WORLD WAR I

Provided by Mr. Ed Somers, whose grandfather served aboard TEXAS, in the North Sea, 1918.

These are some of the best BB35 photos of WWI that I have seen. The starboard side profile view is especially fantastic. This is how she looked when she sailed on 11 November 1918, with the Grand Fleet, to intern the German High Seas Fleet.

Full: 4 Nov - 12 Dec (a Christmas 1918 item)

Full - can see 5 sailors spelling "TEXAS' with semaphore flags

Full: kite balloon

Full - funeral service.

Full: Captain Victor Blue, TEXAS commanding officer, 4 August 1916 to 31 December 1918

Full 3 inch Mark X Antiaircraft gun atop one of the cranes. The photo caption description is "Sky Gun"

Full - spar fighting

Full - CPO Mess

Full - 5inch/51cal gun, on the starboard side, superstructure.

The gun fired on a submarine periscope, 30 June 1918