Title

The Supremacy of the Seas', (1919).

Caption

'The Supremacy of the Seas', (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: 'The supremacy of the British Navy and Merchant Service finds apt illustration in the photograph of a convoy of merchant vessels being escorted into a British port under the protection of the fleet of the Auxiliary Patrol Service, The photograph was taken from the airship patrol, accompanying the fleet. From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. VII, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]

Date

1919

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F14_492

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,9Mb (2,0Mb) / 18,9in x 13,0in / 5663 x 3885 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph transport transportation sea ship ships geography freight cargo supply war century first world war concept B&W aerial view MONOCHROME convoy World War I WWI steamship bird's eye view water transport black & white black and white B W World War One steamships 1910s 20th century merchant navy shipping route The Print Collector 1st World War geographical feature steam ship WW1 photograph Unknown Knight Caxton Publishing Company William Stanley Macbean Knight William Stanley Macbean W. Stanley Macbean Knight W Stanley Macbean Knight W. Stanley Macbean W Stanley Macbean W. S. M. W. S. M. Knight Caxton Pulishing Company Lim Auxiliary Patrol Auxiliary Patrol Service