RM2BW2DYX–Left to Right, Captain G.J Fowell; Mr B.A Moods, radio operator; and First Officer C.F Elder members of the flying boat are making preparations at Southampton for the second experimental Atlantic flight which the Cambria is to undertake on July 29. 23 July 1937
RMDAW288–Jenisch, Hans, 19.10.1913 - 29.4.1982, German naval officer, portrait, as first lieutenant, commandant of U 32, with Knight's Cross, 11.10.1940,
RMG15NC9–'The broken floes nearing Pikantlik' by Elisha Kent Kane, 1856. Born in Philadelphia, Kane was senior medical officer of the first Grinnell Arctic expedition of 1850-1851 under the command of Edwin de Haven and financed by Henry Grinnell. It searched u
RMHR63JN–German World War I photographic postcard depicting U-boat on patrol, 1915. From the New York Public Library.
RMDRFK80–General Sir Ian Hamilton, British army officer, and others
RMDYYY9T–Detained English Soldiers in the First World War
RM2M3PEWM–Lt. George William Taylor, R.F.A., died in France on 9 November 1917 of wounds received in battle on 2nd November, aged twenty-five. He was educated at Lees, Hawtrey's, Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He took many prizes at Eton and captained his lower boy football team. While at Cambridge he coxed the Third Trinity boat in 1911, (all the crew served in WWI, with, at the time this caption was written, only two survivors). He was in the Cambridge Artillery and was in in one of the first Gazettes, being appointed an officer on 15 August 1914. After serving in France, at Suvla Bay a
RMDYYY9X–U 9 under the command of Otto Weddigen in the First World War
RM2WRCDBC–Adm. Jackson & Crew of NC-4, Photograph shows crew members of the Navy-Curtiss Flying Boat NC-4 which flew the first trans-Atlantic flight in 1919. From left to right: Lieutenant Elmer F. Stone of the U.S. Coast Guard; Chief Petty Officer Eugene C. Rhoads of the U.S. Navy; Lieutenant Walter Hinton of the U.S. Navy; Ensign Herbert C. Rodd, a radio operator in the U.S. Navy; Lieutenant James Lawrence Breese, Jr.(1884-1959); Admiral Albert Cushing 'Putty' Read (1887-1967) and Admiral Richard Harrison Jackson (1866-1971)., 1919, Glass negatives
RM2M3PBAD–Sailors hauling a boat onto the deck of a ship, directed by an officer, probably as part of a lifeboat drill, May 1915. Date: 1915
RM2HJCE2A–Winter at sea in the 1940s. Pictured the swedish icebreaker Ymer breaking the ice in the inner waters at the swedish coast in febrary 1941. The icebreaker Ymer was built in Malmö 1931-1933 and served as a state icebreaker for 44 years until she was sold and scrapped 1976. The winters during the World war II was often exceptionally cold and the ice became a big problem for the shipping industry and for the military. Ymer was the first big sea icebreaker using a diesel electrical propulsion system, a way of powering ships that today is common. Sweden 1942 Kristoffersson ref 172-6
RM2K8MJ5N–Hankø in the summer of 1956. Recording Norway's first feature film in color, titled 'Smugglers in tuxedo'. Here 'Police Officer Reidar Nissen' played by Carsten Byhring, who is hunting for the big smugglers in a boat belonging to the Customs Service, Anne Lise Tangstad (who plays Eva). Both the Swedish and Norwegian Customs Service agreed to join the film. Photo: Aage Storløkken / Current / NTB.
RM2DBHPCE–The picture shows part of the crew on board the yacht SMY Hohenzollern (from left to right): First Lieutenant Elle, Chief Medical Officer Walter Uthemann, Captain Eberhard von Mantey, Chief Engineer Steinmeyer, Corvette Captain von Holleben, First Lieutenant Wilhelm von Haxthausen, Captain von der Osten and Chief Paymaster Hippe. The Hohenzollern went to New York at the beginning of 1902, from where Prince Henry of Prussia undertook a tour of the USA.
