Captain Cook's Resolution and Adventure near Antarctica in 1773

The Battle of the Nile, Bay of Aboukir 1798

Her Majesty's armed Vessel Bounty at Matavai bay, Tahiti, October 1788

HMS Bounty preparing to leave Oparre Bay, Tahiti, April 4 1789

The Cutty Sark in the South China Sea 1872

HMY Britannia leaving Tower Bridge for the last time flying her 'paying off' pennant

The Windjammer Passat near Tower Bridge c1930

The ill fated Endurance being crushed by ice in Antarctica: Shackleton inspects the Dogs in their Snow Kennels, October 1915

The SS Great Britain docking at South Street after her maiden voyage to New York in 1845

SS Great Britain on her first Australian voyage, Hobson's Bay Melbourne, 1852

The SS Great Britain arriving at Liverpool in 1861

The Battle of Trafalgar, The Decisive Action 1805