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Photographs => Photo requests => Topic started by: wellinghall on 05 February 2020 11:49:16 am
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I am looking for interior pictures of HMS Repulse, her sister ship HMS Renown, or any other Royal Navy battlecruiser. I am trying to get a feel fir what life on board would have been like.
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The Imperial War Museum has hundreds of photo's taken onboard various ships in WW2 - many of them were clearly posed, and look rather artificial, but they are worth going through:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/photographs
Having a quick search, I found several between decks photos of battleships - the battlecruiser will not have been very different - I am sure that there will be more
Rodney:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205136611
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205136612
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205136613
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205136614
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205134632
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205134671
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205185090
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205185008
Nelson:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205136627
Anson:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205145029
Prince of Wales:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205138482
Howe:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205145269
Unidentified:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205188338