Converted Collection (#5)

HM Submarine Trump - P333 - T Class
HMS Trump (pennant number P333) was a British submarine of the third group of the T class

Third Council of Toledo, (589) chaired by Reccared I (d. 601
Third Council of Toledo (589), chaired by Reccared I (d. 601), Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia (586-601). Nineteenth-century colored engraving. Spain

Anselm Turmeda or Abd-Allah at-Tarjuman (1355-1423). Majorcan writer. Prophecies. Fifteenth-century manuscript

Feltham Industrial Schools (later Borstal) - Entrance
Entrance gates and lodge at the Feltham Industrial Schools, Middlesex. The establishment was converted to a Borstal in 1910. Date: early 1900s

Savoia Marchetti SM84 -this flawed replacement for the SM 79 is seen here converted to a transport and flying in Hungarian markings

Bristol Beaufighter TT Mk. 10 RD867, Rockcliffe, Canada
Built as a Beaufighter TF.X (Torpedo Fighter version) RD467 was converted to a TT.X, for target towing. Seen here in bad condition at Rockcliffe Airport in Ottawa, Canada

Ernest Shackletons air-propelled sledges, and a tent
Sir Ernest Shackletons air-propelled sledges, intended for use in the Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). Shown here operating as air-propelled water boats

Joshua Poole
JOSHUA POOLE known as Fiddler Joss Yorkshire drunkard and wife- beater, who was converted and became a much-respected evangelist. Date: 1826 - 1908

Khyber Railway Station at Landikotal, NWFP - The Train ready to depart. Note the superb automobile (left) converted for use on the tracks! Date: circa 1920s

North American Mustang I AM208 converted to X standard
North American Mustang I, AM208, converted to X standard by Rolls-Royce when they fitted a Merlin engine

The first YB-29 was converted to XB-39 Spirit of Lincoln
The first YB-29 was converted to XB-39, Spirit of Lincoln, to flight test the Allison V-3420 liquid-cooled engine

Avro Lancaster VI ND784
Avro Lancaster VI, ND784, showing the installation of an Armstrong Siddeley ASX in the bomb bay. Testing was carried out from Bruntingthorpe

Bristol Beaufighter TFX SR919
Bristol Beaufighter TFX, SR919, later converted to TT10 standard. The last production Beaufighter

NFS (London Region) fire float on upper Thames, WW2
A clinker built boat converted into a fireboat and stationed on the upper reaches of the River Thames in the London Region area

Bradford on Avon Union Workhouse, Wiltshire
The main block of the former Bradford-on-Avon Union workhouse at Avoncliff. In the First World War, the building was used as a Red Cross Hospital and was later converted to a hotel. Date: 2000

Chorlton Hospital, Manchester
Entrance to Chorlton Hospital, part of the large complex of buildings on Nell Lane, Withington - originally the Chorlton Union workhouse

St Audrys Hospital, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Aerial view of St Audrys Hospital at Woodbridge, Suffolk, originally erected in 1765 as a workhouse formerly known as the House of Industry for Looes and Wilford Incorporated Hundreds

Dionysius the Areopagite
ST DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE Converted by Paul on the Areopagus, he became the first bishop of Athens but was martyred by Domitian

Place where St. Paul was converted nr. Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1905

Photograph: Ranghar of the Indian Army, Eastern Punjab, 1943-44. Ranghar was a term applied by Hindus to any Rajput who had, or whose ancestors had, converted to Islam

Conversion of Zacchaeus - Luke 18. circa 1688

Conversion of Saul (St Paul) - Acts 9. circa 1688

Italy. Campania. Cumae. Acropolis. The Greek temple of Apoll
Italy. Campania. Cumae. Ancient city of Magna Graecia. Acropolis. The Greek temple of Apollo, attributed to mystic Dedalus, 5th century BC. Later Christian church

Slide Car Converted to Wheel Car Carnlough - a view of a thatched cottage in the mountains with a cart at the gable, which has been converted. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Carnlough)

Italy. Campania. Cumae. Acropolis. Temple Zeus. 5th century
Italy. Campania. Cumae. Ancient city of Magna Graecia. Acropolis. Temple Zeus. 5th century BC. later converted into a paleochristian basilica. View of walls

Petrus Alphonsi (1062-1140) Jewish Spanish physician, writer
Petrus Alphonsi (1062-1140) also known as Peter Alfonsi. Born Moses Sephardi. Was a Jewish Spanish physician, writer, astronomer, and polemicist, who converted to Christianity

Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. Rome. Italy
Italy. Rome. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. 141 AD. In the 17th century adapted to the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda. Roman Forum

