Cruiser Collection (#34)

Damage to HMS Tiger during the Battle of Jutland, WW1
Damage to the British battlecruiser HMS Tiger, hit during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War. Date: 31 May - 1 June 1916

HMS New Zealand, Battle of Jutland, WW1
HMS New Zealand, Indefatigable class British battlecruiser (a gift from the government of New Zealand), launched 1911, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1922

HMS Cumberland - a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the British Royal Navy. Date: 1917

HMS Minerva was a second class protected cruiser of the Eclipse class, launched in 1895 and scrapped in 1920. The ship was present at the relief operations in Sicily after the great earthquake

Aerial view of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, around the time of the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

View of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, post-WW1
View of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, taken after the end of the First World War. Showing three old British cruisers, HMS Thetis, Intrepid and Iphigenia

Wreck of HMS Vindictive, Ostend Harbour, Belgium, WW1
View of the wreck of HMS Vindictive in Ostend Harbour, Belgium, during the First World War. HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, was launched in 1897, served throughout the war

Sunken cruiser, Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
An American photo of a sunken British cruiser in the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, soon after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Sopwith Pup taking off from HMS Furious, WW1
A Sopwith Pup biplane taking off from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

Emden Bombards India
The German cruiser Emden cruises the Indian Ocean doing what damage she can : she shells the Anglo-Persian oil installation near Madras - seen burning here. 22nd September 1914

Oxford Canal Cruiser
A young couple in a motor cruiser, rounding a bend on the Oxford Canal, near Lower Shuckburgh, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Boxing on board a battleship
Sailors and other crew members clamber for a better view of the boxing on the portside of a battle cruiser. Date: 1916

Motor Boat Cruiser
A small cruiser motor boat on the Grand Union Canal at Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England, passing through high banks of flowering hawthorne. Date: early 1960s

Damaged by the Emden
The German cruiser Emden cruises the Indian Ocean doing what damage she can : she shells the Anglo-Persian oil installation near Madras - seen burning here. 22nd September 1914

New Zealand - Wellington Harbour from Oriental Bay Date: circa 1930s

Russian Boat Trip
A pleasure cruiser on the Moscow - Volga Canal, Russia. Date: 1930s

HMS Hermes seaplane carrier, WW1
An aerial view of HMS Hermes, the first experimental seaplane carrier of the Royal Navy, a refitted Highflyer-class cruiser. Sunk in October 1914 by a German U-boat. Date: circa 1914

HMS Indomitable and Inflexible, Battle of Jutland, WW1
British Invincible-class battlecruisers, HMS Indomitable and HMS Inflexible, taking part in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War. Date: 1 June 1916

Hole in HMS Kent, Battle of Falkland Islands, WW1
A hole in the British Monmouth-class armoured cruiser HMS Kent, caused by a 4.1 inch German shell during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, First World War. Date: 8 December 1914

German cruiser Blucher, Battle of Dogger Bank, WW1
The disabled German armoured cruiser SMS Blucher which later sank, during the Battle of Dogger Bank, in the North Sea, First World War. Date: 24 January 1915

Wreck of HMS Invincible, Battle of Jutland, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing the wreck of the British battlecruiser HMS Invincible

Ottoman light cruiser Hamidiye
The Ottoman light cruiser Hamidiye, launched 1903, served during the Balkan Wars and the First World War. Date: 1911

Damaged mast, HMS Kent, Battle of Falkland Islands, WW1
The foretop gallant mast of the British Monmouth-class armoured cruiser HMS Kent, shot away by a shell from the German light cruiser Nurnberg during the Battle of the Falkland Islands

Wreck of HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of the wreck of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Second Ostend Raid (10 May 1918), during the First World War

Scene during the Battle of Jutland, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing a German salvo falling near a British cruiser. Date: 31 May - 1 June 1916

Men on HMS Tiger during the Battle of Jutland, WW1
Men on the Q turret of British battlecruiser HMS Tiger, after being hit during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War. Date: 31 May - 1 June 1916

HMS Chester, British light cruiser, WW1
The forecastle and gun of the British Town-class light cruiser, HMS Chester, launched 1915, which took part in the Battle of Jutland (1916) during the First World War

HMS Furious aircraft carrier, WW1
The aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War. Launched in 1916, HMS Furious served in both World Wars and was scrapped in 1948

Sopwith Pup landing on deck of HMS Furious, WW1
A Sopwith Pup biplane landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, when her upperworks were badly damaged by gunfire

View of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
View of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, around the time of the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Invincible or Indefatigable class Battlecruiser, WW1
An Invincible or Indefatigable class Battlecruiser, which served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy during World War I

View of British ships from Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of British ships and boats out at sea, seen from the port of Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. They include two obsolete British cruisers, HMS Brilliant and HMS Sirius

Sopwith aircraft on deck HMS Furious, WW1
Sopwith biplanes on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

Austrian battleship SMS Novara, Adriatic, WW1
The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Novara, damaged during the Otranto Barrage (Battle of the Otranto Straits) in the Adriatic, First World War. Date: May 1917

Italian armoured cruiser at sea
An Italian armoured cruiser at sea. It is probably of the Pisa class, built in Italy between 1905 and 1910. Date: 20th century

Giuseppe Garibaldi cruiser sinking in Adriatic, WW1
The Giuseppe Garibaldi armoured cruiser (launched 1899) sinking in the Adriatic during the First World War, having been hit by an enemy torpedo. Date: 18 July 1915

British 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron at sea, WW1
Ships of the British 3rd LCS (Light Cruiser Squadron) at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Grafton, British cruiser, WW1
HMS Grafton, British Edgar-class cruiser, launched 1892, served in the Gallipoli Campaign, First World War, decommissioned 1920

HMS Endymion, Edgar-class cruiser, WW1
HMS Endymion, an Edgar-class cruiser, at sea during the First World War. Launched in 1891, took part in the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War during the Gallipoli campaign. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Falmouth, British light cruiser, WW1
HMS Falmouth, British Town-class light cruiser, launched 1910, served during the early part of the First World War. Seen here sinking in the North Sea after being attacked by two German submarines

HMS Aboukir, British armoured cruiser
HMS Aboukir, British Cressy-class armoured cruiser, launched 1902, sunk by a German U-boat in September 1914. circa 1902

HMAS Sydney, British light cruiser, WW1
HMAS Sydney, Australian Town-class (Chatham sub-class) light cruiser, launched 1912, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1928. Seen here leaving Rosyth, Scotland. Date: circa 1917

British battle cruisers HMS Lion, Princess Royal and Tiger
British battle cruisers at sea, from left to right HMS Lion, HMS Princess Royal and HMS Tiger, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British 1st and 2nd Battlecruiser Squadrons, WW1
British 1st and 2nd Battlecruiser Squadrons at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914

HMS Aurora, British light cruiser with mines, WW1
HMS Aurora, British Arethusa-class light cruiser, launched 1913, served in various locations during the First World War, decommissioned 1918. Seen here with mines lined up along her quarter deck

HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, launched 1909, served during the First World War, sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Seen here (right foreground) with other ships

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