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  • The Balloon Ship Hector with Kite Balloon Spotting Off the Left Flank at the Dardanelles Operations, 1915 The Balloon Ship Hector with Kite Balloon Spotting Off the Left Flank at the Dardanelles Operations, 1915

    (art) Made by: Wilkinson, Norman (CBE) 1915

    image: A British balloon ship and destroyer lying on the horizon off the coast of the Dardanelles. The balloon floats in the top left hand part of the composition; while there are three clouds from gunfire on the right.

  • HMS Lord Clive : shelling the German forts on the Belgian Coast with her 18-inch gun HMS Lord Clive : shelling the German forts on the Belgian Coast with her 18-inch gun

    (art) Made by: Parkes, Oscar (OBE) 1918

    image: a starboard stern quarter view of a large warship at sea, firing her large gun.

  • THE ROYAL NAVY IN GALLIPOLI, 1915-1916 THE ROYAL NAVY IN GALLIPOLI, 1915-1916

    part of "SURGEON PARKES COLLECTION OF SHIPS PORTRAITS" (photographs) 1915

    The crew of HMS TRIUMPH smile for the camera as they gather around a large hole in the quarter deck, made by a howitzer during the Gallipoli campaign.

  • BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "SURGEON PARKES COLLECTION OF SHIPS PORTRAITS" (photographs) Made by: Surgeon Oscar Parkes 1917

    HMS KING GEORGE V underway at Scapa Flow, flying an observation balloon overhead, 1917.

  • BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "SURGEON PARKES COLLECTION OF SHIPS PORTRAITS" (photographs) Made by: Surgeon Oscar Parkes 1915-03

    HMS EMPEROR OF INDIA at Invergordon, March 1915.

  • BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "SURGEON PARKES COLLECTION OF SHIPS PORTRAITS" (photographs) Made by: Surgeon Oscar Parkes 1918

    HMS NEPTUNE at Rosyth, 1918.

  • The 'Vindictive' at Zeebrugge: The storming of Zeebrugge Mole The 'Vindictive' at Zeebrugge: The storming of Zeebrugge Mole

    (art) Made by: de Lacy, Charles John 1918

    image: A high stone sea-defence wall ('mole') on the left borders a choppy sea. In the centre of the painting lies a cruiser, flying the British naval ensign. The vessel lies up against the mole and is seen from the stern where a Lewis gun is mounted. A...

  • Valve Testing: The Signal School, RN Barracks, Portsmouth Valve Testing: The Signal School, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

    (art) Made by: McCormick, Arthur David 1919

    image: Three Women's Royal Naval Service ratings are at work using communications equipment inside a room of a Royal Navy barracks. A WRNS officer stands talking to a Royal Navy officer behind them.

  • HMS Lion HMS Lion

    (vehicles, aircraft and ships) Made by: Ough, Norman A

    A battlecruiser, completed in 1912 with a main armament of eight 13.5in (34.3cm) guns, the Lion was Admiral Beatty's flagship at the Battles of the Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland. At Jutland she was hit by several 12in (30.5cm) shells from the...

  • flag, British, White Ensign, HMS Iron Duke flag, British, White Ensign, HMS Iron Duke

    (equipment)

    The White Ensign is worn by all HM Ships in commission and by all Royal Navy shore establishments. Some civilian authorities with Naval connections, for example the Royal Yacht Squadron, and the Imperial War Museum's ship HMS Belfast, have permission to...

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