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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 Submarine
chasers built in New York for Russia
(CPE) |
 A
small Austrian submarine
(CPE) |
 A
Curtiss flying boat built by the Italians
(CPE) |
 British
vessels on the Tigris
(CPE) |
 Rescuing
the crew of a torpedoed merchantman
(CPE) |
 The
'Sussex' beached at Boulogne, torpedoed on 24 Mar 1916
(CPE) |
 The
Queen Mary, British battle cruiser
(CPE) |
 French
submarine Diane
(CPE) |
 The
Pommern, German battleship
(CPE) |
 The
Deutschland's return to Bremerhaven
(CPE) |
 Sketch
of Britannic, a hospital ship sunk by mine on 22 Nov 1916
(CPE) |
 The
Marlborough, British battleship
(CPE) |
 German
submarine U-53
(CPE) |
 The
Deutschland, submarine merchantman
(CPE) |
 The
Hampshire, British cruiser
(CPE) |
 British
victors in a fight on Lake Tanganyika, Africa
(CPE) |
 British
soldiers on the Nile; Herts Yeomanry on the bank
(CPE) |
 French
marines with German trophies of war
(SR) |
 British
sketch of action during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
(SR) |
 Sir
David Beatty
(WW) |
 German
Navy Zeppelin
(WW) |
 British
naval pilot releasing a carrier pigeon
(WW) |
 S.S.
Imo collided with vessel Mont Blanc, causing the Halifax Disaster
(WW) |
 Admiral
Tirpitz
(WW) |
 German
raider 'Seeadler' wrecked in the sands near Tahiti, 1917
(WW) |
 Camouflaged
German U-boat
(WW) |
 The
Emden
(WW) |
 German
submarine minelayer, the U-C 5, captured by the British
(WW) |
 The
Lusitania leaving New York
(WW) |
 Captain
of the Lusitania, William Turner
(WW) |
 Bodies
recovered from the Lusitania being removed from S.S. New York
(WW) |
 Last-minute
escape from a torpedoed vessel
(WW) |
 British
hospital ship "Gloucester Castle" torpedoed in Bristol Channel
(WW) |
 Torpedoed
Allied ship sinking while a rescue boat approaches
(WW) |
 Survivors
from torpedoed ship disembark from destroyer
(WW) |
 Clearly
visible wake of a torpedo fired by a German submarine
(WW) |
 Photo
of swamped boat from Cunard liner "Ivernia", sunk 1 Jan 1917
(WW) |
 Schooner
in flames following strike by German torpedo
(WW) |
 Torpedoed
British transport run upon rocks in Eastern Mediterranean
(WW) |
 Torpedoed
French transport "Medic" sinking in the Mediterranean
(WW) |
 Torpedoed
P&O liner "Arabia" sinking in the Mediterranean
(WW) |
 British
troopship "Tyndareus" sinking after striking a mine
(WW) |
 French
submarine chaser equipped with 75 gun
(WW) |
 Wrecked
giant German u-boat
(WW) |
 U.S.
torpedo in process of assembly
(WW) |
 Last-minute
escape from a torpedoed vessel
(WW) |
 British
cruiser "Vindictive", wrecked at Zeebrugge, 1918
(WW) |
 Deck
of German destroyer V-69, damaged by British in the North Sea
(WW) |
 German
destroyer V-69, damaged by British in the North Sea
(WW) |
 British
destroyers creating protective smokescreens at sea
(WW) |
 Allied
merchant ships protected by smokescreens
(WW) |
 Smokescreen
generated by U.S.S. Arkansas
(WW) |
 German
floating mine in the Eastern Mediterranean
(WW) |
 A
mine sweeper which struck a mine
(WW) |
 British
drift fleet in the North Sea
(WW) |
 Putting
finishing touches on French submarine mines in Toulon
(WW) |
 Loading
torpedoes on British submarines
(WW) |
 British
B-9 submarines beached for repairs
(WW) |
 The
'Deutschland' at Baltimore, Md.
(WW) |
 British
B-2 submarine
(WW) |
 S.S.
Rochambeau sailing with gun mounted on her deck, 1917
(WW) |
 American
steamship "Mongolia", which sank a German submarine
(WW) |
 Crew
on a sinking submarine: many were rescued by U.S. "Fanning"
(WW) |
 U.S
steamship "Rockingham", which was sank in the Irish Sea
(WW) |
 Battleship
gun turrets being manufactured at Bethlehem Works
(WW) |
 The
'Faith' concrete ship, built in San Francisco
(WW) |
 The
'Faith' concrete ship being built in San Francisco
(WW) |
 Laying
the keel for a new ship at an American shipyard
(WW) |
 Launching
of the 'Coyote' wooden dreadnought
(WW) |
 U.S.S.
New York
(WW) |
 Camp
May naval reserves receiving their first boat drill
(WW) |
 Signalling
from the bridge of the U.S.S. Pennsylvania
(WW) |
 Gun
crew of auxiliary supply ship 'Celtic'
(WW) |
 Making
ready the 14-inch guns on the U.S.S. Pennsylvania
(WW) |
 14-inch
guns of the U.S.S. Texas in action
(WW) |
 U.S.
destroyer rocking in rough seas
(WW) |
 Stern
of a U.S. destroyer
(WW) |
 Broadside
from U.S.S. New Hampshire
(WW) |
 Fire
on the U.S.S. Wyoming at sea (soon extinguished)
(WW) |
 U.S.S.
Texas leaving New York to join the Atlantic Fleet
(WW) |
 U.S.
transports conveying troops in foreign waters
(WW) |
 Convoy
manoeuvring after a submarine has been discovered
(WW) |
 A
U.S. Marine transport
(WW) |
 S.S.
Rochester arriving at Bordeaux to cheering crowds
(WW) |
 U.S.
transport 'Neptune' ferrying first U.S. soldiers to Europe
(WW) |
 Admiral
Sims
(WW) |
 Admiral
W. S. Benson
(WW) |
 U.S.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
(WW) |
 American
oil ship, Gulflight
(WW) |
 Depth
bombs on the 'Harvard', a converted U.S. yacht
(WW) |
 Results
of the British attack at Zeebrugge
(WW) |
 Scots
Guards leaving Southampton for the Western Front
(NW) |
 German
battleship squadron with its guardian Zeppelin
(NW) |
 1,000
ton British destroyer in a heavy sea
(NW) |
 Destruction
of the cruiser 'Mainz' off Heligoland
(NW) |
 French
battleship 'Justice' leading the French fleet
(NW) |
 H.M.S.
Lion racing into action
(NW) |
 Sir
John Jellicoe's flagship, 'Iron Duke'
(NW) |
 The
end of the 'Blucher'
(NW) |
 Saloniki
harbour
(NW) |
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