Category:Oscar Parkes
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British marine artist and naval historian (1885-1958) | |||||
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Date of birth | 18 October 1885 Handsworth | ||||
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Date of death | 24 June 1958 County Down | ||||
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English: Oscar Parkes was a surgeon in the Royal Navy who took many photographs during his naval career in the first half of the 20th century including World War I. From 1918 to 1935 he was editor/co-editor of Jane's Fighting Ships. He retired from the Navy in 1920 and kept working as a surgeon and in general practise until 1957. In 1957 he published British Battleships, which has become a standard reference work.
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- Surgeon Oscar Parkes Collection (229 F)
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The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total.
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Argentine battleship Moreno RMG PU6330.jpg 1,280 × 876; 1.01 MB
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German scout Mainz RMG PU6326.jpg 1,280 × 735; 906 KB
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HMS 'Southampton' on the morning of the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 RMG BHC3871.tiff 3,800 × 2,860; 31.09 MB
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Italian battleship Conte de Cavour RMG PU6327.jpg 1,280 × 901; 1.13 MB
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Italian Battleship Napoli RMG PU6325.jpg 1,280 × 817; 934 KB
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NH 59543 USS Monitor (1862-62) (27105771690).jpg 5,580 × 3,192; 925 KB
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NH 59544 USS Miantonomoh (27418752495).jpg 5,598 × 3,640; 1,019 KB
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NH 60617 (26660628994).jpg 5,514 × 2,508; 875 KB
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Ships of the Royal Navy (IA shipsofroyalnavy00park).pdf 1,095 × 739, 208 pages; 5.46 MB
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- 1885 births
- 1958 deaths
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Surgeons from the United Kingdom
- War photographers
- Male photographers from the United Kingdom
- Editors from the United Kingdom
- Illustrators from the United Kingdom
- Maritime historians
- Births in Birmingham
- Naval surgeons