THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD

The Quarterdeck of HMS EXCELLENT, Whale Island one of the Royal Navy's gunnery schools. To the right of the image can be seen the building containing Warrant Officer's mess, gymnasium, lecture rooms, ammunition room and Cheif Petty Officer's mess. The small building on the right contained (and still contains today) the state gun carriage as used at the funerals of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and later King George V and VI, Winston Churchill and Earl Mountbatten of Burma.