Album of Cdr. H. Oliver Hill RN

A photograph album with black boards, a weak spine, 30 leaves, 171 photographs pasted in, and also 3 loose photographs.
There are negatives of Beckett and Cdr. Dobson at Osea Island, and also Rex the dog of HMS Tiger (1913).
The album includes photographs on the following themes:
HMS Tiger (1913) 1915-1916
Osea Island CMB Base 1917-19
Berrima (1913) after being torpedoed on 18 February 1917
Oldfield Grange (1913) after being torpedoed on 7 June 1917
H. Oliver Hill
Eustace (1913) after being torpedoed on 11 June 1917
CMB 15, 65A, 77A and others
HMS Vimiera (1917)
HMS Malaya (1915)
London (County Hall under construction, 1917)
Cdr. C. C. Dobson (who would later win the Victoria Cross) with Beckett - copy negative: P49738

Object Details

ID: ALB0251
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 254 mm x 197 mm
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