WW1 Military Motors - 1916 set x 50 cards

[Lancashire Fusilier]

A nicely restored Robey & Co Steam Wagon.

 

LF

 

 

 

 

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[GWF1967]

On 26 August 2016 at 14:36, Lancashire Fusilier said:

Another excellent example of an RIC Crossley 15 hp Armoured Tender number plate OI 8863 patrolling on the streets of Belfast.

 

LF

 

 

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Late to the party I know but I thought my junk shop find might be of interest. 

 The label on the back of the frame says; " General view of a section of an Electro-Depositing Plant, supplied to Crossley Motors Ltd. of Gorton, Manchester during the First World War 1914-1918. 

The plant consisted of 84 acid copper depositing vats, approx. 7'x 2'6"x3' deep, each holding 5 Beardmore aero engine cylinders, which revolved during deposition. 

Each vat had its own 4 volt 1000 amp. Motor Generator. 

The plant was designed, manufactured and supplied by W. Canning & Co. Ltd., & proved to be a great success thanks to the enthusiastic co-operation of F.W. Sheldon, who had charge of this great installation and who not only helped to develop the tequnique but undertook to regularise all the preliminary processes necessary". 

 

[Lancashire Fusilier]

1 hour ago, GWF1967 said:

 The label on the back of the frame says; " General view of a section of an Electro-Depositing Plant, supplied to Crossley Motors Ltd. of Gorton, Manchester during the First World War 1914-1918. 

 

GWF1967,

 

Many thanks for the very interesting photograph and information, and I assume the ' Electro-Depositing Plant ' was used for Crossley's Electro-Plating process.

 

Regards,

LF

[Lancashire Fusilier]

My final two photographs relating to Robey & Co., show their former Globe Works on Canwick Road, Lincoln, which today, are now used by a Building Supply Company.

 

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Details of the facade of Robey & Co's former Globe Works on Canwick Road in Lincoln as they exist today.

 

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27 minutes ago, Chris_Baker said:

Those of a mechanical bent will, I am sure, be interested in a book that I have just briefly reviewed. My advice is to buy a copy before it sells out.

 

Chris,

 

Many thanks for the heads-up, I just ordered my copy.

 

Regards,

LF

[Lancashire Fusilier]

One final ' Robey ' photograph showing details of the Portico to their former Globe Works on Canwick Road in Lincoln.

 

LF

 

 

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Frederick Joseph Rutland, D.S.C. and Bar, AM. ( 1886 -1949 ) ' Rutland of Jutland '

 

While researching the Short Admiralty Type 184 Seaplane, it was noted that during the Gallipoli Campaign, specifically on 12th August 1915, a Short 184 Seaplane became the first British aircraft to sink an enemy ship using an air-launched torpedo ( see post # 5463 ).

I was also intrigued to learn that a Short Admiralty Type 184 Seaplane, serial number 8359, had the distinction of being the only British aircraft to actually take part in the Battle of Jutland.

 

Additionally, there is also an extremely interesting story attached to the Pilot of that ' Jutland ' Short 184 Seaplane, serial number 8359, then Lieutenant Frederick Joseph Rutland.

 

Frederick Joseph Rutland was born on 21st October 1886 in Weymouth, Dorset, of working class parents, and in 1901 Frederick Rutland joined the Royal Navy as a 15 year old boy entrant, spending the first 11 years of his Royal Navy service as a Seaman and a Hard-hat Diver.

 

It was while attending diving school near Portsmouth, that Seaman Rutland was fascinated watching aircraft from the Royal Naval Air Service take-off and land at a nearby airfield, and it was that experience which convinced Rutland to apply for a transfer to the Royal Flying Corps and learn to fly.

 

Rutland first had to complete an intense year of study in preparation for the examinations necessary to earn a naval commission. However, assisted by a young local schoolteacher who was also to become his first wife, Rutland successfully passed his exams and was commissioned in 1913, which at that time was a particularly rare achievement for an enlisted sailor.

 

Frederick Rutland entered the Royal Naval Air Service ( RNAS ) as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant in December 1914, was awarded his Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate on 26th January 1915, and after training at RNAS Eastchurch, was promoted to Lieutenant on 7th January 1916.

