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"Naval Warfare: A Historical Journey through the Seas" Step aboard and embark on a captivating voyage through the annals of naval warfare

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: At The South Pole, (Bowers pulls the string), January 1912, (1913). Artist: Henry Bowers

At The South Pole, (Bowers pulls the string), January 1912, (1913). Artist: Henry Bowers
At The South Pole, (Bowers pulls the string), January 1912, (1913). Left to right: Captain Lawrence Oates, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Petty Officer Edgar Evans

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: H. M. S. Inflexible in 1880, c1880, (1904). Artist: Symonds & Co

H. M. S. Inflexible in 1880, c1880, (1904). Artist: Symonds & Co
H.M.S. Inflexible in 1880, c1880, (1904). HMS Inflexible was an Invincible-class battlecruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was built before World War I and had an active career during the war

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1830, (1932). Artist: Rosalind Thornycroft

William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1830, (1932). Artist: Rosalind Thornycroft
William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1830, (1932). The last Hanoverian king of Britain, William (1765-1837) succeeded his elder brother, George IV

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Wounded but Victorious, c1916 (1919). Artist: Charles John De Lacy

Wounded but Victorious, c1916 (1919). Artist: Charles John De Lacy
Wounded but Victorious, c1916 (1919). A British battlecruiser being towed into port after the Battle of Jutland. The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle fought by the British Royal Navys

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Fore-Cabin, H. M. S. Queen Elizabeth, Rosyth, 16 November, 1918, (1935). Artist: Sir John Lavery

Fore-Cabin, H. M. S. Queen Elizabeth, Rosyth, 16 November, 1918, (1935). Artist: Sir John Lavery
Fore-Cabin, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, Rosyth, 16 November, 1918, 1918 (1935). After the painting by Sir John Lavery, R.A. From Modern Masterpieces Part 20. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935]

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: The Look Out, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons

The Look Out, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons
The Look Out, c1890-c1893. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume I, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett

The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 21st August 1896

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett

A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 7th August 1896

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Dreadnoughts and hydroplane, British Grand Fleet, North Sea, First World War, 1914

Dreadnoughts and hydroplane, British Grand Fleet, North Sea, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons

Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons
Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume III, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: British ship of the line HMS Victory, 1805 (chromolitho)

British ship of the line HMS Victory, 1805 (chromolitho)
2782795 British ship of the line HMS Victory, 1805 (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: British ship of the line HMS Victory, 1805)

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Visitors on USS Connecticut, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Visitors on USS Connecticut, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Visitors on USS Connecticut, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Gen. Virbeck [i.e. Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911

Gen. Virbeck [i.e. Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Virbeck [i.e. Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows men on the Lusitania welcoming Japanese admiral Togo Heihachiro to New York City

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Sailor's shore drill, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sailor's shore drill, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sailor's shore drill, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Sailors on shore leave from SOUTH CAROLINA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sailors on shore leave from SOUTH CAROLINA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sailors on shore leave from SOUTH CAROLINA, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Admiral Togo & Admiral Leutze, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Admiral Togo & Admiral Leutze, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Admiral Togo & Admiral Leutze, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Naval Reserve leaving USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Naval Reserve leaving USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Naval Reserve leaving USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Morning drill - USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Morning drill - USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Morning drill - USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: War game-10 in. gun practice - USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

War game-10 in. gun practice - USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
War game-10 in. gun practice - USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the USS Washington which was renamed the Seattle in Nov. 1916

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Kangaroo court martial on USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Kangaroo court martial on USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kangaroo court martial on USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Admiral Togo at Brooklyn Navy Yard, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Admiral Togo at Brooklyn Navy Yard, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Admiral Togo at Brooklyn Navy Yard, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: War game drill on USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

War game drill on USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
War game drill on USS Seattle, between c1910 and c1915. Shows drilll on the USS Washington which was renamed the Seattle in Nov. 1916

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Baseball team on ship named WASHINGTON (baseball), c1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Baseball team on ship named WASHINGTON (baseball), c1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Baseball team on ship named WASHINGTON (baseball), c1911. Shows the armored cruiser USS Washington ACR-11, later USS Seattle

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Shows the dreadnought battlship USS Utah, BB-31. Commissioned in 1911

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Shows the dreadnought battlship USS Utah, BB-31. Commissioned in 1911

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Chinese sailors, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Chinese sailors, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Chinese sailors, 1911. Shows sailors who accmpanied Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy to Grant's Tomb in New York City on Sept. 18th, 1911

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Chinese sailors, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Chinese sailors, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Chinese sailors, 1911. Shows Chinese marines, with (on right) Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy and New York City Mayor William Jay Gaynor

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Boat Drill on USS Washington, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Boat Drill on USS Washington, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Boat Drill on USS Washington, between c1910 and c1915. USS Washington was renamed the Seattle in Nov. 1916

