Royal Navy Antique

In a sense then it could also be considered a Campaign desk though there are no records indicating if Captain Davenport was in the British Army or the Royal Navy. This desk form was ...

As one of the elite horologists selected by the British Royal Navy to supply precision marine chronometers for global voyages, Nardin’s pedigree is unmatched.

Artists and Engravers: Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a Royal Navy officer. Condition: Good, general age-related toning.

The naval action took place on the 4th of August 1800 off the coast of Brazil. On that morning, the Royal Navy escort, Belliqueux sighted a squadron of French frigates and, giving ch...

Artists and Engravers: George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN (1697 -1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role...

Artists and Engravers: Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a Royal Navy officer. Condition: Good, given age.

Seine was a 38-gun Seine-class French frigate that the Royal Navy captured in 1798 and commissioned as the fifth rate HMS Seine.

The scene is bustling with maritime activity: the deep-water berths are occupied by numerous Royal Navy vessels, including transitional steam-and-sail warships and a troopship, while...

NOTE:* Upon the death of Admiral Lord Nelson in 1805 there were a variety of commemorative/souvenir pieces crafted to celebrate the hero's Royal Navy endeavours, including Egyptian c...

He ran away from school to England in 1848 and was sponsored to enter the Royal Navy by Queen Victoria. In 1854 he attained the rank of Lieutenant after serving as mate on the flagsh...

Woolworks of merchant vessels are considerably scarcer than their Royal Navy counterparts, and a merchant woolie of this size and quality is a rare survival from the last great age o...

Artists and Engravers: Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a Royal Navy officer. Condition: Good, general age-related ton...

The two sailing ships in the centre right of this picture are former Royal Navy vessels being used as prison hulks. The use of these vessels to hold prisoners, usually before transpo...

Artists and Engravers: George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN (1697 -1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role...

Ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy, Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making his famous three voyages to the Pacific Ocean.

Ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy, Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making his famous three voyages to the Pacific Ocean.

Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN (1697 -1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role o...

His works were not only appreciated by patrons but also contributed to the growing sense of national pride in the Royal Navy. Despite his success, Monamy struggled financially in hi...

The set includes: “The friend of Pelissier” – Sir Henry Keppel, distinguished Royal Navy admiral and Crimean War figure “A Parliamentary Title” – Charles Philip Yorke, 9th Earl of Ha...

Executed in dramatic detail, the scene captures the Royal Navy’s fleet in action off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, as British warships unleash their broadsides against the coastal ...

It is best known as the home of the Royal Navy, HMNB Portsmouth. Because of its strategic location on the south coast of England, protected by the natural defence of the Isle of Wigh...

Cuthbertson served with the Royal Navy during the First World War and following his demobilization in 1919 he purchased a motor launch he commanded during his active service.

Commissioned as an honorary second lieutenant, Bone served as a war artist with the Allied forces on the Western Front and also with the Royal Navy for a time. He arrived in France o...

Henry Carr Glynn was part of the Royal Navy: Glyn was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 7 February, 1852.

His works were not only appreciated by patrons but also contributed to the growing sense of national pride in the Royal Navy. Despite his success, Monamy struggled financially in hi...

The reverse is mounted with an oval polychrome enamel plaque representing a blue Royal Navy ensign flying triumphant above the flags of France and Spain superimposed with an anchor a...

This piece is titles Crescent which was a ships name used many times through the ages by the Royal Navy. The painting has been recently re-varnished to bring out the fine details o...

On coins issued by Charles II of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Britannia appears with her shield bearing the Union Flag. To symbolise the Royal Navy's victories, Britannia's spear ...

Vincent and Camperdown (1797), and the Nile (1798) made the Royal Navy the object of intense national pride and created an eager market for naval imagery in every medium.

Today, paintings by John Lashbrook Tudgay can be found in the Royal National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, Auckland City Art Gall...

Under Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder, Britain utilized its Royal Navy to seize colonial territories while Frederick the Great engaged French and Austrian forces in Europe.

The present work was probably executed while Barlow was still in the Royal Navy. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1828, the year after his similar sepia watercolour, NW View...

Keywords: Battle of Negapatam, Negapatam 1782, Nagapattinam, India, Coromandel Coast, Pierre André de Suffren, Admiral Suffren, Edward Hughes, British Navy, French Navy, Royal Navy, ...

