Royal Navy Photos

On this page you will find photographs generally associated with the Royal Navy which are not specifically associated with a ship or class of ship, including staff photographs, officers, fleet photographs and more.
Officers / Personnel
Cadets from the training school c.1943. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX230	An Admiral and his staff. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX231
A Lieutenant pictured on his ship in August 1915. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX232	An officer working on board. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX233
Reverend Paul Bull A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX234	Two naval personnel during Red Cross Week. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX235
Vice Admiral Sir F.C.D. Sturdee. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX078	Commander the Hon. A Ramsay A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX077
Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford, K.C.B. 1896	Admiral Lord Fisher. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX076
Captain H.R.H. The Duke of York, R.N., K.G., K.T., A.D.C. (1897)	Admiral Sir M Culme-Seymour. Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean, 1896
George H Richards
Royal Navy marines and families on the Princess at Bermuda c.1912. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX236	Unknown group of women with either HMS Victory or HMS Nelson on their hats. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX237
Crews
Some crew in Japan A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX238	Royal Navy marines A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX239
The Naval Brigade at Constantinople A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX240	"1914 Stars". A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX241
Fleets / Flotillas
Flying Squadron, 1869, Devonport. On left, HMS Pandora, then HMS Bristol. In the centre, there are two ships facing towards the camera, HMS Scylla and HMS Wasp. Next is HMS Endymion, with HMS Liverpool to its right. HMS Liffey is the larger ship on the right, with an unknown ship behind it. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code BIG0032.
HMS Cyclops (Depot ship) with a K Class submarine amongst part of the combined Atlantic & Mediterranean Fleets, Pollensa Bay, Majorca, 1924. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PH389
Allied Flagships, World War One. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX622
British (Mediterranean?) Fleet - Summer Cruise c.1900. Several Majestic and Royal Sovereign Class Battleships as well as some cruisers - probably HMS Blenheim / Blake. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PL0043	Channel Fleet firing, Orkney, 1886. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Original photo and album sold. Order Code LGE0146
Fleet firing, Orkney, 1886. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Original photo and album sold. Order Code LGE0172
HMS Temeraire, HMS Inflexible, HMS Victoria and others at Malta, c.1889. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP865 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP865	1st and 2nd Divisions of the Battle Squadron leaving Pentland Firth, with HMS Royal Sovereign in the foreground. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP873 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP873
The Grand Fleet leaving the Firth of Forth, c.1917. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP874 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP874	1st Battle Squadron at Sea, including HMS Canada and HMS Revenge, 1918. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP875 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP875
Battle Fleet at Sea, c.1916. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP876 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP876	Battlecruiser Squadron at Scapa Flow, 1912, including HMS Indefatigable, HMS Invincible, HMS Inflexible and HMS Indomitable. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP877 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP877
Battlecruisers at Sea, c.1916. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP878 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP878	HMS Revenge and HMS Resolution (as HMS Imperieuse), November 1945. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP880 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP880
HMS Indomitable, HMS Rodney, HMS Orion, Princess Beatrix, Ulster Monarch and Prince Baudoin, Malta 1943. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP883 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP883	China Station Fleet, c.1910. Including HMS Kent and HMS Minotaur. A reproduction of this original photo size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code ALB1038
The First Battle Cruiser Squadron Going to Sea.	British Fleet at the outbreak of WWI. (Photo published 1914)
The British Fleet, headed by HMS Iron Duke. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PH574	Fleet of British Wartime Destroyers A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX407
Left to Right. HMS Resolution, HMS Hogue, HMS Sutlej, HMS Jupiter and HMS Majestic. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX416	A modern congregation of ships - Faslane Naval Base, Scotland, 24th October 2004. D610 Tourville (French Destroyer), D92 HMS Liverpool and F236 HMS Montrose (outside)
The British Fleet, possibly at Gibraltar. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PH379	The British Fleet. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX383
A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHD006	Destroyers Passing HMS Dreadnought, May 1907
British Fleet at unknown location. Original Postcard. Published by IWM c1970. Price £10. Click here to order. Order Code PHX341	British Fleet at an unknown location. Original Postcard. Published by IWM c1970. Price £10. Click here to order. Order Code PHX340
December 1908. British Cruisers at an unknown location. HMS Minerva in the centre, with an Cressy class cruiser to the right flying the Rear Admiral's flag. Behind them, possibly HMS Euryalus. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHC588	British submarines and a light cruiser at Palma, Mallorca, 1924. The centre submarine is L71. On the left is a K Class submarine and the light cruiser in the background is HMS Conquest. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHS200
Battle Squadron moving in Single to Double Line Formation. Part of the Home Fleet c.1904/05	British Battleships lay at anchor, Unknown area. circ 1910. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX242
British battleships forming a line with HMS Magnificent on the far left 1902.	Flagship HMS Iron Duke with the Grand Fleet in a line behind during exercises in the North Sea.
