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Photo # NH 106190:  Great White Fleet's Naval Brigade landing at Port Melbourne, Australia, August 1908.  Artwork by Norman Carter

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The 1900s

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Visits to Melbourne and Albany, Australia, August - September 1908


This page features views concerning the "Great White Fleet"'s visits to Melbourne and Albany, Australia in August and September 1908.

For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909 -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 106157

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Local military and naval officers greet the Fleet's Commander in Chief, Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry (at left, second from left), as he arrives at St. Kilda, near Melbourne, Australia, circa late August 1908.
    The original image is printed on post card stock.
    Note the Royal Navy honor guard at right.

    Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106190

    "Great White Fleet World Cruise, 1907-1909


    The Fleet's naval brigade landing at Port Melbourne Town Pier, Australia, on 31 August 1908, prior to marching to the city of Melbourne.
    The steam launch and other boats in the foreground are from USS Vermont (Battleship # 20). The Sailors, also presumably from USS Vermont, are armed with Krag-Jorgensen rifles and are equipped with cartridge belts, canteens and bayonets.
    Large ship in the right distance is HMS Powerful (British protected cruiser, 1897).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 190KB; 900 x 655 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106190-A

    HMS Powerful
    (British Protected Cruiser, 1897)

    Off Port Melbourne, Australia, on 31 August 1908, as the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's naval brigade was landing at the Town Pier prior to marching to the city of Melbourne.
    This image is cropped from Photo # NH 106190.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 128KB; 900 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106187-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909

    Post card published by H.H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee, depicting the Fleet's Sailors parading at Melbourne, Australia, 31 August 1908.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 460 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100339

    "Great White Fleet" Cruise around the World, 1907-1909


    U.S. Navy Sailors entering St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa late August 1908.
    The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by the Rose Stereograph Company, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington & London.

    Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 570 x 675 pixels

    A stereo pair version of this image is available as Photo # NH 100339-A

    Online Image of stereo pair: 81KB; 675 x 400 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1113

    Black Spur, near Melbourne, Australia


    Native Australians demonstrate fire making for an audience including U.S. Navy officers, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Melbourne in September 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 145KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63017

    Black Spur, near Melbourne, Australia


    Wood chopping contest held before an audience including U.S. Navy officers, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Melbourne in September 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41678

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
    ,
    December 1907 - February 1909

    Six Atlantic Fleet battleships at Albany, Western Australia for coaling, circa mid-September 1908.
    The three ships with black hulls (one of which is directly alongside a battleship) are probably colliers. The white-hulled ship at right is USS Glacier (Storeship, 1898-1922). Also present is a grey British cruiser, probably HMS Gibraltar.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 143KB; 900 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63018

    Dog Rock, Albany, Western Australia


    View of the distinctively-shaped rock, as seen by men of the "Great White Fleet", during its visit to Albany in September 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     


    For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909 -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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