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REPULSE sister ship of RENOWN - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows the HMS Royal Oak a battleship which served in the Royal Navy during World War I and World War II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on th... More

ROYAL OAK, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the HMS Royal Oak,a battleship which served in the Royal Navy during World War I and World War II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on th... More

Mijnenveger HMS "Bengal" met Nederlandse tanker "Ordina"

Mijnenveger HMS "Bengal" met Nederlandse tanker "Ordina" beschadigden Japanse kaper in de Indische Oceaan. Nabij waar de kapitein van de tanker werd gedood verwoesten granaatscherven het "signal deck" (voorgro... More

Dykare på HMS Belos var ett ubåtsbärgningsfartyg i svenska flottan. Be...

Dykare på HMS Belos var ett ubåtsbärgningsfartyg i svenska flottan. Belos sjösattes 1885, köptes av kronan 1940 och i tjänst från 1941 tills i början på 1960-talet, gruppfoto på däck, överst till vänster Nils O... More

NAVY Anefo Londen serie. Nederlandse marine tijdens de Tweede Wereldo...

De M.S. "Emma"van de Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland die de veerdienst tussen Vlissingen en Harwich (Engeland) verzorgde is na haar vlucht naar Engeland omgedoopt in HMS "Emma" , en dient als troepentransportsc... More

One year of reciprocal aid. British sailors and U.S. Rangers share a j...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: Official British photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer... More

Left to right: Sir Clive Baillien of the British Purchasing Commission...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Der englische flugzeugträger "Courageous" wird von deutschem U-boot ve...

Print shows passengers abandoning the HMS Courageous, a British aircraft carrier, on September 17, 1939 after it was torpedoed by a German Uboat. Original signed in lower left. Forms part of: Third Reich Colle... More

Aerial Photograph of HMS Repulse

Original caption: Aerial of HMS Repulse. Diamond Head in background. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Hartford, Connecticut (vicinity). Boris Sergey Komorosky. He was a Rus...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Nederlanders, Britten en Fransen aan boord van de H.M.S.

Nederlanders, Britten en Fransen aan boord van de H.M.S. "Calpe", Commandoraid

Hartford, Connecticut (vicinity). Boris Sergey Komoroski. He was a Rus...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Oorlogsschepen in Sumatra. Op de voorgrond HMS "Warspite".

Oorlogsschepen in Sumatra. Op de voorgrond HMS "Warspite". Op de achtergrond Hr. Ms. "Van Galen"

HMS Acquitania Getting Overhauled

This photograph shows the HMS Acquitania getting overhauled at US Naval Dry Dock. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

USS Wakefield Towed after Fire at Sea

Original caption: 24. AP-21 USS Wakefield. Being towed to U.S. Naval Dry Dock after fire at sea. Former liner SS Manhattan. Nov. 1942. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

BDE-1 HMS Bayntun - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

This photograph shows the .289 diesel electric BDE-1 (British K-210) HMS Bayntun, built by Boston Navy Yard. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Atlantic convoys - A group of men working on a submarine

Photograph shows British seamen aboard the destroyer Vanoc "preparing the torpedo, before loading the tube." British Official Photo, A-4575. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture... More

MN / Anefo Londen serie. Nederlandse marine tijdens de Tweede Wereldo...

[Nederlands passagiersschip in dienst voor troepentransport] Bijschrift: "Some of the British naval personel"

Churchill and cat, World War II photo

ID no : 00957.Photographer: unknown.Place: at sea, on board HMS Prince of Wales..British Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, photographing in the act of patting the bushy tailed, black cat mascot of HMS Prin... More

HMS Sheffield After Repair - U.S. National Archives Public Domain phot...

