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  • A gigantic human skull, representing death, spewing out poison in the form of warships armed with poison gas. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • A gigantic human skull, representing death, spewing out poison in the form of warships armed with poison gas. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • A stout lady holding a broom inscribed 'the Navy' and wearing a helmet inscribed 'Britannia' is sweeping German merchant ships and warships away from the Atlantic and the Pacific. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • Russo-Japanese war: the hospital ship Joseph & Sarah Miles arrives in Hull (?) bringing the bodies of British trawlermen injured or killed by Russian warships in the Dogger Bank Incident. Ink drawing by A. Kemp Tebby, 1904.
  • Gentiana asclepiadea L. Gentianaceae. Gentian. Perennial herb. Distribution. Southern Europe and Caucasus. Named after Gentius, King of Illyria (the western Balkan Peninsula) in 181–168 BC. Gentius had a powerful navy of 270 warships (lembi) and like most kings of this era he fought constant wars, fighting with the Romans against Macedonia, and then changing sides only to be defeated and brought captive to Rome in 168 BC
  • Guanimycin suspension forte : a 5th rate frigate circa 1780.
  • Guanimycin suspension forte : a 5th rate frigate circa 1780.
  • Player's Navy Cut cigarettes : "medium" / John Player & Sons.
  • Player's Navy Cut cigarettes : "medium" / John Player & Sons.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with a fleet of battle-ships carved on the base. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
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