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'Spithead in Wartime' RMG PW1773, William Lionel Wyllie

'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

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

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 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 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 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

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 RMG L9214

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

The Lord High Admiral returning from his inspection of the Warspite July 31 1827 RMG PU6071

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 Navarino Jany 31. 1828 RMG PU6132

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, July 28 1827 RMG PU6069

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 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. Thomas, RMG PU5963

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 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. Thomas, RMG PU5963

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 and Albert, at Spithead, Monday Augt 28th 1843 - dedicated by - H John Vernon RMG Py8663

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 Spithead, May 1795 RMG PY0753

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 Spithead, May 1795 RMG PY0753

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 at Spithead

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

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

Battleship HMS Albemarle - IWM Q 75245

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 - 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 - 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

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

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

Protected cruiser HMS Furious - IWM Q 75338

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 CKS 07470 0025 000(023856)

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 - 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 - IWM Q 75251

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

Arrival of the Fleet for the Coronation Review RMG BHC0653

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

Robert Dodd (1748-1815) - The 'Victory' Sailing from Spithead - BHC3694 - Royal Museums Greenwich

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

HMS Centurion 1892 Warship photograph collection

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

Departure of HMS Neptune for the Baltic Sea, 16 March 1854. RCIN 920287

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

HMS Cyclops frigate 1839 - Public domain image of steamship

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

Adam Callander - H.M.S. Queen Charlotte with the British Squadron and allied men-of-war at Spithead, prior to sailing to Ushant in 1794

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 anchorage at Spithead with a cutter yacht heading into Portsmouth off to port CSK 05233 0452A

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 April 1856 - RCIN 405118 - Royal Collection

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

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

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.... RMG PW4791

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

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 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 CSK 5835053

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 Elliott - The loss of the Boyne H0587-L62159824

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 George at Spithead, 29 August 1782

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

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, 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

HMS 'Inflexible' (1907) anchored at Spithead for the Naval Review. RMG P00028

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. 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