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I felt it was time that a photo-gallery was launched to pay tribute to the time when the Royal Navy truly ruled the waves...
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I must admit - I was expecting some interest in these older RN ships. I am uploading these that I have already sorted for posting but unless I get some positive feedback I will stick to 20th century ships...
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Terry do you have anything on the Dryad or Halycon class Torpedo Gunboats ? Regards Dave

Thanks Dave I am gratified that at least somebody finds these ships from the heyday of the Royal Navy of some interest! Yes I do have some photo`s/pictures of Halcyon/Dryad class gunboats which I will round up later today and post on a new gunboat thread... Also thanks very much for your pictures as well!

They are great pictures Terry. I can't join in as I haven't any from that era. So make a note that Dave isn't the only one looking at these pics! Cheers for now, Bob.
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Terry, Pease do not give up on this subject. Really fascinating era in the development of sea power world wide, regards, Bob

A mixture of ship types and classes.Feel free to add to them if you so wish.. Dave
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Thanks for the support over these old ships Dave and the two-Bobs [sounds like a florin!!]. I am in the process of sorting out some more which I hope to post tomorrow... Also some nice photo`s Dave!

Astral, I tried to post in support of your efforts with this thread, but it was the day of the fatal "up-grade"! Anyway do keep it up. Just a thought - as the forum gets bigger and more mature there must be a risk that threads like this have their day and get lost among newer stuff. I know one can "search", but perhaps there is a case for some more sophisticated archiving.

Thank you CA I will continue with these. I have been gratified by the interest and fortunately I have plenty more to choose from! I think that your point about a more sophisticated archive is a good one.
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Not a patch on your pictures but here are a few more.
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I hadn`t seen the picture of Bristol before. Here is the next batch of 2 and 3 deckers. Probably based on a youth where Hornblower was always a prime influence, I have always loved to see pictures of the black and white 2 and 3-deckers even if I was far more interested in ships of the 20th century. I have come around to the point of view that it is essential to have knowledge of both in order to have a true perspective of British naval history...
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Final batch for today...I added an American as well as 2 French ships to provide an an incentive to keep the RN ships well focused!
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Nice pix terry. Dave

Thanks Dave - I have a few more batches to upload when I get time to sort them out...

Great photos Terry. This is another view of Victory with a submarine passing her. Looks like most of the rigging has been removed from the masts - anyone have any idea of the date of this one and the penultimate one in Terry's last batch?
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Another of Victory in the background with submarine A13 passing and one with Holland No 3 passing by
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Thanks Jim. I have no idea of the exact date of the pictures but I would hazard a guess at the early years of WW1. The sub involved -B1 enjoyed an unusually long life for this type of boat - 1904-1921. By the start of WW1 it was realised she was considerably out of date and she was therefore kept for displays and training exercises - both or either of which would tie in with the pictures...

Next batch - with a slightly different theme...
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Some more of the same...
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Final batch of these...
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Wonderful pictures "astral" . These ships have always fascinated me.

Thanks Jim much appreciated. It is good to see interest in these fine old ships from members across the pond.
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Hi Terry, Thanks for posting the photo of HMS Asia. Showed it to my wife who was most interested as her Great Grandfather, John Moriarty served on her four times between 1881 to 1890, regards, Bob

A pleasure Bob. I think I might have some pictures of HMS Asia on my other computer. If so I will post them for you over the weekend. Here are the next batch I have sorted...
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Any ideas Terry?
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Looks like a screw-corvette of some sort Bob. I will check through my pics and see if I can get a match...

Victorian Era ships are far from my forte but....would it be Warrior or Black Prince or did many other ships have telescopic funnels? Regards....John

Black Prince or Warrior surely. I'd put a small bet on BP as the anchorage looks Mediterranean and I don't think Warrior got beyond the Channel, though BP certainly did (as part of the squadron that was involved in the British occupation of Cyprus in 1878).

Warrior did actually get as far as Bermuda via the Azores in Company with Black Prince. She also made it to Lisbon, Gibraltar and the Baltic. regards...John

A couple more oldies. Bob.
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A few more oldies. Terror. Lapwing. Magpie. Octavia. Canada. Cordelia. Rosario. Cheers, Bob.
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I`m surprised no one has come up with the BELLEROPHON or is she not V era,not clued up on the navy then, I do know that a BELLEROPHON all steel built served in the 1900s----a bit before my time I hasten to point out!!!!!!!
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HMS GANGES at Falmouth in the 19th century.
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[QUOTE=jbryce1437;11429]Great photos Terry. This is another view of Victory with a submarine passing her. Looks like most of the rigging has been removed from the masts - anyone have any idea of the date of this one and the penultimate one in Terry's last batch?[/QUOTE] Probably before she was taken into dry dock for the last time for repairs, I know they stripped a lot of gear off before starting work on the restoration work. Not sure of year, but it will be on record at Pompey Dockyard. The R.N. Museum will be able to put you right on that one.

