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Dreadnought Collection

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Dreadnoughts and hydroplane, British Grand Fleet, North Sea, First World War, 1914

Dreadnoughts and hydroplane, British Grand Fleet, North Sea, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Officers of TENNESSEE, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Officers of TENNESSEE, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Officers of TENNESSEE, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Launching of TEXAS - Secy Meyer [and] Claudia Lyon, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Launching of TEXAS - Secy Meyer [and] Claudia Lyon, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Launching of TEXAS - Secy Meyer [and] Claudia Lyon, 1912

Background imageDreadnought Collection: NEVADA on trial run (22 1/2 knots), between c1915 and 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

NEVADA on trial run (22 1/2 knots), between c1915 and 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
NEVADA on trial run (22 1/2 knots), between c1915 and 1916. Shows the USS Nevada which was commissioned in early 1916

Background imageDreadnought Collection: On the SMS Kaiser, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

On the SMS Kaiser, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
On the SMS Kaiser, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageDreadnought Collection: On U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

On U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
On U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Shows sailors dancing on the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Launch of WYOMING, 5/25/11, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Launch of WYOMING, 5/25/11, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of WYOMING, 5/25/11, 1911

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Junior Naval Scouts, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Junior Naval Scouts, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Junior Naval Scouts, 1917. Shows members of the Junior Naval Scouts aboard the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: FLORIDA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

FLORIDA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
FLORIDA, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageDreadnought Collection: TENNESSEE, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

TENNESSEE, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
TENNESSEE, 1919. Shows a crowd and the launching platform near the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43), which was launched on April 30, 1919 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Background imageDreadnought Collection: RAMILLIES, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

RAMILLIES, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
RAMILLIES, between c1915 and c1920. Shows the HMS Ramillies a Royal Navy battleship

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Coaling 'MINAS GERAES', between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Coaling "MINAS GERAES", between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Coaling "MINAS GERAES", between c1910 and c1915. Shows the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes (Minas Gerais)

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917

Background imageDreadnought Collection: WYOMING in dock, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

WYOMING in dock, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
WYOMING in dock, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageDreadnought Collection: RIVADAVIA, c1913. Creator: Bain News Service

RIVADAVIA, c1913. Creator: Bain News Service
RIVADAVIA, c1913. Shows the ship Rivadavia, built for the Argentine navy, in drydock for repairs, possibly at the Charleston Navy Yard, Boston

Background imageDreadnought Collection: RIVADAVIA, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

RIVADAVIA, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
RIVADAVIA, 1914. Shows the ship Rivadavia, built for the Argentine navy, in drydock for repairs, possibly at the Charleston Navy Yard, Boston, August-December 1914

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Deck on 'MINAS GERAES', between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Deck on "MINAS GERAES", between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Deck on "MINAS GERAES", between c1910 and c1915. Shows the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes (Minas Gerais)

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Deck scene - MINAS GERAES, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Deck scene - MINAS GERAES, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Deck scene - MINAS GERAES, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes (Minas Gerais)

Background imageDreadnought Collection: MINAS GERAES coaling, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

MINAS GERAES coaling, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
MINAS GERAES coaling, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes (Minas Gerais)

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Sailors on 'MINAS GERAES', between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sailors on "MINAS GERAES", between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sailors on "MINAS GERAES", between c1910 and c1915. Shows the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes (Minas Gerais)

Background imageDreadnought Collection: ARKANSAS U.S.N. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

ARKANSAS U.S.N. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
ARKANSAS U.S.N. between c1910 and c1915

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Geoffrey O'Hara, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Geoffrey O'Hara, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Geoffrey O'Hara, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Geoffrey O'Hara (1882-1967) who was a Canadian American composer, singer and educator on the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Shows the dreadnought battlship USS Utah, BB-31. Commissioned in 1911

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Turrets on UTAH [ship], 1911. Shows the dreadnought battlship USS Utah, BB-31. Commissioned in 1911