This photograph shows the British cruiser, HMS Sheffield, which was repaired in the Boston Navy Yard under the Administration of Conversion Division. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Bezoek van de Amerikaanse admiraal H. Kent Hewitt aan

Bezoek van de Amerikaanse admiraal H. Kent Hewitt aan Nederland [Voormalige Britse torpedobootjager HMS Scorpion met kenteken G72 aan het Westerdok in Amsterdam]

Vlootweek te Rotterdam. Zuid Holland

Prinses Juliana en prins Bernhard aan boord van HMS Bellona Naast hen de Britse admiraal Tovey (links)

Voormalige Britse torpedobootjager HMS Scorpion met

[Voormalige Britse torpedobootjager HMS Scorpion met kenteken G72 aan het Westerdok in Amsterdam]

Vlootweek te Rotterdam. Nederlandse marine tijdens de Tweede Wereldoor...

Prinses Juliana aan boord van de lichte kruiser HMS Bellona Public domain image of a British navy ship during World War Two, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bezoek van de Amerikaanse admiraal H. Kent Hewitt aan

Bezoek van de Amerikaanse admiraal H. Kent Hewitt aan Nederland [Voormalige Britse torpedobootjager HMS Scorpion met kenteken G72 aan het Westerdok in Amsterdam]

Vlootweek te Rotterdam. Nederlandse marine tijdens de Tweede Wereldoor...

Prinses Juliana aan boord van de lichte kruiser HMS Bellona Public domain image of a British navy ship during World War Two, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BB-33 Arkansas after Return - U.S. National Archives Public Domain pho...

This photograph shows the BB-33 Arkansas returning from the invasions of Europe for refurbishing. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Stern view of HMS Kelly, British navy ship

Stern view of HMS Kelly during sea trials, 1939 (TWAM ref. 2931)...This image is taken from an album produced by the world famous shipbuilding and engineering firm of Hawthorn Leslie. The album gives us a fasci... More

Launch of HMS Kelly, shipbuilding

View of HMS Kelly sliding down the ways at the shipyard of Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, 25 October 1938 (TWAM ref. 2931)...This image is taken from an album produced by the world famous shipbuilding and engineerin... More

HMS Jervis on sea trials, British navy ship

View of HMS Jervis on sea trials, 1939 (TWAM ref. DS.HL/2/100/17). She was a J-Class destroyer and the sister ship of HMS Kelly...This image is taken from an album produced by the world famous shipbuilding and ... More

HMS Kelly. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This photograph shows the HMS Kelly (built 1939) on full power trial. HMS Kelly was built at the Hawthorn Leslie yard, Hebburn...Reference: DS.HL-2-100-17-KELLY..This image is taken from an album produced by th... More

The Remains of HMS Kelly, shipbuilding

This photograph shows the remains of the H.M.S. Kelly arriving on the River Tyne following its severe Torpedo incident ..Reference: 2931-Unlisted..This image is taken from an album produced by the world famous ... More

HMS Kelly after an Attack, British navy ship

This photograph shows HMS Kelly in the Dry Dock at the Hawthorn Leslie Yard after an Attack. ..Reference: 2931-Unlisted..This image is taken from an album produced by the world famous shipbuilding and engineeri... More

HMS Kelly. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This photograph shows the HMS Kelly (built 1939) on full power trial. HMS Kelly was built at the Hawthorn Leslie yard, Hebburn...Reference: 2931-43-01..This image is taken from an album produced by the world fa... More

Beauty in the Shipyard - The Angola

This photograph, taken in the Hawthorn Leslie yard, Hebburn is captioned is captioned 'Beauty in the Shipyard. View of the 'Angola' ready for launch, March 1948.'..Reference: 2931-43-07..This image is taken fro... More

Torpedo damage to HMS Kelly, shipbuilding

This photograph, taken in the Hawthorn Leslie yard, Hebburn shows the severe torpedo damage to HMS Kelly, 1940...Reference: 2931-43-02..This image is taken from an album produced by the world famous shipbuildin... More

Launch of the cruiser HMS Uganda

HMS Uganda sliding down the slipway at the Walker Naval Yard, 7 August 1941 (TWAM ref. DS.VA/9/PH/12/17)...This set of images celebrates the achievements of the Naval Yard at High Walker. The Yard was establish... More

