Vintage photographs of battleships. Часть3.

Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Haruna undergoes trials following her second reconstruction, August 28th 1934.

German predreadnought battleship SMS Deutschland, Swinemünde, August 2nd-6th 1907.

Note the the Imperial Russian Navy standard on her foremast as this was during Czar Nicholas II's visit to Kaiser Wilhelm II.

French armoured cruiser Edgar Quinet in 1907.

Aft turret on the Imperial Russian Navy protected cruiser Oleg, 1905.

Battlecruiser HMS Repulse off the coast of Australia, March 25th 1924.

Aft 10"/40 Mark 3 gun turret on armoured cruiser USS Washington (later renamed USS Seattle) during practice shoot circa 1916.

Italian predreadnought battleship Emanuele Filiberto.

Imperial Japanese Navy predreadnought battleship Asahi, July 1900.

Kaiser Wilhelm II on the German predreadnought battleship that bears his name.

Terrible class French coastal defense Ironclad predreadnought battleship Caiman.

Amongst the last representatives of the so-called 'monster gun era' that started in 1872 with the launch of the Italian Duilio, vessels of this class mounted two very large (16.5" caliber) single guns in barbettes fore and aft. Caiman was launched in May 1885 and scrapped in 1927.

Imperial Russian Navy protected cruiser Aurora circa 1910.

Battleship HMS Ramillies before September 1934.

From an undated postcard. She still has on turrets B & X the two aircraft flying-off platforms that were added in 1918 but removed and replaced by a catapult fittted to X turret during her June 1932-September 1934 major refit. Also during that refit, her main mast was altered into a tripod mast by the addition of two struts, not present here.

Battleship USS Arkansas, January 1st 1918.

Officers pose for the camera near a 5.9" gun on board the Italian protected cruiser Giovanni Bausan during her sea trials, circa 1885.

Imperial Japanese Navy armoured cruiser Yakumo in Australia.

On the deck of the French armoured cruiser Amiral Aube in 1902.

Showing the 194 mm/50 (7.64") Model 1902 forward gun.

Imperial Russian navy predreadnought battleship Imperator Aleksandr III at Reval in 1904.

German armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst.

Battleship HMS Agincourt in 1916.

Italian battleship Littorio.

Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi at anchor.

Imperial Russian Navy battleship Imperatritsa Mariya, June 24th 1915.

Léon Gambetta class French armoured cruiser Victor Hugo in 1907.

Deutschland class German predreadnought battleship.

I have seen this photograph identified as both the SMS Deutschland and the SMS Schleswig-Holstein. My gut feeling is it's the Deutschland due to the bow ornament.

Stern view of the Italian battleship Giulio Cesare, 1926.

Battleship HMS Barham in 1937.

Laundry day on predreadnought battleship USS Alabama, circa 1900.

Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kirishima at Kure, Japan, March 10th1940.

Imperial Russian Navy predreadnought battleship Sinop at Sevastopol.

French predreadnought battleship Liberté on the Hudson River in 1909.

Kaiser class German battleship SMS König Albert.

Italian armoured cruiser San Marco coaling up.

Iron Duke class battleship HMS Marlborough in 1912.

Predreadnought battleship USS Massachusetts in 1899.

Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Ashigara, Spithead Coronation Fleet Review, May 20th 1937.

Imperial Russian Navy turret ironclad Petr Veliky before her 1904 reconstruction.

Canadian light cruiser HMCS Ontario (former HMS Minotaur) docked in Vancouver harbour, May 20th 1948.

French predreadnought battleship Masséna, Toulon harbour, 1898-1899.

Italian predreadnought battleship Sicilia.

Courbet-class French battleship Jean Bart, early 1925.

Unidentified US battleship being very wet forward.

Battleship HMS Valiant in floating dock at Invergordon, late 1918 or 1919.

The gun tampions have a cockerel emblem confirming that she is H.M.S. Valiant. The flying-off platforms were fitted to the ‘B’ and ‘X’ turrets in 1918 so the date of this picture is either late 1918 or 1919."

French predreadnought battleship Saint Louis, early 1900s.

German battlecruiser Gneisenau.

French central battery and barbette ironclad Le Redoutable in 1889.

She was the first warship in the world to be built mainly of steel rather than iron. You can see one of her 10.6" breech loaders in the aft barbette near her stern flag pole.

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