The Commission of HMS Sussex (1928)
This is a leather bound album, with a tie binding, containing 124 prints of various sizes.
The album contains a printed index (from which a few photographs are lacking in the album) which indicates that a number of prints were added after the original compilation. The photographs are mainly from 1929-31.
Contents: Photograph album relating to HMS Sussex (1928) 1930 – 1931. Included are shipboard scenes, King’s Birthday Review 1929, Naval Review Gibraltar 1930 and Admiral Sir F L Field bidding farewell to the Fleet in 1930. Places include general Mediterranean topography, Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, Jerusalem, Naples, Pompeii, Turkey, Spain, and Yugoslavia.
The album appears to have been compiled by Charles James Cleveland who was born 22 January 1903 and served as a shipwright on board HMS Sussex (1928) from 1929 – 1931. HMS Sussex was a London Class cruiser launched in 1928 – she served in the Mediterranean from 1929 until 1934.
Inside cover
Photograph 1: Lord Leconfield, Admiral of the Fleet, and captain (?Robert Raikes) posing for the camera in front of HMS Sussex’s silver bell which was cast by Messrs Stone of Deptford and funded by Lord Leconfield, Lord Lieutenant of Sussex, ca.1928.
Page 1
Photograph 2: HMS Sussex (1928) at anchor, no date.
Page 2
Photograph 3: HMS Vengeance (1944) at anchor, no date.
Page 3
Photographs 4 – 6: Three views of Lord Leconfield presenting silver plate to officers and ship’s company, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1929.
Page 4
Photograph 7: Aerial view of HMS Vengeance (1944) underway, no date.
Page 5
Photographs 8 & 9: Two views of Gibraltar from the sea, ca.1929.
Photograph 10: The Trafalgar cemetery with the grave of Captain Thomas Norman in the foreground, Gibraltar, ca.1929.
Page 6
Photograph 11: View of the Great Wall of China, no date.
Page 7
Photograph 12: The City of Marseilles (1918) leaving Gibraltar with the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, ca.1929.
Photographs 13 & 14: Two views of the King’s Birthday Review. The Governor of Gibraltar and the C-in-C of Spanish Military Algerciras taking the salute, 3 June 1929.
Page 8
Photograph 15: View of an unidentified bay in which a fleet of ships is anchored, no date.
Page 9
Photographs 16 – 18: Three views of a bull fight, Algerciras, ca.1929.
Page 10
Photograph 19: HMS Warspite (1913), ca.1940.
Photograph 20: HMS Warspite (1913) leaving Portsmouth, 1937.
Photograph 21: Diagram showing track of HMS Warspite (1913) at the battle of Narvik, 13 April 1940.
Page 11
Photographs 22 – 24: Three views of the San Antonio Gardens, Malta, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 25: The Turkish cemetery, Marsa, ca.1930.
Page 12
Photograph 26: HMS Vengeance (1944), no date.
Photograph 27: HMS Speedwell (1935), no date.
Page 13
Photographs 28 – 31: Four views of Malta, ca.1930-31.
Page 14
Photograph 32: The ship’s crest of HMS Sussex (1928), no date.
Photograph 33: View of ratings sitting cross legged on deck of HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31
Photograph 34: View of men engaged in painting the funnels of HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31
Page 15
Photograph 35: A Greek man wearing the national dress – a fustanella, Corfu, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 36: Statue of the dying Achilles at the palace of Achilleion, Corfu, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 37: View of some of the ship’s company, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-1.
Page 16
Photographs 38 – 41: Four views of Jerusalem – camels, the Wailing Wall and Mosque of Omar, a.1930-31.
Page 17
Photographs 42 & 43: Two view of the Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 44: Chain Street, Jerusalem, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 45: Outside walls of Jerusalem, ca.1930-31.
Page 18
Photograph 46: The Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 47: Sec-Net, Jaffa, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 48: Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, ca.1930-31.
Page 19
Photographs 49 & 50: Two views of Jaffa, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 51: The British war cemetery, Jaffa, ca.1930-31.
Page 20
Photograph 52: A sailing vessel underway, Gozo, ca.1930-31.
Page 21
Photograph 53: A statue depicting an eagle, the emblem of Italy, Brioni Gardens, Italy, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 54: View of a 240 mm shell in armoured plate described as ‘war damage’, Brioni Gardens, Italy, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 55: Statue of Theso, Brioni Gardens, Italy, ca,1930-31.