Robert Beau Feilding
ROBERT FEILDING (spelt thus) known as Beau Feilding; soldier, rake, bully, bigamist, converted to Catholicism to whose priests he had much to confess. Date: 1651 - 1712

Rigep Dandulo, Convert
RIGEP DANDULO Turkish resident in England who converted to Christianity and was baptised in Exeter Chapel, Strand, London. Date: circa 1657

John C M Bellew
JOHN CHIPPINDALL MONTESQUIEU BELLEW : Anglican churchman, who later converted to Rome, renowned both as a preacher and for his public readings. Date: 1823 - 1874

John C M Bellew - 2
JOHN CHIPPINDALL MONTESQUIEU BELLEW : Anglican churchman, who later converted to Rome, renowned both as a preacher and for his public readings. Date: 1823 - 1874

James Gardiner
JAMES GARDINER soldier who lived a licentious life until 1719, when a supernatural vision converted him to behave himself Date: 1688 - 1745

Balloon Factory Paris
The Gare d Orleans is converted into a factory for balloons to carry mail - and sometimes passengers - from the besieged city Date: September 1870

Visionary Woman and Book
The figure of a woman holding a book is seen by Turkish warriors : could it be that she is exhorting them to read the Bible and be converted ? Date: 1642

JERUSALEM / ST ANNEs 1856
The Church of St. Annes which was later converted into a mosque Date: 1856

RATISBONNE
MARIE-ALPHONSE RATISBONNE French Jew who converted to Christianity as a consequence of seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary Date: 15 January 1842

VAD Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park
Voluntary Aid Detachment Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park

Harbour entrance, Buffalo, New York State, USA, with the USS Hawk (the converted civilian yacht Hermione) in the middle distance. Date: circa 1904-1908

Lord Tredegars yacht converted to hospital ship, WW1
Liberty, the magnificent yacht belonging to Lord Tredegar, who, at his own expense fitted it out as a hospital ship in August 1914 to transport wounded British soldiers

Pigeons and their motor lorry home at the front, WWI
H.M. " Air" Service - Petrol and Pigeons at the Front. A motor lorry behind the lines, converted into a home for carrier pigeons, used to carry message at the front

Martin XPB2M-1R Mars -this giant flying boat started life as a patrol bomber, but the handful built were converted to transports, plying the Pacific

Junkers Ju 523m -entered Luftwaffe service as a bomber, the one shown having been converted for transport duties

Bristol 142M Blenheim IF-in an effort to counter the German Blitz on England of 1940-41, a number of Blenheim Is were converted to radar-carrying night fighters

Avro 652A Anson Mk X-one of just over 100 Mk 1s converted as gunnery trainers

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows XX264 line up RIAT Fairford
RAFAT RAF BAe Systems Hawks taxy out before display at RIAT Fairford in July 2007. XX264 has been flying with the team since they converted to Hawks in November 1979 Date: 2007

BAe Systems Hawks line up before display XX266
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks line up before display at Fairford in July 2005. XX266 has been with the Red Arrows since they converted to Hawks in November 1979 Date: 2005

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows XX264 taxy at RIAT Fairford
RAFAT RAF BAe Systems Hawks taxy out before display at RIAT Fairford in July 2007. XX264 has been flying with the team since they converted to Hawks in November 1979 Date: 2007

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows single Fairford 2005
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks Taxy out for display at Fairford in July 2005. XX266 has been with the Red Arrows since they converted to Hawks in 1979 Date: 2005

Belgian refugees accommodated at Alexandra Palace, WW1
A huge bedroom in North London - the Central Hall of Alexandra Palace used to accommodate a number of Belgian refugees arriving in London in the early weeks of the First World War. Date: 1914

Medieval portal at Nablus, Palestine, West Bank
Medieval portal (possibly part of a crusader church converted to a mosque) at Nablus, Palestine, West Bank. Date: 1920s

Switzerland - Berne. From Rosengarten
Coloured lantern slide of the Rosengarten or Rose Garden, from which a scenic panoramic view of the medieval town centre can be enjoyed

Former police station - Black and white lantern slide. Single storey building between taller ones now converted to shops.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

HMS Vulcan and C-class submarines, Newport, Fife
HMS Vulcan, a British torpedo boat depot ship converted to a submarine tender, seen here with C-class submarines C21, C26, C27, etc, at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland. Date: circa 1910

HMS Vindictive, converted to an aircraft carrier
HMS Vindictive, former British Hawkins class heavy cruiser, after conversion to an aircraft carrier in 1918. Flying off platform fore, flying on deck aft. Date: 1918

HMS London, British battleship
HMS London, ex-battleship, after conversion to a mine-layer (in camouflage paint) after removal of main armament - May 1918. Date: circa 1918

