W.D. & H.O. Wills

Life in the Royal Navy

Stock ID: y6v

Full set of 50 vintage cigarette cards.

This series consists of the following subjects:

• 1. Bridge of H.M.S. “Warspite”
• 2. Flag Signal Hoisted
• 3. Semaphore Signalling
• 4. Signalling with Hand Flags
• 5. Marine Signalling with Searchlight (H.M.S. Courageous)
• 6. Hoisting the Ensign (H.M.S. Warspite)
• 7. Marine Guard of Honour
• 8. Weighing Anchor
• 9. Piping the Side
• 10. Manning Cutter From Lower Boom
• 11. Painting Ship
• 12. Manning Sea-Boat in a Destroyer
• 13. Range-Finder
• 14. Naval Diver About to Descend
• 15. Seaman Gunner Polishing Breech of 15-Inch Gun
• 16. Anti-Aircraft Gun Practice (H.M.S. Rodney)
• 17. Gun’s Crew Loading 5.5-Inch Gun (H.M.S. Hood)
• 18. Naval Kite
• 19. Anti-Aircraft Pom-Pom
• 20. Firing a Broadside (H.M.S. Rodney)
• 21. Naval Target
• 22. Launching Torpedo into Tube
• 23. Adjustment of Torpedo Gear
• 24. Torpedo Firing Practice (H.M.A.S. Vampire)
• 25. Watching Depth Gauge in Submarine
• 26. Depth Charge Exploding
• 27. Hoisting in Paravane (H.M.S. Nelson)
• 28. Hawker “Nimrod” Landing on Flight deck (H.M.S. Furious)
• 29. Fairey “Swordfish” Being Man-Handled into Poistion (H.M.S. Furious)
• 30. Fairey “Swordfish” Going Down in Lift (H.M.S. Courageous)
• 31. Catapulting a Supermarine “Walrus” Amphibian (H.M.A.S. Sydney)
• 32. Cruiser Hoisting in Supermarine “Walrus” Amphibian
• 33. Rating Pilots Donning Flying Kit (H.M.S. Ark Royal)
• 34. Meteorological Device (H.M.S. Courageous)
• 35. In the Stokehold
• 36. Starting Platform of Cruiser’s Engine-Room
• 37. Artificers at Work
• 38. Telegraphists
• 39. Ship’s Butcher
• 40. Ship’s Bakery (H.M.S. Courageous)
• 41. Rum Issue
• 42. Make and Mend
• 43. Naval Schoolmaster
• 44. Physical Training (H.M.S. Devonshire)
• 45. Seamanship Training Class
• 46. Hands to Bathe
• 47. Pulling Race
• 48. Liberty Men Going Ashore
• 49. Ship Open to Visitors
• 50. Home Again