship's bunkers., Photographs show coal barge pulling alongside a ship, British battleships in Malta harbor and men who bring the coal to the steamship, Malta., Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, photographer, 1923., Warships, British, Malta, 1920-1930, Gelatin silver prints, 1920-1930.
RM2DDG7MX–HMS Revenge of the Royal Sovereign-class of battleships. From British Warships, published 1940.
RM2DHWK07–Destined (?) for West Indies: Four Battleships, Joseph Cartwright, c.1789–1829, British, undated, Graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige- brown, wove paper, Sheet: 3 x 4 1/2in. (7.6 x 11.4cm
RF2AMF45G–Winston Churchill on board the battleship HMS Prince of Wales during his journey to America to meet President Roosevelt, August 1941.
!['The Scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow', First World War, 1918, (c1920). '...: towing German officers and men to one of the British battleships'. After the armistice was signed, the German High Seas Fleet surrendered at Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy's base in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The Germans later scuttled their ships to prevent them falling into the hands of the British. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume IX, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920] Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2A8E7XB/the-scuttling-of-the-german-fleet-at-scapa-flow-first-world-war-1918-c1920-towing-german-officers-and-men-to-one-of-the-british-battleships-after-the-armistice-was-signed-the-german-high-seas-fleet-surrendered-at-scapa-flow-the-royal-navys-base-in-the-orkney-islands-of-scotland-the-germans-later-scuttled-their-ships-to-prevent-them-falling-into-the-hands-of-the-british-from-quotthe-great-world-war-a-historyquot-volume-ix-edited-by-frank-a-mumby-the-gresham-publishing-company-ltd-london-c1920-2A8E7XB.jpg "'The Scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow', First World War, 1918, (c1920). '...: towing German officers and men to one of the British battleships'. After the armistice was signed, the German High Seas Fleet surrendered at Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy's base in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The Germans later scuttled their ships to prevent them falling into the hands of the British. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume IX, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920] Stock Photo")
RM2A8E7XB–'The Scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow', First World War, 1918, (c1920). '...: towing German officers and men to one of the British battleships'. After the armistice was signed, the German High Seas Fleet surrendered at Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy's base in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The Germans later scuttled their ships to prevent them falling into the hands of the British. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume IX, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]
RMG4GPMB–10/12/1941 - On this Day in History - the battleships HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales were sunk by Japanese aircraft of the coast of Singapore. PA NEWS PHOTO 30/10/26 THE EMPIRE PREMIERS VISIT THE BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET: THE BATTLE CRUISER HMS REPULSE STEAMING INTO ACTION
RME5GD1N–1941 Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) front page reporting Japanese planes sink British battleships HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales off Malaya
RM2K08CW8–Battleships of the First Battle Squadron in line, HMS Royal Sovereign (nearest camera), HMS Resolution and HMS Revenge were the last battleships to be built for the British Fleet for the First World War
RMERGT3M–Battleships in British navy at the start of World War II - from painting by C.E.Turner. Ships from l-r: Battleship 'Nelson' ,
RMCWC6W9–Battle of Lake Erie. American and British battleships in close quarters on Lake Erie engaged in battle September 10 1813.
RMT0XK2P–transport / transportation, navigation, warships, British battleship HMS 'Rodney', in commission 1927 - 1946, view, 1927, coloured photograph, cigarette card, series 'Die Nachkriegszeit', 1935, ships, ship, man-of-war, British navy, Royal Navy, sea, seas, naval forces, military, 1920s, 20th century, transport, transportation, warship, warships, battleship, battleships, coloured, colored, post war period, post-war period, post-war years, post-war era, historic, historical, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
RM2H3CXBW–The British Grand Fleet (commanded by admiral John Jellicoe) under way to meet the Imperial German Navy in the Battle of Jutland in the North Sea on May 31, 1916.
RMPPXMKC–British battleships of the 1st Battle Squadron at sea on the morning of the German surrender, 21 November 1918
RM2BW2CFJ–British sailors being hauled aboard a German warship after their vessel had been sunk in a battle against heavy odds. 24 April 1940
RM2GF98GN–HMS Arethusa, the name ship of her class of light cruisers. From British Warships, published 1940
RM2DHWJJG–Battle Scene: Battleships, Frigates and Corvettes; Sinking Boat and Rowboat, Joseph Cartwright, c.1789–1829, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper, Sheet: 15 1/4 x 22 1/8in. (38.7 x 56.2cm
RF2MEM15X–Vintage photo circa 1910 of British battleship HMS Dreadnought with her 12 inch guns on the quarterdeck.
