Sailors Collection

Chatham Navy Week. Sailors on gyro wheels. August 1938

Sailors arriving at Waterloo on leave, complete with attache cases. 2 August 1929

Lady Louise Mountattens christian name preserved on Swedish battleship. Some time ago, Lady Louise Mountbatten wrote her christian name on the Swedish battleship, Sverige

Trawler skipper fought Nazi bombers Skipper Alexander Craig of the 192 ton Aberdeen trawler Arora who with his mate stuck to the guns in the face of machine gun fire

Heroic lifeboatmen. Left to right : Coxswain Henry Blogg of Cromer, Coxswain John Strachan of Peterhead, D F Wiseman of Peterhead, Coxswain Bs Stanton of Boulmer, Coxswain J Rosch of Plymouth

Britains Prime Minister Edward Heath at the helm of his sloop Morning Cloud off Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, at the start of the Fastnet race - the last of the Admirals Cup series 11

Coxswain Sidney Page of Southend lifeboat wins 2 awards in a year. 15 December 1934

Taking a break between filming scenes of the Nelson film at Littlehampton, Sussex. It had to be re - shot as the original was destroyed by fire. 16th July 1918

Re - shooting the Nelson film that was destroyed by fire. Shooting an action scene at the seafront at Littlehampton, Sussex. Storming the Mole 16th July 1918

Home front 1940. Servicemen on leave. Find their homes damaged and surrounded by debris, and still find the happy side

First heat of the British American Cup, International Yachting Contest starts at Ryde, Isle of Wight. Mr Norman Clark Neill ( right ) owner of " Reg " and Mr Dickenson

New type of motor lifeboat Priscilla Macbean launched at Eastbourne on Wednesday 27 September 1922

HM Submarine Odin soon after leaving Chatham dockyard for her trials. 18 July 1929
HM Submarine " Odin " soon after leaving Chatham dockyard for her trials. 18 July 1929

The flower harvest in the Scilly Islands. Loading the flowers into boats at Tresco. 1923

Men of the merchant navy receiving instruction in gunnery at an East London instructional battery, and drawing kit 8 January 1940

Welcome shade on Britains biggest submarine. The K 26, Britains biggest submarine is now on a cruise in Eastern waters and recently arrived in Bombay

Men of the merchant navy recieving instruction in gunnery at an East London instructional battery, and drawing kit 8 January 1940

An armed merchant man in the Thames 27 September 1939

Naval display rehearsal at Whale Island for the Royal Tournament. Attacking the enemy from cover. 16 May 1924

King of Egypt visits HMS Worcester nautical training ship at Greenhithe. King Fuad on board
King of Egypt visits " HMS Worcester " nautical training ship at Greenhithe. King Fuad on board. 15 July 1927

HM Submarine Odin - the conniing tower. 18 July 1929
HM Submarine " Odin " - the conniing tower. 18 July 1929

Sultan of Zanzibar at Portsmouth. 4 July 1929

London England Royal National Lifeboat Institutions Gallantry Awards to presented by HRH The Duchess of Kent Right to left Coxswain Mark Bates; Kilmore Country Wexford

Royal navy reserve volunteers in camp at Greenhithe. A signalman learns Flag semaphore. 1938

The Home Fleet on the river Thames at Greenhithe, Kent. School children board a boat from a floating dock. 1937

St Andrews Waterside Church Mission in London. They board ships and supply to sailors and crewmen onboard library boxes containing Bibles, hymn and prayer books as well as other texts. 1936

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