Battleship Gallery

Leaving Scapa Flow (pencil & w/c on paper)

BRA309370 Leaving Scapa Flow (pencil & w/c on paper) by Ravilious, Eric (1903-42); Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, West Yorkshire, UK; (add.info.: Scapa Flow is best known as the site of the United Kingdom's chief naval base during the First and Second World Wars; The base was closed in 1956;); English, out of copyright

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A Cross-Section of H.M.S. King George V by G. H. Davis

A cross-section of a 35, 000-ton battleship, the H.M.S. King George V, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, and one of the more modern battleships of its time. The diagram itself shows a variety of different facilities found on the ship, including messes, quarters, gun rooms, as well as less obvious features of a battleship, a butchers, a soda fountain and a coppersmith's shop. Date: 1946

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H.M.S Neptune ready to be lauched 1909

H.M.S Neptune, the first of the Royal Navy super-Dreadnought battleships, photograph showing her in stocks ready for launching at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard. She was relieved as fleet flagship in 1914 and joined the First Battle Squadron. At the outbreak of World War One, the First Fleet became the Grand Fleet, Neptune and was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. After the war she was quickly transferred to the reserve fleet and subsequently sold for scrap in 1922. Date: 1909

© Mary Evans Picture Library