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Description: | A photograph album with black/blue board covers, containing 216 photographs pasted in, with 2 portrait photographs being loose. The fly leaf is inscribed wiith "Rodolf Thompson, Christmas 1900, Photographs".
The album includes the following vessels: HMS Cornwall (1902) on a Baltic cruise in 1909, HMS Hibernia (1905) in 1910, HMS Hemes (1898) in 1911-12, HMS Astraea (1893).
A brief outline of Thompson's career is as follows:
Mid - 15/1/10: HMS Hibernia (15/1/10), HMS Mernes (14/1/11)
SL - 15/5/13: HMS Tyne (5/2/13), HMS Astraea (8/10/13)
Lt - 15/4/15: HMS Defender (1911) (10/9/16), HMS Norseman (1877) (22/10/16), Pembroke (8/4/19) at Faversham, Tourmaline (1878) (24/5/20)
Lt Cdr - 15/4/23: HMS Ganges (5/1/23), HMS Robin (30/5/25) when he was in Command, HMS Ganges (1/8/27)
Instructor RNVR: Egmont (28/6/32)
Rtd Cdr - 31/8/35 | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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