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The Sinking of the HMS Victoria, 1893.Commissioned in 1887 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen

A British WW1 poster, 76 x 50cm.Women began pushing for their own uniformed service to help the ware

The Battle of the Doppelgangers,When World War I broke out, it was not uncommon for navies on both s

The Brown Bess Sea Service Pattern Musket,Issued between 1778 and 1854, The British Sea Pattern Musk

British Royal Navy grog barrel, 19th century.Grog was a mixture of rum, water, citrus, and other spi

British Royal Navy midshipman’s dirk, early 19th century.from Skinner Inc

Operation Catapult and the Attack on Mels-el-KebirThe French surrender to the Germans on June 22nd,

peashooter85:Napoleon Bonaparte was an Italian who wanted to join the British Navy,Indeed one of the

How the Royal Navy recruited its jolly tars,When Britain ruled the world, it needed a lot of men to

Compliments of the King — Grog in the Royal Navy18th and 19th century military rations are not

The Bad British K-Subs of World War I,The death and destruction caused by German U-Boats during Worl

Horatio Nelson accepts the surrender of the San Nicholas.Painted by Richard Westfall, 1806.

Quite the Bluff — The HMS Centurion during World War IIDespite a history of being master of th

Horatio Nelson vs. The Polar BearThe great hero of Trafalgar, Admiral Horatio Nelson began his naval

The Bombardment of Sveaborg, 9 August 1855, James Wilson Carmichael (John Carmichael), 1855

The Graham Island dispute of 1831,In  July of 1831 a volcanic island off the coast of Sicily poked i

British Navy, WWII

Bombardment of Algiers by Lord Exmouth in August 1816, Thomas Luny, 1820

James N. Doolittle. Anchor Chain, SS Empress of Britain. 1930s

victoriansword:From Instructions for the Exercise of Small Arms, Field Pieces, etc., for the Use of

mainlybrown: British Home Stores again, brand name ‘Prova’. They sold great socks, these in navy, bu

British Royal Navy Nock Volley Gun, late 18th or early 19th century.from Rock Island Auctions

British Pattern 1845 CutlassWith large blackened steel dish guard with brass plaque to the centre. S

The Battle of the Saints, Thomas Luny (1759-1837)

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