A watercraft that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare

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Boer War: a funeral on board a ship at night with officers and crew standing round the body. Watercolour with gouache by W. T. Maud, 1899.

Player's Navy Cut cigarettes : "medium" / John Player & Sons.

A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.

Guanimycin suspension forte : a 5th rate frigate circa 1780.

Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.

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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Warships

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Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.

Guanimycin suspension forte : a 5th rate frigate circa 1780.

A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.

Boer War: a funeral on board a ship at night with officers and crew standing round the body. Watercolour with gouache by W. T. Maud, 1899.

An ornate garden obelisk with a fleet of battle-ships carved on the base. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.

Warships

Images from the collections

Images referencing Warships

Works from the collections

Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.

Guanimycin suspension forte : a 5th rate frigate circa 1780.

A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.

Boer War: a funeral on board a ship at night with officers and crew standing round the body. Watercolour with gouache by W. T. Maud, 1899.

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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