Damaged Collection (page 16)

Scarborough shelled by Germans WWI
Photograph of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby where on 16th December 1914, the town was attacked by the Imperial German Navy from the sea with 137 fatalities and 592 casualties. Date: 1914

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note ?
Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

WW2 - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks
WW2 - " Wheres George?" - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks while the floor has disappeared. Date: 1940

Damage to the Waterfront Buildings, Thessaloniki, Greece, possibly due to the Great Fire that raged between 18th-19th August 1917. Date: circa 1917

Belgrade, Serbia - Damage to houses on Knez Mihailova Street
WW1 - Belgrade, Serbia - Damage from shells fired by Austrian Monitor Boats on the Danube and Sava River - July/August 1914 to houses on Knez Mihailova Street or Prince Mihailo Street

Macedonia - Bitola - Damage to Turkish Officers Mess
WW1 - Macedonia - Bitola - Damage to the rather ancient building used as the Turkish Officers Mess after allied bombardment. Date: circa 1918

Hagia Sophia - Thessaloniki, Greece with Minaret - re-converted to a Church in 1912. Date: circa 1903

WW1 era - Panorama of Thessaloniki - showing bent minaret
WW1 era - Panorama of Thessaloniki - showing a minaret of one of the mosques damaged by a shell. Date: circa 1916

Panorama of Thessaloniki - minaret damaged by shell
WW1 era - Panorama of Thessaloniki - showing a minaret of one of the mosques damaged by a shell. Date: circa 1916

The Mosque of the Citadel at Thessaloniki - damaged by shell
The Mosque of the Citadel at Thessaloniki, Greece - damaged by a direct hit from a Bulgarian shell. Date: circa 1916

WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in King Street, St James. Date: circa 1941

WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in Pall Mall, directly opposite St. James Palace. Date: circa 1941

WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in Duke Street, St James Date: circa 1941

Damage to Whitecross Street - WW2 - Blitz on London
London under fire - Damage to Whitecross Street - WW2 - Blitz on London Date: circa 1943

WW2 - Paris Liberation - Damage at the Hotel Crillon. Date: 1945

Motor car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed
Motor car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg were murdered by Gavrilo Princip (one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilic)

First Balkan War - Mosque Destroyed by Grenades - Edirne
First Balkan War (1912-1913) - Mosque Destroyed by Grenades in Edirne, Turkey. Date: circa 1913

High Tide damage at Gunhill, Southwold - October and November 1905. Date: 1905

Ruins of the Gothic Church of the Carmo - Lisbon
Ruins of the Carmo (Convent) - Lisbon Portugal. This mediaeval convent was ruined in the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, and the ruins of its Gothic church (the Carmo Church or Igreja do Carmo)

Miss May Mitchell of Pontypridd, crankshaft polisher
Miss May Mitchell of Pontypridd, formerly a vacuum cleaner supervisor, polishes a crankshaft from a damaged engine at the BOAC Depot in South Wales in 1942. Date: 1942

Damaged Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, 41-24406, flies on after a mid-air collision with a Messerschmitt Bf109 over North Africa and managed to return to its base

Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, WW2
Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, with firefighter and hose

Nulli Secundus over Crystal Palace after meeting headwinds on the return journey to Farnborough from London. It was seriously damaged after unexpected gales on the night of 5 October 1907. Date: 1907

Nulli Secundus moored on the running track at Crystal Palace after meeting headwinds on the return journey to Farnborough from London

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxims steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

Damaged buildings on quayside, China
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Damaged structures, possibly by storm
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Damaged buildings and trees, China
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Damaged windows, 1940
By the end of the war, almost every window and glass exhibit case in the Museum had been broken

The damaged roof of the Botany Department, 1940
At 4.30am on 9 September 1940, two incendiaries and an oil bomb hit the roof of the Botany Department in the east wing

Mending household items 1943
Make Do and Mend. During World War Two women became very resourceful, they tackled repairs and maintenance of many clothing and household items, that today we would just throw away and replace. 1943

Von Der Tann Cruiser
Germanys first battlecruiser, she is severely damaged at the battle of Jutland, all guns out of action, but makes it home. She will be scuttled at Scapa Flow in June 1918. Date: launched 1909

London Fire Brigade pump damaged by fire
A London Fire Brigade pump damaged by a dramatic fire which took place on the night of 15 August 1920 on the Thames at Woolwich, SE London

Firefighter at the scene of a fire in a furniture shop
Firefighter working at the scene of a fire in a furniture shop, Cricklewood, NW London

Firefighters at the scene of a fire in a furniture shop
Firefighters working at the scene of a fire in a furniture shop, Cricklewood, NW London

Fire at commercial premises, 2 Restmor Way, Sutton, Surrey

Firefighters working at scene of domestic fire, Harrow
Firefighters working at scene of domestic fire. Harrow, North London

Firefighters dealing with a house fire at 25 Woodlands

Firefighters at the scene of a fire in Ruskin Road, London

Firefighters respond to a fire at 7 Old Park Lane, W1
Firefighters respond to a fire at 7 Old Park Lane, London W1. Showing extensive fire damage to the ceiling

Firefighters working at fire on building site
Firefighters working at a fire on a building site in Calypso Crescent, Peckham, London SE15

Firefighter working at scene of fire at New Cross
Firefighter working at the scene of a fire at New Cross, London SE14

Firefighters at fire in Isleworth, West London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a fire in Isleworth, West London

LCC-LFB Serious fire at Peoples Palace, Stepney
The aftermath of a fire at the Peoples Palace Amusement Centre, Mile End Road, Stepney, East London. Here the camera catches a lighter moment as a firefighter poses alongside a statue of Queen

Blitz in London -- bombed sub-station, South London, WW2
Blitz in London -- a South London sub fire station was obliterated by enemy bombing. Showing firefighters in defiant mood, declaring themselves NOT BEATEN

Blitz in City of London -- bomb crater, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- devastation caused after a heavy explosive bomb caused a vast crater and opened up underground workings after an air raid during the night

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