Original vintage Raphael Tuck & Sons
 Oilette postcard of H.M.S Neptune
Series: Our Navy VI
Card Number 8643

Early First World War naval postcard This attractive
colour-printed postcard forms part of Tuck's celebrated
 "Our Navy" naval series 

This beautifully executed maritime illustration captures
 Neptune cutting through heavy seas, accompanied
 by fellow battleships of the Royal Navy. The artwork
 is typical of Tuck's highly regarded Oilette series,
 renowned for its quality colour printing and artistic detail.

Neptune was commissioned in 1911 having been built
 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She served with the Grand
Fleet during WW1, but saw little action apart from Jutland.
 Reduced to reserve in 1919 and sold for
breaking up at Blyth in 1922.

What gives a card like this its deeper appeal is that it is more than
 an image of a warship. It is a tangible piece of history: not a 
digital picture glanced at and forgotten, but an object that has
 physically survived the age that produced it.