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    WW1 Destroyer "HMS Express" HELP

    Hi, can anyone out there please help me with finding a reasonable picture of HMS Express, which was a 'B' class torpedo destroyer built 1897, broken up 1921. (NOT the later HMS Express that was at Dunkirk etc) I''ve just found out that my grandfather in law served on this ship in WW1, but...
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    Merchant Shipping Losses of WW1

    Does anyone know of a web site or publication that offers a *comprehensive* listing of merchant ships lost during the 1914-18 "season", to submarine warfare, mines, surface raiders, etc.? (I'm not looking for *details* on the vessels, necessarily; just a *complete* list showing ship names...
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    WW1 Era Wreck Photos

    Here are two from a series of several photos taken from a 1917-'19 Block Island photo album. The series shows a midsize passsenger or passenger/ cargo ship under tow after encountering some sort of mishap while in trooping colors. There are some shots which clearly show fire damage, and others...
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    TITANIC'S SISTER OLYMPIC WW1 DAZZLE SCHEME

    Hello everyone. I am researching the dazzle colour schemes assigned to the civilian liners during WW1 while they were used as troopers and am particularly interested in OLYMPICS schemes. From the little I have found out so far, she seems to have had at least 3. I also stress the word...
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    Survivors that died in World Wars

    Does anyone know of any Titanic survivors that died in action during World War One or Two. I can think of only Archie Jewell and Daniel Buckley. Found this on Jewell from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: ================ In Memory of Able Seaman ARCHIE JEWELL S.S. "Donegal"...
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