showing 171 results for “Warship”
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Smallpox epidemics, long-stay patients and military casualties
Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital.
Our collections: Flags collection
More than 1,000 items dating from the 18th century
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The log of the prize Pugliese 1809-1810
This blog looks at an illustrated log recently added to the collection of papers from the naval career of Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell. It reveals how a prize crew was shipwrecked and captured on the enemy’s coast during the Napoleonic Wars.
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The art of rivalry: Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds
The two leading portrait painters of the 18th century weren't just competing for commissions. They each held fundamentally different beliefs about art
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Wars of Peace: Royal Navy Operations 1918 to 1923
World War I might have ended for some in 1919, but for others fighting continued, whether they liked it or not.
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Dürer or not?
Prints held in the National Maritime Museum's collection might not be all they seem.
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Hidden gendered symbolism in the Armada Portrait
How did Elizabeth I use gendered symbolism in the Armada Portrait? Dr Kit Heyam explores.