Battle Ship Collection (page 2)

WW1 - The Allied leaders
French Propaganda postcard from the early years of WW1 - The Allied leaders. King George V, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Albert I of Belgium and French President Raymond Poincare

Italian battleship Benedetto Brin
The Italian battleship Benedetto Brin, a Regina Margherita class ship, designed by the naval administrator and politician of the same name

HMS Dreadnought, British battleship, WW1
HMS Dreadnought, British battleship, launched 1906, served in the First World War, decommissioned 1919. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Audacious, British battleship, WW1
HMS Audacious, British King George V-class battleship, launched 1912. She saw no action during the First World War, as she was sunk by a German mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland

Ships of the British Grand Fleet, Scottish coast, WW1
Ships of the British Grand Fleet (the main fleet of the Royal Navy) at sea off the Scottish coast during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918

Deutschland Pocket Battleship, 1931
Cut-away diagram showing the main features of the German Navys Deutschland pocket battleship, drawn shortly after her launch in 1931

The Battleship Strasbourg in Toulon Harbour, France; Secon
Photograph showing the deck of the scuttled French battleship Strasbourg in Toulon harbour, 1944. An American soldier is shown standing on the deck looking at the forward turret

HMS Duke of York, 1943
Photograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing a salvo from her after turret in 1943. The Duke of York, launched in 1940

German battleship with two officers in white uniform
An unidentified German battleship with two naval officers in white uniform coming ashore

Deck of a German battleship
Part of the deck of an unidentified German battleship

HMS Victoria sinking
Sinking of HMS Victoria off Tripoli, after collision with HMS Camperdown during manoeuvres, 22 June 1893 Date: 22nd June 1893

Russian battleship casualties

Human figure with Russian battleship for a head being operated on by Japanese surgeons. Date 1904

Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tethered to a Russian battleship, the balloon has burst revealing the head of a Russian admiral or czar

Debris from Russian battleship falling to the bottom of the sea where it is being salvaged by fish wearing kimonos. Date 1904

Japanese sailor, with his bare hands, is fighting with two R

Russian doctor and nurse attending to a man with a Russian battleship for a head lying in bed. Date 1904

Russian businessman talking to two workmen attempting to repair a damaged Russian battleship. Date 1904

Destruction of the U. S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Fe
Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1898. Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, with inserts of location of the Maine-Havana Habor

HMS Camperdown with three submarines moored alongside. HMS Camperdown was an Admiral-class battleship of the Royal Navy

Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the U. S. battleship M
Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the U.S. battleship Maine. Date 1898

The U. S. Battleship Maine
The U.S. Battleship Maine. Twin Screw; Length, 318 Feet; Breadth, 57 Feet; Displacement, 6, 682 Tons. Destroyed in the Harbor of Havana, February 15th, 1898

Funeral of Commander Gathorne-Hardy
Scene at the funeral of Commander the Hon Ralph Cecil North Gathorne-Hardy RN (1876-1911), a younger son of the late 2nd Earl of Cranbrook. He was buried at Benenden Church, Kent

Britiannia Bides Her Time
" Britiannia Bides Her Time.", Alick P. F. ritchie, The Bystander front cover, 19th August 1914. In 1914, Britannia really did rule the waves

Ottoman Naval ship the Abdul Medgid Date: circa 1910s

Villefrance-sur-Mer toward Cap Ferrat
Villefrance-sur-Mer, France, looking past the moored French fleet toward Cap Ferrat Date: circa 1920s

Villefrance-sur-Mer - La Rade (The Harbour)
Villefrance-sur-Mer - La Rade (The Harbour with French Warships) Date: circa 1920s

Floating Dock at Galati
A view of the battleship Elisabeta in a floating dock at Galati, Romania - the largest seaport on the River Danube. The handwritten message states that the cards recipient will recognise the dock

HMS Sheffield
Splinter damage to HMS Sheffield. The light cruiser had been shadowing the Bismarck at the time of the Ark Royals last air attack

Dreadnought Photo
The battleship which has set the pattern for warships combining heavy gunpower with high speed. Date: 1906

Hms Bellerophon
The fourth vessel of this name to serve in the Royal Navy, this Dreadnought-style battleship will take part in the battle of Jutland 1916, and be sold for scrap in 1921. Date: launched 1907

Austrian battleships after Otranto Barrage, Adriatic, WW1
Austro-Hungarian battleships after the Otranto Barrage (Battle of the Otranto Straits) in the Adriatic, First World War. Here, the damaged SMS Novara limps back, helped by SMS Sankt Georg

SMS Wien, Austrian battleship, WW1
SMS Wien, an Austrian pre-dreadnought Monarch class battleship and coastal defence ship, launched 1895, named after the capital city, Vienna

Crew of HMS Swift in group photo on deck, WW1
The happy crew of HMS Swift, a British high speed destroyer, in a group photo on deck during the First World War. The ship was launched in 1907. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Implacable - a Formidable-class battleship. She served in World War I and fought at the Dardanelles Date: 1917

Italian dreadnought battleship Dante Alighieri
The Italian dreadnought battleship Dante Alighieri, launched 1910, completed 1913, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1928. Date: early 20th century

Russian battleship, the Petropavlovsk
The Russian battleship, the Petropavlovsk, launched in 1894, sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, Manchuria, in 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. Date: early 20th century

Odessa Harbour
The harbour, round about the time that Eisenstein filmed his classic Battleship Potemkin with its famous Odessa Steps sequence. Date: 1909

Boxing on board a battleship
Sailors and other crew members clamber for a better view of the boxing on the portside of a battle cruiser. Date: 1916

St. Johns - Newfoundland - View of the Harbour Date: circa 1910s

State of German dreadnoughts in 1911
A drawing in The Sphere, showing the exact status of the fleet of dreadnought battleships belonging to Germany in 1911. The picture shows 8 in commission, 1 on trials, 3 completed and 4 on slips

British ships in Battle of the Falkland Islands, WW1
British ships under way at 9.45am from Port Stanley to take part in the Battle of the Falkland Islands during the First World War. They are HMS Kent, HMS Inflexible, HMS Glasgow and HMS Invincible

HMS Iron Duke, Battle of Jutland, WW1
HMS Iron Duke, British battleship, launched 1912, served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, used as a base ship at Scapa Flow during the Second World War

German battleship sinking at night, WW1
An artists impression of a German battleship sinking at night, with searchlights flashing in all directions, during the First World War. Date: 1916

The Heathen and the Christian - Play
The Heathen and the Christian - promotional postcard for this play - performed at The Grand Theatre Southampton between 1908-1909

Invincible or Indefatigable class Battlecruiser, WW1
An Invincible or Indefatigable class Battlecruiser, which served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy during World War I

Russian battleship Tsarevich at Toulon, France
The Russian battleship HIRM Tsarevich (or Tsesarevich), named after the heir to the Russian throne. Built in France, launched 1900, commissioned 1901, seen here at Toulon

SMS Monarch, Austrian battleship, WW1
SMS Monarch, an Austrian pre-dreadnought Monarch class battleship and coastal defence ship, launched 1895, served during the early part of the First World War in the Adriatic

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