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The Town and Harbour of Portsmouth with a View of his Majesty's Fleet ...

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Mr. William Snaith, Weston, Connecticut, group of paintings. Spithead ...

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DINNER FOR THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA [held by] CUNARD STEA...

LUNCH FOR DIAMOND JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA [held by] CUNARD STEAMSHIP...

DINNER FOR THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA [held by] CUNARD STEA...

LUNCH FOR DIAMOND JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA [held by] CUNARD STEAMSHIP...

LUNCH FOR DIAMOND JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA [held by] CUNARD STEAMSHIP...

Trawlers, Spithead Art.IWMART770

Trawlers, Spithead image: a view of three trawlers steaming ahead in convoy against a cloudy sky.

Francis Swaine - The Landing of the Sailor Prince at Spithead - Google...

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'Spithead in Wartime' RMG PW1773, William Lionel Wyllie

'Spithead in Wartime' Inscribed by the artist, as title, and signed, lower right. It is almost certain that this scene was witnessed by Wyllie who was living nearby in the Tower House at the entrance to Portsmo... More

1887 Review RMG PW1239, William Lionel Wyllie

1887 Review original art: drawing

A view of the Queen Charlotte Man of War, of 100 guns, laying at Spith...

A view of the Queen Charlotte Man of War, of 100 guns, laying at Spithead, where in the ships Company is represented Manning the Yards, in order to salute the Admiral on coming aboard Print

August 15th 1896 RMG PV3157, William Lionel Wyllie

August 15th 1896 Heightened with white.; Signed by artist. Public domain photograph of British ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

August 23rd 1902 RMG PW1223, William Lionel Wyllie

August 23rd 1902 Signed by artist. Public domain photograph of British ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

August 5th, 1889 RMG PV3120, William Lionel Wyllie

August 5th, 1889 Signed by artist and dated. Public domain photograph of British ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

H.M.S. Dido, (18 guns) casting from Spithead 1841 - RMG PY0867

H.M.S. Dido, (18 guns) casting from Spithead 1841... Hand-coloured. H.M.S. Dido, (18 guns) casting from Spithead 1841...

HMS 'Ganges', 8 August 1826, leaving Spithead RMG PU6126

HMS 'Ganges', 8 August 1826, leaving Spithead This watercolour shows the HMS 'Ganges' leaving Spithead, Portsmouth. She is not fully underway as only her upper sails are set. The artist seems to have taken libe... More

HMS Pique at Anchor at Spithead September 1836 RMG PU6161

HMS Pique at Anchor at Spithead September 1836 Hand-coloured. Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Loss of the Royal George at Spithead, 1782 RMG PU5961

Loss of the Royal George at Spithead, 1782 Vignette. Public domain image of a sailing ship, British warship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Review RMG PW0874, William Lionel Wyllie

Naval Review original art: drawing

Naval Review RMG PW2266, William Lionel Wyllie

Naval Review It is difficult to establish the event that this watercolour depicts, although it must be around 1900. It could either be the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Review or the 1901 Naval Pageant, but neither quit... More

Review August 15th, 1896 RMG PW0866, William Lionel Wyllie

Review August 15th, 1896 Heightened with white.

Review in 1897 RMG PW1746, William Lionel Wyllie

Review in 1897 original art: drawing

Review in 1897 RMG PW1748, William Lionel Wyllie

Review in 1897 Medium includes graphite. Public domain photograph of British ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Review July 1895 RMG PW0868, William Lionel Wyllie

Review July 1895 Heightened with white.; Signed by artist.

Review Poster, 1911 RMG PW2125, William Lionel Wyllie

Review Poster, 1911 Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist. Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Review RMG PW0880, William Lionel Wyllie

Review original art: drawing Public domain photograph of ship docs, shipyard, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sinking of H.M.S. Royal George at Spithead at 9 o'clock A.M. Augt 29th...

Sinking of H.M.S. Royal George at Spithead at 9 o'clock A.M. Augt 29th 1782 from an original Drawing in the possession of Henry Slight Esqr by whom this Print is Published 1839 Print 3 metre scan PW7938 sinkin... More

Spithead RMG PW1941, William Lionel Wyllie

Spithead Heightened with white.; Signed by artist.

