Hi
As my german is rusty, I prefer to write you in english. I have some photos og KM ships in the years just befor the Great War, from the Kaiser's summer travels to Norway. I think most pictures are from about 1910, but there might some older too. In between there's also a british Dreadnought (I believe it's the HMS 'Bellerophone') and some old cruise liners, both british and german. Then there's also an image of what I believe is KdF 'Wilhelm Gustloff' or KdF 'Robert Ley'
If some of you are able to identify some of the ships' I'd be grateful. I have an idea for some of them myself, but I'm not 100% sure. I think SMS 'Mecklenburg' and also SMS 'Schwaben' too, also some Wittelsbach class ships is there..
Anyway enjoy the photos from a beautiful lost time. Forgot to mention, all photos are from - Ulvik in hardanger, and surrounding waters.
Please follow this link to my Photobucket online photo album
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/nils_011/Kaiserliche%20Flotte%20-%20photos/?albumview=slideshow
Hai
#79 is Wilhelm Gustloff. Robert Ley's Mast position is different.
It's a bit difficult to set a Number to each picture.
Teddy thanks, yeah I suspected it was the Gustloff.
I see the 'Ley' has a bigger superstructure between the bridgework and funnel than the 'Gustloff'..
I've edited the slideshow so the numbers now should show.
Thanks for telling me..
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/nils_011/Kaiserliche%20Flotte%20-%20photos/wa0345.jpg?t=1309375874
looks like a Swedish railway ferry, either "Drottning Victoria" or "Konung Gustav V".
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/nils_011/Kaiserliche%20Flotte%20-%20photos/wa0551.jpg?t=1309375850
is the Norwegian "Kristianafjord":
http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20K/slides/Kristianiafjord-02.jpg
Hi!
wa1998 / wa2070 / HFU-Wa-2558
Schlachtschiff (Battleship) BELLEROPHON-Klasse (BELLEROPHON, SUPERB oder TEMERAIRE)
Auf allen 3 Bildern (wahrscheinlich) das selbe Schiff.
wa2020 / HFU-Wa-2505 / HFU-Wa-2527
Schlachtschiff/Linienschiff NASSAU-Klasse (NASSAU, POSEN, WESTPHALEN oder RHEINLAND)
Auf allen 3 Bildern (wahrscheinlich) das selbe Schiff.
Gruß Nauarchus :-)
Thanks Nauarchus and kgvm, that's a few more bits of the puzzle solved :)
I later also found and image of the Hapag Lloyd liner 'St Louis' among my photos.
I believe that the the two ships on wa0188 is the 'SMS Braunschweig and 'SMS Elsass'
I've attached the image of 'St Louis'
Hi Nils!
wa0188
Möglich, aber nicht zu 100 %. Aber definitiv BRAUNSCHWEIG-Klasse.
Gruß Nauarchus :-)
Hi,
wa 2367 Mecklenburg
wa 2119 Mecklenburg
wa 2080 Mecklenburg (foreground)
wa 2020 Posen
wa 1971 Mecklenburg (left) and Zähringen (right)
wa 1901 Zähringen
wa 0589 and wa 0193 Nassau Class (presumably one of them Posen)
wa0188 both Braunschweig Class
wa0129 Mecklenburg
wa 0045 Prins Olav (former british Royal Yacht Alexandra)
wa 2620 Mecklenburg
wa 2527 Posen
wa 2505 Posen
Regards
Schiffbauer
Schiffbauer, thanks a lot for your very helpful comments!
BTW I can tell that the liner at wa1620 is possible the Orient Line ship 'SS Orama', sunk in 1940 by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, during operation Juno