Naval postcards of British ships are easy to come by, and I have
collected a fair number (largest country in my collection), but not the whole navy (yet). I do not have very many destroyers, but basically have at least one battleship from every class (1900-1946).
British Naval Vessels:
Aircraft Carriers:
Argus, 12/02/1917
Ark Royal (seaplane carrier), 09/05/1914
Ark Royal, 04/13/1937
Battler, 04/04/1942
Bulwark, 06/22/1948
Campania, 06/17/1943
Courageous, 02/05/1916
Eagle, 06/08/1918
Empress (seaplane carrier), 04/13/1907
Furious, 08/15/1916 (08/18/1916)?
Glorious, 04/20/1916
Hermes, 09/11/1919
Implacable, 12/10/1942
Invincible, 05/03/1977
Venerable, 12/30/1943
Victorious, 09/14/1939
Vindictive, 01/17/1918
Battleships/Dreadnoughts:
Africa, 05/20/1905
Agincourt, 01/22/1913
Ajax, 03/21/1912
Albemarle, 03/05/1901
Audacious, 09/14/1912
Barham, 12/31/1914 (10/31/1914)?
Bellerophon, 07/27/1907
Benbow (barbette ship), 06/15/1885
Benbow, 11/12/1913
Britannia, 12/10/1904
Bulwark, 10/18/1899
Caesar, 09/02/1896
Camperdown, 11/24/1885
Canopus, 10/13/1897 (10/12/1897)?
Collingwood, 11/07/1908
Colossus, 04/09/1910
Conqueror, 05/01/1911
Dominion, 08/25/1903
Dreadnought, 02/10/1906
Duke of York, 02/28/1940
Duncan, 03/21/1901
Emperor of India (ex Delhi), 11/27/1913
Empress of India, 05/07/1891
Erin, 09/03/1913
Exmouth, 08/31/1901
Formidable, 11/17/1898
Glory, 03/11/1899
Goliath, 03/23/1898
Hannibal, 04/28/1895 (04/24/1896)?
Hercules, April 1910 (05/10/1910)?
Hibernia, 06/17/1905
Hindustan, 12/19/1903
Hood, 07/30/1891
Howe, 04/28/1885
Illustrious, 09/17/1896
Implacable, 03/11/1899
Irresistable, 11/15/1898 (12/15/1898)?
Jupiter, 11/18/1895
King Edward VII, 07/23/1903
King George V, 10/09/1911
London, 09/21/1899
Lord Nelson, 09/04/1906
Magnificent, 12/19/1894
Majestic, 01/31/1895
Malaya, 03/18/1915
Marlborough, 11/1912 (10/24/1912)?
Monarch, 03/30/1911
Montagu, 03/05/1901
Nelson, 09/03/1925
Neptune, 09/30/1909
New Zealand, 02/04/1904
Ocean, 07/05/1898
Orion, 08/20/1910
Prince George, 08/22/1895
Queen, 03/08/1902
Queen Elizabeth, 10/16/1913
Ramillies, 09/12/1916
Renown, 05/08/1895
Renown, 03/04/1916 (01/08/1916)?
Repulse, 01/08/1916
Revenge, 11/03/1892
Revenge, 05/29/1915
Rodney, 12/17/1925
Royal Oak, 11/17/1914
Royal Sovereign, 02/26/1891
Royal Sovereign, 04/29/1915
St. Vincent, 09/10/1908
Superb, 11/07/1907
Swiftsure, 01/12/1903 (01/15/1903)?
Temeraire, 08/24/1907
Thunderer, Jan 1911(02/01/1911)?
Trafalgar (turret ship), 09/20/1887
Triumph (ex Libertad), 01/15/1903
Valiant, 11/04/1914
Vanguard, 02/22/1909
Vanguard, 11/30/1944
Vengeance, 07/25/1899
Victorious, 10/19/1895
Warspite, 01/29/1884
Warspite, 11/26/1913
Battle-cruisers:
Hood, 08/22/1918
Indefatigable, 10/28/1909
Indomitable, 03/16/1907
Inflexible, 06/26/1907
Invincible, 04/13/1907
Iron Duke, 10/12/1912
Lion, 08/06/1910
New Zealand, 07/01/1911
Princess Royal, 04/29/1911
Queen Mary, 03/20/1912
Tiger, 12/15/1913
Cruisers:
Achilles, 09/01/1932
Antelope, 07/12/1893
Antrim, 10/08/1903
Apollo, 02/10/1891
Argonaut, 01/24/1898
Argyll, 03/03/1904?
Barham, 09/11/1889
Bedford, 09/31/1901
Belfast, 03/17/1938
Bellona, 09/29/1942
Berwick, 09/20/1902
Birmingham, 05/07/1913
Black Prince, 11/08/1904
Blanche, 11/25/1909
Blenheim, 07/05/1890
Bristol, 02/23/1910
Calcutta, 07/09/1918
Calypso, 01/24/1917
Cardiff, 04/12/1917
Carnarvon, 10/07/1903
Charybdis, 06/15/1893
Chatham, 11/09/1911
Cochrane, 05/20/1905
Conquest, 01/20/1915
Cornwall, 10/29/1902
Coventry, 07/06/1917
Crescent, 03/30/1892
Cumberland, 12/16/1902
Cumberland, 03/16/1926
Curlew, 07/05/1917
Danae, 01/26/1918
Dartmouth, 1911 (12/14/1910)?
