25th Apr, 2012 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Anzac)

 
  Lot 75
 

75

[M] A RARE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH...

A RARE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE PERTAINING TO EARLY ROYAL NAVY SUMARINE DEVELPMENT, COLLATED BY CAPT. JOHN MORETON RN, PROTÉGÉ OF ADMIRAL SIR REGINALD BACON
comprising approximately 170 sepia and b/w images of assorted sizes and state spanning this officer's naval career between c.1895-c.1910, on tour in the training ship Calypso and including views of life aboard and ashore; a selection of fine full-page views of H.M.S. Centurion receiving guests, c.1900; a section of full-page views devoted to submarines H1, H2, H3, A3 and B1 from launch to trials, some impressed with stamp for 'Vickers Sons & Maxim'; several full-page views of Dreadnought (1906), dressed overall, with guests, underway, displaying successful targets hit in practice; officer groups with Bacon from 1901 and 1906; and a quantity of loose images including rare views of the 15in. monitor Erebus, contained in two albums (partially disbound) and a loose folder, the albums -- 15 x 10in. (38 x 25.5cm.)
(a lot)

Captain John Alfred Moreton (1877-1920) was one of the earliest submarine captains in the Royal Navy and was closely associated with Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon who commanded the First Submarine Flotilla between 1902-1906. When Bacon left to take command of Dreadnought in 1906, he took Moreton with him to act as First Lieutenant. Promoted Commander on 30th June 1909, after a few more months with submarines at Portsmouth, he was appointed Commander of HMS Duncan, flagship of Admiral Jerram in the Mediterranean for two years from August 1910 when he was transferred to the Indomitable. After a distinguished career during the Great War, gaining the DSO and promotion to Captain, he died of pneumonia whilst on active service in 1920 aged 43. The images included in this lot provide a fascinating glimpse of his career in the first modern submarines, a programme tolerated but not wholly endorsed by the Naval Establishment, but one which Admiral 'Jackie' Fisher knew was vital in order to take them as seriously as his new battleships; and it's no coincidence that, in choosing Bacon, he put a trusted ally in charge of both projects in their early stages.

Sold for £7,440
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


 
A RARE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE PERTAINING TO EARLY ROYAL NAVY SUMARINE DEVELPMENT, COLLATED BY CAPT. JOHN MORETON RN, PROTÉGÉ OF ADMIRAL SIR REGINALD BACON
comprising approximately 170 sepia and b/w images of assorted sizes and state spanning this officer's naval career between c.1895-c.1910, on tour in the training ship Calypso and including views of life aboard and ashore; a selection of fine full-page views of H.M.S. Centurion receiving guests, c.1900; a section of full-page views devoted to submarines H1, H2, H3, A3 and B1 from launch to trials, some impressed with stamp for 'Vickers Sons & Maxim'; several full-page views of Dreadnought (1906), dressed overall, with guests, underway, displaying successful targets hit in practice; officer groups with Bacon from 1901 and 1906; and a quantity of loose images including rare views of the 15in. monitor Erebus, contained in two albums (partially disbound) and a loose folder, the albums -- 15 x 10in. (38 x 25.5cm.)
(a lot)

Captain John Alfred Moreton (1877-1920) was one of the earliest submarine captains in the Royal Navy and was closely associated with Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon who commanded the First Submarine Flotilla between 1902-1906. When Bacon left to take command of Dreadnought in 1906, he took Moreton with him to act as First Lieutenant. Promoted Commander on 30th June 1909, after a few more months with submarines at Portsmouth, he was appointed Commander of HMS Duncan, flagship of Admiral Jerram in the Mediterranean for two years from August 1910 when he was transferred to the Indomitable. After a distinguished career during the Great War, gaining the DSO and promotion to Captain, he died of pneumonia whilst on active service in 1920 aged 43. The images included in this lot provide a fascinating glimpse of his career in the first modern submarines, a programme tolerated but not wholly endorsed by the Naval Establishment, but one which Admiral 'Jackie' Fisher knew was vital in order to take them as seriously as his new battleships; and it's no coincidence that, in choosing Bacon, he put a trusted ally in charge of both projects in their early stages.
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