RM2W40K08–Official portrait photograph showing Navy Officer
RM2KE4JP3–'Searching Fault (scene on 'Great Eastern' during laying of the first Atlantic cable 1865-1867). Searching for a fault after recovery of the cable from the bed of the Atlantic July 31st. After Robert Charles Dudley (1826-1909). In May 1865, Great Eastern steamed to Sheerness to take on wire for the laying of the Transatlantic telegraph cable. The cable end was lost mid-Atlantic in an accident, forcing the ship to return in 1866 with a new line. The ship's first officer, Robert Halpin, managed to locate the lost cable end and the unbroken cable made it to shore in Heart's Content, Newfoundland
RM2AE00KH–The Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf follows a launched boat crew during an initial safety sweep of a fishing vessel in the Pacific Ocean Nov. 21, 2019. The Bertholf is the first Legend-class maritime security cutter of the United States Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Giles)
RM2HX4G3P–Jet-Boat Dives In Lake During Trial - The White Hawk being hauled to the shore after the mishap. Mr. Frank Hanning-Lee is seated on right.The £14,000 jet-propelled speed boat White Hawk, in which Mr. Frank Hanning-Lee, on naval officer, of Chelsea, London, and his wife Stella hope to rapture the the world's water speed record for Britain, dived briefly under the surface of the lake in a mishap during a trial run on Windermera, Mr. Hanning-Lee was piloting the boat when it was struck by side-wash from a pleasure boat. Water entered the air intake and the White Hawk dived nose first, filling wit
RM2RF9KG8–Seattle, Washington, 1928 J.B. Downing, Chief Officer of the American Mail Liner, 'President Grant', gives Chief Kiutus Tecumseh of the Yakima Tribe, and Miss Leona Wilson, Queen of the Apple Blossoms' Festival, their first lesson in navigation when they visited his ship in Seattle Harbor recently.
RMGG2FP8–First World War. General Pershing arrives in France 14th June 1917. Nanterre, BDIC
RM2BW2DYA–Left to Right, Captain G.J Fowell; Mr B.A Moods, radio operator; and First Officer C.F Elder members of the flying boat are making preparations at Southampton for the second experimental Atlantic flight which the Cambria is to undertake on July 29. 23 July 1937
RM2M3PCH3–Delia divides, as her sweet custom is Her smiles between the Sister Services, For (specially in war-time) you must know 'Tis well to have two strings unto your bow A young woman punts as she entertains two wounded men - an officer, with his head bandaged and a naval man, holding her parasol. Date: 1917
RM2HX5K4A–River Police Get Fast New Boats From The R.A.F. One of the new Thames River Police craft traveling at high speed during a trial run on the River Thames, London. The first of three new high-speed craft for the Thames River Police has been launched of the River Thames in London. The boats are forty-feet long ex-Roayl Air Force seaplane tenders adapted for their new role. Each is Fitted with two 100-horsepower Diesel engines, and twin screws - giving a speed of twenty-two knots and is equipped with two-way radio and searchlight. March 14, 1947.
