44/45/46 - Pilot boat Sandy Hook, built 1902, 361grt, in collision and sunk off New Jersey on 27 April 1939. |
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47 - Hands washing decks. |
48 - Hosing down decks. |
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49 - Believed to be 4.7-inch gun with shield. |
51 - Lookout in the crow's nest. |
50/52 - The range finder. |
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53 - HMS Caronia. |
54/55 - HMS Glory, battleship, escorted Canadian troop convoy in October 1914, joined North American and West Indies Station as flagship, transferred to Mediterranean June 1915 (Conway's All the World's Warships 1906-1921).
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56/57/58 - Sea boat drill. |
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61 - Believed to be with US schooner Edward B Winslow off American coast on 14 April 1915. No casualties and minimal damage (www.chriscunard.com).
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62 - Clearing snow of the deck at Halifax. |
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63/64/65 - Painting the ship overside at sea, and no safety equipment! |
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66 - The second cabin dining saloon, presumably now a storeroom. |
67 - Mascot number 2. |
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68 - The stoke hold. |
69 - Engine room personnel. |
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70 - HMS Glory (see 54/55). |
71 - HMS Essex, armoured cruiser, served in North America and West Indies (NA&WI) Station. |
72 - HMCS Niobe, 1st class cruiser, also NA&WI. Paid off at Halifax October 1915, disarmed as depot ship (Conway's All the World's Warships 1906-1921).
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73 - HMS Glory. |
74 - RMS Lusitania, another Cunard liner, sailed from New York 1 May 1915, torpedoed and sunk off S Ireland on 7 May with the loss of some 1,198 passengers and crew. |
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75 - HMS Caronia. |
76 - Semaphore apparatus. |
77 - Possible supply boat alongside; possibly HMS Essex in background. |
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78 - RMS Adriatic, White Star liner on Liverpool-New York route. |
80 - HMS Caronia. |
79 - Dutch prize ship SS Noordam, Holland America Line, stopped by HMS Caronia on 8 September 1914 according to her log book. Ship appears to have been released. |
81 - HMS Lusitania. |
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82 - HMS Carnarvon, armoured cruiser, North America & West Indies Station 1915-18. |
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83 - Deck cleared of snow. |
84 - Signalman probably taking down signal from Yeoman of Signals. |
85 - Hands clearing deck of snow. |
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86 - Snapshot from forward funnel looking forward. |
87 - From the crow's nest looking aft. |
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