The Royal Navy - World War 1 images

Jim Payne says "They feature photos of HMS OROTAVA ...pics of  Commander  Godfrey Corbett  , Lieutenant -commander Miller , 2 Crew group shots taken on deck , and 4 photos of crew members and various ships guns .

Other photos relate to Troopship HMT TRANSYLVANIA . 2 photos taken at Alexandria MAY 1915   of Troops ( 3000 )  bound for Gallipoli boarding the ship , Troops on deck , Machine gun company on deck , photo of the ships wireless room , pic of ships Marconi operators ( may 1915 ) , 2 original photos of Allied fleet about to leave Lemnos for a bombardment of the Dardanelles ( may 1915 ) , Photo of troopship HMT MAURITANIA leaving Lemnos ( may 1915 ) .

There are also a few photos which are WW1 RAF related dated 1916 1917 ..nice shot of a WW1 plane and pic of pilot in front of plane ..it appears our man was in the Royal navy and went on to the RAF ??....finally there is a nice photo of "our man " in RAF uniform alongside a James motorbike ..great image of the bike .  A few other photos date from 1910-1912 ..the albums owner , younger with pics of family etc .

RMS OROTAVA  a liner / mail ship was built in 1889 ..it sunk in 1896 , but was raised and reconditioned ..during the Boer War it served as a troopship , in 1914 it was converted to a armed merchant cruiser ..HMS OROTAVA was involved at Gallipoli , and also played its part in the Blockade of Germany as part of the 10th cruiser squadron .....it was scrapped in 1919 .

HMT TRANSYLVANIA was used as a troopship carrying large numbers of troops to the slaughter at Gallipoli , it was Torpedoed by a German U-boat on the 4th May 1917 .

 There are some great original images on this Cd ."

1910 2 789 X 800 308 KB	1910 3 763 X 800 392 KB	1910 752 X 800 377 KB	1911 2 800 X 771 322 KB
1911 776 X 800 491 KB	1912 2 744 X 800 418 KB	1912 800 X 770 275 KB	1916 800 X 774 448 KB
1917 2 800 X 762 395 KB	1917 3 800 X 655 249 KB	1917 711 X 800 513 KB	3000 troops at alexandria Egypt june 1915 for the dardan (1) 800 X 741 270 KB

all these images are available from Jim Payne, on - ebay account "throughtheireyes2" - or, throughtheireyes3@yahoo.co.uk or 07809 831411

The images here are very low resolution only, on the CD they print out to A4 and A3 really well. Jim is doing an amazing job, buying in these albums at auctions etc, and rather than keeping them to himself in his own collection, he is making them easily available to all, costs ?? with p&p, less than a £ tenner - an amazing buy. The more you buy off him, the more albums he will get and so the the more you will get, so do it!! I have because I want to see more.

ebay account "throughtheireyes2" - or, throughtheireyes3@yahoo.co.uk or 07809 831411

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