 

On 30th May 1916, Lt. Rutland was serving as a Pilot aboard the Seaplane Tender, HMS Engadine attached to the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron at Jutland.

 

At 2.45 pm on the afternoon of 31st May 1916, Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty ordered HMS Engadine to send up a seaplane to scout the NNE in an attempt to locate the position of the German Fleet, and in his subsequent official report to Admiral Jellicoe, Beatty states :-

 

 " This order was quickly carried out, and by 3:08 p.m. a Short 184 Seaplane, with Flight Lt. F.J. Rutland, RN, as pilot, and Asst. Paymaster G.S. Trewin, RN, as observer, was well under way; her first reports of the enemy were received on the Engadine about 3:30 p.m. Owing to the clouds it was necessary for Lt. Rutland to fly very low, and in order to identify four enemy light cruisers the seaplane had to fly at a height of 900 feet within 3,000 yards of them, the light cruisers opening fire on her with every gun that would bear. This in no way interfered with the clarity of their reports, and both Flight Lt. Rutland and Asst. Paymaster Trewin are to be congratulated on their achievement, which indicates that seaplanes under such circumstances are of distinct value. "

 

And so it was that a half-hour before the opening exchange of fire between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet off Jutland, Flight Lt. F. Rutland and his Observer, Assistant Paymaster G. S. Trewin, took off in their Short Admiralty Type 184 Seaplane, serial number 8359, for their historic ' Jutland ' flight.

When Observer Trewin transmitted his sighting of the German Fleet back to HMS Engadine, it was the first time an aircraft had sent a radio message to a fleet engaged in a naval battle.

 

However, minutes after Trewin's historic transmission to HMS Engadine, Rutland's Short 184 Seaplane's fuel pipe ruptured, forcing Rutland to make a sea landing. Leaving his cockpit, Rutland spent some 10 minutes standing atop one of the 184's floats making a temporary repair to the damaged fuel pipe, and although Rutland intended to resume his observation of the German Fleet, he was ordered back to HMS Engadine.

 

For his daring  Jutland reconnaissance mission. Lt. F. Rutland was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross ( DSC ) and thereafter was also give the unofficial title of ' Rutland of Jutland '.

 

Despite May 31st 1916 already having been a highly eventful day for Lt. Rutland, his heroic exploits were not yet over, as that evening, HMS Engadine encountered a badly damaged armoured cruiser HMS Warrior and offered aid to the damaged cruiser.

HMS Engadine took the stricken cruiser in tow for almost 12 hours, until it became obvious that HMS Warror's bulkheads were giving way and Warrior's Captain gave the order to transfer his ship's 700 man crew to HMS Engadine and abandon ship.

The transfer of the crew was extremely dangerous undertaking, as the two ships had to sail side-by-side in very rough seas, and although most of the Warrior's crew made it safely aboard HMS Engadine, a wounded sailor being transferred by stretcher, fell from the stretcher into the rough seas between the two ships.

Realizing that the sailor would be crushed between the hulls of the two ships, Lt. Rutland who had been observing the transfer, grabbed a rope and had himself lowered over the Engadine's side. After swimming to the injured sailor, Rutland was able to secure both the injured sailor and himself to the rope, and was then able to be hauled back on board the Engadine.

For this brave lifesaving act in the early hours of 1st June 1916, Lt. F. Rutland received the rarely awarded gold Albert Medal, of which only 26 were ever awarded for lifesaving at sea.

In 1949, the Albert Medal was discontinued, and replaced by the George Cross.

 

So in the space of just 24 hours, Lt. F. Rutland was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Gold Albert Medal.

 

After Jutland, Lt. Rutland became involved in the experimental take-off and landing of aircraft from ships at sea, and became an expert Pilot flying aircraft on and off ships at sea. Lt. Rutland's pioneering WW1 flights greatly contributed to the design and construction of the Royal Navy's first true Aircraft Carrier, HMS Argus, which was commissioned in 1918.

 

In October 1923, after 23 years of service in the Royal Navy, Rutland resigned his commission, and accepted a position in Japan with Mitsubishi Shipbuilding as an advisor on Aircraft Carrier design and construction, and as Japan had been one of Britain's Allies during WW1, nothing was particularly noteworthy following Rutland's move to Japan, where he remained until 1932, when he moved himself and his family to Los Angles, U.S.A. where he opened a stock brokerage firm, and also an Aircraft Company.

