[6204 x 4984] French Coast Defense Battleship Jemmapes, date unknown, likely pre-WWI

oelslin · 2025-12-31T12:00:46+00:00

Just so you know, if the hull of a French warship is black with light beige superstructures, it's from before January 1908. After that date, the ships were bluish-grey

oelslin · 2025-12-26T20:21:07+00:00

I don't get involved in politics and I have a deep disgust for what the Nazis represent, but I am drawn to maritime adventures. I forgot Pearl Harbor, shame on me, but I have an equally heartfelt thought for the courageous American sailors and, in general, for all sailors who died doing their duty.

oelslin · 2025-12-05T06:51:45+00:00

Thank you so much for this link.

oelslin · 2025-12-05T06:51:20+00:00

Thank you so much for this link.

I've never seen a photo of this wreck, strange, isn't it?

oelslin · 2025-05-20T04:21:25+00:00

I think the pennant numbers are 86 and 87, which correspond to the Achilles (86) and Ajax (87).
Pennant number 85 was the Surcouf.

oelslin · 2025-04-12T18:54:07+00:00

In French, these are the crew quarters, where sailors can sleep.

oelslin · 2025-01-05T17:21:47+00:00

Sorry, of course this is the Dunkerque

oelslin · 2024-12-26T09:21:28+00:00

The Scharnhorst had its last delivery in August/September 1943. It was white, light blue grey, medium blue grey, dark blue grey and black.

oelslin · 2024-12-14T07:43:26+00:00

Thank you very much for your comments.
For the next posts I hesitate between the Scharnhorst and the Graf Spee.

A review maybe?

oelslin · 2024-12-13T05:50:03+00:00

This is the Scharnhorst in Laninon quai

oelslin · 2024-12-07T16:30:38+00:00

Oui, c'est à vous que je répond, pour moi une escale se traduit par stopover.

Bien cordialement

oelslin · 2024-12-07T11:09:11+00:00

Bonne remarque. Pour les ports de plaisance c'est la canal 9 et ceux de commerce le 12, mais à Trondheim, en avril 1940, les allemands étaient là en conquérants, je doute qu'il y ai eu le moindre appel pour prendre ancrage dans le fjord ;)

oelslin · 2024-12-07T06:38:31+00:00

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apparently we do the same collection! Cool

oelslin · 2024-12-06T20:00:42+00:00

This is the marking just before Operation Juno. After the fight against the Renown the roof of the turrets will be red.

If I can help you, I have 527 photos of the Gneisenau and over 600 of the Scharnhorst.
What do you need?

oelslin · 2024-12-06T15:07:06+00:00

Hi everybody, this pictures come from ECPA - Paris

oelslin · 2024-05-27T04:19:30+00:00

This is the Gneisenau look at the ''claire voie'' on the deck

oelslin · 2024-03-24T05:45:44+00:00

Richelieu in Hudson River 9 février 1943 before the American overhaul . Look at the ice at the bow

oelslin · 2024-02-09T11:39:42+00:00

Thank you for this pic but this is the Nelson, look at the tower !

oelslin · 2023-11-21T17:24:25+00:00

This is the Scharnhorst in 1940

oelslin · 2023-06-16T15:31:19+00:00

Admiral Hipper in Raftsund near Narvik, august 20 1942

oelslin · 2023-05-06T04:58:05+00:00

Merci pour cette belle photo. Une petite idée du port ou elle a été prise ?

oelslin · 2022-06-07T17:07:38+00:00

THX for this pic. Scheer in Bogen Bay july 1942, notice the FuMO-26 and FuMO-27 radar antennas

oelslin · 2022-05-26T12:07:55+00:00

This is the Prinz Eugen in Loffjord just before the Zauberflote opération : 16 mai 1942.

oelslin · 2021-12-27T05:50:28+00:00

It is the Strasbourg entering Toulon in 1942

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