Tug boats towing the world's largest floating dock

View of tug boats towing the Southampton Dock on the River Tyne, c1924 (TWAM ref. DS.VA/9/PH/11/990). She was launched at the Walker Naval Yard on 2 May 1923 and when completed in the following year was the lar... More

The passenger liner 'Berengaria' heading out to sea

View of the passenger liner 'Berengaria' heading out to sea after her conversion from coal to oil burning engines at the Walker Naval Yard, c1921 (TWAM ref. 1027)...This set of images celebrates the achievemen... More

Passenger liner 'Berengaria' on the River Tyne

A view of the passenger liner 'Berengaria' under tow on the River Tyne (TWAM ref. 1027). She was owned by Cunard and in 1921 was sent with ‘Aquitania’ to the Walker Naval Yard of Armstrong Whitworth, where both... More

Franklin D. Roosevelt boards HMS Prince of Wales (53) at Argentia, New...

At the Atlantic Charter meeting at Argentia, Newfoundland, the captain of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales (53), John Leach, welcomes United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard. Captain E... More

Friesenland (1937) - Australian Troops in World War Two

A Blohm and Voss Ha 139 seaplane being hoisted onto the stern catapult of the German depot ship, Friesenland, which is docked in her home port of Bremen, Germany. Initially operated as mail planes by Lufthansa ... More

Japanese kamikaze on HMS Sussex

Imprint of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft on the side of HMS Sussex. The aircraft hit the side of the HMS Sussex and fell into the ocean without damaging the ship. Second World War, 1939-1945.

"Venus" the bulldog mascot of the destroyer HMS VANSITTART, 1941. A399...

"Venus" the bulldog mascot of the destroyer HMS VANSITTART, 1941. "Venus" the bulldog mascot of the destroyer HMS VANSITTART.

2-pounder multiple pom-pom and crew on HMS Zulu WWII IWM A 911

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The four barrelled two pounder pom-pom with the crew closed up and ready to fire during gunnery practice on board HMS ZULU.

20mm Oerlikon training on HMS Rodney WWII IWM A 6264

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Aboard HMS RODNEY, a group of officers receive instruction in the use of a 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannon. A visiting soldier looks on. The barrels of an eight ba... More

830 Squadron Barracuda taking off from HMS Furious at the start of Ope...

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Fairey Barracuda of 830 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm taking off from HMS FURIOUS with a 1600 lb bomb showing beneath it, to attack shipping and installations off Norway. ... More

A boat load of Royal Engineers leaves HMS CAIRO on board a Motor Fishi...

A boat load of Royal Engineers leaves HMS CAIRO on board a Motor Fishing Vessel to land at Narvik in Norway, June 1940. A boat load of Royal Engineers leaves HMS CAIRO on board a Motor Fishing Vessel to land in Narvik.

A Fairey Barracuda of 827 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm returns to HMS Furio...

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Fairey Barracuda of 827 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm returns to HMS FURIOUS watched by other pilots who had returned after taking part in the operations.

A fishing boat crowded with Italian staff officers and soldiers interc...

A fishing boat crowded with Italian staff officers and soldiers intercepted by HMS LEMERTON LAMERTON off Cape Bon in Tunisia, May 1943. In bright sunshine a fishing smack can be seen off Cape Bon, Tunisia, crow... More

A large group of men helping to clear a crashed Grumman Hellcat of 804...

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A large group of men helping to clear a crashed Grumman Hellcat of 804 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm from the flight deck of the Escort Carrier HMS AMEER whilst others look ... More

A Royal Navy LCV minesweeper, March 1945. A27986

A Royal Navy LCV minesweeper, March 1945. Close up of an LCV Minesweeper underway at sea. This type was Britain's smallest minesweeper of the Second World War. After the 8th Army in Italy had taken Ravenna, it... More

A submariner at the controls of a Royal Navy midget submarine in Sydne...

