Troop Ship Collection

BIRKENHEAD SINKS
The sinking of the Birkenhead troopship

Birkenhead Wrecked B+W
Laden with soldiers, the troopship strikes a rock off Simons Bay, South Africa : 184 are saved by the boats, 454 lives are lost

HMT SOMALI
H.M.T. Somali, troopship employed by the British government to carry troops to China and elsewhere. The ship was at Gallipoli in World War One

Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War
Allied prisoners of war, following their liberation by the Russian Red Army, await repatriation in Odessa. The ex-prisoners had marched or hitch-hiked across Europe to Odessa

Steamship Samaria
Passenger liner of the Cunard White Star line, employed as a troopship in World War One. Date: circa 1915

President Wilson arriving at Dover on SS Brighton
The American President, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, arriving at Dover on the SS Brighton, probably after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles following the First World War

Coaling operation WWI
Arabs in Port Said coaling the troopship Caledonia, which was carrying Wessex troops to India during World War I

German troops at Oesel Island
German troops, wearing lifebelts, in a small boat having disembarked from the larger troopship alongside, prepare to make an amphibious landing on Oesel Island (Saaremaa)

Fencing on board a Troopship, 1876
Engraving of soldiers fencing on board a troopship, perhaps the Himalaya - judging by lifebelt in the background. When troops were ordered to distant wars or postings

Deck Quoits on board a Troopship, 1876
Engraving of some soldiers playing deck quoits on board a troopship. When troops were ordered to distant wars or postings

Boxing on board a Troopship, 1876
Engraving of soldiers boxing on board a troopship. When troops were ordered to distant wars or postings, the long journeys under canvas meant plenty of time to spend on deck sports and pastimes

Cock Fighting on board a Troopship, 1876
Engraving of soldiers cock fighting on board a troopship. When troops were ordered to distant wars or postings, the long journeys under canvas meant plenty of time to spend on deck sports and pastimes

Indian Troopship Sunk
East Africa : a ship bringing Indian reinforcement troops to support the Allied campaign against the Italians is destroyed by the Italian navy in the Red Sea

Ww1 Troopship in Med
A ship transporting the " Old Contemptibles", the name adopted by British troops of the regular army, meets a man- of-war in the Mediterranean Sea

Christmas in India
A childrens party on board a troopship returning from India to Britain

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