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The British destroyer HMS Fury refuels from the cruiser HMS Trinidad despite heavy seas and falling snow whilst on patrol in the North Atlantic. 9th March 1942
HMS Frobisher, one of the British Royal navy cruisers which during the week before D-day, when the allied expeditionary Forces sailed for France
The biggest Allied convoy to Russia fought through four day attack by enemy torpedo planes of the German Luftwaffe and U-boats of the Kriegsmarine to deliver her cargo at an Arctic port
Fleet Air Arm shatter enemy convoy on 27th November from one of the attacking Barracuda flighter planes of the British RoyalNavy aircraft carrier HMS Implacable during a strike on a southbound enemy
HMS Seagull, Halcyon class minesweeper seen here on patrol during the Second World War. 1st December 1941
1st mate taking down a message form a nearby Destroyer. Picture taken 24th August 1943
A small boat in the sea. Location unknown. Caption suggests the skipper is looking out for any enemy. Picture taken 24th August 1943
Some of the officers and crew of HMS Proteus seen here on deck with their jolly roger flag after completing a year of patrols in the Mediterranean sea. 19th October 1942
Smoke belching from the conning tower of German Uboat U744 after being attacked for over 30 hours with depth charges and forced to the surface by HMS Icarus
Some of the officers and crew of HMS Unison seen here on deck with their jolly roger flag, after 16 months patrolling in the Mediterranean sea. 28th September 1943
The launch of HMS Teredo by Mrs Jamieson at Barrow in Furness watched going down the slipway by some of the men who helped to build her. 27th April 1945
The second British naval attack on Narvik. HMS Warspite returning after the successful action against German warships. Picture taken at Framnesodden Point, the entrance to the harbour is on the left
Albert Dock Hospital Gym, Liverpool, Merseyside. Sailors in rehab, encouraged to climb Jacobs Ladder to aid fitness and recovery. Picture taken 2nd January 1944
Women of the WRNS doing skilled jobs such as carpenters and fitters at a Royal Naval Depot show themselves capable craftswomen. Photo shows: A maintenance worker on the turning machine
Five British airmen of the Royal air Force were rescued from the sea by Royal Navy destroyer HSM Jackal after 24 hours afloat on rubber floats in the sea
HMS Cossack (close to the wreck of the German transport in foreground) in the Narvik Fjord engaging the shore batteries at close range. 13th April 1940
A visit to HMS Dolphin, Portsmouth, Hampshire. The nearby memorial chapel. Picture taken 25th May 1943
Lined up on each side of the white line on the flight deck of HMS Emperor waiting for the word " Go". Hellcat fighter bombers with wings stored a short while before they took off to attack
The first Wrens to be trained as Balloon operatives have just completed their course. Besides learning how to operate balloons they underwent a course of instruction in their care and maintenance
Lord and Lady Wavell gave an outdoor tea party in the grounds of the ViceroyOs House in New Delhi, India on 13th January 1944. Nearly 200 Indian and British convalescent soldiers were invited
Returning to Hong Kong, scene of his marriage, with the British Liberation force, Petty Officer John Wright-Brown of the Royal Navy was reunited with his wife
On board British Royal Navy submarine HMS Templar with the Eastern Fleet during the Second World War. In the engine room, leading stoker Joe Henley of Cardiff makes adjustments to the engines at
These two Service sisters met in Delhi, India during the Second World War. Third Officer " Bunny" Grist of the WRNS has served two and a half years overseas in South Africa
Women Royal Navy Service training at the rifle range during the Second World War. A group of Wrens taking aim during shooting practice. December 1940
A South African Air Force plane flies over a surrendering U-Boat near Gibraltar. The H. MA South African Air Force plane flies over a surrendering U-Boat near Gibraltar. The H.M.S Lowestoft is pictured in the background. 2nd June 1945
RAF Coastal Command Sunderland Kills"a U-BoatRAF Coastal Command Sunderland Kills" a U-Boat. Pictured, the Canadian destroyer Rostigouche preparing to pick up enemy survivors of a destroyed U-boat after the attack. September 1944
Survivors of a sunk German destroyer photographed by a R. A. A. FSurvivors of a sunk German destroyer photographed by a R.A.A.F. Sunderland after a battle in the Bay of Biscay. January 1944
Italian survivors of the Matapan sea engagement who were photographed by an R. A. FItalian survivors of the Matapan sea engagement who were photographed by an R.A.F. Flying Boat. Circa 29th March 1941
The British corvette Launceston Castle following a trail of U-Boats into Scapa after their surrender. 31st May 1945
Royal Navy fleet under Italian bombing attack in the Mediterranean. July 1940
Picture taken on board the British Escort carrier Campania during a recent British convoy to and from Russia when a U-boat was sunk
British forces have carried out a raid on the French Coast near Boulogne. Troops were landed and after penetrating the German defences carried out their reconnaissance mission
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
Bombs falling astern of HMS Ark Royal during an attack by Italian aircraft during the Battle of Cape Spartivento 27th November 1940
Destroyer waiting at a jetty at Barentsburg in the Svalbard Islands to take Russian miners and their families off to the SS Empress of Canada. Spitzbergen Raid 25th August 1941
HMS Kipling with her guns manned and ready for action whilst on patrol in the Western Approaches. Circa May 1940
A K Class destroyer cutting across the wake of HMS Kelvin during a patrol of the Western Approaches. Circa May 1940
The decks of HMS Milne are awash as she ploughs through heavy seas in the North Atlantic. Circa December 1943
Firefighters busy on board HMS Formidable after a Japanese suicide plane had crashed on to the flight deck whilst she was operating off the Sakishima Islands in support of the Okinawa landings
Aircraft carriers HMS Illustrious and HMS Formidable escorted by HMS Warspite, three capital ships that form part of the Royal Navys Eastern Fleet July 1942
Firefighters on board HMS Formidable inspect the wreckage and dampen down the fire after a Japanese suicide plane had crashed on to the flight deck whilst she was operating off the Sakishima Islands
Convoy PQ 18 at sea. An underwater detonation erupts next to HMS Ashanti. The destroyer HMS Eskimo is seen in the foreground. Merchant ships are in the background. 13th September 1942
A British convoy passing through the Straits of Dover seen here being attacked by German dive bomber. 11th July 1940. German air operations over the English Channel marked the first phase of The
Tobruk harbour - The Pride of Tobruk is HMS Ladybird which was sunk in the harbour with only her gun turret above the water line
HMS Kelly under tow in the North Sea after being torpedoed off the coast of Norway on the 10th May 1940
USS Nevada, a USN destroyer, USS Quincy, another USN destroyer, and HMS Glasgow seen from HMS Enterprise. Preparing to bombard the German shore batteries at Cherbourg. 25th June 1944
Five British airmen rescued from a rubber float climbing on board HMS Jackal. The five were rescued after 24 hours afloat. They had come down in the sea after a raid over enemy territory