 

Unbeknown to Rutland, his long association with the Japanese and Aircraft Carrier design and construction in particular, had brought him to the attention of American Naval Intelligence, who opened a file on him, and later concluded that his business and Aircraft Company in America, were in fact a front for Japanese Military Intelligence, and in June 1941, the American F.B.I. arrested Rutland and one of his Japanese Naval contacts, whom they believed were spying on and collecting information on the American Pacific Fleet.

Although once arrested, Rutland offered to cooperate with the F.B.I., however, fearing a scandal with a much decorated former British Naval Officer, the Americans deported Rutland back to England in October 1941.

 

In December 1941, Rutland was interned as an enemy collaborator and imprisoned in Brixton Prison during WW2.

 

On January 28th 1949, Frederick Rutland, committed suicide by gassing himself, a very sad end to an obviously sometime brave man.

 

The first photograph shows Lt. F. Rutland ( left ) and Assistant Paymaster G. S. Trewin, back aboard HMS Engadine after their historic ' Jutland ' flight.

 

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Edited 2 October , 2016 by Lancashire Fusilier

[Lancashire Fusilier]

HMS Engadine, a Royal Navy Sea Plane Tender, from which Lt. Rutland and Asst. Paymaster Trewin made their historic ' Jutland ' reconnaissance flight on 31st May 1916, was a 323 foot 1,676-ton converted cross-Channel Ferry built by William Denny & Brothers of Dunbarton, Scotland, and launched on 23rd September 1911.

 

The then SS Engadine, was requisitioned by the Admiralty on 11th August 1914, converted to a Sea Plane Tender and commissioned on 1st September 1914 as HMS Engadine.

 

Additional modifications were made to HMS Engadine in early 1915, when she was fitted with a 4-Seaplane Hanger mounted at the stern, along with 2 cranes for hoisting the Seaplanes in and out of the water.

The Engadine's crew consisted of 197 Officers and Enlisted Men, including 53 Aviation personnel.

 

HMS Engaidine's aramaments included 4 x 12-pounder Quick Firing 12 cwt Guns, and 2 x 3-pounder Vickers Quick Firing Anti-Aircraft Guns.

 

After the end of WW1, the Engadine was sold back to her original owners, The South Eastern & Chatham Railway Co., and resumed service as a cross-Channel Ferry.

 

In 1933, the SS Engadine was sold to a Shipping Company in the Philippines, and renamed the SS Corregidor.

During WW2, after sailing from Manila, the SS Corregidor struck a mine and quickly sank, with the loss of some 900 - 1200 lives, the actual figure is not known, as there was no confirmed passenger list.

 

The attached photograph shows HMS Engadine as she was at Jutland on 31st May 1916, complete with her ' Dazzle ' paint scheme.

 

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The attached photograph shows a nicely detailed starboard-side view of HMS Engadine as she was at Jutland on 31st May 1916, complete with her ' Dazzle ' paint scheme.

 

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This photograph showing a port-side view of the Royal Navy's Seaplane Tender HMS Engadine gives a good view of the stern Hanger which held 4 Seaplanes, and also shows the 2 cranes mounted in front of the Hanger which were used to hoist the Seaplanes in and out of the water.

 

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This starboard view of HMS Engadine, shows one of her 4 Short Admiralty Type 184 Seaplanes standing on the stern Hanger Deck.

 

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After the end of WW1, the Engadine was sold back to her original owners, The South Eastern & Chatham Railway Co., and resumed her service as a cross-Channel Ferry.

The attached photograph shows the S.S. Engadine post WW1, operating again as a cross-Channel Ferry.

 

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I am currently visiting in the U.S.A., and I am in an area impacted by Hurricane Matthew, so if my daily posts do not appear tomorrow ( Friday ), it will mean there is a power outage and I have no internet connection or computer access, which hopefully, if it happens at all, will be temporary.

 

Regards,

LF

[johnboy]

Enjoy your trip and stay safe.

[Lancashire Fusilier]

37 minutes ago, johnboy said:

Enjoy your trip and stay safe.

 

johnboy,

 

Many thanks.

Everyone is hunkering down and hoping that this monster hurricane stays sufficiently far off the coast so as to reduce the storm's impact on land.

