Vintage Photographs - The War at Sea
This section of the website contains archive photographs taken during, before and after the war. Specifically this sub-section contains photos of the war fought at sea.
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 Admiral
Sir R. E. Wemyss
(GW) |
 The
French Army in the Dardanelles: sunset call on board a transport
(GW) |
 Sir
David Beatty
(GW) |
 A
Portuguese torpedo boat
(GW) |
 Portuguese
sailors on the march
(GW) |
 General
view of Kut-el-Amara from the River Tigris
(GW) |
 Vice-Admiral
Sir Richard H. Peirse, K.C.B.
(GW) |
 One
of the forward guns of the German Raider 'Moewe'
(GW) |
 Remains
of torpedoed Channel Steamer 'Sussex' beached at Boulogne
(GW) |
 The
'Moewe's' 5.7 gun, concealed and as ready for action
(GW) |
 British
marines building entanglements outside Antwerp
(FF) |
 Admiral
Sir Henry Jackson
(GWS) |
 Basra,
from the Shat-el-Arab, with H.M.S. Espiegle in the foreground
(GWS) |
 Transport
ship carrying British-Indian forces to the Persian Gulf
(GWS) |
 British
forces on a transport at the mouth of the Shat-el-Arab
(GWS) |
 Wounded
soldiers enjoying a trip down the River Thames
(GWS) |
 A
torpedo crew at work on an Italian destroyer
(GWS) |
 Italian
destroyer discharging a torpedo
(GWS) |
 German
gunnery exercise
(GWS) |
 German
training ship set up in the middle of a field
(GWS) |
 German
seamen in rifle training on land
(GWS) |
 Packing
bread into Navy bags at a Berlin depot
(GWS) |
 Rear-Admiral
Stuart Nicholson in the trenches near Cape Helles
(GWS) |
 A
troopship departing from Victoria, British Columbia, for Europe
(GWS) |
 Keeping
watch - a British destroyer talking with mine-sweepers
(GWS) |
 German
torpedo towed by a British destroyer
(GWS) |
 German
torpedo-boats at practice in the North Sea
(GWS) |
 British
destroyer patrolling the North Sea, aided by aircraft
(GWS) |
 Sub-Lieutenant
Warneford, V.C.
(GWS) |
 Lieutenant-Commander
M. E. Nasmith, V.C.
(GWS) |
 Commander
H. P. Ritchie, V.C.
(GWS) |
 Admiral
Gregorovich, Russian Minister of Marine
(GWS) |
 Lieutenant
Commander N. D. Holbrook, V.C., R.N.
(GWS) |
 Cheering
H.M. submarine E.11 on its return from the Dardanelles
(GWS) |
 Shells
from Turkish batteries falling near H.M.S. Albion
(GWS) |
 The
crew of H.M. submarine E.11
(GWS) |
 H.M.S.
Albion replying to fire from Turkish batteries
(GWS) |
 Wounded
soldiers being conveyed to Dardanelles hospital ships
(GWS) |
 British
midshipmen on shore leave in the Dardanelles
(GWS) |
 British
torpedo-boat destroyer in the Dardanelles
(GWS) |
 The
battleship Queen Elizabeth leaving Mudros
(GWS) |
 Guns
of H.M.S. Canopus in action in the Dardanelles
(GWS) |
 A
French warship in the Dardanelles
(GWS) |
 Turkish
shell bursting in the vicinity of a British torpedo-boat
(GWS) |
 Alexandria
quay: allied preparations for embarkation
(GWS) |
 British
submarine E.15 in Turkish hands
(GWS) |
 German
naval officers at mess
(GWS) |
 The
big guns of the German warship Scharnhorst
(GWS) |
 Super-Dreadnought
H.M.S. Orion
(GWS) |
 H.M.S.
Monarch firing its 13.5 inch guns
(GWS) |
 A
group of young officers on a British warship
(GWS) |
 H.M.
Destroyer Banshee in a rough sea
(GWS) |
 Spring
cleaning a British warship
(GWS) |
 Lieutenant
D'Oyly-Hughes, D.S.O.
(GWS) |
 Allied
troops landing from transports at Lemnos
(GWS) |
 British
submarine B.11, with Lieut Holbrook, V.C., on board
(GWS) |
 Lieutenant
Holbrook, V.C., on board H.M.S. Adamant
(GWS) |
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