Location Images

This section of the site contains modern images of locations often found in historic naval fiction novels.

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This image was taken of HMS Victory at it's permanent location in Portsmouth Dockyard.

(This was taken shortly before the multi year project to restore the vessel.)

This image, taken from the top of the Spinnaker Tower is looking down on Portsmouth Dockyard.

HMS Warrior is in the foreground and HMS Victory can be seen in the middle surrounded by buildings. The white building beside Victory was the temporary structure covering the Mary Rose at the time.

This image is of the Rock of Gibraltar, taken whilst passing therough the straits

This image was taken entering the Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta, which was a Royal Navy fleet base after it's capture from the French

This view of the old city of Cadiz from the sea would have been familiar to the Royal Navy blockading forces prior to the Battle of Trafalgar.

This image is of Trekoner Fortress, Copenhagen, Denmark looking towards the middle ground

(The distant wind turbines are on the middle ground)

This image is of Diamond Rock off Martinique.

It's height commands the channel between it and the island and in 1804 HMS Centaur raised cannon to the summit and commissioned it as the Stone Frigate HMS Diamond Rock.