Navy Collection (#6)

The Prince of Wales visits HMS Eagle at Weymouth. 29th April 1959

Navy week opened at various Naval ports. Here is a typical picture form Chatham, Kent, with " Enemy" submarine sinking after a " Q" boat demonstration. Circa 1930

This dramatic picture, taken on board the British destroyer Beagle, give an insight into the Allied Navies grim task of keeping the invasion army protected and supplied

Poignant moment as Amethyst wounded arrive at St. Martin-in-the-Field for the short, simple thanksgiving service that was held there

15 inch guns from HMS Valiant, Warspite and Malaya concentrate their fire on a single target during a home fleet exercise. 14th July 1932

RAF Attack on Italian Submarine. Circa August 1942 While carrying out a patorol in the Western Mediterranean a Sunderland flying boat of Coastal Command surpised an Italian Submarine on the surface

Deal Pageant and Tattoo, marines of 1761. 31st July 1935

The German Imperial Navy Light Cruiser SMS Emden seen here anchored in the Firth of Forth following Operation ZZ the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet to the Royal Navy following the signing of

Imperial German Navy Battleship SMS Grosser Kurfurst circa 1918. The SMS Grosser Kurfurst was formally commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 30 July 1914, just days before the outbreak of war

The Imperial German Navy, Battlecruiser SMS Von der Tann Circa 1918. She was the German navys first major turbine-powered warship

The Russian ice breaker "Lenin"photographed in Vittoria Dock, Birkenhead
The Russian ice breaker " Lenin" photographed in Vittoria Dock, Birkenhead. 12th October 1948

Scenes aboard a British ship as landing ships and craft of the great armada reached the beaches of Normandy. Picture shows: Captain Sir Harold Campbell, R.N

Twenty ships divers from H. M. S. Hermes joined in with 14 year old Janet Abercombie
Twenty ships divers from H.M.S. Hermes joined in with 14 year old Janet Abercombie the English and Welsh Diving Champion, making a forbidding 45 ft dive into Portsmouth Harbour from the top deck of

Ed Stewart and Tony Blackburn launch the 1968 Christmas broadcast personal message scheme at the Ministry of Defence TV studios in London

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew admire a commemorative Worcester plate presented to them by the youngest Midshipman, 17-year-old K.W Smith of Portsmouth

Queen Elizabeth II visits Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. 31st July 1972

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visits Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, for Admiralty Divisions. The Duke is pictured with Richard Hastilow. 10th April 1992

Outside, the Duke of Edinburgh owned a raincoat and visited the Beagles kennels at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and spent several minutes looking at a panful of puppies. 1st July 1958

After a ceremonial at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, the Duke of Edinburgh changed into a lounge suit and made a tour of the college, which included inspecting model ships. 1st July 1958

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh presents the Queens Telescope end of term prize at the passing out parade, Dartmouth College, to Chief Cadet Captain Dibble. 1st July 1958

The Duke of Edinburgh presents the Queens Colour to the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, Devon. The Queen was unable to attend because she was unwell

6-month-old Susan McGuffie meeting her dad for the first time. Her father is Leading Engineer Mechanic Dave McGuffie of the Royal Navy

General Charles De Gaulle seen here during a visit and inspection to a destroyer of the Free French Navy at a port on the North East coast of Britain. 16th March 1942

General Charles De Gaulle seen here during a visit and inspection to a destroyer of the Free French Navy at a port on the North East coast of Britain. 16th March 1942

Princess Diana and Prince Charles meet and greet the people of Atherstone, Warwickshire, England on one of her many walkabouts. Picture taken 27th June 1985

Bristol. Crowds pack the Centre for the unveiling of the Cenotaph, a copy of the London Memorial, in June 1932 War Memorial

1939 - just at the outbreak of war - shows Royal Naval reservists undergoing gunnery practice on board HMS Flying Fox at Mardyke Wharf

First Sea Lord, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma seen here at Coventry Railway Station. Circa 1960

British Naval Parseval airship later known as Naval Airship No 4 seen here on the 30th June 1913. HM Airship No 4 was the first British aircraft to fly an operational patrol of the First World War

Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Suffolk, England, 8th February 1933

British destroyers in the vital Mediterranean area get plenty of action. Between the attacks on enemy aircraft and submarines, they practice the arts of sea warfare

Ploughing steadily through the broken water, these destroyers of a British flotilla at exercise, give a vivid impression of the power of our navy. Circa October 1940

British Cruisers world-wide task. Cruisers like those have added another great chapter to Naval History with this weeks action against the Italians in the Mediterranean

Six-inch guns crew of H. M.s Jamaica. Jamaica is adopted by the Borough of Bristol
Six-inch guns crew of H.M.S Jamaica. Jamaica is adopted by the Borough of Bristol. March 1944

The Hunt Class destroyer HMS Brocklesby steaming at high speed during a target practice exercise off Plymouth Sound 4th November 1941

A US destroyer fires a pattern of depth charges during a search for a German U-boat. 9th November 1942 The depth charge was the main anti-submarine warfare weapon used against the German submarine

A big range of aircraft parked at the forward end of the flight deck of HMS Illustrious after landing on completion of an exercise in the Indian Ocean

A Type VII U-boats the most common type of German World War II U-boat used during the Battle of the Atlantic

Middlesbroughs chairman, Colin Henderson, presents a set of shirts and a signed club pennant to Commander Martin Manning of HMS Jupiter

Albert RN rejoined the Navy, 70 years after he was paid off at the end of the First World War. Ex-stoker Albert Cowperthwaite, 88

School children visiting HMS Jupiter, berthed in the docks of her adopted home port, Middlesbrough. Control electrician mechanic

Sea cadets were given the chance to go aboard the HMS Jupiter, which is Middlesbroughs adopted warship. Teesport, Pictured, Sea Cadets PO Linda Metcalfe, left and LC Joanne Phillips

To mark HMS Jupiters final visit to Middlesbrough, Mayor Councillor Eddie Bolland gave the crew permission to march through the town with bayonets fixed. 24th April 1992

HMS Kellington, berthed at Stockton Quayside is now open to the public. The first visitor was Paul Rutherford being shown around by Stockton Sea Cadets Mark Summerfield, left, and Terry Plews

Former Navy Minehunter HMS Kellington being towed underneath the Princess of Wales Bridge at Stockton, on its way to Corporation Quay. 22nd August 1993

The Sea Cadets have a new base - the retired mine hunter HMS Kellington has docked at the riverside in Stockton. Stockton Fireman Binks on a tour of the ship takes time to try the galley

First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill inspecting sailors from HMS Hardy on Horse Guards Parade in Central London during the Second World War. 19th April 1940

Royal Marine Commando Reservist Corporal Robert Kilgour is one of 21 Reservist preparing to go to Iraq. 23rd April 1981

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