Photos/Post Cards from Frank’s Personal Album – Page 4

Photos of the Lion and several German ships in and around Scapa Flow. 

German Battleship entering Scapa

German Battleship entering Scapa 27.11.18

Seydlitz 2

Internment of the German Battle Cruiser “Sedlitz” (sic) 24th November, 1918

Seydlitz

German Battle Cruiser “Seydlitz” entering Scapa. (The Seydlitz has an important history, having assisted in the sinking of the H.M.S. Queen Mary. Read the links to the Wiki on both ships. The Queen Mary was discovered in 1991 and is now protected under the Protection of Military Remains Act. 1,266 officers and men went down with her.)

Suspicious Dutch Back

Suspicious Dutch Trawler description.

Suspicious Dutch Front

Front of above photo.

Bayern

Battleship Bayern, presumably at Scapa Flow. German sailors fishing from ship, again presumably from the internment at Scapa Flow

German Destroyers

German Destroyers. B.C. Moltke

German Ships

German L.C. Brummer. B.C. Derfflinger.

 

Photos/Post Cards from Frank’s Personal Album – Page 3

Some photos of the aftermath of coaling, perhaps aboard the Lion but not confirmed. As coaling is mention all through the diary, we now can see the evidence of how incredibly dirty this process was. Frank mentions ‘cleaned the ship’ after almost every coaling but doesn’t mention how the men cleaned themselves or their coaling clothing.

Coaling 2 Coaling 3 Coaling

Finally, a photo of the Agnes Duncan, probably the most popular coaling ship as per Frank’s words on the subject.

This photo is from historicalrfa.org. The Agnes Duncan had a long sailing history until August, 1941

This photo is from historicalrfa.org. The Agnes Duncan had a long sailing history until August, 1941

Photos/Post Cards from Frank’s Personal Album – Page 2

This page has personal photos (post cards) of some of the crew of the Lion as well as photos of the RNVR London.

Sincerely Yours R Morrison

Sincerely Yours R. Morrison

Single sailoer

To Frank Read RNVR

To Frank Read RNVR (may or may not be either Lion crew or RNVR)

To Frank with best wishes from Vic Queenie

Vic (Queenie)

Very Sincerely yours J Dalton

J. Dalton

Wilmore

George Wilmore

Edmonds

Walter Thomas Edmonds

Frank Lion

Fairly sure this is Frank Read

Frank RNVR London

Frank again, probably pre-war.

Jack

Jack ? (Maybe someone can decipher the last name and/or initials)

Lion 2

Lion 13

Personal 1

Sincerely Yours ? 20.10.16

Personal 2

Unable to read inscription on front. Might have been a Marine or perhaps simply an Army friend.

Personal 3

G. Fletcher (perhaps)

Personal 5

Yours Sincerely Freddie

Personal 9

Last name R, illegible on back.

Personal 14

Personal 15

I’ll need some tips on this one.

Personal 16

S. Jarralt (?)

Personal 17

Lion Crewmember

Personal 18

Yours very sincerely Colin Brown (May be the Colin mentioned frequently in the diary)

 

Personal 22

I’m not sure who this is but he’s in several photos. Do we know the history of the hat style? Is that the Lion?

 

Personal Jock

Jock

 

RNVR London

Frank, I believe, in sitting on deck.

RNVR London 6

I’m not 100% sure but Frank might be sitting on deck, middle of five sailors.

Racing Gigs Crew

H.M.S. “Lion” Seamen’s Racing Gigs Crew (Champions, Grand Fleet) 1918

RNVR London 2 RNVR London 3 RNVR London 5 RNVR London 7 RNVR London Repeat maybe RNVR Prewar

Sid

Sid

Sig J A Gooch RNVR London June 1915

Sig J A Gooch RNVR London June 1915

Sincerely Yours Alec

Sincerely Yours Alec

Photos/Post Cards from Frank’s Personal Album – Page 1

I have several of Frank’s photo albums. The photo post cards are probably not new to the world but they add some more details of life aboard the Lion.

Beatty

Admiral Beatty

Back of Beatty

The back of the post card of Beatty

Unknown

Presumably the Lion but should be corrected if it’s not.

Bellerophon

H.M.S. Bellerophon. At Jutland she was commanded by Captain Edward F. Bruen in the Fourth Division. (From the Wiki). Fired 62 rounds but did not receive a hit.

Centurion

H.M.S. Centurion In the Battle of Jutland, Centurion was commanded by Captain Michael Culme-Seymour. Firing four salvos of her main armament at the Lutzow, she took no hits. (Wiki) Frank was originally told off for the Centurion, he was in the picket boat heading over to her, but was called back for the Lion. 

Lion 5

Please correct is this is not the Lion.

Heeling Excercise

Described as ‘Heeling Exercise’ on the back of this photo.

Forth Bridge

Significant because of the number of times the Lion sailed under it on her way to Rosyth.

Lion 4

Lion 6

Lion 7

Lion 8

Lion 9

Lion 10 Lion 11 Lion 12 Lion in a Gale