 

Regards,

LF

[johnboy]

Which state are you in, apart from slight panic! ?

[Lancashire Fusilier]

48 minutes ago, johnboy said:

Which state are you in, apart from slight panic! ?

 

Johnboy,

 

Florida, currently in the middle part of the State.

 

 

[johnboy]

Sort of got your own Water Plume then!

[Lancashire Fusilier]

In 1933, the SS Engadine was sold to ' Compania Maritima ' a Shipping Company in the Philippines, who converted the Engadine to an inter-island luxury liner and renamed her the SS Corregidor.

 

Then during WW2, specifically around midnight on December 16/17 1941, after having embarked from Manila with some 1,500 persons aboard ( more than the ship's official passenger capacity ), the SS Corregidor struck a mine and quickly sank within 3 to 4 minutes, with the massive loss of some 900 - 1200 lives, the actual figure is not known, as there was no confirmed passenger list.

 

LF

 

 

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For his brave and daring sea rescue of a Royal Navy Seaman who fell overboard whilst being transferred from the stricken HMS Warrior to HMS Engadine, during the Battle of Jutland, Lt. F. Rutland was awarded the rare Gold Albert Medal, and was one of only 26 recipient's of the award for lifesaving at sea.

 

The rarely awarded Albert Medal for Lifesaving was instituted on 7th March 1866, and the First Class Gold Albert Medal was created in 1867, along with a Second Class Bronze Albert Medal.

 

The Gold Albert Medal of which only 71 were awarded ( 26 Sea and 45 Land ) was abolished in 1949 and replaced by the George Cross.

 

Following Rutland's arrest and internment in Brixton Prison as an enemy collaborator during WW2, I assume his medals, including his Distinguished Service Cross and his Gold Albert Medal, both awarded to Lt. Rutland within a 24 hour period during the Battle of Jutland, were probably withdrawn and their award annulled.

 

Attached is a photograph of the rare Gold Albert Medal ( obverse and reverse ), and also a copy of Lt. F. Rutland's Gold Albert Medal Citation published in the London Gazette on 11th August 1916.

 

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Lt. F. Rutland's First Class Gold Albert Medal Citation published in the London Gazette on 11th August 1916.

 

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Photograph of a ' Jaunty ' Lt. F. Rutland, taken aboard H.M.S. Engadine, of note are his unconventional R.N. uniform breeches.

 

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This important, interesting and unique IWM photograph, is captioned as showing Lt. F. Rutland mooring his Short Admiralty Type 184 Seaplane serial number 8359, alongside HMS Engadine after completing his and Asst. Paymaster G. S. Trewin's historic reconnaissance flight at Jutland on 31st May 1916.

 

Unfortunately, it is not possible to confirm the 184's serial number from this particular photograph, and the 184's Pilot ( Lt. F. Rutland ) wearing a complete flying suit is standing on the 184's float. Also, seen in the far left of the photograph, wearing a leather flying helmet and goggles and assisting with the mooring, appears to be Asst. Paymaster Trewin, as also pictured in post #5485.

 

The significance of this photograph, is after the end of WW1 ( 1919 ) the ' Jutland ' Short 184 Seaplane, serial number 8359 was presented to the Imperial War Museum, and the complete Seaplane was displayed suspended from the IWM's ceiling.

 

However, during a WW2 German air raid, the Imperial War Museum was hit by a German bomb, and the bomb blast and resulting fire, badly damaged and almost destroyed the ' Jutland ' 184.

Unfortunately, 8359's wings and tail were completely destroyed, however the fuselage of 8359, although badly damaged, was salvaged.

 

This badly fire damaged fuselage from the only British aircraft to have taken part in the Battle of Jutland, is currently loaned to, and on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, Somerset, the site of the former RNAS Air Station.

 

The 184 fuselage on display at FAAM Yeovilton, has a noticeable difference to that shown in the attached photograph, i.e. the engine's exhaust pipe on the damaged 8359's engine. However, between March 31st 1916, when the photograph at Jutland was taken, and 8359 being presented to the IWM in 1919, several modifications were probably made to the Seaplane, including her engine's exhaust.

 

Also attached are some interesting photographs of the badly damaged fuselage of the ' Jutland ' Short Admiralty Type 184 Seaplane now on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.

 

LF

 

 

 

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