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The Higginson Photo Collection
Updated 04-Apr-2004

This collection contains copies of photos/postcards taken or collected by Royal Marine James Roland Higginson. "Jim" as he was known, served in Hood from March 1937 to May 1939. The following photos are all from 1937 and 1938, when Hood was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet. There are a wide variety of shots of the ship, her crew plus other ships and various ports of call. These photos and a number of the descriptions are courtesy of Jim's son, Jim Higginson. We have added our own descriptions for some photos.

These photos may not be downloaded and reproduced or republished elsewhere without the Higginson family's express permission.
Higginson Collection 2
Higginson Collection 4

Collection 4 - Various Ports of Call


Above- Barcelona, Spain as seen from aboard Hood


Above- The Statue of Columbus pointing to America. Barcelona was the port from which he sailed for the New World.


Above- Palm Beach, Cannes, France


Above- Looking across the town (Corfu, Greece)


Above- 220 hurdles (Hood men racing at Corrodina)


Above- One of the handsome indigenous inhabitants of the Rock of Gibraltar


Above- The Sea Front, Palma de Majorca


Above-Going ashore (Marseilles, France)


Above- Marseilles from the ship with the cathedral in the distance


Above-A postcard from Monte Carlo, France


Above- English Hotel, Nice, France


Above- Split, Yugoslavia


Above- The Harbour St Florent (Corsica)


Above- Carnival at Valleta, Malta

Higginson Collection 2
Higginson Collection 4
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