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Description: | Photographs from the archives of the naval photographers H Symonds & Co of Portsmouth. The bulk of the collection consists of portrait views of ships and submarines of the Royal Navy from the 1880s to the outbreak of the First World War. There is also coverage of ships of the following navies in the same period: America, Argentinia, Austria, Brazil, China, Denmark, Holland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Siam, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. Other items include the Review of the Fleet in the Solent in 1907; scenes in Portsmouth harbour and on shore; the Royal Naval College Dartmouth; Greenwich; Royal groups on board the Royal Yacht VICTORIA & ALBERT; portraits of Admirals of the Royal Navy; and photographs of paintings of scenes from naval history, such as Trafalgar and the Battle of the Nile. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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