Boeing YC-97J Stratofreighter 22693 USAF Prestwick
One of 2 Stratofreighters converted as testbeds for Pratt and Whitney turboprop engines. Date: 1960

The Little Theatre as a soldiers clubhouse, WW1
A page from The Sphere, reporting on how the Little Theatre, in the Haymarket, London (now the Theatre Royal)

Wingfield House Red Cross Hospital, WW1
Wingfield House Red Cross Hospital, the seat of Sir Vincent and Lady Caillard

A blanket converted into an overcoat for British soldiers
The blanket as overcoat. With the shortage of military overcoats, a suggestion for converting a blanket into a warm and practical coat

Lord Londesboroughs hospital at Scopwick
Some of the wounded soldiers convalescing at the hospital at Scopwick House near Blankney, Lincolnshire, home of Lord Londesborough

Motor cycle with side-car ambulance, WW1
A motor cycle with side car converted into an ambulance, outside the War Office in London. Several of these vehicles were already in use at the front at the time. Date: 1914

Shells in thousands in a recently converted factory 1939
A factory converted into an ammunition production for bomb shells, during the rearmament programme, in a secret location somewhere in the Black Country. 1939

A Post Office for Canadian troops, WW1
A covered wagon converted into a temporary post office for Canadian troops on the Western Front in 1916. Date: 1916

The Soldiers Theatre in France, WW1
The Follies, one of numerous entertainment troupes performing for soldiers in France, giving a performance to an audience from an undisclosed division at a converted factory near the British front

The Holiday Monighan Dragline by Heath Robinson
A dragline machine usually used in excavation, converted into a pleasant holiday home with room for a swing, a washing line and a diving board

Gas-powered transport by G. H. Davis
A substitute for petrol: internal combustion engines run on gas for road transport. Showing a bus with the plant on a trailer, and other types of converted vehicles

london motor buses converted
With the outbreak of war, London motor buses are adapted for army use. Their tops have been removed and converted for use as transport vehicles Date: August 1914

Holidaymakers painting a railway carriage
A group of holidaymakers painting a railway carriage which appears to have been converted into a caravan-style holiday home

India - Christian Convert and a Pariah
A man from the low pariah class of Southern India converted (to English life) wearing a suit, alongside an unconverted man from the same caste - both remain outsiders to Indian society

Georg Wicelius
GEORG WICELIUS German churchman who converted to Lutheranism but soon realised that Luther had got it wrong and rejoined the true faith. Date: 1501 - 1573

English Country Interior
This picturesque interior at Amberley, Surrey, England, was formerly a bakery and has now been converted into a little cafe. Date: 1950s

Henry Steel Olcott 1
HENRY STEEL OLCOTT American industrialist, converted to spiritualism, converted to theosophy by Blavatsky, converted to Buddhism. Date: 1832 - 1907

Thessaloniki, Greece - St Dimitrius Church with Minaret
Thessaloniki, Greece - The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios with Minaret, whilst functioning as a Mosque under Turkish rule (from 14931912). Date: circa 1910

Lifou Isle, New Claedonia, Pacific Ocean
Converted Cannibals of Lifou Isle (Drehu), Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean (a French Overseas territory). Date: 1910

Northrop XF-15A Reporter, 43-8335 - second prototype
Northrop XF-15A Reporter, 43-8335, the second prototype, a converted P-61C

The prototype Avro Canada CF100 Canuck Mk 4, 18112, a converted Mk 2

A late-production Liberty-engined DH9A, J8462, was converted to a dual trainer built by Westland in 1928

Short S25 Sunderland III conversion
Short S25 Sunderland III converted to the requirements of Aviacion del Litoral Fluvial Argentina

The prototype Boulton Paul P75 Overstrand J9186
The prototype Boulton Paul P75 Overstrand, J9186, was a converted P29 Sidestrand III

The prototype Avro Canada CF100 Canuck Mk 4 18112
The prototype Avro Canada CF100 Canuck Mk 4, 18112, a converted Mk 2

One of ten Junkers Ju52 / 3mg8e aircraft converted
One of ten Junkers Ju52/3mg8e aircraft converted to the passenger role for Railway Air Services in 1946. Date: 1946

de Havilland DH98 Mosquito TT35 converted to a FBVI for the film 633 Squadron in 1963. Date: 1963

The first prototype Handley Page Halifax III R9534
The first prototype Handley Page Halifax III, R9534, was converted from a Halifax II series 1 (Special) in October 1942. Date: 1942

Dunne D7bis a reconstruction of the D6
Dunne D7bis, a reconstruction of the D6 converted to a two-seater with an aircooled engine, on test at the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough

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