RM2X1M6A6–INVASION OF SICILY H.M. FLEET SWEEPER 'SEAHAM' CAPTURES ITALIAN SUB. - Left to right: - 1st Lieut. W.S. Daswon R.N.V.R., of Glasgow chats to Lieut. C.H. Sharp, R.N.V.R., of Oxford, navigator and officer of the 'Watch', who sighted the submarine when it first surfaced and gave orders to ram her. The vessel crashed as Seaman C. Mooney of Sheffield who was lookout on the Seaham and confirmed the sighting of the U Boat, British Army
RM2HX623N–The First German U-Boat Surrenders At Weymouth - The German officers on board the U 249 after the surrender, and guarded by men of the Polish Navy. The first German U-boat - the U 249 surrendered and was taken in charge by the British Navy off Weymouth, Dorset. Five German officers of Ober-Lieut. Kock, were on board when Commander N.J. Weir, R.N., went on board to received the surrenders. May 11, 1945. (Photo by Andrews Planet).;The First German U-Boat Surrenders At Weymouth - The German officer
RM2R8Y43M–The Persian Expedition - 64th Regiment and Bombay (4th) Rifles, the "Bombay" Steamer aground, Gun-boats, the "Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy", Hallilah Hill, 1857. Sketch '...by an officer, in the Bushire Roads, showing part of what occurred during the attack and capture of Bushire...The Bay of Hallilah. On the right is Hallilah-hill. Near the first clump of date-trees (on the right) is the place for landing...The gun-boats were stationed here to defend the landing of the troops. The firing commenced on Sunday, Dec. 7, at about half-past six in the morning, from the gun-boats, and
RM2M3PET5–Photograph showing the experimental theatre on which dazzle designs, to camouflage ships were tested, The officer on the right is observing a model through a periscope. The two photographs above show the same ship painted in dazzle and one not. The concept behind dazzle was to confuse submarines who were unable to calculate a ship's distance because of the breaking up accepted lines and general form. It also meant that longer observation was required through a periscope which meant the position of the submarine might also be detected by a lookout and attack avoided by alteration of course
RM2B2BCED–The picture shows the coaling, in other words the transfer of coal to the large warships. Until the First World War, coal was the only heating power for ships and the supply of coal was therefore of strategic importance.
RMHFWF39–081002-N-0000X-001 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Oct. 2, 2008) In this undated file photo the submarine USS Grunion (SS 216) is seen underway. Grunion was reported lost on August 16, 1942 after reporting firing on an enemy destroyer, sinking three destroyer-type vessels, and attacking unidentified enemy ships during her first war patrol. The boat has been found off the coast of the Aleutian Islands by the sons of the boat’s commanding officer, who was lost with the ship in World War II. U.S. Navy Photo (Released) USS Grunion (SS 216)
RF2KPC7DG–WW1 - 14/18 - Lord Horatio Herbert KITCHNER (1850-1916) - 1st Earl KITCHNER - in full dress uniform
RM2WG0X8X–Goppo, or the Custom Office Director in Canton, Sailing on His Vessel, 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe. This atlas, published by the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1813, includes maps of Kruzenshtern's route and 109 plates based upon the drawings of V. G. Tilesius, a doctor, naturalist, and the official artist of the expedition. It is one of the largest publications of engravings from tsarist Russia. The subjects depicted include views of Sakhalin, Kamchatka, and the Kurile Islands; representations of Siberian natives and other
RMDRHMEM–British sailors laying anti-submarine nets from drifter, WW1
RME003XW–German troops at the Baltic Sea, 1916
RM2W42HMK–Official photograph showing British Navy officer
RMDYYXX0–U 35 in the Mediteranean Sea in World War I
RMB5MX18–9US 1917 2 3 A1 E WW1 Break of dipl relations Ger Emp World War 1 USA 1917 18 Break off of diplomatic relations with the German
RME005BH–Crossing the Danube, 1916
RM2AWGHNB–The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . he deck against thisinvasion until a second boat made fast in another quarter andswppt the deck with musket fire. The first officer was in themagazine below, breaking out ammunition, the captain waswounded, and the command of this awkward situation fellupon Lieutenant, or Second Officer Peabody, who was a con-spicuous mark in his white nightshirt. He ordered cold shotheaved into the boats to sink them if possible, and one of themwas smashed and sunk in short order. Peabody then mustered his crew against
RMDYYY9W–English sailors in World War I, 1914
RM2BW214W–Captain A. S. Wilcockson (right) and First Officer G. H. Bowes at Hythe, Southampton where they have been preparing for the first experimental commercial transatlantic crossing to be made by the flying boat Caledonia next week (June 24). 18 June 1937
RMDYYXY8–Allied shipwrecked officers in World War I
RF2EWRGRD–Crew icons set. Outline set of crew vector icons for web design isolated on white background
RM2RRJEXW–'La Mission Joffre-Viviani en Amerique; Sur la Lorraine: de gauche a droite, au fond, le marechal, M. Viviani, l'amiral Chocheprat et le commandant du transatlantique', 1917. First World War: the Joffre-Viviani Mission in America; on board the 'Lorraine'; from left to right, the marshal (Joffre), Mr. Viviani, Admiral Chocheprat and the commander of the transatlantic. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].
