hmsindomitable

2 photos tagged hmsindomitable, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

When were these photos taken?

2
1910

 

Where were these photos tagged?

None of these photos are geotagged.

Tags that often appear on the same photos:

Members using this tag

Photos

Photos tagged hmsindomitable:

Loading photos…

See more on flickr.com →

Recent uploads

The last upload was August 2011.

Conversations

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

DRAKE, INDOMITABLE, INFLEXIBLE, INVINCIBLE [ships] (LOC)

  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    one of these things is not like the others! HMS Drake, an armored cruiser, was the prey of the Battle Cruiser type, the first class in the world being the other 3. Inflexible was the namesake of her class. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Drake_(1901)
  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    there are also 2 more large ships in the background, 2 funnelled, possibly more battle cruisers
  • LWyman said:
    Contrary to her name, the HMS Invincible was blown completely in half during the battle of Jutland, 1916, and sank in 90 seconds, killing all but 6 of the crew.

12-in. guns amid ships HMS INDOMITABLE (Dread Cruiser) (LOC)

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Alan Denney said:
    There is no Rastafarian Navy - there's a zero after Dread in the original caption so it should read Dreadnought Cruiser. Indomitable was a Dreadnought-class Cruiser
  • Acoustic Bubble said:
    Alan Denney Mmm well caught, that naught!
  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    the term Dread(naught) Cruiser is also an obsolete description. HMS Dreadnought revolutionized warships in 1906. The first "all big gun" ship, she was the first modern battleship. Jackie Fisher who designed her, also designed the battlecruisers, of which INDOMITABLE was the second ship. They were originally known as armoured cruisers until they were redesignated as battlecruisers by an Admiralty order of 24 November 1911. The confusion seems quite common as they were also known as cruiser-battleship, dreadnought cruiser and battle-cruiser before the admiralty decree. The date may be 8/10/1915. It appears she may be coaling and/or taking on supplies.
  • brian donovan said:
    This is great.
  • Maximillian Heartwood said:
    This is great, awesome !