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poor Audacious, she barely got her engines broke in and then she was gone. Lost after barely a year, and one the very first capital ships lost, the admiralty covered up her loss until after the war, even though Olympic helped rescue survivors. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Audacious_(1912)

Great shot for its day and conditions

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

LOC, there is a transcription error. This is Southsea, England, all one word.

Thank you Richard Arthur Norton and artolog. We'll add his full name to our record and correct the spelling of Southsea.

looks like same plane 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)