Lot Of WW1 Photographs From HMT John Jefferson & HMT Sagitta In Russia & Norway

For sale is a Lot Of WW1 Photographs From HMT John Jefferson & HMT Sagitta In Russia & Norway. 

In this collection of photographs there are 47 photographs, 22 of them are annotated. 

The three ships mentioned in these photographs are HMS Glory (1899), HMT John Jefferson and HMT Sagitta. 

This lot of photographs includes portrait photographs, crew photographs, damaged vessels & ships (including of one vessel cracked in half from a mine), ships & troops in Russia and Norway. Some absolutely fantastic photographs showing the lives and day to day on board HMT John Jefferson and HMT Sagitta. 

HMT Sagitta was a 744/758-ton steam yacht built in 1908 and requisitioned as an armed auxiliary patrol yacht and minesweeper by the Royal Navy during the First and Second World Wars. Commissioned on December 5, 1914 (Pendant No. 01), serving in the Auxiliary Patrol and minesweeping operations along the Belgian Coast (earning a battle honour) and later deployed to the Arctic/White Sea as a headquarters and flagship vessel. Noted for famously carrying volunteer amateur crews from wealthy or academic backgrounds serving under the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

Most of the photographs are from HMT Sagitta, which operated from 1914 and was reused during WW2, HMT John Jefferson was used from 1918 onwards. 

This will be sent via Royal Mail tracked 24 and dispatched within two working days.