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Togo at West Point with Gen. Barry, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Togo at West Point with Gen. Barry, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Togo at West Point with Gen. Barry, 1911. Shows Japanese naval hero Admiral Togo Heihachiro with Major General Thomas Henry Barry, superintendent of the U.S

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Adm. Osterhaus at City Hall, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Adm. Osterhaus at City Hall, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Adm. Osterhaus at City Hall, 1912

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Capt. Peterssen of PRINCESS IRENE, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. Peterssen of PRINCESS IRENE, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Peterssen of PRINCESS IRENE, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Lieut. Ellis (i.e. Ellyson), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Lieut. Ellis (i.e. Ellyson), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Lieut. Ellis (i.e. Ellyson), between c1910 and c1915. Shows naval aviator Lieutenant Theodore Gordon Ellyson (1885- 1928)

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Turpin and Lt. Rogers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Turpin and Lt. Rogers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Turpin and Lt. Rogers, between c1910 and c1915. Shows aviators Lieutenant John Rodgers (left) and J. Clifford Turpin seated in an airplane, possibly a Wright Model B aircraft

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Capt. B.C. Decker, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. B.C. Decker, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. B.C. Decker, 1911

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: King George of England in uniform, Rotary Photo, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

King George of England in uniform, Rotary Photo, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
King George of England in uniform, Rotary Photo, 1911

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Capt. Hugo Osterhaus, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. Hugo Osterhaus, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Hugo Osterhaus, 1910

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Admiral Wainwright, portrait bust, in uniform, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Admiral Wainwright, portrait bust, in uniform, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Admiral Wainwright, portrait bust, in uniform, 1911

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Hertha - German vessel, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Hertha - German vessel, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Hertha - German vessel, 1914. A scene at the 1909 Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Gunners aboard Turkish ship, at posts, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Gunners aboard Turkish ship, at posts, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Gunners aboard Turkish ship, at posts, 1912

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Admiral Uriu, H.F. Aress, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Admiral Uriu, H.F. Aress, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Admiral Uriu, H.F. Aress, 1917

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Captain Seebohm, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Captain Seebohm, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Captain Seebohm, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Captain Von Krosigk, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Captain Von Krosigk, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Captain Von Krosigk, between c1910 and c1915. Shows German naval officer Wilhelm von Krosigk (1871-1953)

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Captain Poncelet of SS France, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Captain Poncelet of SS France, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Captain Poncelet of SS France, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Transfer of 8' shells, League Isl'd. 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Transfer of 8" shells, League Isl'd. 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Transfer of 8" shells, League Isl'd. 1913. Shows armored cruiser USS Brooklyn (CA-3) at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Boy sailors on the USS Newport, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Boy sailors on the USS Newport, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Boy sailors on the USS Newport, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Drill, Holland America Line - life boats ready to launch, between c1910 and c1915

Drill, Holland America Line - life boats ready to launch, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Drill, Holland America Line - life boats ready to launch, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Life boats launched, Holland America line, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Life boats launched, Holland America line, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Life boats launched, Holland America line, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageNaval Warfare Collection: Kaiser leaving stand after christening of 'Imperator', 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Kaiser leaving stand after christening of "Imperator", 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser leaving stand after christening of "Imperator", 1912. Shows the Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany christening the S.S. Imperator, an ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line, May 23, 1912



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"Naval Warfare: A Historical Journey through the Seas" Step aboard and embark on a captivating voyage through the annals of naval warfare. From iconic paintings to significant moments in history, these hints offer glimpses into the thrilling world of battleships, courageous sailors, and strategic maneuvers. Immerse yourself in JMW Turner's masterpiece "The Fighting Temeraire, " painted in 1839, depicting a majestic ship being towed away by a steam-powered vessel—an allegory for the transition from sail to steam power. Feel the weight of history as you explore Nelson's famous signal flags used during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805—a pivotal moment that shaped British naval supremacy. Charles John De Lacy's artwork "The Vindictive at Zeebrugge" transports us to 1918 when daring British forces launched an audacious raid against German-occupied Belgium. Witness their bravery firsthand as they celebrate their triumph aboard HMS Vindictive. Intrigue surrounds c1939-1941 with unknown creators capturing The Renown, Ark Royal, and Sheffield—powerful vessels readying themselves for battle during World War II. These ships symbolize Britain's unwavering determination amidst turbulent times. Admire Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson immortalized by Henry Bone around 1920—a legendary figure who led his fleet to victory against Napoleon at Trafalgar. His strategic brilliance forever etched into maritime lore. Nicholas Pocock takes us back to c1802 with his depiction of The Speedy and El Gamo engaged in fierce combat—a testament to courage amid chaos on treacherous seas. Meanwhile, witness The English Ship Hampton Court braving stormy gales between 1678-80—an awe-inspiring display of resilience against nature's wrath. Capture Napoleon Bonaparte boarding Northumberland en route to St Helena after his defeat—etched into memory circa 1850.