Album relating to the naval service of Captain E. W. B. Sim (date unknown-1941)
A photograph album with 20 leaves and 214 prints of various sizes affixed with corner mounts as well as 9 loose photographs. There is minimal captioning.
The album includes the following: RNC Osborne circa. 1912; test mobilisation, 1st August 1914; HMS Ampitheatre (1898); HMS Barham (1914), 1915-7; HMS Radstock (1916), 1917; RNC Dartmouth.
Below is an outline of Sim's service career (this may well be incomplete):
1914: Mid - Amphitrite
1915: Mid - Barham
1917: Act S/L
1918: SL - President
1920: L - Veteran
1924: - Bruce
1926: - Venetia
1928: Lt Car - Dartmouth
1930: - Sterling
1932: - Wolfhound
1933: Car
1934: - Drake
1936: - Personal Services Department
1937: - Arethusa
1940: C
1941: - Galatea (died 15 December 1941 aboard Galatea)
The album includes the following: RNC Osborne circa. 1912; test mobilisation, 1st August 1914; HMS Ampitheatre (1898); HMS Barham (1914), 1915-7; HMS Radstock (1916), 1917; RNC Dartmouth.
Below is an outline of Sim's service career (this may well be incomplete):
1914: Mid - Amphitrite
1915: Mid - Barham
1917: Act S/L
1918: SL - President
1920: L - Veteran
1924: - Bruce
1926: - Venetia
1928: Lt Car - Dartmouth
1930: - Sterling
1932: - Wolfhound
1933: Car
1934: - Drake
1936: - Personal Services Department
1937: - Arethusa
1940: C
1941: - Galatea (died 15 December 1941 aboard Galatea)
Object Details
ID: | ALB0831 |
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Type: | Photograph album |
Display location: | Not on display |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 414 mm x 279 mm |