Page 22
Photograph 56: Panoramic view of Athens showing Mars Hill, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 57: Statue of a sleeping female by Yiannoulis Halepas at the tomb of Sofia Afentaki, Athens, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 58: Trojan pillars, Athens, ca.1930-31.
Page 23
Photograph 59: Monument and statue of Lord Byron built in 1895, Athens, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 60: Arch of Hadrian built in the sixth century BC, Athens, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 61: Statue of a man fishing, Athens, ca.1930-31.
Page 24
Photographs 62 – 65: Four views of the Acropolis, ca.1930-31.
Page 25
Photographs 66 & 67: Two views of combined fleet manoeuvres off the coast of Majorca, 1930.
Photograph 68: Sunset over the sea, 1930.
Page 26
Photographs 69 – 71: Three views of HMS Sussex B Company and Field Gun Battery, Naval Review, Gibraltar, 1930.
Page 27
Photograph 72: Group photograph of Forecastle men -winners of the Sussex cup – posing for the camera with captain, officers and silver cup, 1930.
Photograph 73: Mess dining room, HMS Sussex (1928), 1930.
Photograph 74: Some of the ship’s company with paper entitled ‘Sussex by the Sea’, HMS Sussex (1928), 1930
Page 28
Photograph 75 & 76: Two views of Admiral Sir F L Field bidding farewell to the fleet, Malta, 1930.
Photograph 77: Night view of Malta, 1930.
Page 29
Photograph 78: War Memorial, Gibraltar, 1930.
Photograph 79: Hoisting in a torpedo, HMS Sussex (1928), 1930.
Photograph 80: Distant view of HMS Argus (1916) at sea, 1930.
Page 30
Photograph 81: View of unidentified railway track, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 82: View of unidentified volcano, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 83: Two unidentified naval officers possibly Captain Sawbridge with Commander Gaisford-St Lawrence, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Page 31
Photographs 84 & 85: Two views of the hot springs, Naples, ca.1930-31.
Photographs 86 & 87: Two views of Pompeii, ca.1930-31.
Page 32
Photographs 88 & 89: Two views of Pompeii, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 90: Roman amphitheatre, Pola, ca.1930-31.
Page 33
Photographs 91 – 93: Three views of Pompeii, ca.1930-31.
Page 34
Photograph 94: View of the bow of HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Photograph 95: French destroyer approaching Malta, ca.1930-31. Possibly Jaguar (1923).
Photograph 96: View of Daymen’s Whaler crew with officers posing for the camera, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Page 35
Photograph 97: Greek fisher woman, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 98: A Greek man, boy and mule, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 99: View of Mount Parnassus, ca.1930-31.
Page 36
Photograph 100: Two burly Turkish work men posing for the camera, HMS Sussex (1928), Marmarice, [Marmaris] ca.1930-31.
Photographs 101 & 102: Two views of Marmarice from the sea, ca.1930-31.
Page 37
Photographs 103 & 104: Quarterdeck, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Photograph 105: View of the Ricasoli breakwater, Malta, ca.1930-31.
Page 38
Photograph 106: A sun dial, Malaga, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 107: View of bow of ship engaged in speed trials, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 108: A religion procession, Pola, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 109: Distant view of a picnic party,Skiathos, ca.1930-31.
Page 39
Photograph 110: SS River Clyde (1905) at anchor, Malta, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 111: View of crew engaged in pom pom firing, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Photograph 112: Inter port sports day, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 113: Naval Review, Malta, ca.1930-31.
Page 40
Photograph 114: Photographic copy of a naval message from the C-in-C to HMS Sussex (1928) on the ship’s departure from the Mediterranean Fleet, 29 August 1931.
Page 41
Photographs 115 – 118: Four views of officers and crew practising action stations, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Page 42
Photographs 119 – 122: Four views of Rab, Croatia, ca.1930-31.
Loose photographs
Photograph 122: Admiralty barge, 1924.
Photograph 123: Copy of a commemorative postcard re visit of HMS Anson to the Channel Islands with Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh, 21 – 24 June 1949.
Ephemera 1: Printed index which indicates that a few photographs are missing in the album.
Ephemera 2: Crossing the Line certificate presented to Charles James Cleveland, Monarch of Bermuda, 29 March 1941.
Ephemera 3: Crossing the Line presented to Charles James Cleveland, HMS Vengeance, 10 July 1945.