The Blowing up of the Boyne, a 98 Gun Ship, at Spithead, May 1st 1795 ...

The Blowing up of the Boyne, a 98 Gun Ship, at Spithead, May 1st 1795 Image of the Boyne engulfed in flames, as the crew jump into the sea, some of them being helped onto boats or hanging onto floating ship fra... More

The Lord High Admiral returning from his inspection of the Warspite Ju...

The Lord High Admiral returning from his inspection of the Warspite July 31 1827 Technique includes engraving.; Mounted with PAD6070.; Plate 3.

The Return of the Asia and Albion to Spithead after the Battle of Nava...

The Return of the Asia and Albion to Spithead after the Battle of Navarino Jany 31. 1828 The veteran Napoleonic-era ships 'Asia' and 'Albion' are shown making their way back to Portsmouth after fighting in the ... More

The Warspite returning to Spithead from her voyage round the World, Ju...

The Warspite returning to Spithead from her voyage round the World, July 28 1827 Technique includes etching.; Plate 1.

To Colonel C.W. Pasley, R.E.C.B. This print representing the submarine...

To Colonel C.W. Pasley, R.E.C.B. This print representing the submarine explosion of the large cylinder containing 2300 lbs of Powder against the wreck of H.M.S. Royal George, at Spithead, Sepr. 23rd 1839 R.S. T... More

To Colonel C.W. Pasley, R.E.C.B. This print representing the submarine...

To Colonel C.W. Pasley, R.E.C.B. This print representing the submarine explosion of the large cylinder containing 2300 lbs of Powder against the wreck of H.M.S. Royal George, at Spithead, Sepr. 23rd 1839 R.S. T... More

To Her Most Gracious Majesty This Print of the Royal Yacht Victoria an...

To Her Most Gracious Majesty This Print of the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, at Spithead, Monday Augt 28th 1843... dedicated by... H John Vernon Hand-coloured. To Her Most Gracious Majesty This Print of th... More

View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns, on Fire by Accident at Sp...

View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns, on Fire by Accident at Spithead, May 1795 View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns (Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis's flagship, in action in the West Indies in 1794)... More

View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns, on Fire by Accident at Sp...

View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns, on Fire by Accident at Spithead, May 1795 View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns (Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis's flagship, in action in the West Indies in 1794)... More

John Ward of Hull - H.M.S. 'Britannia' amidst other ships of the fleet...

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Battleship HMS Albemarle - IWM Q 75245

Battleship HMS Albemarle The Royal Navy in the First World War

Battleship HMS Orion - IWM Q 75219

Battleship HMS Orion Orion at anchor before 1915 at Spithead The Royal Navy in the First World War

HMS St. George refitting at Spithead - ILN 1855

HMS "St. George" refitting at Spithead. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 17 March 1855. The St. George her hammocks are all hung out to dry... The men are tarring the rigging, and swinging about o... More

John Ward - HMS Britannia and units of the Fleet off Spithead

HMS Britannia and units of the Fleet off Spithead, by John Ward

Philip John Ouless - The Royal Yacht Fairy with Queen Victoria on boar...

Philip John Ouless - The Royal Yacht Fairy with Queen Victoria on board, making her way through ships of the fleet anchored in Spithead signed and dated 'Ph J. Ouless 1852' (lower left) oil on canvas 67.3 x 95... More

Philip John Ouless - The Royal Yacht Fairy with Queen Victoria on boar...

Philip John Ouless - The Royal Yacht Fairy with Queen Victoria on board, making her way through ships of the fleet anchored in Spithead signed and dated 'Ph J. Ouless 1852' (lower left) oil on canvas 67.3 x 95... More

Protected cruiser HMS Furious - IWM Q 75338

Protected cruiser HMS Furious with aircraft on deck The Royal Navy in the First World War

William Smyth - H.M.S. 'Blossom' leaving Spithead, May 19th 1825 2007 ...