Royal Navy Fleet leaving the Solent with the new airship and bi planes above, circa 1909 A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX243	The British Fleet at Folkestone A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX075
HMS Caradoc? with the fleet. From the collection of Reginald Spencer Lear, who served on Caradoc, Hood, Warspite, Revenge, Thunderer and Isis, until his death on Isis in 1944.	British Line. From the collection of Reginald Spencer Lear, who served on Caradoc, Hood, Warspite, Revenge, Thunderer and Isis, until his death on Isis in 1944.
Looking astern from a ship in line. From the collection of Reginald Spencer Lear, who served on Caradoc, Hood, Warspite, Revenge, Thunderer and Isis, until his death on Isis in 1944.	A ship in the fleet under attack. From the collection of Reginald Spencer Lear, who served on Caradoc, Hood, Warspite, Revenge, Thunderer and Isis, until his death on Isis in 1944.
British Dreadnoughts. The original postcard has the message "This is a snapshot of the Dreadnoughts chasing us during manoeuvres in the North Sea, we managed to get away." No clue as to which ship the person was on though. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX359	Torpedo Gunboat and other boats of the Royal Navy. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX390
Fleet of 'Torpedo Boat Catchers and Destroyers' A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHD406	Destroyers on the China Station c.1910. HMS Virago on the left, with two from HMS Janus, HMS Whiting or HMS Otter. A reproduction of this original photo size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code ALB1041
British Fleet on the China Station, c.1911. Centre ship is HMS Kent, with HMS Newcastle or HMS Minotaur on the right hand edge. Between those is HMS Alacrity, and on the far left is what appears to be a Pelorus Class cruiser. A reproduction of this original photo size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code ALB1078	British Fleet, China Station c.1911. HMS Alacrity and HMS Kent. A reproduction of this original photo size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code ALB1080
British China Fleet c.1911. HMS Minotaur on the right, HMS Alacrity partially hidden behind the sail, HMS Newcastle, and finally HMS Kent on the far left. A reproduction of this original photo size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code ALB1081	British Fleet, China Station, c.1911. Nearest ship is HMS Newcastle, then HMS Minotaur and HMS Kent. A reproduction of this original photo size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code ALB1072
British Fleet, Chian Station, c.1911. HMS Kent, HMS Minotuar and probably HMS Newcastle. A reproduction of this original photo size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code ALB1069	British Fleet, China Station c.1911. HMS Minotaur visible on the left, with HMS Newcastle (we think) in the background. A reproduction of this original photo size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code ALB1068
British Fleet, China Station. Includes HMS Alacrity (middle right) and probably HMS Kent (far right). A reproduction of this original photo size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code ALB1067	2nd Cruiser Squadron Leaving Berehaven for Alderney, 12th June 1906. HMS Drake is the leading ship. Part of the 1906 Grand Manoeuvres. A reproduction of this original photo, size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code COM0012
Two Royal Navy ships in Scapa Flow. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX244	A Royal Navy Flotilla Courtesy of Walker Archives.
Other Ships
HMS Amsterdam, armed boarding steamer. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX071	HM Tug Respond, based at Malta. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX708
A First Class Royal Navy Battleship in Dry Dock. Sent in by Allan Lloyd.	HMS Sviatogor, an ice breaker captured from the Bolsheviks. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX069
RAF Vessel 2564. Contributed by Trevor Piper. © Vosper Thornycroft. Click here for details of new book on the history of Vosper Thornycroft and their ships	RAF Vessel 2747. Contributed by Trevor Piper. © Vosper Thornycroft. Click here for details of new book on the history of Vosper Thornycroft and their ships
HM Tug St Issey at Greece. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX381	HM Tug St Issey, with battle practise target, Limnos, Greece, September 1925. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX635
Other
The snow is brushed off the deck of a warship to make it safer to work.	This photograph shows the men of a battleship at their calling out stations.
A Wet Deck and a Flowing Sea Cruiser patrol in the North Sea. A heavy sea is just striking the cruisers stern - the cruiser next in line is shaking herself free of a gigantic wave.	The Liveliness of the North Sea. An angry roller tumbling upon the stern of a cruiser in the north sea. The hatches are battened down and life-lines are stretched around the deck.
All Awash The breaking wave has completely submerged the cruisers stern. The sailor is making a hurried dash for the shelter of the gun shield.	Drawing Fires
Royal Fleet Reserves boarding a cruiser which was to be commissioned at full strength.	This photograph shows the beginnings of a cruiser built c.1900. It shows the keel plate with a bulkhead and some of the ribs.
Snow sticks to a warship during a winter at sea.	A Postcard picture of a Destroyer A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHD007
"Prince Albert" sent in by email.