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Various ships, and early submarines, from the turn of the century (48 plates).
Portsmouth Harbour, with HMS Victory
Submarine entering Haslar base
Submarine A8 on a floating pontoon
Attempting to raise the sunken sub A1
Anti-MTB ship HMS Niger at Boulogne dock
MTBs of the Channel Squadron, at Portsmouth
Anti-MTB ship HMS Cobra at full speed
Submarine B1 entering Portsmouth
A submarine stuck on a sandbank off Southsea beach
The German Heavy Cruiser Blucher sinking in the North Sea, 1914
Submarines A4 (front) and a Holland type (left)
Submarines A1 and A4 and a Mother ship
A submarine being towed out of Portsmouth Harbour
Damage to the White Star liner Olympic, following a collision in the Solent (in broad daylight) with the cruiser HMS Hawke, 20th September 1911. (The Olympic's sister ship was the Titanic).
The Industrious, under tow, following storm damage
The wreck of the cruiser HMS Gladiator, following a collision in fog off Great Yarmouth, with the American liner SS St Paul, April 27th 1909
HMS Montague, battleship, launched 1900, 14,000 tons
HMS Montague, stuck fast on rocks off Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, 30th May 1906
HMS Montague, still stuck - Her guns were removed, but all efforts to re-float her failed - She was eventually declared a total loss and sold for scrap
The Depot Ship HMS Monarch, at anchor off Portsmouth, 1905. Launched in 1868, she was the first all-turret ship in the Navy