Dreadnought Collection (page 2)

HMS Bulwark battleship, on 26th November 1914 conducting patrols in the English Channel, while anchored near Sheerness, she was blown up with loss of between 700 and 800 lives. Date: 1915

The super-dreadnought Monarch
British super-dreadnought battleship, " Monarch" completed in 1912 and pictured at the beginning of the First World War

HMS Vanguard, British battleship
HMS Vanguard, British St Vincent class dreadnought battleship. Date: circa 1910

Sea Battle, World War I by Cyrus Cuneo
The Great Sea Battle. An unspecified but fierce naval battle during the First World War, illustrated by the late Cyrus Cuneo. Date: 1916

H. M. S. Colossus
HMS Colossus, a British dreadnought launched in 1910 and commissioned in 1911, becoming the flagship of the 1st Battle Squadron at the commencement of World War in 1914

Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship Yashima built in the UK
Yashima - a Fuji-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the 1890s. Designed and built in the United Kingdom

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

Bombardment of Istanbul from Russian warships in Bosphorus
WW1 - Bombardment of Istanbul from Russian Naval Dreadnought Battleships in the Bosphorus Date: circa 1915

The Dreadnought Hoax, report in The Sketch
Page from The Sketch magazine reporting on the Dreadnought hoax. The incident was a joke played by a group led by Horace de Vere Cole, including the writer Virginia Stephen (Woolf)

Music cover, Anglo-Saxon March by Max Werner, with a Dreadnought battleship, an allegorical female figure holding an American flag, and the British Lion at her feet. 1898

Dreadnought
The Seamens Hospital-ship Dreadnought, off Greenwich Date: 1870

World War One Battleship HMS Dreadnought in port, Germany. Date: 1910s

Royal Naval Division at HMS Crystal Palace
Royal Naval Division (RND) at HMS Crystal Palace (" The Old Glass Dreadnought" ), with a sphinx from the Old Egyptian Court

Edwardian canal scene with rowing boat Dreadnought - Date: circa 1908

HMS Collingwood, British battleship
HMS Collingwood, British St Vincent class dreadnought battleship. Date: circa 1910

HMS Renown, British battleship
HMS Renown, British pre-Dreadnought battleship. Date: circa 1906

Building of the battleship Dreadnought
Construction of one of the Eight Dreadnoughts (battleships) being constructed in the early 20th century by the British, at Portsmouth dockyard. 1909

Illustrated War News front cover, naval, 12 August 1914
Front cover of the first issue of the Illustrated War News, produced within a week of the outbreak of the First World War and dedicated to covering all aspects of the conflict

HMS Iron Duke, British battleship, Port Vathi, Greece
HMS Iron Duke, British dreadnought battleship, seen here at Port Vathi, Ionian Islands, Greece, with crew on deck. Date: circa 1920s

HMS Lord Nelson, British battleship
HMS Lord Nelson, British pre-Dreadnought battleship. Date: circa 1908

HMS Hindustan, British battleship
HMS Hindustan, King Edward VII class British pre-Dreadnought battleship. Date: circa 1910

HMS Hibernia, British battleship
HMS Hibernia, King Edward VII class British pre-Dreadnought battleship. Date: circa 1910

Sphere cover, WW1 patriotic sailor
Front cover of The Sphere magazine featuring a sailor with a cap reading HMS Dreadnought standing in front of a Union Jack flag. Date: 1917

Suffragette Boat Advertising Womens Exhibition. The suffragettes Dreadnought steam launch on the River Thames, with banners advertising the Womens Exhibition, May 13th-26th 1909. Date: 1909

The watch on the Nile by the ship of the desert, 1915
The first British Super-Dreadnought for use against the Turks in Egypt, designed on behalf of the British Government by a friendly Viennese cartoonist. Date: 1915

WW1 The Ladys World cover - dreadnought cushion cover
Front cover of a First World War period The Ladys World Fancy Work Book featuring a topical design for a dreadnought cushion cover. Date: c.1915

Dreadnought provisions 1914
A diagram illustrating the provisions required to maintain a crew of 900 for about one month on a dreadnought battleship. Date: 1914

Gamages Xmas bazaar advertisement, WW1
An advertisement for the famous Gamages store on Holborn, London, promoting their annual Christmas bazaar. Typically for the period

British oil carrier fuelling a super dreadnought & submarine
Illustration showing a new kind of fleet auxiliary vessel, the oil-carrier, supplying oil fuel to the fleet, in this case a super-dreadnought and two submarines

Russo-German naval action in the Baltic, WW1
Russo-German naval action in the Baltic during the First World War which led to the destruction of a German destroyer and mine layer and the torpedoing of a German pre-dreadnought battleship

Dreadnought Queen Elizabeth in action by G. H. Davis
Our greatest dreadnought in action -- the Queen Elizabeth bombarding the Dardanelles forts during the First World War. Date: 1915

American dreadnought, USS Pennsylvania, New York, USA
View from the 31st storey of the Whitehall Building, New York, USA, showing the dreadnought USS Pennsylvania steaming down the river on the way to the sea, to take part in fleet manoeuvres

Comparing aeroplanes and battleships by G. H. Davis
Comparative values of aeroplanes and battleships. One super-dreadnought ship is the equivalent of 3000 aeroplanes in monetary terms. 1912

British warships by G. H. Davis
All that goes to produce a great British warships battle thunder : cold science behind the big guns. From the captains quietly spoken order to the pulling of the pistol-trigger

H. M. S. Neptune
HMS Neptune, Royal Navy dreadnought, launched in 1909 and commissioned in 1911. She was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and survived the war

H. M. S. Orion
HMS Orion, launched in August 1910 and commissioned in January 1912, the first British dreadnought to mount guns of a greater calibre than 12 inches

The dreadnought battle-ship
The vessel from which Admiral Togo directed the crippling of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1905

Admiral F C T Tudor
Rear-admiral F C T TUDOR British naval commander, commanded a Dreadnought-class battleship, later Third Sea Lord. Date: circa 1915

Japanese pre-dreadnought warship of Russo-Japanese War era
Inset photograph of a Japanese pre-dreadnought warship of Russo-Japanese War era set on a decorative red world map background with embossed golden lotus flower

HMS Illustrious - Patriotic British Naval postcard
The third HMS Illustrious of the British Royal Navy was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship - commissioned in 1898

Westland Dreadnought J6986 crash
The only Westland Dreadnought, J6986, crashed on its first flight, 9 May 1923. Date: 1923

Nassau Warship
With three sister-ships, the Nassau is the first dreadnought in the German fleet : she carries twelve 280mm and twelve 150mm guns which will soon come in handy. Date: launched 1908

Every hour is lunch hour at the dreadnought club. Illustration shows the Roman god Mars, eating a battleship, with Uncle Sam and Marianne sitting at a table with rulers of European

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

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

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

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

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