Warship Collection

The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11th and 12th November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and Italian naval forces

Wrens pictured as they join the HMS Brilliant for war duty. 8th October 1990

Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales on board HMS Bronington 29 October 1976

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

HMS Trident, the submarine which torpedoed the German cruiser Prinz Eugen. Pictured here is Commander G.M. Sladen in conversation with Captain H.M.C

The Royal navy aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable seen from the air during the Second World War. November 1944

New Zealand Fa pilots down a Junkers 290. 23rd March 1944

Royal Navy cruiser bombarding enemy positions at Anzio. 3rd February 1944

HMS Kipling with her guns manned and ready for action whilst on patrol in the Western Approaches. Circa May 1940

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

Smoke screen put up by US destroyers whilst circling HMS Enterprise. 27th June 1944

Smoke screen put up by US destroyers whilst circling the British cruiser Dido. 6th June 1944

HMS Spartan can be seen here assisting with the bombardment of the beaches at Anzio. 3rd February 1944

Among the naval ships which came to British ports after the capitulation of the French government was this fine destroyer

RAF Coastal Command Beaufighter Squadron. R. A. F. Beaufighter strike off
RAF Coastal Command Beaufighter Squadron. R.A.F. Beaufighter strike off the Norwegian Coast. 12th August 1944

The Germany Navy battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, which recently escaped the RAF attack in Brest, have been located in their new positions

RAF reconnaissance photo of the German Naval base at Wilhelmshaven. Photograph taken during the night attack of 15th - 16th January 1941

Mediterranean Sea Battle: Units of the Italian Fleet engaged by British convoy escorts whilst travelling to Malta. Circa 1940s

Picture taken from the bridge of the British Royal Navy "Southampton"
Picture taken from the bridge of the British Royal Navy " Southampton" class cruiser HMS Sheffield as she ploughed through heavy seas of the Northern Waters

First close up pictures to be released of the terrific pasting the US Navy delivered to the Japanese on Attu Island. Army and Navy forces advanced to the attack together

A rocket ship of the US Navy pounds Japanese positions in a softening up prelude to the landing of US troops during the battle for the Philippines

Battleships of the US Navys Seventh fleet move in to formation into Lingayen Gulf on Luzon island for a bombardment of enemy installations on the coast prior to landings of American troops

A lookout on a US warship trans glasses on two of the US Navys new Essex class aircraft carriers as they proceed in line ahead formation with two other warships on a combat mission in the Pacific

Seamen on the deck of a US Coast Guard Frigate watch a large caravan of ships carrying supplies and reinforcements to American troops fighting the Japanese in the Philippines

While its planes soar and circle overhead, one of the US Navys new 25000-ton Essex class aircraft carriers speed through the Pacific

Sweeping a safe route for the merchant fleet. Shopper pom-pom gunners at section station beneath white Ensign. 2nd January 1944

Royal Navy supports landing at Anzio. 3rd February 1944

Refugees evacuated from Anzio area. 22nd March 1944

British and American gunners on the Queen Mary during an exercise. 27th November 1944

Hugging the shore and protected by a destroyer green and fight escort, the German cruiser Prinz Eugen was sighted on Sunday evening May 17th steaming southwards along the Norwegian Coast

HMS VICTORIOUS at sea during several days of preparation for Norwegian operations, Fairey Albacores can just be seen on deck. Note the wind screens raised at the front of the flight deck

British Royal Navy rescues American sailors in "Invasion Bay"
British Royal Navy rescues American sailors in " Invasion Bay". They are from two American infantry landing ships, which were torpedoed during a German U-Boat attack in Invasion Bay

A plane from HMS Furious passing over the aircraft carrier while manoeuvering to alight on the landing deck during exercises off the North Coast of Africa

The Battle of Hong Kong (8 - 25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II

Naval Occasions on board a British Destroyer H. M.s Pathfinder
Naval Occasions on board a British Destroyer H.M.S Pathfinder. Action stations - An ammunition party board British destroyer. 5th May 1942

Some fighters of an eastern escort carrier make their first kill. (Picture) View from the carrier a escorting destroyer put up a smoke screen. 27th May 1945

Royal Navy battlecruiser HSM Hood was sunk in the Battle of the Denmark Strait on 24th May 1941 during the Second World War. HMS Hood seen here on exercise in July 1925

A Combined fleet Royal Navy training exercise in 1934. Awaiting the move off

The main body of the Royal Navy Task force that is going to the Falklands set sail. The carriers Invincible and Hermes leave Portsmouth on this mornings high tide

The guided missile destroyer HMS Norfolk, built at the Wallsend yard of Swan Hunter, has been delayed from sailing from the Tyne to Portsmouth by minor defects. 3rd March 1970

Aviation, Autogiro. The take-off, made diagonally so as to avoid the gun turrets and superstructure of the warship. The first autogiro to land and take off from a warship

Bishop Herbert Gresford Jones conducting the commissioning service for HMS Whitby at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. 10th July 1956

The Devonshire class armoured cruiser HMS Hampshire of the British Royal Navy. Launched in September 1903 she participated in World War One and was present at the Battle of Jutland

An American destroyer coming to her anchorage in a north of Ireland port during the second World War, January 1942

The German Pocket Battleship The Graf Spee seen here taking part in Coronation Fleet Review for King George VI Thursday May 20, 1937

The Viking ship off Broadstairs Circa 1960

Viking Longboat Ship July 1949 Viking ship off the shores of Kent after crossing the North Sea

USS Proteus at anchor in the Holy Loch in 1961

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