Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 27 Nov 2024
A collection of photographs of 19th and early-20th-century British Warships, including H.M.S.
A collection of photographs of 19th and early-20th-century British Warships, including H.M.S. Bacchante (Cressy-class armoured cruiser, launched 1900), Dragon (Banshee-class twin-screw torpedo boat destroyer, launched 1894), Conqueror (Conqueror-class ironclad battleship, launched 1881), Jason (Alarm-class torpedo gunboat, launched 1892 and sunk by a mine in 1917), Natal (Warrior-class armoured cruiser, launched 1905), Medea (Marathon-class cruiser, launched 1889), Lightning (Janus-class destroyer, launched 1895, photographs showing collision damage), Agincourt (Minotaur-class armoured frigate, launched 1865) and others, monochrome and with thick card backing, mainly 29 x 24.5 cm, some a little larger, [27]; together with a small body of correspondence and other writings on marine architecture and maritime history. [qty].