Rare 1917 Photo Officers of HMS Donegal Warship Cruiser 4th Cruiser Squadron

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Seller: 42northgallery ✉️ (435) 100%, Location: Davenport, Iowa, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 204715202688 Rare 1917 Photo Officers of HMS Donegal Warship Cruiser 4th Cruiser Squadron.

This photo depicts the Officers of the HMS Donegal 4th Cruiser Squadron on July 1917. The photo is incorporated into a decorated backing card stock. This is a rare photo. At the time of writing this, no other photo of the officers is for sale anywhere online. 

Approximate size: 14 inches x 10.75 inches

The last image of this listing is a reference photo of the HMS Donegal itself (not included in the purchase).

HMS Donegal was one of 10 Monmouth-class armored cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was initially assigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron upon completion in 1903 and ran aground en route to the China Station in 1906. She was briefly placed in reserve after repairs before she was assigned to the Home Fleet in 1907. She joined the 4th Cruiser Squadron on the North America and West Indies Station in 1909 before returning home for an assignment with the Training Squadron in 1912. Donegal was reduced to reserve before World War I began in August 1914 as part of the Third Fleet. Refitting at the beginning of the war, she was then assigned to Sierra Leone for convoy protection duties as part of the 5th Cruiser Squadron. She was transferred to several different cruiser squadrons of the Grand Fleet in 1915 where she escorted convoys to Archangelsk, Russia. In mid-1916 she was assigned to convoy escort duties in the Atlantic. Donegal rejoined the 4th Cruiser Squadron on North America and West Indies Station in 1917 and continued with convoy duties until the end of the war. Donegal was sold for scrap in 1920. The Monmouths were intended to protect British merchant shipping from fast cruisers like the French Guichen, Châteaurenault or the Dupleix class. The ships were designed to displace 9,800 long tons (10,000 t). They had an overall length of 463 feet 6 inches (141.3 m), a beam of 66 feet (20.1 m) and a deep draught of 25 feet (7.6 m). They were powered by two 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft using steam provided by 31 Belleville boilers. The engines produced a total of 22,000 indicated horsepower (16,000 kW) which was designed to give the ships a maximum speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph). The ships carried a maximum of 1,600 long tons (1,600 t) of coal and her complement consisted of 678 officers and ratings.

Please inspect the pictures, as they give the best representation of condition. May have discoloring, edge or corner wear, marks, creases, fading, smudges, corner or edge bends, tears, or corners missing. 

In particular, there is a crease that starts at the top middle-left and goes down about 3/4 of the way down the photo.. You can see it a bit with some of the close-up pictures. 

(BB180 inventory number)

  • Condition: Used
  • Unit of Sale: Single Piece
  • Antique: Yes
  • Type: Photograph
  • Year of Production: 1917
  • Image Orientation: Landscape
  • Image Color: Sepia
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1925-1949
  • Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
  • Vintage: Yes

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