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On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in Stokes Bay, The Solent (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in Stokes Bay, The Solent (Roll film negative)
A port broadside view of the Polish sail training ship Dar Pomorza (1909) at anchor in the Solent, off Cowes, before the start of the Solent to the Skaw Tall Ships Race. (Colour transparency)
A three-quarter length left side portrait of a girl trainee at the helm on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Malcolm Miller (1968) while it is under sail in the Solent area. (Roll film negative)
A general view of the ships at Spithead during the Fleet Review (Glass plate negative)
HMS 'Inflexible' (1907) anchored at Spithead for the Naval Review. (Glass plate negative)
HMS 'Queen' (1902) with awning rigged aft, anchored at Spithead. (Glass plate negative)
HMS 'Implacable' (1899) with awning rigged aft, anchored at Spithead. (Glass plate negative)
The steam yacht 'Sunbeam' (1874) anchored at Spithead. (Glass plate negative)
HMS 'Agamemnon' (1906) anchored at Spithead for the Naval Review or the King's Review of the Fleet. (Glass plate negative)
A general view of Line B with the battleships at anchor during the Naval Review or King's Review of the Fleet at Spithead. (Glass plate negative)
HMS Princess Royal, HMS Queen Mary and HMS Lion anchored in the Solent with other warships in the distance (Photographic print)
Winston Churchill, MP for Stretford, on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while under sail in the Solent. (Roll film negative)
Columbia (1889) (Glass plate negative)
A yacht heeling in the Solent (Colour transparency)
A port bow view of a unidentified sailing yacht racing in the Solent during Cowes Week (Colour transparency)
A view of the car deck of a Red Funnel Line car ferry in the Solent (Colour transparency)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in Stokes Bay, The Solent (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in Stokes Bay, The Solent (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view of the passenger liner Orontes (1929) under way in the Solent (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in Stokes Bay, The Solent (Roll film negative)
A very distant port beam view of the Vosper Ltd private venture fast patrol boat Ferocity (1959) under way in the Solent (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in Stokes Bay, The Solent (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in Stokes Bay, The Solent (Roll film negative)
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