Old Photograph Portnahaven Island Of Islay Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and harbour in Portnahaven, Island of Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. This village is within the parish of Kilchoman. It is located at the southern tip of the Rinns at the southern end of the A847 road. The A847 follows the coast from Portnahaven to Port Charlotte and Bridgend. Its harbour is sheltered by the island of Orsay and its smaller neighbour Eilean Mhic Coinnich.



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Old Photographs German Light Cruiser Nurnburg Scapa Flow Scotland

Old photograph of the German Light Cruiser Nürnberg in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Nürnberg was a Königsberg-class light cruiser built during World War I by Germany for the Imperial Navy. She saw relatively limited service during the war, due to her commissioning late in the conflict. She participated in Operation Albion in October 1917 against the Russian Navy in the Baltic. The following month, she was engaged in the Second Battle of Helgoland Bight, but was not significantly damaged during the engagement. She was assigned to the final, planned operation of the High Seas Fleet that was to have taken place in the closing days of the war, though a major mutiny forced the cancellation of the plan. After the end of the war, the ship was interned in Scapa Flow. In the scuttling of the German fleet in June 1919, British ships managed to beach Nürnberg and she was later refloated and sunk as a gunnery target in 1922.

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Old Photograph German Light Cruiser Emden Scapa Flow Scotland

Old photograph of the German Light Cruiser Emden in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Emden was built during the First World War and served in the German Imperial Navy until the end of the war, at which point she was ceded to France. She was laid down in 1914 at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, launched in February 1916, and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in December 1916. After her commissioning, she was assigned to serve as a flotilla leader for torpedo boats. She participated in only one major action, Operation Albion, in October 1917. There, she shelled Russian gun batteries and troop positions and engaged Russian destroyers and gunboats. The ship also led a successful, albeit minor, operation against British shipping in the North Sea in December 1917. After the end of the war, she was interned with the rest of the German fleet in Scapa Flow. On 21 June 1919, the interned fleet scuttled itself, though Emden was run aground by British ships before she could sink completely. Ceded to France in the Treaty of Versailles, she was too badly damaged by the attempted scuttling and beaching to see service with the French Navy, so was instead used as a target after 1922, and broken up for scrap in 1926.



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Old Photograph Queen Mary's Bedchamber Edinburgh Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Queen Mary's Bedchamber in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. Queen Mary's Room is within an older building, to the south of the Palace, the little room is where Queen Mary gave birth to her son James, who was the first King of England, Scotland and Ireland. On 17 December 1566 James was christened at Stirling Castle according to Catholic rites. While incarcerated at Lochleven Castle, Mary, under duress, signed her abdication in favour of her son. James aged only 13 months old, was crowned on 29 July 1567 in a Protestant church outside Stirling Castle. By May 1568 Mary had escaped from Lochleven and retreated to England after the Battle of Langside. Moray was assassinated in 1570 and the Earl of Lennox, Darnley's father, took over as Regent. He died in a foray in 1571 before James's very eyes. He was succeeded by the Earl of Mar and then by the Earl of Morton in 1573.



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Old Photograph Fisher Folk Shelling Mussels Auchmithie Scotland

Old photograph of a fisherman and fishwives shelling mussels outside a cottage in Auchmithie, location of the Scarlett Johansson film, Under the Skin in Angus, Scotland.



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