A submariner at the controls of a Royal Navy midget submarine in Sydney, Australia, 1945. A submariner at the controls of his X Craft. The submarine was one of the British Pacific Submarine Fleet based out of S... More

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham TR2520

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Personalities Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, in front of a painting showing the Battle of Trafalgar in h... More

Admiral Sir Henry Harwood (1942)

Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, Kcb, Obe, Commander in Chief, Mediterranean. 31 August 1942, Alexandria.

Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, Kcb, Obe, Commander in Chief, Mediterranean...

Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, Kcb, Obe, Commander in Chief, Mediterranean. 31 August 1942, Alexandria.

Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore TR2390

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Personalities Half length portrait of Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore KCB, CVO, DSO, Commander in Chief Home Fleet, under the guns of his flagship HMS DUKE OF YORK at... More

Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Personalities Full length portrait of Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore KCB, CVO, DSO, Commander in Chief Home Fleet, under the guns of his flagship HMS DUKE OF YORK at... More

Admiral Sir John Tovey and Members of His Staff. 4 February 1943, on B...

Admiral Sir John Tovey and Members of His Staff. 4 February 1943, on Board Home Fleet Flagship HMS King George V. Admiral Sir John Cronyn Tovey, KCB, KBE, DSO, Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, on the quarterdeck... More

Admiral Sir Max K Horton A17422

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A half length portrait of Admiral Sir Max K Horton, KCB, DSO, Commander in Chief, Western Approaches stood in his office at Derby House, Liverpool, which overlooks the... More

Aerial reconnaissance photograph of Alten Fjord during World War II A1...

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A numbered aerial reconnaissance photograph of Alten Fjord showing, among other things, the anchorage for the TIRPITZ (No 6).

Allies Grand-strategy Conference in N Africa- President Roosevelt Meet...

Allies Grand-strategy Conference in N Africa- President Roosevelt Meets Mr Churchill. One of the Most Momentous Conferences of This War Began on January 14 1943, Near Casablanca, When President Roosevelt and Mr... More

Allies Grand-strategy Conference in N Africa- President Roosevelt Meet...

Animals at War- Moving Day at HMS Golden Hind, Sydney, Australia, 10 J...

Animals at War- Moving Day at HMS Golden Hind, Sydney, Australia, 10 July 1945 Petty Officer Irvine Farrell, of Leicester, kisses his pet cockatoo, 'Percy', as he carries a kit bag and suitcases during the move... More

Anti Submarine Warfare during the Second World War, Two New Classes of...

Anti Submarine Warfare during the Second World War, Two New Classes of Destroyer, December 1943 View of a line of destroyers at sea in the North Atlantic when on anti-submarine patrol. Those which are visible i... More

Anti-submarine Warfare during the Second World War - Return From a Pat...

Anti-submarine Warfare during the Second World War - Return From a Patrol To Londonderry, 7 November 1943 Three sailors view numerous destroyers of the escort group B7, which are moored alongside each other aft... More

Ap.55 FL24344, US Navy Photo, British Navy ship

Small Coastal Transport USS APc-55 on delivery to the Royal Navy. Stationary, coastal waters near Boston. Renamed HMS FT-5 upon commissioning; became HMS Tenderfoot in 1944.

At the Light Coastal Forces Base HMS Hornet, Gosport, 15 August 1944 A...

At the Light Coastal Forces Base HMS Hornet, Gosport, 15 August 1944 At work on torpedoes in MTB 206 at HMS HORNET, Gosport. Left to right: Wren E Redmond, of Birkenhead: Wren Maisie Bell, of Sunderland; Chief ... More

Atlantic Conference Between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Presi...

Atlantic Conference Between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D Roosevelt 10 August 1941 The President of the United States, Franklin D Roosevelt, and the Prime Minister of the United King... More

Atlantic Conference Between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Presi...

Atlantic Conference Between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D Roosevelt 10 August 1941 The Prime Minister with Admiral Sir Dudley Pound and Captain Leach on the quarterdeck of HMS PRINCE OF WALES.

B turret on board HMS Rodney taken from the bridge as the ship prepare...