RM2P0X8AB–'Une lachete allemande; le capitaine Charles Fryatt, fusille par les Allemands', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916". Charles Fryatt was a British merchant ship captain who was executed by the Germans for attempting to ram a u-boat in 1915.
RM2R4DM5G–''L'expedition des Dardanelles, le tentative de enforcement; Les cinq officiers survivants du "Bouvet" ', 1915 (1924). From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].
RM2WRH4A7–Mrs. Hugh [i.e. Hugo] Johnstone, 30 May 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) (left), a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds during World War I. With Adams are Mrs. Mitchel (later Mrs. Hugo Johnstone), wife of New York Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) and Mayor Mitchell. The photograph was taken on Memorial Day, May 30, 1917, the day of the "launch" of the ship.
RM2W41937–Official photograph showing Navy officer filming aboard a ship
RM2BW20H1–Captain A. S. Wilcockson (right) and First Officer G. H. Bowes studying the Atlantic route at Hythe, Southampton in readiness for the first experimental commercial transatlantic crossing to be made by the flying boat Caledonia next week (June 24). 18 June 1937
RMDYYXYA–Naval warfare in World War I
RMDYYY9R–Attack of a German submarine under the command of Otto Weddigen, 1917
RMDYYY9N–German sailors of the submarine 'U 9' under the command of Otto Weddigen
RMDYYY9P–German submarine under the command of Otto Weddigen in World War I
RMDYYY9M–message of a submarine in World War I
RM2WRH49M–Capt. & Mrs. Mitchel, Jack Adams, May 31 1917 (date created or published later). Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929), a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds during World War I. With Adams are Mrs. Olive Mitchel, wife of New York Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) and a child, Jack Adams. The photograph was taken on Memorial Day, May 30, 1917, the day of the "launch" of the ship.
RMDYYXXA–Crew of a German submarine, 1917
RM2RRJ75H–'L'attaque navale de Zeebrugge et Ostende; Apres Zeebrugge, Le vice-amiral Roger Keyes, qui dirigeait l'expedition', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].
RM2BW200P–Captain A. S. Wilcockson (right) and First Officer G. H. Bowes studying the Atlantic route beside Caledonia at Hythe, Southampton in readiness for the first experimental commercial transatlantic crossing to be made by the flying boat Caledonia next week (June 24). 18 June 1937
RM2BW20WH–'Caledonia' crew for first experimental transatlantic flight. Captain A S Wilcockson, commander, and the crew of the giant Empire flying boat 'Caledonia'photographed at Southampton before leaving for the Shannon base in the Irish Free State from where the 'Caledonia'will take off on her first experimental transatlantic flight to Newfoundland and New York. Left to right, radio operator Hobbs, and First Officer Bowes. 4 July 1937
RM2P0XTWC–National Aero Coast Patrol Commn. - Curtiss Hydroaeroplane or Flying Boat Exhibited Near House Office Building, Bowman; Frankenfield; [Robert] Peary [centre]; Smith; Fred Kelly, 1917.
RM2BW2079–'Caledonia' crew for first experimental transatlantic flight. Captain A S Wilcockson, commander, and the crew of the giant Empire flying boat 'Caledonia'photographed at Southampton before leaving for the Shannon base in the Irish Free State from where the 'Caledonia'will take off on her first experimental transatlantic flight to Newfoundland and New York. Left to right, radio operator Hobbs, and First Officer Bowes. 4 July 1937
RM2P0XTWR–National Aero Coast Patrol Commn. - Curtiss Hydroaeroplane or Flying Boat Exhibited Near House Office Building, Rep. Kahn; Unidentified; Asst. Sec. Ingraham; Adm. [Robert] Peary; Rep. Lieb; Prof. Frankenfield; Bowman; Taylor; Newton; Smith. Unidentified Man, Back Turned Right of Kahn, 1917.