Thanks, Terry. Beautiful ships!

Posted my request for a picture of SS "DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE" on a different thread but feel that the "MALABAR" and "TAMAR" will not be out of place here either. alffox.
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Hi All, in this vain, has anybody ever laid eyes on a Photo of HMS Firequeen. Per the 1904 navy lists she was a special service steam vessel, and a tender to HMS Victory. So many crew papers have this vessel listed, but i have never seen her. DB.

Don't know how I missed these first time round, but excellent pix as always Terry, a couple of which I have downloaded! Mik

Thats fine Mik. As I hope all members realise they are welcome to download any of the pictures that I have posted in the forum.I have a lot more of these old ship pictures and postcards to show here when I get the time to sort them out!

Right place for these two colour photo's ?? - do not know, but see here ; TERRY - from postcards which you will have - unless you have already ! SHIP1 has on reverse ; Bla-Bla - 20 Nov 1904 post stamped Plymouth Nov 28 04. SHIP2 - printed at our works in Hamburg ??!! Sadsac
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I wonder if this link was posted already: [url]http://www.pdavis.nl/MidVicShips.php?page=1[/url] Quite a lot of information there, not only about ships.

Thanks Terry for posting all these pictures of the Victorian Navy. And thanks to those who added to them. I have just become interested in this era partly because of reading about admirals William Parker,Geoffrey Hornby and John Fisher in the book "Admirals - The Naval Commanders who made Britain great" by Andrew Lambert. An excellent book and very easy to read. I recommend it! Chris Howat

I actually have an interest in the HMS Victory. I posted a photo of my GG Gr Father ... his tally band indicates that he was on the Victory presumably in the late 1890's. I have been trying to find out a bit about her but have had no luck in finding out much about her. I was wondering if could you could shed some light on her last years of service. I know it's an off change, but thought I would give it ago.

A pleasure Chris - I have many more to add when I get some time.

G'day Kay, welcome to the Forum. [I]Victory[/I] was saved for the nation in 1922 as a result of an appeal called "Save The Victory Fund (STVF) by the Society for Nautical Research. A great benefactor was Sir James Caird, Scottish Shipowner who, over a few years, virtually paid for most of her restoration and it cost a lot of money. During and after WW2 she was used as an accommodation ship for a while, visitors not being allowed into the base because of it being put on a war footing. When visitors were allowed to return after the war it was found that she had deteriorated considerably because no upkeep had been maintained. Sir James Caird came to her rescue yet again, so the Nation has a lot to thank him for.[I] Victory[/I] is still used as the Flagship for C and C Portsmouth and is still commanded by a serving RN Officer, but her upkeep is regularly contributed to by the Society for Nautical Research. But for the efforts of the SNR[I] Victory[/I] might well have gone the way of [I]HMS Implacable[/I], the last floating Trafalgar Veteran, which was too far gone to restore and was ultimately towed out to Owers Deep on 2nd December 1949 and scuttled. I faintly remember that happening as I was living on the Lymington River at the time. Incidentally the SNR were also responsible for setting up the National Maritime Museum. Ian:)

Thanks for that Ian. As a reminder if anybody wishes to see many fine pictures of Victory then look no further than here.... [URL]http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1792[/URL]

Hi everyone, here's some "walk-a-bout" photo's I took last year of the Victorian sloop HMS Gannet (1879) that is preserved at Chatham Dockyard in Kent, England, the ship is almost totally restored having being recovered from use as a training ship in the 1920's and 30's, to storage hulk, dog house, chicken coup, dustbin and just about every other use possible. When the ship was brought to Chatham, it was literally an empty hull and in a dreadfull condition. The restoration took several years and required fabricating or locating the entire masts and rigging, decks, weapons, fittings etc. Even the model ship in the Captains Cabin has been restored! At this point in time, the ship is just awaiting boiler/engine replacement. An interesting feature of the ship is it is fitted with a retractable propeller and shaft. I have posted a full profile view of the ship on page 24 of the "Special Warship Pictures" thread. These are reduced resolution photo's, if anyone would like the full resolution photo's, just pm me and I can e-mail them to you.
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Aidan .... fabulous set of photos. Thanks for sharing them.

Your welcome Clive, and thanks for the compliment. Peter, thats a lovely shot of HMS Blake, thanks for posting it.

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