RM2HTCMX4–A late 19th century American Puck Magazine illustration of Britannia and Columbia shaking hands from the bows of British and American battleships; dark clouds behind Britannia are labelled 'Eastern Question' and behind Columbia are the dark clouds of war labeled 'Spanish-American War'. Another evocation of the Special Relationship between the USA and Great Britain.
RF2A6BNF9–Le Miroir article dated 25th June 1916 showing sketches of combat at the Battle of Jutland between the British Royal Navy and the German High Seas Fleet in June 1916 Le Miroir was a supplement to the Petit Parisien and first appeared in print in 1910
RME5GD1P–1941 Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) front page reporting Japanese planes sink British battleships HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales off Malaya
RM2T7KYTG–An illustration by Frank Mason of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm attacking Italian warships on 11th - 12th November 1940 during the Second World War. Two British aircraft were lost in the operation that saw damage inflicted on two cruisers, two battleships and other vessels in the harbour of Taranto, Apulia, Southern Italy.
RMERGT3K–Battleships in British navy at the start of World War I - from painting by C.E.Turner. Ships from l-r: T.B.D 'Viking',
RMKWCX8X–HMS Dreadnought, British battleship whose design revolutionized naval power, 1906. She had a turreted main battery of big guns, was powered by steam turbines, had heavy armor protecting the central turrets and magazine below (BSLOC 2017 2 91)
RMKBPYPR–British battleships of the 1st Battle Squadron at sea on the morning of the German surrender, 21 November 1918 RMG PW1743
RMT369P7–AUSTRALIA - CIRCA 2011: A used postage stamp from Australia, depicting an image of HMAS Australia I, one of three battleships built for the defence of
RMP8TCCB–. 70 British battleships of the 1st Battle Squadron at sea on the morning of the German surrender, 21 November 1918 RMG PW1743
RM2BW3JP2–American midshipmen inspect the ' Victory at porstmouth ' . The United States battleships USS Oklahoma ( BB - 37 ) and USS Arkansas ( BB-33 ) have arrived in Portsmouth for a visit . They are used as training ships for midshipmen of the Navel Academy . Both serviced in British waters during the warArkansas in the American Squadron of the Grand Fleet , and the Oklahoma at Berehaven as an additional guard for the American troop convoys in the Atlantic . ANother American training ship , the USS Wyoming ( BB-32 ) is also to visit Portsmouth . Photo shows , some of the American midshipmen aboard Ne
RM2GF98HB–HMS Galatea, an Arethusa-class light cruiser. This photograph shows the aircraft mounted on the catapilt amidships. From British Warships, published 1940
RM2DHWJMD–Several Battleships at Battle: Row Boats with Figures, Joseph Cartwright, c.1789–1829, British, undated, Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, blued white, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, smooth, beige, wove paper, Mount: 12 7/8 × 19 7/8 inches (32.7 × 50.5 cm) and Sheet: 11 x 18 7/8in. (27.9 x 47.9cm
RM2HXCHCK–HMS Liverpool, a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy in service from 1938 to 1952. From British Warships, published 1940
RM2H427FP–Diagram of the HMS Arethusa, a Royal Navy light cruiser. Launched in 1913, she was wrecked after being damaged by a naval mine in 1916. From British Warships, published 1940
RME5GD1H–1941 The Sun (New York, USA) front page Japanese planes sink British battleships HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales
RM2T4XCYE–Part of the French naval fleet at anchor. Following the signing of the Franco-German Armistice, the ships should have remained under German control. However on the 3rd July 1940 the British boarded two battleships, two light cruisers, destroyers and various 200 other craft without resistance and transfered them to British ports.