RM2BW27P6–'Caledonia' crew for first experimental transatlantic flight. Captain A S Wilcockson, commander, and the crew of the giant Empire flying boat 'Caledonia'photographed at Southampton before leaving for the Shannon base in the Irish Free State from where the 'Caledonia'will take off on her first experimental transatlantic flight to Newfoundland and New York. Left to right, radio operator John Lewis, Captain A S Wilcockson, First Officer Bowes, and radio operator Hobbs. 4 July 1937
RM2P0XTW6–National Aero Coast Patrol Commn. - Curtiss Hydroaeroplane or Flying Boat Exhibited Near House Office Building, Rep. Kahn; Unidentified Back; Asst. Sec. Ingraham; Adm. [Robert] Peary [4th left, foreground]; Rep. Lieb; Prof. Frankenfield; Bowman; Taylor; Newton; Miss Marie Peary; E.H. Smith, 1917.
RM2BW20TY–'Caledonia' crew for first experimental transatlantic flight. Captain A S Wilcockson, commander, and the crew of the giant Empire flying boat 'Caledonia'photographed at Southampton before leaving for the Shannon base in the Irish Free State from where the 'Caledonia'will take off on her first experimental transatlantic flight to Newfoundland and New York. Left to right, radio operator Hobbs, Captain A S Wilcockson, First Officer Bowes, and radio operator Lewis. 4 July 1937
RM2BW20JW–The Imperial Airways flying boat Caledonia arrived back at Southampton from the Foynes airbase, Ireland, after completing her first experimental doublecrossing of the Atlantic. The return ocean crossing was accomplished in 12 hours 7 minutes. First Officer Bowes. July 1937 [?]
RM2WRH39E–Capt. P. Koenig, Paul Hinken, 1916. Shows submarine Captain Paul Liebrecht Ko¨nig. He was Captain of the merchant sub Deutschland. This shows them in Baltimore on July 10, 1916.
RM2BW207G–The Imperial Airways flying boat Caledonia arrived back at Southampton from the Foynes airbase, Ireland, after completing her first experimental doublecrossing of the Atlantic. The return ocean crossing was accomplished in 12 hours 7 minutes. The crew members - left to right: Captain A. S. Wilcockson, First Officer Bowes, and radio operators Hobbs and Tommy Valetts.] 17 July 1937
RM2BW208T–The Imperial Airways flying boat Caledonia arrived back at Southampton from the Foynes airbase, Ireland, after completing her first experimental doublecrossing of the Atlantic. The return ocean crossing was accomplished in 12 hours 7 minutes. The crew [Left to right: Radio operator Tommy Valetts, Captain A. S. Wilcockson, First Officer Bowes, and radio operator Hobbs] been greeted by deputy mayor of Southampton, councillor Saunders. 17 July 1937
RM2BW1YY7–Flying boats 'Caledonia'being prepared for the first commercial Atlantic crossing. The Imperial Airways flying boat 'Caledonia'is being prepared at Hythe for the first experimental commercial transatlantic crossing which she is to make next week (24 June). The 'Caledonia'will be piloted by Capt A S Wilcockson and first officer GH Bowes. Photo shows, mechanics, on top of the Caledonia at Hythe. 19. June 1937
RM2BW3XKJ–To blaze a new air trail along the 7000 miles route from California to Australia, the newest giant Sikorsky Clipper flying boat left Alameda, California, on her flight across the Pacific Ocean photo shows the crew of the Clipper plane on departure from Alameda. From left - Ivan Parker (Pruser) ; William M Holsenbeck (Junior Officer) ; Thomas R Runnels (Radio) ; Victor Wright (Flight Engineer) ; Harry A Canaday (Navigator) ; Frank Briggs (First Officer) ; Captain Edwin C Musick (Commander). March 1937
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