NAVAL AND RNAS Interest. A good First World War photograph a...

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£800 - £1,200

NAVAL AND RNAS Interest. A good First World War photograph album containing 43 black and white photographs, corners partially laid down into album, majority of photographs captioned faintly below in black ink, album size 37cm x 27.5cm, latter portion of pages left blank. Subject matter comprising: Multiple photographs of the German Fleet Surrendering on Armistice Day, November 1918, including: • German fleet being escorted along the River Forth on Armistice Day 1918, photographed from an airship by RAF serviceman D. Hardee. Marked to the reverse ‘ROYAL AIR FORCE – This sensitive paper is the property of His Majesty’s Government and is prepared solely for official purposes. The irregular possession of official photographs is an offence under the Defence of the Realm Act. 20.5cm x 15.5cm. • Two of The North Sea Rendezvous with the N.S.8 airship flying above the surrendered German ships in line, 26cm x 20cm and 24.5cm x 19cm The German Fleet Flagship SMS Friedrich der Grosse leading Kaiser-class battleships, HM Government markings to reverse, 25.5cm x 15.5cm• British battle cruisers from the Grand Fleet, with possibly HMS Lion in the foreground and two others in the distance, 12.5cm x 7.5cm • Allied French ships, a Danton-class semi-dreadnought battleship in the foreground, 25cm x 20.5cm • Over-head close-up of the SMS Friedrich der Grosse during the surrender, 24.5cm x 20cm • A line of British destroyers, including HMS Vectis A series of eleven photographs of the experimental airship landing of British airship SSZ 59, depicting the Submarine Scout class non-rigid airship before, during and after landing the afterdeck of carrier HMS Furious during landing trials on 27 May 1918. Photograph sizes 15.5cm x 8cm up to 16cm x 10.5cm (an act never successfully repeated) Three photographs of the aftermath of the Zeppelin L-31 crash at Potters Bar, 1916, 23.5cm x 16.5cm. This L-31 airship was part of a raid on London but was shot down by RFC pilot Tempest, at the loss of all crew, including Lieutenant Heinrich Mathy, the record holder for the most raids over Britain during the First World War, who decided to jump from the burning airship before it crashed. Mathy momentarily survived the landing and was found face up alive up the field near the burning wreckage by farmers, but he passed away shortly after.