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Royal Navy

Maritime service branch of the British Armed Forces

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4 images from works
  • The wounding of Lord Robert Manners on the Resolution, at the battle of Dominica. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin and C. Sherwin, 1786, after T. Stothard.
  • The battle of Alexandria: Sir Ralph Abercromby (Abercrombie) is wounded in the thigh. Mezzotint by P. Dawe, 180-, after R. Pollard.
  • Field medical card / [War Office].
  • Field medical card / [War Office].

Images referencing Royal Navy

38 images from works
  • Pensions appeal tribunal (assessment) [form] / Ministry of Pensions.
  • Demobilization ration book : soldier, sailor, or airman.
  • George, Prince Regent, in uniform holding out a swollen hand which is supported by Wellington; representing the enormous amount of money given to the army compared with the navy. Coloured lithograph, 1816.
  • A French and a British sailor clasping hands in front of the spirit of Lord Nelson; representing Anglo-French naval cooperation in World War I. Colour process print, 191-.
  • Demobilization ration book : soldier, sailor, or airman.
  • A French and a British sailor embrace, with their ships inset below; representing alliance between the French and British navies. Coloured photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Naval officers and men on a ship, dressed in the uniform of nine labelled ranks of the Royal Navy. Wood engraving.
  • Pensions appeal tribunal (assessment) [form] / Ministry of Pensions.
  • A French and a British sailor embrace, with their ships inset below; representing alliance between the French and British navies. Coloured photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Diary of transference / [War Office].
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    • Journals

    A copy of statistical report of the health of the Navy for.

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    The wounding of Lord Robert Manners on the Resolution, at the battle of Dominica. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin and C. Sherwin, 1786, after T. Stothard.

    Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834. | Date: August 15th 1786 | Reference: 548033i
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    • Online

    Handbook for Royal Naval dental surgery attendants.

    Great Britain. Admiralty. | Date: 1949
    • Books
    • Online

    A short account of the most effectual means of preserving the health of seamen, particularly in the Royal Navy / [Sir Gilbert Blane].

    Blane, Gilbert, Sir, 1749-1834. | Date: 1781?]
    • Books

    The ship-master's medical assistant; or physical advice to all masters of ships who carry no surgeons ... containing a brief description of diseases ... peculiar to seamen ... with a concise method of cure ... / By a surgeon of the Royal Navy. [Anon].

    | Date: 1777
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United Kingdom
Sailors
British Army
History, 19th Century
Naval Medicine
Naval Medicine
Medicine, Naval
World War I
Naval hygiene
Great Britain

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