The album contains a printed index (from which a few photographs are lacking in the album) which indicates that a number of prints were added after the original compilation. The photographs are mainly from 1929-31.
Contents: Photograph album relating to HMS Sussex (1928) 1930 – 1931. Included are shipboard scenes, King’s Birthday Review 1929, Naval Review Gibraltar 1930 and Admiral Sir F L Field bidding farewell to the Fleet in 1930. Places include general Mediterranean topography, Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, Jerusalem, Naples, Pompeii, Turkey, Spain, and Yugoslavia.
The album appears to have been compiled by Charles James Cleveland who was born 22 January 1903 and served as a shipwright on board HMS Sussex (1928) from 1929 – 1931. HMS Sussex was a London Class cruiser launched in 1928 – she served in the Mediterranean from 1929 until 1934.
Inside cover
Photograph 1: Lord Leconfield, Admiral of the Fleet, and captain (?Robert Raikes) posing for the camera in front of HMS Sussex’s silver bell which was cast by Messrs Stone of Deptford and funded by Lord Leconfield, Lord Lieutenant of Sussex, ca.1928.
Page 1
Photograph 2: HMS Sussex (1928) at anchor, no date.
Page 2
Photograph 3: HMS Vengeance (1944) at anchor, no date.
Page 3
Photographs 4 – 6: Three views of Lord Leconfield presenting silver plate to officers and ship’s company, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1929.
Page 4
Photograph 7: Aerial view of HMS Vengeance (1944) underway, no date.
Page 5
Photographs 8 & 9: Two views of Gibraltar from the sea, ca.1929.
Photograph 10: The Trafalgar cemetery with the grave of Captain Thomas Norman in the foreground, Gibraltar, ca.1929.
Page 6
Photograph 11: View of the Great Wall of China, no date.
Page 7
Photograph 12: The City of Marseilles (1918) leaving Gibraltar with the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, ca.1929.
Photographs 13 & 14: Two views of the King’s Birthday Review. The Governor of Gibraltar and the C-in-C of Spanish Military Algerciras taking the salute, 3 June 1929.
Page 8
Photograph 15: View of an unidentified bay in which a fleet of ships is anchored, no date.
Page 9
Photographs 16 – 18: Three views of a bull fight, Algerciras, ca.1929.
Page 10
Photograph 19: HMS Warspite (1913), ca.1940.
Photograph 20: HMS Warspite (1913) leaving Portsmouth, 1937.
Photograph 21: Diagram showing track of HMS Warspite (1913) at the battle of Narvik, 13 April 1940.
Page 11
Photographs 22 – 24: Three views of the San Antonio Gardens, Malta, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 25: The Turkish cemetery, Marsa, ca.1930.
Page 12
Photograph 26: HMS Vengeance (1944), no date.
Photograph 27: HMS Speedwell (1935), no date.
Page 13
Photographs 28 – 31: Four views of Malta, ca.1930-31.
Page 14
Photograph 32: The ship’s crest of HMS Sussex (1928), no date.
Photograph 33: View of ratings sitting cross legged on deck of HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31
Photograph 34: View of men engaged in painting the funnels of HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31
Page 15
Photograph 35: A Greek man wearing the national dress – a fustanella, Corfu, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 36: Statue of the dying Achilles at the palace of Achilleion, Corfu, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 37: View of some of the ship’s company, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-1.
Page 16
Photographs 38 – 41: Four views of Jerusalem – camels, the Wailing Wall and Mosque of Omar, a.1930-31.
Page 17
Photographs 42 & 43: Two view of the Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 44: Chain Street, Jerusalem, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 45: Outside walls of Jerusalem, ca.1930-31.
Page 18
Photograph 46: The Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 47: Sec-Net, Jaffa, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 48: Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, ca.1930-31.
Page 19
Photographs 49 & 50: Two views of Jaffa, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 51: The British war cemetery, Jaffa, ca.1930-31.
Page 20
Photograph 52: A sailing vessel underway, Gozo, ca.1930-31.
Page 21
Photograph 53: A statue depicting an eagle, the emblem of Italy, Brioni Gardens, Italy, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 54: View of a 240 mm shell in armoured plate described as ‘war damage’, Brioni Gardens, Italy, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 55: Statue of Theso, Brioni Gardens, Italy, ca,1930-31.
Page 22
Photograph 56: Panoramic view of Athens showing Mars Hill, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 57: Statue of a sleeping female by Yiannoulis Halepas at the tomb of Sofia Afentaki, Athens, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 58: Trojan pillars, Athens, ca.1930-31.