Background imageDreadnought Collection: WYOMING from Brooklyn Bridge, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

WYOMING from Brooklyn Bridge, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
WYOMING from Brooklyn Bridge, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the Manhattan Bridge in the background

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Flag at 1/2 mast on FLORIDA 1/13, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Flag at 1/2 mast on FLORIDA 1/13, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Flag at 1/2 mast on FLORIDA 1/13, 1913

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Peeling potatoes on USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Peeling potatoes on USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Peeling potatoes on USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Sailors going to USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sailors going to USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sailors going to USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageDreadnought Collection: On deck of USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

On deck of USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
On deck of USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Launch of SMS Viribus Unitis at Trieste, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Launch of SMS Viribus Unitis at Trieste, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of SMS Viribus Unitis at Trieste, 1911

Background imageDreadnought Collection: USS Delaware, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

USS Delaware, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
USS Delaware, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Signalling from USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Signalling from USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Signalling from USS Arkansas, between c1910 and c1915. Shows sailors semaphore flag signalling

Background imageDreadnought Collection: USS Utah, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

USS Utah, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
USS Utah, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageDreadnought Collection: French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918

Background imageDreadnought Collection: French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929), a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Colonel Percy Albert Guthrie (1884-1948), leader of the 236th Canadian Infantry (the Maclean Highlanders), speaking on the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Captain Adams receiving 'Kilties' on U

Captain Adams receiving "Kilties" on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) a U.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieut. McKinney, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieut. McKinney, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieutenant McKinney, 1917. Grace Carley Harriman, Blaine Ewing, and Lieutenant McKinney on the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Junior Naval Scout on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Junior Naval Scout on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Junior Naval Scout on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. A Junior Naval recruit semaphore flag signalling on the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Margaret Murray Crumpacker, Commandant of the Women's Auxiliary for Naval Recruiting, addressing Navy recruits under the guns of the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Reverend Herbert Shipman addressing recruits, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Reverend Herbert Shipman addressing recruits, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Reverend Herbert Shipman addressing recruits, 1917. Episcopal suffragen bishop and military chaplain Herbert Shipman (1869-1930), addressing Navy recruits under the guns of the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Officers of the U.S.S. Recruit, 1917 Creator: Bain News Service

Officers of the U.S.S. Recruit, 1917 Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. C.F. Pierce, Lt. W.P. Vickerman, Ass't Surg. J.J. Kaveny, Com. C. Adams, Lt. Com. T.N. Taylor, Lt. C. McKinney, Ass't P.M. Wells Hawkes, Ass't Surg R.H

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Rookies leave U.S.S. Recruit for Newport, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Rookies leave U.S.S. Recruit for Newport, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Rookies leave U.S.S. Recruit for Newport, 1917. Navy recruits disembarking from the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Mabel Garrison on U.S.S. Recruit, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mabel Garrison on U.S.S. Recruit, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison on U.S.S. Recruit, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with sailors on board the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Mabel Garrison, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mabel Garrison, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison, 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963), digging a spade into the ground at a demonstration garden next to the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Christening party on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Christening party on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Christening party on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. A view from the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce

Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963), with officer and sailors on board the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Mrs. Hugh [i.e. Hugo] Johnstone, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. Hugh [i.e. Hugo] Johnstone, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Hugh [i.e. Hugo] Johnstone, 30 May 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) (left), a U.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Mabel Garrison, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mabel Garrison, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with officer and sailors on board the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Capt. & Mrs. Mitchel, Jack Adams

Capt. & Mrs. Mitchel, Jack Adams, May 31 1917 (date created or published later). Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929), a U.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce

Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with naval officer on board the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Junior Naval Scouts on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Junior Naval Scouts on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Junior Naval Scouts on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Members of the Junior Naval Scouts aboard the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Mayor Mitchel boarding U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mayor Mitchel boarding U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mayor Mitchel boarding U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. New York Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) boarding the U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917 (date created or published later)

Background imageDreadnought Collection: U.S.S. Recruit, Union Sq. between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

