The photographs appearing on this page were found in the same album as the other photographs appearing in this gallery. The following photographs were probably taken in the mid to late 1920s (It should be noted that Steve Whelan's uncle, Dudley John Foster, was a Royal Navy submariner during WWII. It is conceivable that his training may have occurred on similar vessels (rather dated by WWII standards) to those seen below). There can be no doubt that the following submarine photographs were taken somewhere in the Far East but it is not known whether they come from China. If anyone can shed light on the identity of the vessels portrayed in these photographs (or the location where the photographs were taken) please contact Steve Whelan. (Note: I was recently contacted by Paul Jacobs who identified the ship in the background of the shot immediately below as a Hawkins Class cruiser. As HMS Hawkins was on China Station from 1919 to 1929 it is probably her (another alternative is Hawkins' sister, HMS Effingham, which was at the East Indies Station from 1925 to 1932).

Below: This ship is clearly a Royal Navy vessel given her trailing flag. I would hazard a fairly confident guess that she is a Ceres Class light cruiser (built around 1918, this set of C Class light cruisers consisted of 12 ships).

Below: A high resolution cropped image of the ship seen above.

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