During WW1, pieces were made as patriotic momentoes. This large piece is in the form of the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth. Arcadian's range did not include a great number of battleships. They made two versions of this model of which this is the larger one. This is in perfect condition with minimal rubbing...

Be transported back to the heyday of British family holidays. Back in the 1950's and early 1960's the staycation was far more popular and affordable than foreign holidays. This jigsaw shows how one could be transported to your seaside destination - car, bus, train or boat. Considering it's age this item...

The "Golden Age of Sail" is far from over. In the seas of four decades ago there were still vessels sailing the seven seas that wouldn't have been much different to those Black Beard or Nelson. This complete set of 32 cards illustrates different types from Schooner and Barque to Brigantine and Full-Rigged...

Although titled "Battleships" this particular set illustrates the wide variety of vessel in the world's navies forty years ago. This complete set of 32 cards shows different ship types from Helicopter Carrier and Frigate to Destroyer and Coastal Mine Sweeper. The pack of cards are housed in a plastic...

A true but rather fragile antique relating to the streamer Galway Castle. Designated as an intermediate mailship, she was built by Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast in 1911. Weighing 7988 tonnes, 452ft 4in long with a beam of 54ft 4in she could reach 13 knots. With the commencment of war in 1914...

"Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves......" This sepia coloured photograph printed on glossy photo paper shows four battleships of the Royal Navy in amazing detail. The photograph is glued to a piece of brown paper. Along side the picture, written in black ink, are the words "Valiant", "Warspite",...

Get a sense of Transatlantic travel aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth owned by Cunard from over half a century ago. The sister ship of the RMS Queen Mary, the RMS Queen Elizabeth was launched in 1938 and was not only the largest cruise liner at the time and for the next 56 years but also the largest ever riveted...

Get a sense of Transatlantic travel aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth owned by Cunard from over half a century ago. The sister ship of the RMS Queen Mary, the RMS Queen Elizabeth was launched in 1938 and was not only the largest cruise liner at the time and for the next 56 years but also the largest ever riveted...

Get a sense of Transatlantic travel aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth owned by Cunard from over half a century ago. The sister ship of the RMS Queen Mary, the RMS Queen Elizabeth was launched in 1938 and was not only the largest cruise liner at the time and for the next 56 years but also the largest ever riveted...

Get a sense of Transatlantic travel aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth owned by Cunard from over half a century ago. The sister ship of the RMS Queen Mary, the RMS Queen Elizabeth was launched in 1938 and was not only the largest cruise liner at the time and for the next 56 years but also the largest ever riveted...

Get a sense of Transatlantic travel aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth owned by Cunard from over half a century ago. The sister ship of the RMS Queen Mary, the RMS Queen Elizabeth was launched in 1938 and was not only the largest cruise liner at the time and for the next 56 years but also the largest ever riveted...

Get a sense of Transatlantic travel aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth owned by Cunard from over half a century ago. The sister ship of the RMS Queen Mary, the RMS Queen Elizabeth was launched in 1938 and was not only the largest cruise liner at the time and for the next 56 years but also the largest ever riveted...