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  • World War One: a Royal Naval hospital ship: men wounded in the Battle of Jutland. Photograph, 1916.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III addressing Britannia, a land battle, a mob being addressed by rival orators in the City of London, and a naval battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1854?].
  • Boer War: the grave of men of the Naval Brigade who were killed in the battle of Graspan. Halftone, c. 1899, after H. E. Miles.
  • An angel crowns Britannia as a reward for defeating France in the naval battle in the eastern Atlantic on 1 June 1794. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1803, after R. Smirke.
  • An episode in American naval history: a man in a battle at sea, commanding his men to row in a small boat, surrounded by large ships and the smoke from cannon fire. Chromolithograph, 186-.
  • The death of Robert Faulknor: he is shot while lashing the French enemy ship to his own ship. Etching and engraving by W. Bromley and C. Blackberd, 1801, after T. Stothard.
  • Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.
  • A British bulldog representing the Royal Navy holds a rat on which is written 'Blucher' in between its teeth; representing the sinking of SMS Blücher by the Royal Navy. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 1915.
  • Pensioners of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, celebrating the anniversary of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1836.
  • Illustrations of Naval signal flags

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