Polegate, Sussex. HM Airship Station, October to December 1918

An album containing 115 dry-mounted photographic prints on 30 pages. Most prints are captioned. The album covers four main themes:

1) Photographs taken from an airship on the Forth: Aerial views of certain ships including Princess Royal (1911), Lion (1910), Indomitable (1907), Autrailia (1911), the Forth Battle Squadron, light cruisers, and battlecruisers.
2) RN Airship Station at Slindon, near Arundel: group photographs of the officers, a track chart for SSZ 39 in August 1918, aerial photographs of warships at sea (including HMS Zubian), fancy dress and other activities.
3) Images from HMS Resolution taken by Pat McDonald: come in two batches but generally show other vessels in company with the ship.
4) Surrendered German submarines at Weymouth and Portland: the sequence includes U109 and some US battleships.

See NOTES Field for full list of the plates with descriptions relating to this album.

Object Details

ID: ALB0810
Type: Photograph Album
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1918
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 195 mm x 268 mm x 40 mm