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A very clear shot of B turret on board HMS RODNEY taken from the bridge as the ship prepares to enter harbour. Beyond, on the focsle, some of the men are preparing to ... More

B.a.t. FL1558, British Navy ship

B.a.t., underway at sea. Could possibly be the 1943 tug HMS Bat.

Bombs falling astern of HMS Ark Royal A2298

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Bombs falling astern of HMS ARK ROYAL during an attack by Italian aircraft during the Battle of Cape Spartivento (photograph taken from the cruiser HMS SHEFFIELD).

Britain's Sea Power is Yours! Art.IWMPST14008

Britain's Sea Power is Yours! whole: the image occupies the majority, with the Admiralty seal placed in the lower left. The title is separate and positioned along the bottom edge, in white, set against a grey b... More

Britain's Underwater Fighters- British Submarines Doing Some of the To...

Britain's Underwater Fighters- British Submarines Doing Some of the Toughest Jobs of a Tough War, Carry Out Long Miles of Patrol Duty in Search of Enemy Shipping, work With Other Ships of the Fleet in Fighting ... More

Britain's Underwater Fighters- British Submarines Doing Some of the To...

British and American Units Bombard Enemy Batteries at Cherbourg, 25 Ju...

British and American Units Bombard Enemy Batteries at Cherbourg, 25 June 1944 The cruisers HMS GLASGOW (right) and USS QUINCY (left) during the bombardment of Cherbourg in support of the advancing Allied troops.

British Light Coastal Forces during the Second World War A7630

British Light Coastal Forces during the Second World War MGBs of the 6th Flotilla proceeding at speed at HMS BEEHIVE, Felixstowe.

British Light Coastal Forces of the Second World War A13630

British Light Coastal Forces of the Second World War MGB 75, a British Power Boat Company motor gun boat at HMS BEEHIVE, Felixstowe.

British Medical Services in the Second World War A26430

British Medical Services in the Second World War Medicine at Sea: The transfer in heavy weather of a sailor with suspected appendicitis from destroyer HMS CAMBRIAN to cruiser HMS BERWICK in Arctic waters in Nov... More

British Medical Services in the Second World War A6880

British Medical Services in the Second World War Medicine at Sea: Aboard HMS SHEFFIELD in December 1941. During "Exercise night action stations" the Surgeon Lieutenant gives a lecture on First Aid in the torped... More

British Submarine 'unruffled' Home With Honours. 15 February 1943, Mal...

British Submarine "unruffled" Home With Honours. 15 February 1943, Malta, HMS Unruffled, Just Returned From the Mediterranean Where She Supported the Allied Victories in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. From the... More

British warships in Algiers Harbour

The Royal Navy in the Second World War British warships in Algiers Harbour. HMS Formidable (background) with HMS Dido (left) and HMS Maidstone (right) against the centre jetty. HMS Vienna is centre foreground,... More

British Warships of the Second World War A10510

British Warships of the Second World War HMS HOWE on completion.

British Warships of the Second World War A10645

British Warships of the Second World War HMS CURACOA, entering harbour after exercises at sea, configured as an anti-aircraft cruiser.

British Warships of the Second World War A12236

British Warships of the Second World War HMS EGLINTON, a Type 1 Hunt class destroyer.

British Warships of the Second World War A12387

British Warships of the Second World War The cruiser HMS BIRMINGHAM, anchored off Tamatave, Madagascar, during the British capture of the port.

British Warships of the Second World War A13452

British Warships of the Second World War The aircraft carrier HMS ILLUSTRIOUS underway.

British Warships of the Second World War A13837

British Warships of the Second World War Broadside view of HMS SKATE, an R Class destroyer of the First World War, built in 1917 and the oldest destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. Photograph taken at Liverpool.

British Warships of the Second World War A14073

British Warships of the Second World War HMS SATYR, a group two S class submarine in Holy Loch. Alterations include the fitting of a stern tube and a 20mm oerlikon on the after end of the conning tower.