HMS Alexandra at Malta. This painting, by a Maltese artist, shows the Alexandra flying the St George’s flag at the main, a white ensign at the stern and a Union Jack on the end of her bowsprit. She has the battleship Dreadnought under her bow and the Colossus on her left. (BHC3183 © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)

HMS Trafalgar. (BHC3672 © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)

HMS Colossus, Captain Cyprian Bridge. (PU6285 © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)

A painting showing HMS Howe being towed into Emsenanda de la Malata by HMS Seahorse with salvage steamers alongside, April 1893. Water can be seen pouring out of the ship as the careful operation gets under way and small boats hover round the ship. (BHC3410 © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)

HMS Camperdown ramming HMS Victoria off Tripoli, 22 June 1893. (PU6305 © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)

Painting of HMS Canopus launched at Portsmouth, 13 October 1897. (PU0289 © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)

Painting of HMS London named and launched at Portsmouth, 21 September 1899. (PU6312 © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)

HMS Dreadnought no. 2655. (PU9489 © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)

Scale model of the Dreadnought battleship, HMS Queen Elizabeth. (D9119-C © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London)