U.S.S. Recruit, Union Sq. between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S.S. Recruit, Union Sq. between c1915 and c1920. The "U.S.S

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Lt

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917

Background imageDreadnought Collection: AUDACIOUS, between c1912 and c1914. Creator: Bain News Service

AUDACIOUS, between c1912 and c1914. Creator: Bain News Service
AUDACIOUS, between c1912 and c1914. The H.M.S. Audacious warship of the Royal Navy which was sunk by a German mine off the coast of Ireland on October 27, 1914 during World War I

Background imageDreadnought Collection: U.S.S. Wyoming Leading Battleships in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1917. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Wyoming Leading Battleships in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1917. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Wyoming Leading Battleships in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1917

Background imageDreadnought Collection: South Carolina class battleship

South Carolina class battleship, either South Carolina or Michigan, the first American dreadnoughts

Background imageDreadnought Collection: South Carolina class battleship

South Carolina class battleship, either South Carolina or Michigan, the first American dreadnoughts

Background imageDreadnought Collection: U.S.S. Arkansas, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

U.S.S. Arkansas, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
U.S.S. Arkansas, 1914

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Vice Admiral Sir John Jellicoes Flagship, Iron Duke, Being Coaled at Sea. Inset

Vice Admiral Sir John Jellicoes Flagship, Iron Duke, Being Coaled at Sea. Inset: Vice-Admiral Jellicoe, 1915

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Guarding the Flag, (1919). Creator: Unknown

Guarding the Flag, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Guarding the Flag, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: The two forward turrets of H.M.S. " Conqueror", showing the 13.5-inch guns, ten of which form her main armament

Background imageDreadnought Collection: The Fangs of the British Lion, (1919). Creator: Unknown

The Fangs of the British Lion, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The " Fangs" of the British Lion, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: The muzzles of the forward 12-inch guns of the battleship " Neptune", covered during coaling

Background imageDreadnought Collection: On Board A French Dreadnought, (1919). Creator: Unknown

On Board A French Dreadnought, (1919). Creator: Unknown
On Board A French Dreadnought, (1919)

Background imageDreadnought Collection: A Modern Battleship -- H. M. S. Jupiter, c1900. Creator: Unknown

A Modern Battleship -- H. M. S. Jupiter, c1900. Creator: Unknown
A Modern Battleship -- H.M.S. Jupiter, c1900. From " The British Navy - Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Background imageDreadnought Collection: The Dreadnought, c1908, (1909). Artist: George Marston

The Dreadnought, c1908, (1909). Artist: George Marston
The Dreadnought, c1908, (1909). Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) made three expeditions to the Antarctic

Background imageDreadnought Collection: View of Greenwich across the River Thames, London, c1841. Artist: William Parrott

View of Greenwich across the River Thames, London, c1841. Artist: William Parrott
View of Greenwich across the River Thames, London, c1841. With vessels on the water including the Dreadnought on the right

Background imageDreadnought Collection: The Brazilian Super-Dreadnought Minas Geraes nearing Rio, 1914. Artist: Edgar L Pattison

The Brazilian Super-Dreadnought Minas Geraes nearing Rio, 1914. Artist: Edgar L Pattison
The Brazilian Super-Dreadnought Minas Geraes nearing Rio, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Background imageDreadnought Collection: The Benjamin Constant Training Cruiser and the dreadnought Minas Geraes in Rio Harbour

The Benjamin Constant Training Cruiser and the dreadnought Minas Geraes in Rio Harbour, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Breaking up the hospital ship Dreadnought at Chatham dockyard, 1875

Breaking up the hospital ship Dreadnought at Chatham dockyard, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, (23 January 1875)

Background imageDreadnought Collection: Bretagne French dreadnought of 25, 000 Tons, c1915-1940

Bretagne French dreadnought of 25, 000 Tons, c1915-1940. Built at Brest between 1912 and 1915, the Bretagne served in the Mediterranean in both world wars


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