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Aha! See this page on Battleship Moreno. Clearly this is one of the Rivadavia class battleships, of which only two were built, the Moreno, or the Rivadavia, I presume. Quoting, briefly, from that site: Laid down on July 9, 1910, launched on June 28, 1911 and commissioned in December 1914, Moreno carried a main armament of twelve 12 inch main guns mounted two per turret. Two superfiring turrets were on the centerline both fore and aft and there was one wing turret per side that could fire both fore and aft and to both sides. An article in the New York Times about Moreno is here. Wikipedia article about Rivadavia class--uses this photo, so it appears this is no big news!

It appears that one was launched from Quincy, MA, per NYTimes: "QUINCY, Mass., Aug. 26. -- The biggest battleship in the world was launched at the Fore River Shipbuilding Yards here to-day. The vessel in question is the Rivadavia, and when she is finished about a year hence she will steam south to become the principal unit in the fighting fleet of the Argentine Republic. " (8/27/1911)

amazing! :) -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

Above photo shows the Rivadavia moored at Quincy shipyard for some finishing touches, over a year after launch in August, 1911. The photo is dated Dec. 2, 1912. The ship was commissioned by the Argentine Navy in 1914, and sold for scrap in 1956: www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/argentina/pages/r... A 1911 Bain/LOC photo of the Rivadavia shows it at sea after launch, but before completion: Another photo of the Rivadavia moored at Quincy for finishing touches -- photo is dated Dec. 2, 1912: Two photos of the Rivadavia being refurbished in dry dock at Charlestown, Mass., in 1913:

The Rivadavia features here as well

The view in the picture is eastward, not northward.

pssssst beatiful! :D

beautiful place. great pic

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Wild Europe, and we'd love to have this added to the group! oh man, beautiful! i must go there!

Previously ... Reverse-ish view (from SS 'Irene II' ?) showing the OLD lighthouse And lots of details here -

The name of this image from the Mizzen head visitor centre also confirms "SS Irene"

Like how they are drying a few jumpers on the forward rigging.

A close run thing witnessed from the rock and the SS Irene. Reported widely, this is from the Sheffield Evening Telegraph on Saturday 13 July 1901

THE FASTNET ROCK. PASSENGER STEAMER'S NARROW ESCAPE Crookhaven correspondent telegraphs:—At about three yesterday a large passenger steamer, westward bound, had a miraculous escape from total wreck on the Fastnet, and was saved only through the prompt and decisive action on board, the lifting of the fog at tho nick of time, and by the praiseworthy conduct the light keepers and men the Fastnet rock. The steamer Irene, Captain Fleming, of the Irish Lights, was close the at the time, engaged in connection with the building of the new lighthouse, when those on board were horrified to see a large four-masted passenger steamer coming from the east full on the little Fastnet. The light keepers discharged the alarm gun quickly as possible twice in quick succession, and signalled urgent danger. Before the vessel could slowed or reversed she had, however, apparently touched the rock, she was seen to list to starboard and then to port, and all those who were looking feared serious disaster. The rock referred to is about 400 yards east-south-east of the Fastnet rock, and low tide has only about two fathoms of water over it. No serious damage happened, as she proceeded on her voyage apparently uninjured. It had also transpired that a week before a similar accident nearly occurred to a larger passenger steamer homeward bound. About 11 o'clock she touched the Fastnet on the west side, and a disaster was averted only by the discharge of the Fastnet alarm gun.

Wrecked at Grimness in 1969 in the Orkneys. The Longhope lifeboat had launched to assist and overturned with the loss of 8 crew in 60 foot waves. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/orkney-lifeboat-tragedy... And some photos of the wreck. photos.orkneycommunities.co.uk/search.asp

Tarpon, Octopus, and Bonita were C class subs, Grayling was D class. All were renamed on 17 November 1911 so this photo may have been taken prior to that date. I can't find a "Salem" but I wonder if that's really the Salmon, another D class. Subs were all named for fish at the time so "Salem" seems unlikely. Salmon was commissioned in Sept 1910 so that helps to further date the photo. The photo was probably taken at Newport, Rhode Island, as that's where all these subs operated out of. Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, via wikipedia.

Thanks for the information and your source! The "Salmon" name makes sense given the other sub names. This negative is visually very similar to a negative dated Oct. 28, 1911, showing a naval review in NYC, www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163790702/.

The names are painted on the sides of the vessels, but there isn't enough resolution in the scans (or perhaps the original negative) to be able to read them.

perfgeek: Try looking at the higher resolution version (tiff file) available at the persistent URL listed in the description.

Are those towers in the background on ships?