H.M.S. Blossom leaving Spithead, May 19th 1825, by William Smyth inscribed as titled

The Training Squadron and Naval Hydroplane - IWM Q 75490

The Training Squadron and Naval Hydroplane Training squadron - cruisers HMS Leviathan, HMS Donegal, HMS Berwick and HMS Essex The Royal Navy in the First World War

Unidentified pre-dreadnought battleship - IWM Q 75251

Unidentified pre-dreadnought battleship The Royal Navy in the First World War

Naval Events of the Year, 1878 - The Graphic 1878

Naval Events of the Year. Illustration for The Graphic, 28 December 1878 1. Cleopatra at sea; 2. HMS Eurydice in a squall; 3. Eurydice on her beam ends; 4 a. Grosser Kurfurst immediately after the collision; 4... More

The Oberon Torpedo Experiments, 1874 - The Graphic 1874

The Oberon Torpedo Experiments. Illustration for The Graphic, 19 December 1874.

The Oberon Torpedo Experiments, 1875 - The Graphic 1875

The Oberon Torpedo Experiments. Illustration for The Graphic, 4 December 1875.

The Russian Corvettes off Spithead - The Graphic 1879

The Russian Corvettes off Spithead. Illustration for The Graphic, 29 November 1879. Russian Corvettes; Spithead; Nayesdnik, Captain Kologeras; Rasdoynik, Commodore Jitkoff. Nayesdnik Russian unarmoured clipper

'Vanguard', 'St Vincent' and a Royal Yacht at Spithead, 1850s RMG PW60...

'Vanguard', 'St Vincent' and a Royal Yacht at Spithead, 1850s William Joy frequently collaborated on watercolours with his brother John. This example, however, appears to be all William's work and he achieves ... More

A general view of Line C at Spithead for the Naval Review (4792722095)

Reproduction ID: P00037 Maker: Unknown Date: June 1909 Materials: Gelatine dry plate Henley Collection

Arrival of the Fleet for the Coronation Review RMG BHC0653

Arrival of the Fleet for the Coronation Review The painting commemorates the arrival of the fleet at Spithead to celebrate the Coronation of King George V in 1911. It shows the fleet drawn up in parallel lines... More

Arthur Wellington Fowles (1815-1883) - Burning of the Troopship 'Easte...

Fowles, Arthur Wellington; Burning of the Troopship 'Eastern Monarch' at Spithead, June 1859; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/burning-of-the-troopship-eastern-monarch-at-spithead-june-1859-174553

Charles Henry Seaforth (1801-1872) - A Three-Decker at Spithead - BHC1...

Seaforth, Charles Henry; A Three-Decker at Spithead; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-three-decker-at-spithead-175536

Getting up Anchor at Spithead

Getting up Anchor at Spithead (1859) by George William Mote Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Review at Spithead, 1767 RMG BHC0461

Naval Review at Spithead, 1767 The English painter and draughtsman Francis Swaine was a pupil of Peter Monamy. He worked as a messenger in the Navy Office in 1735 and was practising as a marine painter by the ... More

Robert Dodd (1748-1815) - The 'Victory' Sailing from Spithead - BHC369...

The 'Victory' is shown centre foreground, in port broadside view, under full sail. The three-decker first-rate astern of her to the right is probably the 'Queen Charlotte'. This may be an interpretation of the... More

Charles Edward Dixon HMS Queen 1839 first rate ship of the line battle...

HMS Queen, at the 1845 Spithead Review, being the last purely sailing-built battleship to be ordered; subsequent ones were ordered with both sails and steam engines. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned im... More

Admiralty Chart No 2050 Eastern approaches to the Solent, Published 19...

Nautical chart of the Eastern approaches to the Solent, at a scale of 1:20,000. Not current - not to be used for navigation!

HMS Centurion 1892 Warship photograph collection

British battleship HMS Centurion of 1892, at Spithead. Photograph by Symonds and Co of Portsmouth, read the ILN 1898

Public Domain Images - IsleofWightmap 1945

OS map from 1945 1/4 inch to the mile sheet 11

A Prospect of the United British and Dutch Fleets as they lay at Spit-...

