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1. The Embarkation of His Majesty George the Fourth on board the 'Royal George' Yacht. Off Greenwich to visit his Scottish Dominions, 18 August 1822
	A print of King George IV leaving Greenwich on the Royal yacht 'Royal George' (1817). Royal yachts have been used since the reign of Charles II...

2. The embarkation of his most Gracious Majesty George the Fourth at Greenwich, August 10th, 1822 for Scotland.
	The vessels in this print are the 'Royal George' (1817), the 'Royal Sovereign' (1804) and the 'James Watt' (1821) steam boat.

3. *The Great Harry* (1514).**
	The 'Great Harry' was built at Woolwich and launched in 1514, during the reign of Henry VIII. She was one of the first ships of war to carry gun...

4. Steam boats at Adelaide Wharf, off London Bridge.
	One of the the earliest departure and arrival points for steamship services in London was the Steam-Boat Pier near London Bridge. This engraving...

5. *Representation of the great ship Harry, built in the reign of King Henry VIII.*
	During the 16th and 17th centuries it was usual for each country to have at least one 'great ship' as a show piece, as much as to exert naval power...

6. Royal Aquatic excursion to Greenwich Hospital.
	Despite being published over a year after the accession of Queen Victoria, this appears to show one of her uncle King William IV's visits to...

7. The funeral of Queen Victoria, February 1901.
	The funeral of Queen Victoria, with the ceremonial vessels taking Queen Victoria's body from the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth before it was...

8. The house in Deptford in which Peter the Great resided.
	In 1698, the Tsar of Russia, Peter the Great (1672-1725), visited Deptford Dockyard to learn about shipbuilding methods. The Tsar was keen to...

9. The Royal party landing at Tunnel Pier.
	An 'Illustrated London News' engraving showing Queen Victoria and the Coburg family landing at Tunnel Pier, Wapping, c. 1850.

10. The 'Sovereign of the Seas' built 1637 from an original painting by Vandervelde.
	The Royal Navy ship 'Sovereign of the Seas' (1637). This magnificent 102-gun ship was designed and built in 1637 at the insistence of Charles I. She...


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