Naval Collection (#91)

British prisoners of war arriving at Hull from Germany, WW1
British prisoners of war arriving at Hull, being repatriated from Germany towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Wearing the chevrons of honor for services overseas. Two dogs wearing coats with chevron symbols on, with there handlers are paraded before the troops aboard a US naval ship Date: 20th century

Aerial view of Zeebrugge Mole, Belgium, WW1
German aerial photograph the day after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), showing the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium

Working a gun on submarine parent ship, WW1
Men of the British Royal Navy working a gun on a submarine parent ship during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German officers who defended Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
German officers who defended the sea port of Zeebrugge against British attack during the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, First World War

British monitor HMS Severn at Sheerness, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn lying at buoy at Sheerness during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Dumont D urville
Js C DUMONT D URVILLE French naval explorer Date: 1790 - 1842

Louis Battenberg
Prince LOUIS ALEXANDER of BATTENBERG British naval commander Date: 1854 - 1921

New Zealand - Wellington Harbour from Oriental Bay Date: circa 1930s

12th Earl of Airlie onboard the HMS Suffolk
HMS Suffolk - Tour to the Far East (c.1929 - 1930). David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy - 12th Earl of Airlie (1893 - 1968) on the right with (from left), Commander C. B

Whitby Yorkshire
A photograph purporting to be from the time of the devastating German naval attacks on the Yorkshire coast on 16th December 1914

Taranto, Italy - Sailors march up the Corso Umberto Date: circa 1910s

Greetings from Taranto, Italy
A Greetings postcard from Taranto, Italy, featuring the Girevole Bridge (a famous swing bridge built in 1887) and the Via Margherita. Date: circa 1920s

Dogali - Italian naval vessels in dock
Dogali, Italy - Italian naval vessels in dock Date: circa 1910s

Two soldiers and a sailor pose for their photo in a studio. They are all in uniform, and each one has a cigarette in his mouth

Samuel Brooking, Naval
SAMUEL BROOKING Naval Captain during the Naopleonic wars : he will in time be promoted to Rear- Admiral. Date: 1754 - 1834

Wartime wedding in uniform
A wartime wedding, with both the bride and the groom in their respective uniforms. Date: circa 1940

Charles Brown, Naval
CHARLES BROWN Naval officer, commander under Admiral Vernon at Porto Bello, subsequently Commission at Chatham dockyard. Date: ? - 1753

Marco Antonio Colonna
MARCO ANTONIO COLONNA Italian naval commander in the papal service : commander-in- chief of the papal fleet at the battle of Lepanto, 7 October 1571. Date: 1535 - 1584

CALEDONIA FIGUREHEAD

H. M. S. TERRIBLE
A sailor wearing the hat of his ship, the unfortunately named H.M.S. Terrible, a British Royal Navy vessel, launched in 1895. late 1890s

Sir Piercy Brett
SIR PIERCY BRETT Naval commander, Admiral. Date: 1709 - 1781

Captain Richard Bowen
Captain RICHARD BOWEN British naval commander during the Napoleonic Wars. Date: circa 1805

Edward Pelham Brenton
EDWARD PELHAM BRENTON Captain in the Royal Navy, author of a Naval History to which this portrait is the frontispiece. Date: 1774 - 1839

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

Austro-Hungarian fleet at sea, WW1
Ships of the Austro-Hungarian fleet at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

County ensign hoisted, Battle of the Falkland Islands, WW1
The county ensign is hoisted on the main mast of HMS Kent at the start of the Battle of the Falkland Islands during the First World War. Date: 8 December 1914

Ottoman warship Mesudiye, WW1
The Ottoman ironclad warship Mesudiye, launched 1874, rebuilt as a pre-dreadnought vessel in 1903, served during the early part of the First World War, sunk by a British submarine in December 1914

Winston Churchill on a naval visit
Winston Churchill MP on a naval visit during the First World War, possibly connected with the Battle of Jutland. Date: circa 1916

William Shepherd Benson, US admiral
William Shepherd Benson (1855 - 1932), Admiral in the United States Navy, and Chief of Naval Operations during World War One. Date: c.1916

HMS Argus aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Argus, aircraft carrier painted in dazzle camouflage, launched 1917, seen here at sea during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

HMS Hermes seaplane carrier, WW1
An aerial view of HMS Hermes, the first experimental seaplane carrier of the Royal Navy, a refitted Highflyer-class cruiser. Sunk in October 1914 by a German U-boat. Date: circa 1914

German navy entering Brussels, Belgium, WW1
Men of the German Naval Corps entering Brussels, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Hole in HMS Kent, Battle of Falkland Islands, WW1
A hole in the British Monmouth-class armoured cruiser HMS Kent, caused by a 4.1 inch German shell during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, First World War. Date: 8 December 1914

Ottoman light cruiser Hamidiye
The Ottoman light cruiser Hamidiye, launched 1903, served during the Balkan Wars and the First World War. Date: 1911

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

British blue jackets protecting British concession at Hankow
British blue jackets poses against a wall of sandbags in front of the British concession at Hancow, China during the Chinese rebellion of 1911. Date: 1911

Cherbourg - Barracks of the crews of French Navy
Cherbourg, France - Barracks and naval equipment stores of the crews of French Navy. Note the steam tram in the foregorund. Date: circa 1905

Boys in training on battery work, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training on six inch battery work at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship. Date: 1914-1918

Sopwith Strutter plane crashed in airfield, France, WW1
A Sopwith 1 Strutter biplane of No. 5 (N) Squadron RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) which has crashed at Petite-Synthe airfield, Dunkirk, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Sailors repairing a boat on a ship, WW1
Men of the British Royal Navy undertaking repairs on a boat on board a ship during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Anti-aircraft gun on Romanian monitor boat, WW1
Naval gunners with an anti-aircraft gun on a Romanian monitor boat during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Opening fire, Battle of the Falkland Islands, WW1
HMS Inflexible opening fire at the enemy at about 1pm, beginning the Battle of the Falkland Islands during the First World War

A Sea Battle - New Guinea

British naval airship in flight, WW1
A British naval airship in flight during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Three German medallions (1 of 2), WW1
Three German medallions from the First World War. At the top is a large round medallion bearing the head of Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, German naval leader

Aerial view of damaged Zeebrugge Mole, Belgium, WW1
German aerial photograph of the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

British monitor at sea, WW1
Aerial view of a British monitor (small warship) at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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