Photographic Supplement to French Warships Books

French armored cruiser Victor Hugo at Jamestown, Va., on 12 June 1907

Notes: One of the few limitations on published books is that space for illustrations is scarce and expensive. This is not the case on the web, and this opportunity has been taken to post photographs and illustrations that are relevant to the book but could not be included in it. Photographs and plans shown in the book at full page width are generally not duplicated here, but some of the ones printed in half-page width are enlarged here to show additional details. Nearly all of these photos necessarily relate to the 1859-1914 volume.

Source and Copyright Note: The author acquired many of the photographs presented here from two sources, the collection of the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) in Washington, D.C. (these have NH photo numbers), and small sellers online. He has made a diligent effort to identify the original sources of these images, including consulting websites of known image suppliers, but with indifferent success. The purchased images, many of which are postcards, mostly bear credits to sources that are unknown today, and the U.S. Navy collection contains many items collected by naval attachés in Europe in the 1890s, on many of which the credits are absent, not visible, or unknown today. The author considers it highly unlikely that any of the photographs of uncertain or unknown origin remain in copyright, particularly given their age and provenance, but he offers his apologies in case his efforts have failed to turn up a holder of legitimate rights to an image presented here and, if notified, will immediately withdraw the image while the matter is being resolved.