Royal Navy Real Photo. HMS "Donegal". Armoured Cruiser. WW1. c 1904

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Seller: 24jcab ✉️ (9,127) 100%, Location: London, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 162304542801 Royal Navy Real Photo. HMS "Donegal". Armoured Cruiser. WW1. c 1904.                       Royal Navy Real Photo. HMS "Donegal". Armoured Cruiser. WW1.     c 1904

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This fine real photograph postcard is from a Superb World Class Naval Collection of Postcards and Photographs that recently came on the market. The original Owner/Collector spent decades assembling this collection and he was intimately involved in this area of expertise in the UK. Many of these images are rare or never been on the market for decades!

Highly knowledgeable, meticulous and clearly attached to his work he could even identify the time and place where these images were taken!

Even if there are multiple real photographic postcards of individual ships each postcard is different whether taken from the bow, stern, starboard or port side!  A Truly remarkable collection!

HMS Donegal was one of 10 Monmouth -class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was initially assigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron upon completion in 1903 and ran aground en route to the China Station in 1906. She was briefly placed in reserve after repairs before she was assigned to the Home Fleet in 1907. She joined the 4th Cruiser Squadron on the North America and West Indies Station in 1909 before returning home for an assignment with the Training Squadron in 1912. Donegal was reduced to reserve before World War I began in August 1914 as part of the Third Fleet

Refitting at the beginning of the war, she was then assigned to Sierra Leone for convoy protection duties as part of the 5th Cruiser Squadron . She was transferred to several different cruiser squadrons of the Grand Fleet in 1915 where she escorted convoys to Archangelsk , Russia. In mid-1916 she was assigned to convoy escort duties in the Atlantic. Donegal rejoined the 4th Cruiser Squadron on North America and West Indies Station in 1917 and continued with convoy duties until the end of the war. Donegal was sold for scrap in 1920.

Back:          "Copyright, R. Perkins, Newton Abbot"    Postally unused. 

Condition:    Fine.   See scans for details.  

Shipping:     Each postcard is shipped in a hard backed envelope and in its own plastic sleeve. Postcards will be doubled up if more than one is purchased.

ALL the items that we sell are ORIGINALS . We have scanned directly from the original card and the image may sometimes be less vibrant than the postcard itself.

                                      As a collector I hope you enjoy this purchase as much as I enjoy those that I collect!

  • Period: Inter-War (1918-39)
  • Type: Real Photographic (RP)
  • Postage Condition: Unposted
  • Number of Items: Single
  • Publisher: Copyright, R. Perkins, Newton Abbot

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