by Andrew Gill | Aug 27, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
The RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) was the Royal Navy’s air department during the First World War. These pilots are a happy crew but they were flying early biplanes on very hazardous missions and their chances of returning to base must have been small. The... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 12, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
These Royal Navy sailors are on HMS Excellent but it’s not a ship. In the early 1800s, a gunnery training school was established on board HMS Excellent moored near Portsmouth. The Navy then purchased nearby Whaley Island and, in the 1890s, moved the facility... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 4, 2021 | Gallery, I didn’t expect that!, Places, Transport
HMS Foudroyant, a British Royal Navy ship was, at one time, Admiral Nelson’s flagship. She was launched in 1798 and retired from front line duties in 1812. Fifty years later, in 1862, she was converted into a Navy Training ship and was eventually sold into... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 24, 2021 | Gallery, NFT Photo-Art, Transport
The original photograph, on which this photo-art is based, was probably taken in the 1930s. Biplanes were first used by the Royal Navy during the First World War, mostly for aerial reconnaissance. Launching them from ships that didn’t have purpose-made flight... 