figurehead

15 photos tagged figurehead, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

When were these photos taken?

5
1887
2014

 

Where were these photos tagged?

40% of these photos are geotagged.

Tags that often appear on the same photos:

Members using this tag

Photos

Photos tagged figurehead:

Loading photos…

See more on flickr.com →

Recent uploads

The last upload was May 2014.

Conversations

Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos:

Part of figurehead - IMPERATOR (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Tom Wigley said:
    From wikipedia: SS Imperator was an ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line (German: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft or HAPAG) launched in 1912. She was the first of a trio of successively larger Hamburg America ships that included SS Vaterland and SS Bismarck built by the line for transatlantic passenger service. At the time of her launch in May 1912, she was the largest passenger ship in the world superseding the RMS Olympic. During World War I, the ship remained in port in Hamburg. After the war she was briefly commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Imperator (ID-4080) and employed for returning American troops from Europe. Following her U.S. Navy service, Imperator was handed over to Britain's Cunard Line as part of war reparations, and she sailed as the flagship RMS Berengaria for the final decade of her career. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Imperator
  • technogeo said:
    The slogan on the globe reads: "Mein Feld ist die Welt" (My Domain is the World), the well-known motto of HAPAG founder Albert Ballin. The words rhyme in German.
  • technogeo said:
    Here's a color postcard of the ship: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/15283643@N04/4101365085/]
  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    the figurehead would eventually be ripped off in a severe Atlantic storm
  • technogeo said:
    It's a wonder Robert Ballard hasn't found it...yet.

IMPERATOR - figurehead (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Tom Wigley said:
    From wikipedia: SS Imperator was an ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line (German: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft or HAPAG) launched in 1912. She was the first of a trio of successively larger Hamburg America ships that included SS Vaterland and SS Bismarck built by the line for transatlantic passenger service. At the time of her launch in May 1912, she was the largest passenger ship in the world superseding the RMS Olympic. During World War I, the ship remained in port in Hamburg. After the war she was briefly commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Imperator (ID-4080) and employed for returning American troops from Europe. Following her U.S. Navy service, Imperator was handed over to Britain's Cunard Line as part of war reparations, and she sailed as the flagship RMS Berengaria for the final decade of her career. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Imperator
  • technogeo said:
    The slogan on the globe reads: "Mein Feld ist die Welt" (My Domain is the World), the well-known motto of HAPAG founder Albert Ballin.
  • technogeo said:
    Here's a color postcard of the ship: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/15283643@N04/4101365085/]
  • lornesett said:
    I believe she lost that eagle in a storm.

Queen Elizabeth at City Quay, Dublin

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 52 older comments, and then…
  • Wendy: said:
    That is great --including the shadows!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Wendy: Absolutely! I'm sure someone'll have fun working out the time of day or season...
  • luca marella said:
    Fantastic
  • Micheál Cattigan said:
    yes, some time late afternoon summertime?
  • Foxglove said:
    fascinating detail ! and to wander through the "large" version - is equally so - and yes I think that the stucture is (mens) screened and open air toilets