Category:Oscar Parkes

**Oscar Parkes**
	British marine artist and naval historian (1885-1958)
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Date of birth	18 October 1885; Handsworth
Date of death	24 June 1958; County Down
Educated at	University of Birmingham;
Occupation	historian; surgeon; physician;
Award received	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1919);
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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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'the Pride of the German Fleet' - the battleship 'bayern', the first German ship to carry 15-inch guns, surrenders, never having fired her guns in action Art.IWMART1636.jpg 2,956 × 3,508; 3.13 MB
Argentine battleship Moreno RMG PU6330.jpg 1,280 × 876; 1.01 MB
Evening. the German Destroyers in Line Formation Escorted by British Destroyers in the Distance Art.IWMART1637.jpg 3,508 × 2,351; 3.06 MB
German scout Mainz RMG PU6326.jpg 1,280 × 735; 906 KB
HMS 'Southampton' on the morning of the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 RMG BHC3871.tiff 3,800 × 2,860; 31.09 MB
HMS Lord Clive - shelling the German forts on the Belgian Coast with her 18-inch gun Art.IWMART4060.jpg 3,508 × 2,492; 2.57 MB
Italian battleship Conte de Cavour RMG PU6327.jpg 1,280 × 901; 1.13 MB
Italian Battleship Napoli RMG PU6325.jpg 1,280 × 817; 934 KB
NH 59543 USS Monitor (1862-62) (27105771690).jpg 5,580 × 3,192; 925 KB
NH 59544 USS Miantonomoh (27418752495).jpg 5,598 × 3,640; 1,019 KB
NH 60617 (26660628994).jpg 5,514 × 2,508; 875 KB
Rn Hospital Ship Somali off Cape Helles, 1915 - walking cases coming on board Art.IWMART4006.jpg 3,900 × 2,309; 4.15 MB
Ships of the Royal Navy (IA shipsofroyalnavy00park).pdf 1,095 × 739, 208 pages; 5.46 MB
The End of the German Destroyer Flotillas - some of the 50 surrendered boats steaming in line to Inchkeith Art.IWMART1638.jpg 3,508 × 2,433; 2.63 MB
The Smoke Screen - Destroyers throwing a smoke screen around Hospital Ship 'karapara' after Hospital Ship 'dover Castle' had been torpedoed by an enemy submarine Art.IWMART2775.jpg 3,950 × 2,274; 3.28 MB