RF2JHFAJP–The New British Navy Battleship HMS Nile 1888 was one of two Trafalgar-class ironclad battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1880s. Late deliveries of her main guns delayed her commissioning until 1891 and she spent most of the decade with the Mediterranean Fleet. Nile returned home in 1898 and became the coast guard ship at Devonport for five years before she was placed in reserve in 1903. The ship was sold for scrap in 1912 and broken up at Swansea, Wales. from an article ' SHIPS OF THE NEW BRITISH NAVY ' by W. Laird Clotvcs from Factory and industrial management Magazine Volume 6 1
RMT0N0XG–transport / transportation, navigation, warship, British battleship HMS Victoria with torpedo net, wood engraving, circa 1895, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
RMT0N0WP–transport / transportation, navigation, warships, from left: British battleship HMS Majestic, German ship of the line Kaiser Wilhelm II., German torpedo boat, French armoured cruiser Latouche-Treville, by watercolour from Willy Stoewer, circa 1898, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
RMKG6GCB–1919 BRITISH ROYAL NAVY FLAGSHIP (The illustration is perhaps subject to artist's licence as the flagship at that time HMS Queen Elizabeth didn't have three funnels)
RMKNWFEN–WWI - A magazine illustration showing the stricken British battleship AUDACIOUS after striking German mines off Tory Island near Ireland on 27th October 1914
RM2BW3MN4–American midshipmen inspect the ' Victory at porstmouth ' . The United States battleships USS Oklahoma ( BB - 37 ) and USS Arkansas ( BB-33 ) have arrived in Portsmouth for a visit . They are used as training ships for midshipmen of the Navel Academy . Both serviced in British waters during the warArkansas in the American Squadron of the Grand Fleet , and the Oklahoma at Berehaven as an additional guard for the American troop convoys in the Atlantic . ANother American training ship , the USS Wyoming ( BB-32 ) is also to visit Portsmouth . Photo shows , some of the American midshipmen aboard Ne
RM2H3PABC–The German Navy’s battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein firing a salvo during the Battle of Jutland in the North Sea.
RM2DHWJMB–Six Battleships Tacking in Heavy Seas, Joseph Cartwright, c.1789–1829, British, undated, Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, smooth, beige, wove paper, Mount: 13 7/8 × 19 7/16 inches (35.2 × 49.4 cm) and Sheet: 11 9/16 × 18 5/16 inches (29.4 × 46.5 cm
RMEK4T46–British battlecruisers encountering the German High Seas fleet off Jutland. To the left are the leading ships of the High Sea Fleet - 1916
RM2E7P5C2–HMS Eagle, aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy. Originally laid down in 1913 for Chile, as a battleship, purchased in 1918 and converted into an aircarft-carrier in the succeeding years. From British Warships, published 1940.
RME5GD1G–1941 The Sun (New York, USA) front page Japanese planes sink British battleships HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales
RM2D5JN32–Italian battleship Conte di Cavour in battle near Punta Stilo. Photo taken from the battleship Giulio Cesare. Mediterranean Sea. July 9, 1940 The figh
RF2JTXP58–Battleships of the White Era from the book ' The British battle fleet : its inception and growth throughout the centuries to the present day ' Volume 2 by Jane, Fred T., 1865-1916 Publication date 1915
RM2WB8G0W–The naval battle of Trafalgar. Engagement between British and French ship. Battle between the French
RF2JXH7TE–BATTLESHIPS OF THE WHITE ERA AT SEA from pictures by William Lionel Wyllie in the book ' The British battle fleet; its inception and growth throughout the centuries to the present day '
RMTXGY6J–American War of Independence, Battle of Yorktown, 1781: two lines of battleships firing broadsides From a French logbook. Watercolour Henry Huntingdon Museum
RMBBNDTX–events, Second World War / WWII, naval warfare, British warships 'HMS Repulse' and 'HMS Prince of Wales' (left) shortly before their sinking in the South Chinese Sea, hit by Japanese torpedoes, 10.12.1941, in the foreground an escort destroyer,
RM2DHWJXP–Battle Scene, Three Battleships, One Sinking; Figures on Left in Rowboat and Standing Pier, Attributed to Dominic Serres RA, 1722–1793, French, active in Britain (from the 1750s), Formerly Attributed to Joseph Cartwright, c.1789–1829, British, undated, Pen, in gray ink, black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, smooth, beige, wove paper, Mount: 13 1/2 inches (34.3 cm) and Sheet: 9 1/8 × 14 1/4 inches (23.2 × 36.2 cm
RM2PM9N4A–HMS Minotaur, c1867. From: The British Battle Fleet, its inception and growth throughout the centuries to the present day. Volume 1, by Fred T. Jane, published by Library Press Limited, London. 1915. Six Royal Navy vessels have born the Minotaur name. The pictured vessel was launched in 1863 and was the lead ship of the Minotaur Class ironclad battleships. She was renamed several times in the early twentieth century: HMS Boscawen II, HMS Ganges and HMS Ganges II and was scrapped in 1922.
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