Submarines Collection (#9)

Growth of the US Navy by G. H. Davis
The rapid growth of the US Navy during the Second World War: the vast array of warships built since the beginning of 1940. Showing US warships, from submarines to battleships. Date: 1945

U-boat warfare 1939-1945 by G. H. Davis
U-boat warfare 1939-1945: a survey of changing German submarines and tactics in a never-ceasing battle during the Second World War

Fortified port of Dakar by G. H. Davis
The fortified port of Dakar, French West Africa, bristling with defences during the Second World War. It was formerly a German stronghold, full of U-boats. Date: 1942

Cartoon, Holidays as Usual, WW1
Cartoon, Holidays as Usual. Mr Jones goes bathing at a seaside resort in the early days of the First World War, not heeding the warnings about submarines being on the lookout for the enemy

Battleship v. submarine by G. H. Davis
Battleship versus submarine: Sir Percy Scotts views on the position of the capital ship illustrated in a series of special Sphere diagrams. Top: the fleet bottled up in a harbour by submarines

Method of saving submarine seamen by G. H. Davis
Our own method of saving submarine seamen. Showing two divers wearing the recently invented copper helmet and waterproof jacket

Menace of the U-boat by G. H. Davis
The deadly menace of the U-boat: the power and possibilities of Germanys underwater wolves. Some details of the operational methods of enemy submarines working in the Atlantic shipping lanes during

British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface
Diagram of British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface while exercising in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, was one of the oldest submarines left (at the time)

Tactics in a torpedo action by G. H. Davis
What happens inside a British submarine when she sights enermy vessels and attacks with torpedoes. 1943

Training school for submarine crew 1943
The U.S Navy submarine school at New London, which these photographs were taken is a rigorous training ground for the men who have already passed preliminary teasts fitting them for their dangerous

U-15 German submarine
The German submarine U-15, which became the first U-boat to be lost to an enemy warship when on 9 August 1914 it was rammed by H.M.S. Birmingham. All 23 crew members perished. Date: 1914

Dekobras Submarine
The interior of Maurice Dekobras submarine, showing the capstan and a drinks cabinet. Date: early 1930s

Bulky grey submarine with propeller at back

Long dark grey submarine

MK46 torpedo, digital illustration

Illustration, diagram illustrating the function of ballast tanks on submarines

2832666; out of copyright

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Practising firing at submarines
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Sailors of the International Expeditionary Force stationed at Thessaloniki practise firing at submarines. Date: circa 1916

The Sultan of Muscat at Portsmouth. Submarine flying the red flag. 22 September 1928

Picture No. 10882777
Passanger Submarine - and divers Date:

Porpoise and Fulton submarines, 1900s C016 / 2541
Porpoise and Fulton submarines. USS Porpoise (SS-7) and the submarine Fulton alongside. In the background are other submarines, with the nearer one the USS Plunger (SS-2)

MONTURIOL, Narciso (1819-1885). Spanish inventor and republican politician. Plans of submarine Ictineo II, designed by Monturiol. Vertical and horizontal section across the axis of the nave. SPAIN

Firing a Torpedo
Charging a torpedo-tube aboard a U-boat, of the type which sank three British cruisers in the North Sea during the first weeks of World War One - a warning of things to come... Date: September 1914

Passanger Submarine - passes the Carthaginian Wreck - Lahaina - Maui
LEE-43 Passanger Submarine - passes the Carthaginian Wreck Lahaina - Maui Lea Lee contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Submarine HMS C31
HMS C31 was a C-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 7 January 1909 and was commissioned on 19 November 1909

Royal Navy B class submarines in harbour
B class submarines moored together. One of which is B11, which won a Victoria Cross in the First World War for carrying out a successful attack on the Turkish battleship Mesudiye in the Dardanelles

Royal Navy submarine, HMS C31
HMS C31 was a C-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 7 January 1909 and was commissioned on 19 November 1909

HMS Camperdown with three submarines moored alongside. HMS Camperdown was an Admiral-class battleship of the Royal Navy

A sailor on board HMS L19
HMS L19 at China station Weihaiwei. HMS L19 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 18 July 1917 c. 1920

Royal Navy submarines moored in Dover harbour, c. 1910. c. 1910

Lusitania - First sight of the approaching Torpedo 1915
Passengers that were on the deck of the Lusitania, were looking out to sea, suddenly they saw a white streak close to the surface coming straight for the vessel. 7 May 1915

Submarine Battle
Cover of Illustrierte Zeitung 3/5 1915, depicting German Airships in battle with british submarines during WWI. Date: 1915

Submarine launch
Launching of a submarine, Kockums shipyard, Malmo, Sweden, 1921 Date: 1921

H M Submarine Number 2
Royal Navy submarine number 2 Date: early 20th century

British Submarine
One of the earliest submarines in the Royal Navy in Portsmouth harbour, with Nelsons Victory in the background. Date: circa 1910

British Submarine B1
This is almost certainly the B1 submarine. Date: 1907

Beached Submarine
Royal Navy submarine of unidentified type, beached. Date: circa 1914

HMS Falmouth, British light cruiser, WW1
HMS Falmouth, British Town-class light cruiser, launched 1910, served during the early part of the First World War. Seen here sinking in the North Sea after being attacked by two German submarines

British battle fleet avoiding enemy submarines, WW1
A British battle fleet zigzagging to avoid enemy submarines during the First World War. Date: March 1915

British Sub in Section
A British submarine in section showing how it attacks, drawing near to the enemy ship with only the periscope showing Date: 1914

U-Boat Periscope

Igor Spassky, Russian naval engineer
Igor Dmitrievich Spassky (born 1926), Russian naval engineer, talking at a meeting. Spassky is General Designer and chief of the Rubin Central Design Bureau of Naval Machinery, St Petersburg, Russia

An old Italian submarine at the Venice Arsenale, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

The crew of the U boat U9, they sunk three royal navy cruisers, HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue

Sea Siren outfits, 1966
Some suggested high fashion outfits for Cowes during the sixties. A dazzlingly striped cat suit in jersey by Jean Varon on the left and a pirate red towelling shorts with white piping

Luring an Italian submarine
With The Fleet Air Arm - No 2 A 1940 cartoon offering a very stereotypical (of the day) suggestion of how the Fleet Air Arm might entice Italian submarines to break surface

Zadar (Zara) - Croatia
A panoramic view looking over Zadar (Zara) - Croatia - showing the harbour, where an impressive white steamship has docked

View from British Navy WWI
A View from a damaged British submarine in the Dardanelles during World War I

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