Visual Material information: Title: "A Prospect of the United British and Dutch Fleets as they lay at Spit-Head in the year 1729, together with a View of the Isle of Wight and Part of the Town and Fortificatio... More

Portsmouth. A Perspective View of Portsmouth & Gosport, from St. Helen...

Visual Material information: Title: "Portsmouth. A Perspective View of Portsmouth & Gosport, from St. Helens, Shewing the Fortifications, Castles, Docks, and Remarkeable Edifices, belonging to ye Garrison ;" A... More

Departure of HMS Neptune for the Baltic Sea, 16 March 1854. RCIN 92028...

Departure of HMS Neptune for the Baltic Sea, 16 March 1854. DM 1628: the Queen and her family are seen to left on board RY Fairy at Spithead, watching the departure of HMS Neptune, seen to right of centre, wit... More

The East Indiaman 'Ceres' off the Spithead Depicted in Four Different ...

Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 147.3 cm Public domain photograph of 18th-century seascape painting, ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Destruction of the 'Eastern Monarch' Troop Ship by fire, at Spithead -...

Destruction of the "Eastern Monarch" Troop Ship by Fire, at Spithead. Illustration for The Illustrated Times, 11 June 1859. from a sketch by R.H.C. Ubsdell from Haslar Hospital.

H.M.S. 'Serpent' dismasted in a violent squall off Spithead, 1st Decem...

H.M.S. 'Serpent' dismasted in a violent squall off Spithead, 1st December 1836

Her Majesty's Experimental Squadron - ILN-1845-0726-0008

Her Majesty's Experimental Squadron. The Illustrated London News, 26 July 1845, page 56 Read the ILN DEPARTURE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON In our paper of the 28th ult., we gave a description of the grand na... More

The Frigate HMS 'Falcon' attempting to sink by shelling the burning hu...

Fowles, Arthur Wellington; The Frigate HMS 'Falcon' Attempting to Sink by Shelling the Burning Hulk of the Troop Transport, 'Eastern Monarch'; Portsmouth Museums and Visitor Services; http://www.artuk.org/artwo... More

Burning of the 'Eastern Monarch' at Spithead - ILN-1859-0611-0012

Burning of the "Eastern Monarch" at Spithead. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 11 June 1859. Volume: 34 , Issue: 978. Would have been sketched by Ubsdell from Haslar Hospital. Read the ILN THE DE... More

Henri Edmond Rudaux En rade de Spithead Angleterre

Français : En rade de Spithead (Angleterre) Public domain photograph of sailboat, sailing, sail, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

HMS Cyclops frigate 1839 - Public domain image of steamship

This view of Her Majesty's Steam Frigate "Cyclops", off Spit Head, under admiralty orders, is with permission dedicated to Sir Wm. Symonds, surveyor of the Navy, by his obedient and humble servants, Ackerman &... More

A one-design class crossing the starting line at Cowes Week CSK 2012

A one-design class crossing the starting line at Cowes Week, 1930, with the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert (III), with H.M. George (V) aboard, lying in Cowes Roads, other yachts dressed overall and spectators... More

Adam Callander - H.M.S. Queen Charlotte with the British Squadron and ...

HMS Queen Charlotte with the British Squadron and allied men-of-war at Spithead, prior to sailing to Ushant in 1794 Auction Marine Art, lot 9 Sale 2006

Charles Henry Seaforth - A Royal Navy three-decker lying in the anchor...

signed 'C.H. S. on a buoy (lower left) Public domain photograph of ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Housman Thomas (1824-68) - The Naval Review at Spithead, 23 Apr...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Her Majesty's Steam Frigate 'Cyclops', off Spit Head

This view of Her Majesty's Steam Frigate "Cyclops", off Spit Head, under admiralty orders, is with permission dedicated to Sir Wm. Symonds, surveyor of the Navy, by his obedient and humble servants, Ackerman &... More

Panzerschiffsolferino. Warship photograph collection

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth, Arrival of the French Fleet, the Solferino saluting the English Flag. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 9 September 1865. French Ironclad Solferino e... More

R.B. Spencer - The Grand Naval Review, Spithead, 11th. August 1853 in ...

