Sea War Collection

Some of the pilots of the Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force who took part in the location of the Altmark during the Second World War. February 1940

Cheering sailors and Wrens of the Royal Navy line the entrance to Gladstone dock in Bootle, Liverpool to celebrate the arrival of the U-boat destroyer Captain Frederick John Walker on board HMS Stork

A sunken enemy ship lies in the harbour of Gaeta on the west coast of Italy near Rome during the Second World War. Circa May 1944

The passage of the convoy from the west to Malta on June 14 / 16 was under the command of
The passage of the convoy from the west to Malta on June 14/16 was under the command of Vice- Admiral Curtesis. It was sighted

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

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Porpoise returns to its base in Portsmouth, England after 14 serving 14 months in the Mediterranean

The Battle of Taranto during the Second World War. The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history

British battleship HMS Rodney of the Royal Navy firing her secondary armament of six inch guns during exercises at sea in the Second World War December 1940

Two of nine Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish bombers launched from a Royal Navy Aircraft carrier travelling to attack the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic Ocean during the Second Word War

A German U-boat caught in a hail of gunfire and bombs dropped by a Sunderland flying boat of RAF Coastal Command in the Bay of Biscay. June 1942

Seamen safely rescued from the armed merchant cruiser Transylvania, pennant F56, sunk by torpedo fired the German U-boat U-56 off Malin Head, Ireland on 10th August 1940

Royal Navy patrol frigates of the 1st escort group, HMS Affleck and her sister ships Gore, Gould, and Garlies destroyed two German U-boats of the Kriegsmarine in the Atlantic Ocean at Gibraltar

A group of 10 veteran seaman serving with the training ship HMS Implacable, which, as the French warship Ddugay-Trouin, fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

The pilot of a German Heinkel Bomber plane of the Luftwaffe is brought aboard a British Royal Navy destroyer after his plane was hit by a barrage of fire and plummeted into the sea

A British destroyer out East had hunted this Italian submarine and finally located it. Depth charges were dropped and a few minutes later up out of the water came the Italian vessel

Rear Admiral Sir Philip View, DSO (centre), Captain Wright DSO and Captain Eccles (left) of the Royal Navy, discussing the latest plan of action. Circa January 1944

Picture shows Sea Venture after it was a attacked by a German U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in the English waters of the North Sea during the Second World War

Members of a crew of a small British steamer which was bombed and machine gunned by aircraft of the German Luftwaffe off the coast of Norfolk, being landed by lifeboat at Cromer

A bullseye scored by the Royal Navy dreadnought battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth during gunnery practice. This photograph was taken from the ship towing the target which can be seen

Sailors of the Royal Navy gallant H Class Destroyer HMS Hardy, assigned to the Home fleet, return home to England after the ship was capsized in the First Battle of Narvik

Attempts by dozens of enemy planes to harass British Convoys in the English Channel have so far met with little success. Hit and run tactics have been foiled by the speed

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

Of ten Norwegian ships which attempted to escape to Britain from Gothenburg, Sweden in March, 1941, one, a new 10, 000 ton tanker the B.P. Newton, arrived safely at a British port

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

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

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

A Dutch tug has, since 1940, towed to safety 22 Allied ships with a total tonnage of over 128, 000. Among this number was an American freighter

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

Of ten Norwegian ships which attempted to escape to Britain from Gothenburg, Sweden in March, 1941, only one, a new 10, 000 ton tanker the B.P. Newton, arrived safely at a British port

Picture taken on board, one of HMS Escort Vessels during West Coast Convoy shows one of the the bright moments of the day. The Rum Ration is due any moment now. 20th October 1942

The British Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal lists badly after being torpedoed by German U-boats 30 miles off the coast of Gibraltar during the Second World War

Aerial picture taken at Scapa of secret Fleet tenders - merchant ships camouflaged with wood and canvas to represent R Class battleships and the aircraft carrier Hermes

Pilots and crew of the Royal Air Force which attacked the German cruiser Lutzow off the Norwegian Coast, pictured posing on the wing of a Bristol Beaufort after returning to their home station in

The "Duc De Genes", a 12, 000 ton boat from La Valence Genes in Italy
The " Duc De Genes", a 12, 000 ton boat from La Valence Genes in Italy, pictured after being struck by a torpedo off the coast of Spain during the Second World War. Circa 1942

The battleship SMS Bayern of the German Imperial Fleet seen here sinking by the stern on the morning of the 21st June 1919 shortly after the crew had opened the seacocks to scuttled the ship

A German U-boat caught in a hail of gunfire and bombs dropped by a Sunderland flying boat of RAF Coastal Command in the Bay of Biscay June 1942

British fleet at Invergordon in Scotland, conisting of Battleships HMS Rodney, HMS Resolution, HMS Royal Oak and HMS Royal Sovereign and battlecruiser HMS Repulse August 1939

British Navy and merchant ships bound for the coast of North Africa, with a cargo of armed men and machinery for Operation Torch November 1942

Ships of the Merchant Navy are now carrying their own fighter aeroplanes. These are piloted by volunteers of the Fleet Air Arm and have been giving the Nazi bomber raiders a hot time

A Nazi bomber sweeps out of the clouds to attack a convoy in the mid Atlantic, all his bombs fell harmlessly into the ocean. May 1941 P011654

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