Pictures Dated 26th February 2016

British Fleet - 4th Battle Squadron on Manoeuvres - 1923

Photograph from the deck of the HMS Marlborough of two other Iron-Duke Class Battleships of the British Mediterranean Fleet (the HMS Emperor of India and HMS Benbow) - part of the 4th Battle Squadron - on Manoeuvres in the Black Sea. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Built at Devonport Royal Dockyard between January 1912 and June 1914 and entered service just prior to First World War. Assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet after the war, Marlborough took part in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (in the Black Sea 191920). She was also involved in the Greco-Turkish War. Date: circa 1923

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

HMS Ajax - Competition for Commander-in-Chief's Cup

HMS Ajax firing during the competition for the Commander-in-Chief's Cup amongst vessels of the British Royal Navy Mediterranean fleet. Photograph taken from the deck of the HMS Marlborough, an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Built at Devonport Royal Dockyard between January 1912 and June 1914 and entered service just prior to First World War. Assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet after the war, Marlborough took part in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (in the Black Sea 191920). She was also involved in the Greco-Turkish War. Date: circa 1923

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

HMS Marlborough, Iron Duke-class battleship visits Beicos

Photgraph taken from the HMS Marlborough, Iron Duke-class battleship during a visit to the health resort of Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey (at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side), following the HMS Iron Duke (visible here). HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Built at Devonport Royal Dockyard between January 1912 and June 1914 and entered service just prior to First World War. Assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet after the war, Marlborough took part in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (in the Black Sea 191920). She was also involved in the Greco-Turkish War. Date: circa 1923

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection