Original Photograph Royal Navy. HMS "Russell" Battleship. Sunk WW1. Fine! c 1903

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Seller: 24jcab ✉️ (9,127) 100%, Location: London, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 166629564688 Original Photograph Royal Navy. HMS "Russell" Battleship. Sunk WW1. Fine! c 1903. Original Photograph Royal Navy. HMS "Russell" pre dreadnought Battleship. Sunk in WW1 after striking 2 mines laid by German U-boat. Fine condition! c 1903

                                                                     

This is a stamped, identifiable, original print stamped Tom Molland, Plymouth: Abrahams Collection  for the discerning & selective Collector.  

Abrahams was one of the most notable of British Naval Photographers & Publishers - based in Devonport, England from prior to WW1. In business for at least part of this time with other family members, his work includes many significant and historical photographs of ships and other maritime subjects.

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This fine photograph  is from a Superb World Class Naval Collection  of Postcards and Photographs that was purchased at auction. This collection was a work project sourced DIRECTLY from the premier naval postcard and photograph producers of the past 100 years.  The original Owners/Collectors spent decades assembling this collection and they was intimately involved in this area of expertise in the UK. Many of these images are rare or never been on the market for decades!

Highly knowledgeable, meticulous and clearly attached to their work they could even identify the time and place where these images were taken!

Even if there are multiple photographs of individual ships each is different whether taken from the bow, stern, starboard or port side!   A Truly remarkable collection!

Description

HMS "Russell"  was a   Duncan -class   pre-dreadnought   battleship   of the   Royal Navy   commissioned in 1903. Built to counter a group of fast Russian battleships,   Russell   and her   sister ships   were capable of steaming at 19   knots   (35 km/h; 22 mph), making them the fastest battleships in the world. The   Duncan -class battleships were armed with a main battery of four   12-inch (305 mm) guns   and they were broadly similar to the   London -class battleships , though of a slightly reduced   displacement   and thinner armour layout. As such, they reflected a development of the lighter second-class ships of the   Canopus -class battleship .   Russell   was built between her   keel laying   in March 1899 and her completion in February 1903.

Russell  served with the Mediterranean Fleet  until 1904, at which time she was transferred to the Home Fleet ; in 1905 the Home Fleet became the Channel Fleet . She moved to the Atlantic Fleet  in early 1907 before returning to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1909. In another fleet reorganisation in 1912, the Mediterranean Fleet became part of the Home Fleet and it was later transferred to British waters. Russell  served as the flagship  of the 6th Battle Squadron  from late 1913 until the outbreak of the First World War  in August 1914.

After the start of the war, Russell  was assigned to the Grand Fleet  and worked with the fleet's cruisers  on the Northern Patrol , and in November, she bombarded German-occupied Zeebrugge . In November 1915 she was sent to the Mediterranean to support the Dardanelles Campaign , though she did not see extensive use there. On 27 April 1916 she was sailing off Malta when she struck two mines  laid by a German U-boat . Most of her crew survived the sinking, though 125 men were killed.

Back:       Tom Molland.

Condition:    Fine image. Postcard sized. Fine card stock.    See high resolution scans for details.  

Shipping:      Each card is shipped in a hard backed envelope with "Please do not Bend" on the front. Cards will be doubled up if more than one is purchased.

ALL photographs that we sell are ORIGINALS . We have scanned directly from the original photograph and the image may sometimes be less vibrant than the postcard itself.

                                      As a collector I hope you enjoy this purchase as much as I enjoy those that I collect!

  • Type: Photograph
  • Singles/ Sets: Single
  • Size: 140mm x 90mm
  • Image Colour: Black & White
  • Decade: 1900s
  • Photographer: Tom Molland: Abrahams Collection.
  • Theme: Navy Ships
  • Features: Port View.
  • Framing: Unframed
  • Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
  • Subject: Royal Navy
  • Modified Item: No

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