Defence, 04/24/1907
Delhi, 08/23/1918
Despatch, 09/24/1919
Devonshire, 04/30/1904
Devonshire, 10/22/1927
Diana, 12/05/1895
Dido, 03/20/1896
Donegal, 09/04/1902
Doris, 03/03/1896
Dorsetshire, 01/29/1929
Drake, 03/05/1901
Dublin, 04/30/1912
Duke of Edinburgh, 06/11/1904
Eclipse, 07/19/1894
Edgar, 11/24/1890
Effingham, 06/08/1920
Endymion, 07/22/1891
Essex, 08/29/1901
Europa, 03/20/1897
Euryalis, 05/20/1901
Exeter, 07/18/1929
Fearless, June 1912
Flora, 11/21/1893
Forth, 10/23/1886 (03/31/1885)?
Frobisher, 03/20/1920
Furious, 12/03/1896
Gladiator, 12/18/1896
Glasgow, 09/30/1909
Gloucester, 10/28/1909
Good Hope, 02/21/1901
Harrier, 02/20/1894
Hermes, 04/07/1898
Highflyer, 06/04/1898
Hogue, 08/13/1900
Iphigenia, 11/19/1891
Kent, 03/06/1901
Kent, 03/16/1926
King Alfred, 10/28/1901
Lancaster, 03/22/1902
Latona (cruiser/minelayer), 05/22/1890
Leander, 09/24/1931
Leda, 09/13/1892
Leviathan, 07/03/1901
Liverpool, 10/30/1909
Mashona, 09/03/1937
Medea, 06/09/1888
Melampus, 08/02/1890
Melbourne, 05/30/1912
Mercury, 04/17/1878
Minotaur, 06/06/1906
Monmouth, 11/13/1901
Narcissus, 12/15/1886
Neptune, 01/31/1933
Newcastle, 11/25/1909
Newcastle, 01/23/1936
Norfolk, 12/12/1928
Orion, 11/24/1932
Pactolus, 12/21/1896
Pheobe, 03/25/1939
Powerful, 07/24/1895
Roxburgh, 01/19/1904
Royal Arthur, 02/26/1891
Sappho, 05/09/1891
Shannon, 09/20/1906
Shark, 07/30/1912
Shropshire, 07/05/1928
Southampton, 05/16/1912
Southampton, 1937
Spartiate, 10/27/1898
Suffolk, 01/15/1903
Superb, 08/31/1943
Sutlej, 11/18/1899
Talbot, 04/25/1895
Terrible, 05/27/1895
Thames, 12/03/1885
Topaze, 07/23/1903
Undaunted, 04/28/1914
Venus, 09/05/1895
Vindictive, 12/09/1897
Warrior, 11/25/1905
Destroyers:
Active, 07/09/1929
Albatross, 07/19/1898
Ariel, 09/26/1911
Codrington, 09/07/1929 (09/09/1929)?
Comet, 06/22/1944
Cossack, 05/10/1944
Foam, 10/08/1896 (04/15/1896)?
Fury, 09/10/1934
Goshawk, 10/18/1911
Havelock, 1939
Jackal, 09/09/1911
Jaguar, 11/22/1938
Jervis, 09/09/1939 (1938)?
Kelvin, 01/19/1939
Lawford, 10/30/1913
Liberty, 09/15/1913
Nicator, 02/03/1916
Nubian, 12/21/1937
Obdurate, 01/21/1916
Peyton, 05/02/1916
Protector, 08/20/1936
Ranger, 10/04/1895
Rowena, 07/01/1916
Scimitar, 02/27/1918
Scorpion, 02/19/1910
Sikh, 12/17/1937
Somali, 08/24/1937
St. James, 06/07/1945
Star, 07/11/1896
Swift, 12/07/1907
Tartar, 1907
Teviot, 11/07/1903
Tigress, 12/20/1911
Tirade, 04/21/1917
Valorous, 05/08/1917
Vectis, 09/04/1917
Viscount, 12/29/1917
Vortigern, 10/15/1917
Wallace, 10/26/1918
Walpole, 02/12/1918
Warwick, 12/28/1917
Westminster, 02/24/1918
Wishart, 07/18/1919
Wivern, 04/16/1919
Worcester, 10/24/1919 (04/20/1919)?
Wren, 11/11/1919
Zulu, 09/23/1937
Torpedo Boats:
Flirt, 05/15/1897
Virago, 11/19/1895
Submarines:
L3, 09/01/1917
L4, 11/17/1917
L5, 01/26/1918
L33, 05/29/1919
Hospital Ships:
Grantully Castle (hospital ship), ?
Guildford Castle (hospital ship), 08/11/1911
Neuralia, 09/12/1912
Other types:
Amphitrite (cruiser/minelayer), 01/05/1898
Asturias, 09/26/1907
Badminton (minesweeper), 03/18/1918
Burslem (minesweeper), 03/05/1918
Buzzard (composite screw sloop), 05/10/1887
Broomdale (oiler), 09/02/1937
C6,11,20,23,25,27,28 (C class submarines), 1906-09
