WW1 British Capital Ship Scans

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WW1 British Capital Ship Scans

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From some postcards I recently won on e-bay. Anyone know which ships these are?
Unknown British Battleships Late or Immediately Post WW1
Unknown British Battleships Late or Immediately Post WW1
Also, two scans of Tiger. More to come (of various ships) as I have the time to scan them (and learn how to use my new scanner).
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HMS Tiger - apparently late or post war
HMS Tiger - apparently late or post war
HMS Tiger - apparently early war
HMS Tiger - apparently early war
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Martin:

My guess: KGV, Canada, Tiger, Tiger.

Looks like you were very fortunate to obtain these photos. I don't think I have seen them before.

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I would have never guess Tiger! :heh: The other guesses make sense - thanks.

Here are some more:
HMS Collingwood
HMS Collingwood
HMS Iron Duke
HMS Iron Duke
HMS King George V (WW1, obviously)
HMS King George V (WW1, obviously)
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HMS Temaraire
HMS Temaraire
HMS Vanguard (again, WW1)
HMS Vanguard (again, WW1)
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Hi, The one of IRON DUKE I have it taken from the other side,
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Thank you so much for sharing. Great pictures!
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great pictures :thumbs_up_1:

why are canadas stacks so big such a givaway ? but a strange design choice as a one off what was the thinking ?????
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A few more....
Collingwood
Collingwood
Orion
Orion
Temeraire
Temeraire
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London
London
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HMS St Vincent
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Thanks Dave & Martin for sharing your very nice pictures. It is amazing what is available out there. In the old days, pictorial books about battleships always ran the same old dark indistinct photos. I used to think that there must be a shortage of good battleship portrait photography. I wonder why those authors did not do a better job of searching for photos.
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A good book of quality photographs, if you can get hold of a copy, is World Warships in Review 1860-1905, by John Leather. published in 1976, it contains 133 photographs taken by Beken of Cowes, who were renowned marine photographers. Well worth looking out for, especially if, like me, you're a pre-Dreadnought fan.

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I agree with Rick a great book. Title and ISBN is:World Warships in Review, 1860-1906 (ISBN: 0356080765
At http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchR ... &x=83&y=10 there are 14 copies from $24 bto $87 dollars.

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George & Rick:

I took your advice & ordered World Warships in Review thru Abebooks. Thanks for the advice.


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Glad to be of service - hope you enjoy the book.

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I'll have to check that book out as well.

Another period postcard of the Pre-Dreadnought London, this time in dazzle:
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HMS London in dazzle, 1918
HMS London in dazzle, 1918
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GREAT Image--thank you for sharing!

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Some more postcard scans...
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HMS Lord Nelson - would love to see a kit of this class
HMS Lord Nelson - would love to see a kit of this class
HMS Conqueror
HMS Conqueror
HMS Tiger
HMS Tiger
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Great find Martin - thanks for sharing them
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That dazzle pattern on HMS London is really effective. It makes her look like a sloped casemate ironclad.
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Fantasic pictures :thumbs_up_1: many thanks for posting them, I dont suppose you have any of the German WW1 Fleet?
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