Identified Photographs
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Image 3.1
RN Seaplane taking off.
What type of seaplane is this?
What are the possible dates for this photograph?
Royal Navy Fairey III c1936.
Allocated to 433 Flight Fleet Air Arm which became 718 Naval Air Squadron. This flight allocated aircraft to the 8th Cruiser Squadron (RN) - specifically HMS York & Exeter until late 1936. Crest appears to be that of HMS York.
Catalog No. VR991.337.26
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Image 3.2
British Royal Navy Battleship.
What is the name of this ship?
What are the possible dates for this photograph?
Chilean Battleship Almirante Latorre c1932-1938 (formerly HMS Canada)
HMS Canada fought at Battle of Jutland (1916). Transferred to Chilean Navy 1920. Catapult on stern (Italian design) added 1931; torpedo bulges added, 4 inch antiaircraft on after deckhouse, & coal fired bilers changed to oil fuel during 1929-1931. Served until 1958.
Catalog No. VR991.349.14
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Image 3.3
HMS
Warspite (focus on ship).
What are the possible dates for this photograph?
Identified as HMS Valiant c1940-1941.
Catalog No. VR991.397.4
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Image 3.4
British Royal Navy Hunt Class Destroyer WW II. (focus on ship)
What is the name of this ship?
What are the possible dates for this photograph?
Identified as HMS Holcombe (L56) Hunt III class Destroyer c1942-1943.
Catalog No. VR991.270.71
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Image 3.5
British Royal Navy King George V Class Battleship c1940.
What is the name of this ship?
What are the possible dates for this photograph?
Probably HMS Anson or HMS Howe c1941-1942.
Catalog No. VR991.270.51
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Image 3.6
Unidentified British Royal Navy Destroyer WW II. (focus on ship)
What is the name of this ship?
What are the possible dates for this photograph?
Royal Navy Hunt Type I class Destroyer (no name or date).
Catalog No. VR991.270.62
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Image 3.7
British Royal Navy Hunt Class Destroyer WW II. (focus on ship)
What is the name of this ship?
What are the possible dates for this photograph?
HMS Holcombe (L56), Hunt class Type III escort destroyer, commissioned September, 1942 and sunk (torpedoed by U 593) December, 1943.
Catalog No. VR991.270.71
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