Submarine Collection (page 11)

Turkish submarine Birinci Inonu
The Turkish submarine Birinci Inonu (initially named Birindji-In-Uni). Built in the Netherlands, left Rotterdam under the Turkish flag, and arrived Istanbul, Turkey, on 9 June 1928. Date: circa 1928

British submarine submerging, WW1
A British submarine submerging during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British submarine HMS L22, WW1
British submarine HMS L22, launched towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

Three German medallions (2 of 2), WW1
Three German medallions from the First World War. At the top is a large round medallion bearing the words: Gott Strafe England (May God Punish England) 18 Februar 1915

British submarine HMS C25 under attack, WW1
British submarine HMS C25, launched 1909. Seen here under attack from the air during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British submarine firing gun, WW1
A British submarine in action, firing its gun during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Italian submarine stranded near Tagliamento River
Italian submarine no.10 stranded near the mouth of the Tagliamento River, north east Italy. Date: 20th century

HMS Falmouth, British light cruiser, WW1
HMS Falmouth, British Town-class light cruiser, launched 1910, served during the early part of the First World War. Seen here sinking in the North Sea after being attacked by two German submarines

British sailors laying anti-submarine nets from drifter, WW1
British sailors laying anti-submarine nets from a drifter, lowering the nets and floats over the side, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sinking of the French liner Sontay, Mediterranean, WW1
Scene during the sinking of the French liner Sontay in the Mediterranean after being torpedoed by a German submarine during the First World War, with passengers and crew escaping into lifeboats

Commodore Keyes with journalist on submarine, WW1
Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes (1872-1945), later Admiral of the Fleet, seen here (far right) as Commodore Keyes, showing a foreign journalist over HM Submarine E11 during the First World War

Wartime poster, To The Attack

US War Bonds
Fire Away! Buy Extra Bonds. A plea to purchase war bonds, issued by the US Treasury Department War Finance Division. The card is in honour of the USS Dorrado

Submarine Scout Airship2
The car of this submarine scout airship is evidently the fuselage of an aeroplane, its motor providing the forward power. Date: circa 1915

British Sub in Section
A British submarine in section showing how it attacks, drawing near to the enemy ship with only the periscope showing Date: 1914

WW1 / 1915 / U-BOAT U8 SUNK
German submarine U8 sunk in the English Channel by British destroyers. Date: 1915

Kaiser Wilhelm II and U-boat
Disavowal? Disavowal? There is no such word in the German tongue!

The crew of the U boat U9, they sunk three royal navy cruisers, HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue

Sea Siren outfits, 1966
Some suggested high fashion outfits for Cowes during the sixties. A dazzlingly striped cat suit in jersey by Jean Varon on the left and a pirate red towelling shorts with white piping

Luring an Italian submarine
With The Fleet Air Arm - No 2 A 1940 cartoon offering a very stereotypical (of the day) suggestion of how the Fleet Air Arm might entice Italian submarines to break surface

More Work For The Navy - postcard by Lawson Wood
More Work For The Navy - A young boy climbs up on the rail of the pier and tries to catch the attention of a submarine captain with the words: " I, Jellicoe, if you re goin down ag in

View from British Navy WWI
A View from a damaged British submarine in the Dardanelles during World War I

The Search for M2
The Royal Navys new deep-sea observation chamber, invented by Robert H Davis of Siebe, Gorman & Co. the inventor of submarine life-saving apparatus

Toulon, France - President inspects submarine
Toulon, France - The Military Port - The President of France, Emile Loubet visits the submarine Gustave-Zede

Adjusting a valve in a submarine
A sailor adjusts a valve in the engine room of a British submarine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Lieut Commander Holbrook VC recipient 7 / Stamp
NORMAN DOUGLAS HOLBROOK VC (1888 - 1976) Royal Navy officer who won the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

Towed Derelict Torpedo
Recovery of a lost torpedo by a fishing boat or patrol vessel. Finders received 5 pounds for salvaging derelict torpedoes and returning them to the Admiralty authorities

British M3 Submarine
British Submarine M3 showing the large 12" gun. Built during World War One and scrapped in 1932

British Submarine L53 at Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Photograph taken at Herceg Novi (Montenegro) of the British Submarine L53 loading a torpedo

British X1 Submarine
The British Submarine HM X1 Commisioned in 1925 and scrapped at Pembroke in 1935

St Clair Tunnel
Electric Locomotive emerging from the St Clair Tunnel (1890) - part of the Grand Trunk Railway System. The first submarine rail tunnel connecting Sarnia, Ontario, Canada with Port Huron, Michigan

The electric wire at Cape Grinez
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. The image shows a view of Cape Grinez, taking the wire up the cliff

The Goliah steamer paying out the electric wire
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. Here, the cable is laid out as the Goliah steam ship sails from England to France

Temporary station at Dover: the steamers prepare to start
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. After arriving in France however

One Year of World War 1914-15 - highlighting the allies to the German war effort including the Ottoman Empire

U14 rammed by British trawler
A German illustration depicting their version of events as submarine U 14 is sunk treacherously and unsuspectedly. The illustration shows a British trawler ramming the U boat deliberately

Torpedoed by a German submarine in the Straits of Dover: H. M.s Hermes, a seaplane carrying ship
Torpedoed by a German submarine in the Straits of Dover: H.M.S Hermes, a seaplane carrying ship

Torpedo Room of a U-boat, pre-Second World War
Photograph showing the crew of a German submarine (U-boat) relaxing in their bunks in the bow torpedo chamber, c.1938. This photograph shows the cramped conditions typically of the submarines that

Sinking British Merchant Ship, 1916
Photograph showing a sinking British Merchant ship, after she had been torpedoed by a German submarine, 1916. In this picture the ships funnel has reached the waterline

RAF Liberator bombers over an Atlantic Convoy; Second Worl
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Liberator bombers flying over an Atlantic convoy, during a German U-boat (submarine) attack, 1943

American Red Cross Workers watch a U-boat battle; Second Wor
Photograph showing a group of American Red Cross workers on board an Allied transport ship in a convoy, watching a battle between convoy escorts and a German submarine, 1944

Laundry on an Italian Submarine; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing the crew of an Italian submarine airing their blankets and bedding on arrival at Malta in 1943. When Italy fell that year

A British submarine signalling an American vessel
A British submarine, alongside another ship for repairs, is depicted signalling an American vessel, requesting her to slow down whilst she passes to prevent her wash causing any damage to them

The E9s commander
Photograph of Commander Max K. Horton, the submarine officer who torpedoed three German war-ships, the Pommern, the Hela and S.116

German shop wrecked in Liverpool
A German shop wrecked by a crowd in Liverpool following the sinking of the Lusitania by German submarine. Liverpudlians formed a large part of the Lusitanias crew

British mine washed up on the beach
A washed-up submarine mine, probably from the British navy, guarded by two German soldiers at Ostend in Belgium

The Hesperian
The liner, Hesperian sunk by a German submarine off the Irish south coast on September 4th 1915 on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal

Orfordness Lighthouse and Telegraph Station, 1853
Engraving of Orfordness lighthouse and Submarine electric telegraph station, Suffolk, June 1853. At the end of May 1853 a telegraph cable 119 miles had been laid between Orfordness and Scheveningen

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