Photo collection by D-Mitch
This is a collection of approximately 100 crew photos of various countries' battleships and battlecruisers. I have always found really impressive the size of these Kings of the Seas, the so-called "Castles of Steel" or "The Floating Fortresses", with the huge guns during the 19th century and the early 20th century. Moreover, the fact that these massive warships had a crew of thousands of men (the complement of some ships exceeded the 2,700 men!), larger that any kind of today's surface combatant. So, enjoy some nostalgic photos of these former giant rulers of the seas with their crews! If you have similar photos, please share them with me and I will include them in this collection!
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| USS Missouri (BB-63) |
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| HMS Nelson |
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| USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) or USS Arizona (BB-39) |
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| French battleship Dunkerque |
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| USS Texas (BB-35) |
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| USS Vermont (BB-20) |
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| HMS Hood |
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| HMS Prince of Wales |
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| HMS Indomitable |
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| HMS King George V |
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| HMS Hood |
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| HMS Hood |
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| HMS Lion |
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| HMS Duke of York |
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| HMS Renown |
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| USS California (BB-44) |
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| HMAS Australia and her crew in 1918 |
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| USS Illinois (BB-7) |
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| USS Louisiana (BB-19) |
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| USS Kearsage (BB-5) |
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| USS Kansas (BB-21) |
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| USS Georgia (BB-15) |
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| USS Virginia (BB-13) |
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| USS Arizona (BB-39) |
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| USS Maine (BB-10) |
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| Battleship IJN Nagato |
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| HMS Iron Duke and her crew in 1916 |
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| USS Kearsage (BB-5) |
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| USS Iowa (BB-4) |
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| USS Texas (BB-35) |
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| USS Utah (BB-31) |
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| USS New Mexico (BB-40) |
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| USS Washington (BB-56) |
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| USS Arizona (BB-39) |
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| USS Wyoming (BB-32) |
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| USS Idaho (BB-42) |
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| USS Connecticut (BB-18) |
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| USS Michigan (BB-27) |
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| USS Minnesota (BB-22) |
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| USS Missouri (BB-11) |
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| USS New Jersey (BB-16) |
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| USS Vermont (BB-20) |
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| USS Maine (BB-10) |
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| USS Virginia (BB-13) |
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| USS Florida (BB-30) |
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| French battleship Strasbourg |
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| Jean Bart (1911) |
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| Paris |
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| HMS Nelson |
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| HMS Canada |
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| HMS Queen Elizabeth |
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| HMS Barham |
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| HMS Vanguard |
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| HMS Malaya |
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| HMS Queen Elizabeth |
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| HMS Renown in 1919 |
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| USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) |
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| USS Minnesota (BB-22) |
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| USS Arkansas (BB-33) |
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| USS Rhode Island (BB-17) |
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| USS North Dakota (BB-29) |
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| Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre |
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| Turkish battlecruiser Yavuz |
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| USS Florida (BB-33) |
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| Jean Bart (Richelieu class, late '50s) |
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| The crew of the Russian battleship Andrei Pervozvanny |
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| USS Texas (BB-35) |
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| Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre in 1948 |
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| USS Indiana (BB-58) |
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| USS Arkansas (BB-33) |
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| USS Arkansas (BB-33) |
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| USS Arkansas (BB-33) |
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| USS South Carolina (BB-26) |
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| USS Missouri (BB-63) |
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| HMS Hood at the Panam Canal, 1924 |
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| Italian battleship Littorio |
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| USS Utah battleship in 1912 |
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| Impressive photo of the USS Missouri battleship |
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| General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, standing on an anchor windlass speaking to the crew of the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in the Persian Gulf on Sept. 1, 1990, during Operation Desert Shield. |
Impressive photos, though some Averof RHN battleship crewmen ones, would be a great addition:
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http://eliaserver.elia.org.gr/elia/site/content.php?sel=22&present=459763
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Greek_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A15183.jpg
Thank you Manolis (also for your comment about Elli class). I have also two very good photos
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2. http://i.imgur.com/OhZzzVr.jpg
However, I considered that RHS Averof should not be included in this post as it was never a battleship, but it is classified as armored cruiser (Pisa class).
Great collection of pics. Don't you have any of the Bismarck ?
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