Page 23
Photograph 59: Monument and statue of Lord Byron built in 1895, Athens, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 60: Arch of Hadrian built in the sixth century BC, Athens, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 61: Statue of a man fishing, Athens, ca.1930-31.
Page 24
Photographs 62 – 65: Four views of the Acropolis, ca.1930-31.
Page 25
Photographs 66 & 67: Two views of combined fleet manoeuvres off the coast of Majorca, 1930.
Photograph 68: Sunset over the sea, 1930.
Page 26
Photographs 69 – 71: Three views of HMS Sussex B Company and Field Gun Battery, Naval Review, Gibraltar, 1930.
Page 27
Photograph 72: Group photograph of Forecastle men -winners of the Sussex cup – posing for the camera with captain, officers and silver cup, 1930.
Photograph 73: Mess dining room, HMS Sussex (1928), 1930.
Photograph 74: Some of the ship’s company with paper entitled ‘Sussex by the Sea’, HMS Sussex (1928), 1930
Page 28
Photograph 75 & 76: Two views of Admiral Sir F L Field bidding farewell to the fleet, Malta, 1930.
Photograph 77: Night view of Malta, 1930.
Page 29
Photograph 78: War Memorial, Gibraltar, 1930.
Photograph 79: Hoisting in a torpedo, HMS Sussex (1928), 1930.
Photograph 80: Distant view of HMS Argus (1916) at sea, 1930.
Page 30
Photograph 81: View of unidentified railway track, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 82: View of unidentified volcano, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 83: Two unidentified naval officers possibly Captain Sawbridge with Commander Gaisford-St Lawrence, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Page 31
Photographs 84 & 85: Two views of the hot springs, Naples, ca.1930-31.
Photographs 86 & 87: Two views of Pompeii, ca.1930-31.
Page 32
Photographs 88 & 89: Two views of Pompeii, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 90: Roman amphitheatre, Pola, ca.1930-31.
Page 33
Photographs 91 – 93: Three views of Pompeii, ca.1930-31.
Page 34
Photograph 94: View of the bow of HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Photograph 95: French destroyer approaching Malta, ca.1930-31. Possibly Jaguar (1923).
Photograph 96: View of Daymen’s Whaler crew with officers posing for the camera, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Page 35
Photograph 97: Greek fisher woman, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 98: A Greek man, boy and mule, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 99: View of Mount Parnassus, ca.1930-31.
Page 36
Photograph 100: Two burly Turkish work men posing for the camera, HMS Sussex (1928), Marmarice, [Marmaris] ca.1930-31.
Photographs 101 & 102: Two views of Marmarice from the sea, ca.1930-31.
Page 37
Photographs 103 & 104: Quarterdeck, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Photograph 105: View of the Ricasoli breakwater, Malta, ca.1930-31.
Page 38
Photograph 106: A sun dial, Malaga, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 107: View of bow of ship engaged in speed trials, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 108: A religion procession, Pola, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 109: Distant view of a picnic party,Skiathos, ca.1930-31.
Page 39
Photograph 110: SS River Clyde (1905) at anchor, Malta, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 111: View of crew engaged in pom pom firing, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Photograph 112: Inter port sports day, ca.1930-31.
Photograph 113: Naval Review, Malta, ca.1930-31.
Page 40
Photograph 114: Photographic copy of a naval message from the C-in-C to HMS Sussex (1928) on the ship’s departure from the Mediterranean Fleet, 29 August 1931.
Page 41
Photographs 115 – 118: Four views of officers and crew practising action stations, HMS Sussex (1928), ca.1930-31.
Page 42
Photographs 119 – 122: Four views of Rab, Croatia, ca.1930-31.
Loose photographs
Photograph 122: Admiralty barge, 1924.
Photograph 123: Copy of a commemorative postcard re visit of HMS Anson to the Channel Islands with Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh, 21 – 24 June 1949.
Ephemera 1: Printed index which indicates that a few photographs are missing in the album.
Ephemera 2: Crossing the Line certificate presented to Charles James Cleveland, Monarch of Bermuda, 29 March 1941.
Ephemera 3: Crossing the Line presented to Charles James Cleveland, HMS Vengeance, 10 July 1945.
Object Details
| ID: | ALB1006 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Photograph album |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1929-1931 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 406 mm x 266 mm |