Those aren't flying off platforms, they are sun shades to keep the deck cooler.
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Those aren't flying off platforms, they are sun shades to keep the deck cooler.
Your best bet there might be the police bobby at the far left. Check his uniform against the time period.
It is NOT, I repeat, NOT the Canada.
I'm going to throw this out there but it's something that popped into my head almost right away. I'm thinking this photo was probably taken after the war. I'm having trouble with someone getting...
I ruled out the Canada pretty early. The Canada did not have a rear casement gun.
Got off my butt and can confirm none of these ships were in the Mediterranean until 1919. I also am narrowing it down to the Iron Dukes for sure. Stacks are the same size and the rear has the...
A lot of things wrong for the Repulse.
What are you using to determine service history? I've been too lazy to try to find mine yet. A lot of my books are buried.
Much better photo. I'm sticking with my original assessment, King George V or Iron Duke class. Five turrets, two are covered by sun shades. The spotlights on the rear stack lean toward the Iron...
For what it's worth, the HMS Marlborough is the Only one that seems to be photographed consistently with it's sun shades in place. More photos with than without.
Most likely but it never hurts to rule out what it can't be. US used massive cage masts in this time period. Given time, I can ID probably any ship from WWI or WWII. My library is quite extensive...
Horrid photo. Might be able to do more with it if you can clean it up. From what I'm seeing, it's a battleship, two stacks, two forward turrets, one rear turret, should be more but can't see them,...