Vessels repaired or demolished by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd., Jarrow on Tyne, from 1915 to 1918. HMS 'Roxburgh' (1904), HMS 'Britannia' (1904), HMS 'Lion' (1910) & 'City of Lincoln' (1911)

Bound photograph album measuring 20“ x 13 ½”, containing 47 leaves, with 52 photographs mostly by W. Parry & Son, South Shields. Captioned with ship name and sometimes date of photograph. Generally in fair condition, spine damaged. Cover marked as title page.

Name Launched View Photo. No.

1. HMS ‘Roxburgh’ 1904 28.6.15, Bow dead ahead, showing torpedo damage 1
2. do. 28.6.15, Port bow
3. do. 28.6.15, Starboard bow
4. do. 28.6.15, Port bow
5. do. 28.6.15, Starboard bow
6. do. 9.7.15, Starboard bow, work in progress
7. do. 9.7.15, Port bow, work in progress
8. do. 19.7.15, Port bow, work in progress
9. do. 19.7.15, Starboard bow, work progressing
10. do. 28.7.15, Port bow
11. do. 28.7.15, Starboard bow
12 do. 31.7.15, Starboard bow, nearly finished
13. do. 31.7.15, Port bow, nearly done
14. do. 12.8.15, Port bow, painted
15. do. 12.8.15, Starboard bow, painted
Roxbrugh was sold in 1921, and broken up in Germany
16. [Blank leaf]
17. HMS ‘Britannia’ 1904 Print 1. Extensive damage to underside, after grounding in the Forth.
18. do. Print 2. do.
19. do. Print 3. do.
20. do. Print 4. do.
21. do. Print 5. do.
22. do. Print 6. do.
23. do. Print 7. do.
24. do. Print 8. do.
25. do. Print 9. do.
26. do. Print 10. do.
27. do. Print 11. do.
28. do. Print 12. do.
‘Britannia’ was taken to Devonport for refitting, and was sunk by ‘UB.50’ off Cape Trafalgar, 9.11.18
29. [Blank leaf]
30. HMS ‘Lion’ (1910) Print 1. General views of damage
31. do. Print 2. Pencil annotation 27th Feb. 1915
32. do. Print 3.
33. do. Print 4.
34. do. Print 5.
35. do. Print 6.
36. do. Print 7.
37. S.S. ‘City of Lincoln’ Torpedo damage, port amidships
38. do. do.
39. do. damage to engine room and boilers
40. do. do.
40 r. HMS ‘Lion’ (1910) Docked at Hepburn for cutting in two, 5.12.24
41. do. In dock, dead ahead, no superstructure
41 r. do. do.
42. do. do.
42 r. do. Cutting up the deck
43. do. do.
43 r. do. Half on tow (to Blyth?) next to the ‘Kiel’, 1922
44. do. do.
44 r. do. do.
45. do. do.
45 r. do. do.
46. do. do.
46 r. do. do., close up, about 20 people on deck.
47. do. On tow

Object Details

ID: ALB0712
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1918
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 343 mm x 508 mm
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