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On Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Iron_Duke_(1912) The Iron Duke was the nickname of the Duke of Wellington.

Picture is from March 1914 (commisioning date) at the earliest.

this would be 1919 or later as the after 6 inch guns have been moved forward. I've noted it in the photo

Typo? The ship was almost completely disarmed in 1931, and scrapped 1948.

yeah fat fingered it

This would be Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO & Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 – 5 February 1931) the British naval aviation pioneer. You can read more about him here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rumney_Samson

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This beauty of a photograph (together with the one before) shows the very early Short S.41 Tractor Biplane which was completed in March 1912 as a landplane. It was later converted as a seaplane, with two central floats and three streamlined air-bags (!). Commander Samson used the machine in the Naval Review in 1912. Source: C.H. Barnes. Shorts aircraft since 1900, page 80. Cheers Kees

Richard Arthur Norton and Varese2002: Thank you! When we update the source record, we will add the expanded descriptive information.

looks like the same model as"

a beautiful and storied ship en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Princess_Royal_(1911)

Probably in the news as a participant in the Battle of Dogger Bank on January 24, 1915. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dogger_Bank_(1915)

I understand that the ash dumping procedures were very involved and messy to the ship.

Martin Manning I understand that the ash dumping procedures were very involved and messy to the ship. Not really, they had pumps and chutes and they basically blew it out the side. It was taking coal onboard that was labourious and messy.

Rmor Plate Coolness! I visited the Battleship Texas: last dreadnought, and it was useless for information as it had been converted to oil in the '20s.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Texas_(BB-35)