Album entitled 'Salvage operations in Near Eastern Waters' (signed) 'W. A. Doust', relating to work carried out by the Ocean Salvage Co. Lt. London, in the area of the Dardanelles, Aegean Sea and Black Sea 1920-3
This is a card covered lace bound album, containig 103 photographs corner mounted. There are 8 additional pages on which are mounted 47 photographs. Information on most of the vessels depicted has been added.
The album includes the following locations: Castellorizo, River Danube.
The album includes the following vessels: Caesar II (1906) salvage steamer, ex. trawler of Hull, reg. London 1920; Massena (1895) France 65; Adelina (1921) Italian; Smyrne (1911) Greek, ex Olympiade, renamed 1921; Iro (1899) Greek, 21/5/1922 hay cargo afire, 22/5/1922 scuttled, 2/7/1922 refloated; Marmara(s) (1918) Greek, ashore 26/3/1922, refloated 27/3/1922; Belos (1885) Swedish salvage steamer; Nicolo Tommaseo (1910) Italian; Bosphorus Lightship; SC 338 (circa. 1917) USA 65; Ferencz Jozsef Kiraly (1913), Italian, registered Fiume 1919-, out by 1924; Cleopatra III (1906) ex Cleopatra, salvage steamer, ex trawler of Hull, reg. London 1920; Agordat (1899) Italy 65; Ingrid (1911) Swedish, ashore 13/2/1923, got off 19/2/1923; Georges S. (1877) Greek, stranded 10/2/19123, refloated 14/2/1923; Vinh-Long (1881) French transport burnt by accident and lost 16/12/1922 off Constantinople; Yavuz (1911) Turkey 65; Atene (1900) Italian; HMS Stonehenge (1919); Breynton (1909); Catania (1910) Italian, renamed Ascensione 1922-3, Sausenberg (1900) ex Numida 1919-26, became Esmeralda; Wico (1888) ex Paula, out of L.R. 1923, USA; La Valette (1879) salvage tug; HMS Ben-My-Chree (1908).
The 8 loose album pages are of the same size as those in the album and are captioned in the same hand, but showing casualties generally later than those in the album itself, in 1923-6, and the vessel include: Naluca (1914) Rumania 65; Manhattan Island (1919) ex Osakis, renamed circa. 1922 USA; Thomas Fooks J. (1865) ashore 6/12/1925, sold for breaking up August 1926; Ottoka (1896) Greek, wrecked 7/12/1925; Nicolaos (1901) Greek, grounded 20/12/1925, refloated at midnight on 23/12/1926; Charterhouse (1910) beached after collision 16/2/1926, refloated 17/2/1926; Imerethie II (1924) French, ashore 21/5/1925. refloated 25/5/1925; Uguaglianza (1901) Italian, ashore 16/11/1925, refloated 17/11/1925; Canonnier (1919) Belgian, ashore 3/6/1923, refloated 4/6/1923; Ingrid (1911) Swedish (also appears in main album); La Valette (1879) (also appears in main album); King Lear (1906) salvage vessel ex Hull trawler, reg. London 1920; Ayandjik (1873) Turkish, sunk 30/6/1924, refloated 1/8/1924.
Some of these images have been scanned with references
L7584-001 to -004
L7496-001 to -004
Copy Negative: P49715, P49716 and P49717
The album includes the following locations: Castellorizo, River Danube.
The album includes the following vessels: Caesar II (1906) salvage steamer, ex. trawler of Hull, reg. London 1920; Massena (1895) France 65; Adelina (1921) Italian; Smyrne (1911) Greek, ex Olympiade, renamed 1921; Iro (1899) Greek, 21/5/1922 hay cargo afire, 22/5/1922 scuttled, 2/7/1922 refloated; Marmara(s) (1918) Greek, ashore 26/3/1922, refloated 27/3/1922; Belos (1885) Swedish salvage steamer; Nicolo Tommaseo (1910) Italian; Bosphorus Lightship; SC 338 (circa. 1917) USA 65; Ferencz Jozsef Kiraly (1913), Italian, registered Fiume 1919-, out by 1924; Cleopatra III (1906) ex Cleopatra, salvage steamer, ex trawler of Hull, reg. London 1920; Agordat (1899) Italy 65; Ingrid (1911) Swedish, ashore 13/2/1923, got off 19/2/1923; Georges S. (1877) Greek, stranded 10/2/19123, refloated 14/2/1923; Vinh-Long (1881) French transport burnt by accident and lost 16/12/1922 off Constantinople; Yavuz (1911) Turkey 65; Atene (1900) Italian; HMS Stonehenge (1919); Breynton (1909); Catania (1910) Italian, renamed Ascensione 1922-3, Sausenberg (1900) ex Numida 1919-26, became Esmeralda; Wico (1888) ex Paula, out of L.R. 1923, USA; La Valette (1879) salvage tug; HMS Ben-My-Chree (1908).
The 8 loose album pages are of the same size as those in the album and are captioned in the same hand, but showing casualties generally later than those in the album itself, in 1923-6, and the vessel include: Naluca (1914) Rumania 65; Manhattan Island (1919) ex Osakis, renamed circa. 1922 USA; Thomas Fooks J. (1865) ashore 6/12/1925, sold for breaking up August 1926; Ottoka (1896) Greek, wrecked 7/12/1925; Nicolaos (1901) Greek, grounded 20/12/1925, refloated at midnight on 23/12/1926; Charterhouse (1910) beached after collision 16/2/1926, refloated 17/2/1926; Imerethie II (1924) French, ashore 21/5/1925. refloated 25/5/1925; Uguaglianza (1901) Italian, ashore 16/11/1925, refloated 17/11/1925; Canonnier (1919) Belgian, ashore 3/6/1923, refloated 4/6/1923; Ingrid (1911) Swedish (also appears in main album); La Valette (1879) (also appears in main album); King Lear (1906) salvage vessel ex Hull trawler, reg. London 1920; Ayandjik (1873) Turkish, sunk 30/6/1924, refloated 1/8/1924.
Some of these images have been scanned with references
L7584-001 to -004
L7496-001 to -004
Copy Negative: P49715, P49716 and P49717
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Object Details
ID: | ALB1394 |
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Type: | Photograph album |
Display location: | Not on display |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 330 mm x 248 mm |