The Battle of Trafalgar Fought on 21 October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar on the southwestern coast of Spain, the Battle of Trafalgar was one of the most important naval engagements of t...

Model of a cannon made from bronze recovered from the the former flagship of the Royal Navy’s Western Squadron, HMS Royal George, a veteran of the Battles of Quiberon Bay (1759) and ...

Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN (1697 -1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role o...

Fox, Circa 1875 A charming and detailed British sailor's woolwork (or "woolie"), depicting a portside view of the Royal Navy vessel H.M.S. Fox under full sail, executed circa 1875.

During World War II Horsbrugh-Porter served in the Royal Navy as a first lieutenant on aircraft carriers, including Indomitable.

The style of the captain's clothing is that seen in the early to mid 19th Century, modeled after that of the Royal Navy. The wife's attire is clearly of the 1850s (consistent with th...

The inclusion of Britannia and the themes of trade highlights the transition of the Royal Navy from a purely defensive force to the global protector of British commercial interests.

The Nore has been a crucial site for Royal Navy anchorage for centuries, being strategically positioned close to London, the city’s port, and the Medway, England’s main naval base an...

A Teak Model of the Stern of HMS Howe, Presented to Captain Assheton Gore Curzon Howe in February of 1892 A teak model of the stern of HMS Howe adorned with brass cannons and deck f...

Keywords: Théodore Gudin, Theodore Gudin, Triton, HMS Jupiter, HMS Medea, French Navy, Royal Navy, British Navy, French British naval battle, naval battle 1778, American Revolutionar...

Captain George Treweeke Scobell (1785-1869) joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman aged 12. Initially, he served under Captain Pender on the coast of North America, and subsequently i...

He first met his mentor, Hemy, while on leave from the Royal Navy and frequented his studio in Cornwall.

At the age of 13 he joined the Royal Navy training ship HMS Coway, but at 19 - advised by his father - he abandoned the sea for his paintbox.

Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport (1726-1814) entered the Royal Navy in 1741, a few weeks before his elder brother Samuel, later Admiral Viscount Hood (1724-1816).

Polena raffigurante una figura femminile con i capelli sciolti e una cintura che le stringe la vita; è stata scolpita in legno di tiglio, nome scientifico Tilia, un legno molto usato...

He was a Captain in the British Royal Navy and he also had a musical career, becoming first violin of the orchestra at Albert Hall in London.

Cortesi clearly had access to a vast archive of topographical surveys, as well as sea charts issued by Britain's Royal Navy. As stated on the map, Cortesi's manuscript was reviewed a...

In front of the rock, a late 19th century battleship is anchored, most likely belonging to the British Royal Navy. Its presence underscores Gibraltar’s strategic importance as a nava...

Raised at Lamlash on the Isle of Arran as the son of a Royal Navy man, and later celebrated for his paintings of Glasgow and the Clyde, he had spent much of his life looking at ports.

Raised at Lamlash on the Isle of Arran as the son of a Royal Navy man, and later celebrated for his paintings of Glasgow and the Clyde, he had spent much of his life looking at ports.

Portlock served as a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy and participated in Captain James Cook's third voyage (1776–1780).

Little is known about his education but he is believed to have started as an apprentice to a ship's painter in the Royal Navy dockyards at Portsmouth. He was a self-taught artist who...

Born in London, Collier entered the Royal Navy in 1784. As a midshipman, he was wrecked off Madagascar in 1792 surviving among the natives of that island for six months before being ...

The set includes Mr Charles Bennet Lawes, depicted as “Athlete and Sculptor,” celebrated for his achievements in athletics and as a pioneering figure in British sport; Rear-Admiral S...

There have been several ships, including a World War I Royal Navy destroyer, called Vimiera or Vimeira after the Duke of Wellington’s victory at Vimeiro on 21 August 1808.

Little is known about his education but he is believed to have started as an apprentice to a ship's painter in the Royal Navy dockyards at Portsmouth. He was a self-taught artist who...

Cook began sailing as a teenager in the British Merchant Navy before joining the Royal Navy in 1755. He was posted in America for a time where he worked Samuel Holland, William Bligh...