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The bombardment of Fort Capuzzo and Bardia by British warships of the Mediterranean Fleet. Pictured, the fleet steaming out to sea for the bombardment. Circa October 1940
The corvette H. M. S. Aconite. Circa 1942The corvette H.M.S. Aconite. Circa 1942
A British battleship at sea seen from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious, at sea off the coast of Norway. HMS KIing George V astern seen from the flight deck
Submariners, pictured reading the Daily Mirrors Good Morning Newspaper, which was specially published and distributed for the Royal Navy Submarine Service during World War Two
"Deck landing"training of Fleet Air Arm pilots at a Royal Naval Air Station" Deck landing" training of Fleet Air Arm pilots at a Royal Naval Air Station. Photo shows: Pilots scramble. Naval Swordfish ranged on the deck at a naval shore station for immediate take
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilots in training exercises during the Second World War. Picture shows: Wheeling out the torpedo to be fitted to their aircraft. March 1941
Picture taken on board the British Escort carrier Campania during a recent British convoy to and from Russia when a U-boat was sunk
Co-operating Naval and RAF ground crews re-arm a Spitfire plane on an aerodrome in Malta during the Second World War. 25th August 1942
Naval ratings undergoing training with Tommy guns for the first time. 29th November 1940
Small high speed vessels, manned by officers and men of the Merchant Navy, have run the enemy blockade of the Skagerrak to bring valuable war materials from Sweden
For 7 hours early in 1943 the corvette HMS Lavender lay alongside a blazing Panama tanker in the Caribbean Sea while the Corvettes crew fought the flames
A German bomb explodes on a British ship of the R royal Navy during an engagement in the Mediterranean Sea during the Second World War. 2nd June 1941
Picture highlighting the the bitter cold conditions of the Artic region, taken on board the Royal Navy destroyer ship HMS Milne in Northern Waters shows sailors wearing Arctic hat fashions
Mediterranean Sea battle units of the Italian Fleet engaged by a British Convoy escort en route from Alexandria, Egypt to Malta. Picture shows: A Royal Navy Cruiser smoke-screening the the convoy
Picture taken aboard Royal Navy cruiser HMS Manchester in Northern Waters highlighting the the bitter cold conditions of the Artic region. Circa May 1941
An Admiralty statement on 14th August 1942 stated that supplies and reinforcements had reached the fortress of Malta despite very heavy enemy concentrations designed to prevent their passage
"Ditched air crew"in dinghy paddle towards the lifeboat as it touches down" Ditched air crew" in dinghy paddle towards the lifeboat as it touches down. Lifeboat Dropped From Air. 13 July 1945, Lee-On-Solent
A dummy Landing Craft Tank, Mk 11, of rigid construction designed by Messrs Cox & Co of Watford Used as a decoy in South East Coast harbour when preparing for the Invasion of France
The crew of a Short Sunderland flying boat, shot down recently in the Bay of Biscay by a JU 88 of the German Luftwaffe, was sighted by HMS Starling after a search of approximately 24 hours
HMS Ashanti Puts In To Refit. April 1942, Naval Dockyard, England. Scenes In The Dockyard During The Refit Of The Destroyer. Women dockyard workers coming ashore from the destroyer. April 1942
Royal Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy warships exchange fire with Vichy destroyers off the Syrian coast. Circa June 1941
The Kriegsmarine destroyer Georg Thiele photographed from a Royal Nav destroyer after having been run aground during the Second Battle of Narvik. 13th April 1940
Aerial images of HMS Ark Royal healing over to starboard after being torpedoed by German U-boat U81 13th November 1941 with HMS Legion in attendance to take off the crew of the stricken aircraft
The German destroyer Hermann Kunne beached and burning in Herjangs Fjord following the second Battle of Narvik seen from HMS Warspites Fairey Swordfish observation aircraft. 13th April 1940
German Transport sunk in Narvik Harbour, Ofotfjord, Norway during the Second Battle of Narvik. 13th April 1940
Scene on signal bridge of a British cruiser convoying merchantmen (some of them Russian) heavily laden with arms for the Red Army
Officers and men of the Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Volunteer Reserve working in one of many secret underground operations rooms. Circa 1941
Nineteen year old Royal Navy stoker Benjamin Brown of HMS Drake is lifted by a constable and policeman to bump the boundary stone during the ancient Beating the Bounds custom taking place at
Picture shows The Ark Royal. HMS Ark Royal was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War
This fast new cargo ship, made in British shipyards, has been designed for the purpose of carrying strategic cargos. The length of holds and " tween" decks
The Merchant Services Fighter United, an RAF operational aircraft unit based at Speke Airport, have played one of the most daring parts in the war at sea and in the air
Admiral Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble seen here congratulating the crew of HMS Stork after sinking U-754 by depth charge and then ramming the damaged U-Boat. Picture taken circa 1st June 1942
Picture taken on board a British Battleship as it takes part in a naval bombardment of Derna, a port city in eastern Libya. Picture taken circa 14th January 1942
An impromptu concert in the wardroom of a British ship in a Royal Navy convoy inn the English Channel during the Second World War, given by an officers band
Mixing with the troops and the Air Force girls id Reverend W. EMixing with the troops and the Air Force girls id Reverend W.E. Buchanan-Dunlop, parson of St. Helens Church, Worcester. During the service there
H. M. S. Jasmine, a Royal Navy corvette at sea during convoy duty. Circa October 1941H.M.S. Jasmine, a Royal Navy corvette at sea during convoy duty. Circa October 1941
Torpedomen of HMS Jamaica who finally dispatched the Scharnhorst. Picture right to left: Petty Officer J O Mahoney, of Middleton, Co Cork, J Beck, of Wakefield, R Polkinghorne
H. M. S. Hesperus enters a harbour, showing damage to her bows caused by ramming a GermanH.M.S. Hesperus enters a harbour, showing damage to her bows caused by ramming a German submarine. Liverpool 28th December 1942
Visit of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, to Rangoon, the capital city of Burma
Royal navy Fleet Air Arm shatter enemy convoy. 27th November 1944. Taken from one of the attacking Barracudas of HMS Implacable during a fleet air arm strike on a southbound convoy off the coast of
Looking down on Lodingen Harbour, Norway as (left) a tanker receives a direct hit, four supply ships are set on fire and (in background near shore) an auxiliary vessel is left blazing
The small supply vessel (in foreground) well on fire and being beached; in centre, the troopship running ashore on fire with the armed trawler hiding under her smoke
Fleet Air Arm shatter enemy convoy. 27th November 1944. Taken from one of the attacking barracudas of HMS Implacable during a fleet air arm strike on a southbound convoy off the coast of Norway
Royal navy Fleet Air Arm attack shipping off Statlandet. 12th September 1944, On board the escort carrier HMS Trumpeter, when with other naval aircraft operating from HMS Furious her aircraft
On 5th July 1948, the Indian Navy acquired its first cruiser when HMS Achilles, heroine of the River Plate Battle of World War Two, was handed over at Chatham to the High Commissioner for India
Operation at sea saves sailors life. November 1944, on board the cruiser HMS Berwick, in northern waters. A destroyer rating believed to be suffering from appendicitis was transferred from his ship
HMS Kipling with her guns manned and ready for action whilst on patrol in the Western Approaches. Circa May 1940
