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Photo # NH 61011:  British battleship Dreadnought afloat just after launching, 10 Feb. 1906

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the BRITISH NAVY --

HMS Dreadnought (Battleship, 1906-1922) --
Launching, 10 February 1906


This page features views of the launching of the British battleship Dreadnought, on 10 February 1906.

For more pictures of HMS Dreadnought, see:

  • HMS Dreadnought (1906-1922).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 61009

    HMS Dreadnought
    (British Battleship, 1906)

    Launching, at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, England, 10 February 1906.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 61010

    HMS Dreadnought
    (British Battleship, 1906)

    Afloat just after launching, at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, England, 10 February 1906.
    Note areas in her hull side recessed for later installation of armor plating.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 61011

    HMS Dreadnought
    (British Battleship, 1906)

    Being towed to a outfitting berth, just after launching at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, 10 February 1906.
    Note paddle tugs moving the new battleship, and rowboat in foreground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     

    For more pictures of HMS Dreadnought, see:

  • HMS Dreadnought (1906-1922).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 19 February 2001
    Coding updated 15 April 2001