The Grand Fleet

Ships of the Grand Fleet at anchor in Scapa Flow. The battleships clearly visible in the foreground are (from left to right) a Bellerophon or St Vincent class ship, a Queen Elizabeth class ship, a Colossus class ship, HMS Neptune (1909), a Colossus class ship, two more Bellerophon or St Vincent class ships, and another Queen Elizabeth class ship. Although most are too distant to be identified by name, collectively these vessels indicate the presence of the 1st, 4th and 5th Battle Squadrons in the anchorage. A pair of drifters can be seen in the foreground and above and behind them a kite balloon is being streamed from one of the battleships. The dark hulled ship to the right is either a stores vessel [not Borodino (1911)] or a collier.

Object Details

ID: N16737
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Curzon, Francis Richard Henry Penn
Date made: Mar 1917
Measurements: 110 mm x 160 mm