Never-before-seen photos of a young Winston Churchill have been found in a Norfolk saleroom.

The photos - taken more than 100 years ago - show Churchill relaxing on the yacht Oceana. 

The rare photo album was discovered in the saleroom among a box of maritime papers recently bought as a job lot at auction. 

Churchill posing with his future wife Clementine Hozier Churchill posing with his future wife Clementine Hozier (Image: Charles Miller Ltd /SWNS)

Containing 125 personal photographs from around 1903 to 1905, they are believed to have been taken by the family who owned the yacht when the former prime minister was around the age of 30.

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The photos include him posing with his future wife Clementine Hozier, steering the yacht and lounging on the deck with a trademark cigar in his mouth. 

Churchill steering the yacht (Image: Charles Miller Ltd /SWNS) The album will go under the hammer at Charles Miller Ltd in London on November 12 and is expected to sell for £600 to £800.

Maritime memorabilia specialist, Charles Miller, said: “This album is a rare find. 

Churchill reportedly smoked 10 cigars a dayChurchill reportedly smoked 10 cigars a day (Image: Charles Miller Ltd /SWNS) "Not only does it provide a snapshot into the life of Churchill at the time but unusually it contains images of people actually working on the yacht as well as images of the luxurious interior which is fully panelled and fitted to a very high spec. 

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"The backgrounds of the pictures are also fascinating – there are passing paddle steamers, warships and even a lady wearing a large hat steering a steam launch, and one shows a gramophone in a tent on deck.”

Churchill with Clementine HozierChurchill with Clementine Hozier (Image: Charles Miller Ltd /SWNS) During the period the photos were taken, Churchill had already served in the Royal Cavalry and travelled as a soldier and part-time journalist to places such as Cuba, Afghanistan, Egypt and South Africa, where he was interned in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Boer War. 

He was elected Conservative MP for Oldham in 1900, before defecting to the Liberal Party in 1904.