Is this a Great War ship?

[trin1054]

Evening all,

found this photo in a box of assorted pictures. It has a silvery tint in certain light which may age it. The tower appears to be some kind of canvas affair.

I've no idea of it's age - any help much appreciated!

Cheers,

Marc

[trin1054]

...bit more of a close-up. No scanner, sorry!

[truthergw]

The 'canvas' is an anti-shrapnel device. In the sense of shell fragments.

[trin1054]

The 'canvas' is an anti-shrapnel device. In the sense of shell fragments.

Thnks for that - when I fist saw it I wondered if it was some kind of mock-up training ship! I'm a complete dunce when it comes to naval stuff.

Is this device Great War period?

Cheers,

Marc

[centurion]

Queen Mary or Princess Royal ?

[Stanley_C_Jenkins]

The square structure on top of the tripod mast makes it look like one of the "later" Dreadnoughts, perhaps HMS Warspite, HMS Barham or one of their sisters in the Queen Elizabeth class.

[trin1054]

Thanks for the suggestions - I'll try and do some research based on these.

Cheers!

[centurion]

Also take a look at Revenge - which had a similar circular housing above the square one. Unfortunately all that padding obscures the detail

[ionia]

Perhaps PRINCESS ROYAL late in the war?

[auchonvillerssomme]

There appears to be another ship of the same configuration in the background.

Mick

[simonharley]

Can you take a close-up of the officers? I fancy I can spot a cap at a jaunty angle, which would be Beatty, and the dour expression of Chatfield, making the ship "Lion".

Simon

[trin1054]

Can you take a close-up of the officers? I fancy I can spot a cap at a jaunty angle, which would be Beatty, and the dour expression of Chatfield, making the ship "Lion".

Simon

I'll certainly have a go tonight after work.

Thanks

[melliget]

It's funny, isn't it - a photo of a few hundred men and yet you can pick out the authority of the commanding officer (appears to be about the only man crossing his arms). Oh, yes, and he's on the bridge

[simonharley]

Just to clarify, all the officers are seated in the second row!

Simon

[melliget]

Hang my head in shame, Simon! You're absolutely right. In my feeble defence, I had gone to the most recent post (yours) and then scrolled back up to the cropped photo. I was assuming that was the original one posted. When I was trying to roughly estimate the number of men, the thought did occur to me that there were too few men for the class of ship mentioned!

[amlovell]

It is not Queen Mary, as the ship's foretop has something fancy perched atop it. Possibly PR or Lion.

Its director platform is below the foretop, which is indicative (maybe not exclusively) of these ships.

tone

[MikeBeehan]

Its a wonderful picture though isn't it!

[trin1054]

Can you take a close-up of the officers? I fancy I can spot a cap at a jaunty angle, which would be Beatty, and the dour expression of Chatfield, making the ship "Lion".

Simon

You're absolutely bang-on with Beatty, Simon - nice work!

From Wikipedia:

My close-up does no justice to the real photo where the faces are crystal clear.

Looks like Chatfield too but less certain (again from Wiki):

Many thanks,

Marc

[trin1054]

...and sure enough Google confirms the answer here

Thanks to all!

[per ardua per mare per terram]

For other pictures see: http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_lion.htm

[simonharley]

...and sure enough Google confirms the answer here

Thanks to all!

I think your photo's far more interesting. Scan it for posterity!

Simon

[amlovell]

...and sure enough Google confirms the answer here

Thanks to all!

That image shows fairly clearly that the ship in background left is Tiger, owing to the wall of funnels.

tone

[Wingerdave]

Comparing the photo's there must have been two photoghraphers (about 10 feet apart). The photo on the forum is taken slightly to the left of the one in the Ancestory link.

Dave.