The Grand Naval Review, Spithead, 11th. August 1853 in front of Queen Victoria on the Royal Yacht 'Victoria and Albert I' Lot number: /15822/lot/129/ The Marine Sale 23 Sep 2008, London, Knightsbridge Artist ... More

The Grand Naval Review. This Grand Review of the British Navy took pla...

Text in English below imageː The Grand Naval Review. This Grand Review of the British Navy took place at Portsmouth on June 24th and 25th 1814 in the presence of the Prince Regent and his Royal Visitors

The Grand Naval Review, 1814 RMG PW4791

Text in English below imageː The Grand Naval Review. This Grand Review of the British Navy took place at Portsmouth on June 24th and 25th 1814 in the presence of the Prince Regent and his Royal Visitors

The hulk Blake at Spithead ILN 1854-1118-0005

The hulk Blake at Spithead Shows the crew of the Caesar who were billeted there while Caesar was fitting out at Portsmouth. Read the ILN Volume: 25, Page 521 , Issue: 713, page 21.

William Joy - H.M.S. Trafalgar and H.M.S. St. Vincent at Spithead 2014...

HMS Trafalgar and HMS St. Vincent at Spithead Lot number: Live Auction 5786 lot 31 Sale 12 Nov 2014

Thomas Elliot - Vice-Admiral Sir Allen Gardner, Vice-Admiral of the Wh...

Vice-Admiral Sir Allen Gardner, Vice-Admiral of the White, in a Three-Decker at Spithead British Warships at Spithead by Captain Thomas Elliott Lot number: London, Sotheby’s. Lot 4, 8/11/95

Thomas Elliott - The loss of the Boyne H0587-L62159824

The loss of H.M.S. Boyne Public domain image of a British navy warship, sailing ship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William E.D. Stuart - The loss of the 100-gun First Rate H.M.S. Royal ...

The loss of the 100-gun First Rate HMS Royal George at Spithead, 29 August 1782 signed and dated 'W E D Stuart 1854(?)' (lower right) Lot number: Live Auction 17346 lot 298 Sale 19 Sep 2019

William Elliott - British Men O' War at anchor off Portsmouth

British Men O' War at anchor off Portsmouth at Spithead, the visible masts of the Royal George, sunk at her moorings on 29th August 1782. Lot number: 25338/lot/48/ The Marine Sale 29 Oct 2019 London

Ships at Spithead 1797, British naval battle painting

Ships at Spithead 1797. Sceptre. King George, Hudson's Bay Company. Rodney, East Indiaman. Ganges. Perseverance. General Goddard, East Indiaman; watercolour. Notes: Seahorse (1782), King George (1781), Rodne... More

Spithead engraving by William Miller after Turner

Spithead (Rawlinson 699) engraving by William Miller after J M W Turner, published in The Turner Gallery. A series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the works of J.M.W. Turner. The Descriptive Text by W... More

A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Page 541) BHL20977818

A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight / [edited by H. Arthur Doubleday]

Situationsplan von Portsmouth-Southampton

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Francis Swaine - The Landing of the Sailor Prince at Spithead (ship wi...

Google Cultural Institute Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tommaso de Simone (attrib.) - Royal Navy ships

Royal Navy ships of the Duke of Wellington class lying at anchor at Spithead, with one firing a salute to acknowledge the departure of an Admiral on board the ironclad, thought to be HMS Sultan Lot number: L... More

HMS 'Inflexible' (1907) anchored at Spithead for the Naval Review. RMG...

HMS 'Inflexible' (1907) anchored at Spithead for the Naval Review. A starboard bow view of the battlecruiser 'Inflexible' (1907) anchored with awnings rigged amidships at Spithead for the Naval Review. Anchore... More

The steam yacht 'Sunbeam' (1874) anchored at Spithead. RMG P00024

The steam yacht 'Sunbeam' (1874) anchored at Spithead. port quarter view of the auxiliary steam schooner-rigged yacht 'Sunbeam' (1874) anchored at Spithead. She is flying the ensign and burgee of the Royal Yac... More

Satellite photograph of Wight

Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description