HMS Illustrious - Patriotic British Naval postcard
The third HMS Illustrious of the British Royal Navy was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship - commissioned in 1898, she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet until 1904 - served with the home fleet from 1908 after the emergence of the newer Dreadnought Class of battleship made this earlier design somewhat obsolete
Picture No
10956121
Media ID
46694216
Size
3200px x 5077px
(3.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Raphael Tuck Empire' postcard
Date
circa 1898
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Dreadnought Ensign Guarded Illustrious Majestic Ports Rules Tonnes
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