Images Dated 16th September 2011 (page 5)

Battleship covered in ice, WW1
A battleship covered in ice during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Convoy of British ships in the Atlantic, WW1
A German photograph of a convoy of British ships (prey for German U-boats) in the Atlantic during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Ships and boats at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands
Scene at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, with various ships in the harbour. Date: 20th century

Sailor binding a swab, sitting on a rope, WW1
A British sailor binding a swab, and keeping a rope tight by sitting on it, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Boys in training, oarsmanship, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training, receiving their first lesson in oarsmanship at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship. Date: 1914-1918

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

Rough waves in the North Sea, WW1
Rough waves in the North Sea, washing over the gun deck of a battleship during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Two British naval officers on deck, WW1
Two officers of the Royal Navy on the deck of a ship during the First World War. The man on the right is possibly Commodore (later Admiral of the Fleet) Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt (1870-1951)

Crew of HMS Swift in group photo on deck, WW1
The crew of HMS Swift, a British high speed destroyer, in a group photo on deck during the First World War. The ship was launched in 1907. Date: 1914-1918

View from the deck of a ship, WW1
View from the deck of a ship during the First World War, with sailors looking at something floating in the water. Date: 1914-1918

British fleet in Baltic on its way to Reval (Tallinn), WW1
The British fleet in the Baltic on its way to Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia) just after the end of the First World War. Date: December 1918

Physical drill on the HMS Iron Duke, WW1
Physical drill for the crew on the HMS Iron Duke during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Fleet Minesweeper sinking after striking a mine, WW1
A Fleet Minesweeper sinking after striking a mine during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Ship with two funnels at sea, WW1
A ship with two funnels at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

John Jack Travers Cornwell, heroic sailor, WW1
John Jack Travers Cornwell (1900-1916), heroic young sailor posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery on HMS Chester during the Battle of Jutland

British motor launch, Otranto Barrage, WW1
A British motor launch built in 1915, part of a flotilla which took part in the Otranto Barrage, an allied naval blockade in the Adriatic during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Convoy of British ships, WW1
A convoy of British ships at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Endymion, Edgar-class cruiser, WW1
HMS Endymion, an Edgar-class cruiser, at sea during the First World War. Launched in 1891, took part in the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War during the Gallipoli campaign. Date: 1914-1918

Bank Holiday mobilisation activity at Sheerness, WW1
Bank Holiday mobilisation activity at Sheerness at the start of the First World War. British civilians watch the warships with interest from the deck of the Princess of Wales, Rochester

British and French sailors interned in Holland, WW1
British and French sailors interned in Holland during the First World War. One of them is being given a close shave. Date: 21 November 1914

British drifter fleet at sea, WW1
A British drifter fleet at sea during the First World War, when many fishing drifters were converted for naval use. Date: 1914-1918

British battle fleet avoiding enemy submarines, WW1
A British battle fleet zigzagging to avoid enemy submarines during the First World War. Date: March 1915

British fleet with torpedo craft, WW1
View of the British fleet, with torpedo craft, at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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

British detachment landing at Reval (Tallinn), WW1
A British detachment landing at Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia) just after the end of the First World War, to instruct the Estonians in the use of the Madsen gun. Date: December 1918

British drifters in harbour, Taranto, Italy, WW1
British drifters which took part in the Otranto Barrage, an allied naval blockade in the Adriatic during the First World War, seen here at anchor in the harbour at Taranto, Italy

HMS Severn off the coast of German East Africa, WW1
The British Humber class monitor, HMS Severn, off the coast of German East Africa during the First World War. The fore 6 inch gun can be seen during preparations for the attack on the German cruiser

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

Gun crew drilling on British trawler HM Principal, WW1
A gun crew drilling on the British trawler HM Principal during the First World War. Date: 1916

Getting out the paravanes on entering a minefield, WW1
The crew of a ship getting out the paravanes on entering a minefield during the First World War. The paravane is towed underwater in order to detect the presence of mines

SS Saxon off Gibraltar, WW1
The British SS Saxon, a cruise ship used for transporting troops during the First World War, seen here off Gibraltar on the way to Egypt. Date: spring 1917

Erecting the double bottom of a ship, WW1
Erecting the double bottom of a ship during the First World War. Date: 1917

SMS Yorck mined near Wilhelmshaven, WW1
The German armoured cruiser, SMS Yorck, mined near Wilhelmshaven during the First World War, and lying on her side with a few survivors standing on top

Lowering a paravane on entering a minefield, WW1
Lowering a paravane on entering a minefield during the First World War. The paravane is towed underwater in order to detect the presence of mines. Date: 1914-1918

British battleship HMS Mars, WW1
The British predreadnought battleship of the Majestic class, HMS Mars, during First World War. Launched 1896, served as a troopship during the Dardanelles campaign. Date: 1914-1916

Pinnaces landing marines at Ostend, WW1
Pinnaces landing sailors at Ostend during the early part of the First World War. Civilians wave to them from above. Date: 1914

RMSP Alcantara, armed merchant cruiser, WW1
RMSP (Royal Mail Steam Packet) Alcantara, a merchant cruiser which was turned into an armed ship during the First World War

Boats containing British sailors near a pier, WW1
Two boats containing British sailors, some of them waving, with a pier and lighthouse in the background, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Umbrella Adventures in variable weather
Umbrella Adventures, showing a girl and boy in variable weather, from sunshine, to rain, to wind, to a fishing disaster, and a rescue. Date: 1924

Other Little Boys from various periods in history, holding hands in a circle in the costumes of 1100, 1558, 1625, 1650, 1775, 1815, 1860 and 1922. Date: 1922

Other Little Girls from various periods in history, holding hands in a circle in the costumes of 1100, 1558, 1625, 1650, 1775, 1815, 1860 and 1922. Date: 1922

The Old Dutchman in His Garden

End paper design, Blackies Childrens Annual for 1922
End paper design for Blackies Childrens Annual for 1922, showing five children with a guy hoisted on a stick, carrying a pitchfork and a rake, no doubt in preparation for Bonfire Night. Date: 1922

HMAS Zamora at Scapa Flow, Scotland, WW1
The Australian ship HMAS Zamora at Scapa Flow, Scotland, during the First World War. Date: April 1915

Derelict ship being blown up, WW1
A derelict ship being blown up during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Fire at Exposition Universelle et Internationale, Brussels
The Exposition Universelle et Internationale - a worlds fair held in Brussels, Belgium in 1910 from April 2rd3 to November 1st 1910

Mulatto Chief and family - Chile Date: circa 1910s

Quaint Gate, Moulton, Northampton - A gate formed of agricultural implements. Date: circa 1940

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