Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Italy & Germany:
Survivors of the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis on board the Italian submarine Enrico Tazzoli, December 1941

The Enrico Tazzoli was a Calvi-class ocean-going submarine of the Regia Marina, built in 1935. Improving upon the Balilla-class, those were double-hulled boats that ended up being a success: robust, with good seakeeping qualities, with good autonomy and well-armed. They proved well apt at the campaign that was left in the hands of BETASOM, i.e. the attack on isolated, unescorted merchantmen in Caribbean and South American waters. The Tazzoli ended up being the most successful Italian submarine of the war in terms of number of ships sunk, with eighteen victories, and second in terms of tonnage (92'836 GRT).

In December 1941, the three Calvi-class, plus the Luigi Torelli, on the request of the German B.d.U., sailed to relieve the U-Boote that had taken onboard the survivors of the auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, plus those of the refuelling ship Phyton, as the situation onboard the much smaller German boats was dramatic; they took onboard several survivors and brought them back to St. Nazaire.

 

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USN:
A Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo Torpedo is launched from a Nimitz-class carrier, circa 2017.

 

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Imperial Japan:
The capsized wreck of the IJN Izumo, Kure, Japan, Oct 1945

 

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RN:
Watercolour of HMS Ulysses by Arnold Barlow, May 1944. "Polyarno" (Polyarny), Russia. Barlow was 19 years old, and an Officers' Cook

 

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Germany:
U-255 arriving at port flying four victory pennants and the flag of SS Paulus Potter after her highly successful attack on convoy PQ 17, Narvik, Norway, 15 July 1942

 

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Netherlands:
An RCAF CH-148 Cyclone circling past De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate HNLMS Evertsen on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea, May 2019

 

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Italy:
A 1915 painting on the torpedoing and sinking of the Italian armoured cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi by the Austro-Hungarian submarine U-4


The painting is signed "H. Hubert", and was done in the same 1915 of the events.

The Giuseppe Garibaldi was struck by one torpedo, as her division (5th Cruiser Division) was bombarding the railway lines near Ragusa (Dubrovnik). She sank on an even keel in ten minutes; however, despite the relative quickness of her sinking, only 53 of its 578 crewmen and officers died.

This sinking, together with that of the armoured cruiser Amalfi, led to the Regia Marina discontinuing patrols by large ships in such restricted and dangerous waters (a lesson that was its own turn to painfully learn), and would eventually lead to a reshuffle of Italian commanders, with offensive-minded admirals such as Umberto Cagni or Enrico Millo being eventually removed from frontline command positions.

A painting of the submarine Angelo Emo, returning to base after making a dive with the Queen of Italy onboard, 21 November 1921; on the background, the royal yacht Trinacria (left) and the coastal battleship, former armoured cruiser, Pisa (right)

 

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Italy:
Soldati class destroyer Corazziere,while at the OTO dockyard in Lovorno, 1940/1941

 

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USSR:
Kashin Class Destroyer 01/03/1982

Project 1134A (NATO Kresta II) “Berkut A” Admiral Yumashev 1st May 1982

Project 58 “Grozny” (NATO Kynda) class guided missile cruiser Admiral Golovko September 18th 1990

 

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USN:
USS Puritan (BM-1), US Navy Monitor, ca. 1898

USS Arizona (BB-39), 14-inch guns of the aft turrets, 1924.

USS Concord (CL-10) at the edge of the desert off the North African coast, with local camel troops in the foreground, circa late 1923 or early 1924

 

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Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA, May 2019

Taken from the bow of the battleship Massachusetts, shown are her three companions. From front to rear: former East German, Soviet-built Tarantul I-class missile corvette Hiddensee; Balao-class submarine USS Lionfish (SS-298); and Gearing-class (FRAM I modification) USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850).

In the foreground is a (sadly demilitarized) 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannon. And just aft of the forward stack of the Kennedy is her ASROC launcher.

Battleship Cove is the home of the world's largest collection of warships. In addition to the above, it is also home to the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59) and two PT boats (PT-617, PT-796).

 

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Norway:
Ula class SSK on surface

Ula class SSK with Belgian SpecOps disembarking

Ula class SSK KNM Utstein (S-302)

 

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RN:
HMS Prince of Wales prior to being floated out of dry dock for the first time in 2017

HMS Hindustan, training ship at Dartmouth Royal Naval College, former Sandown class minesweeper HMS Cromer (2020)

 

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Imperial Germany:
Pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Braunschweig passes the Levensau High Bridge

 

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USN, JMSDF & RAN:
July 2020, Ships of the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, Royal Australian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force steam in formation on Tuesday during a trilateral exercise in the Philippine Sea

 

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USN:
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) November 27, 2001, swim call

 

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Germany:
KMS Prinz Eugen

 

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Italy:
Maestrale class destroyer Grecale, Taranto 1938

Battleship Roma. Trieste, 1942

 

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USN:
At sea with USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Mar. 22, 2002 -- An F/A-18 "Hornet" launches from the flight deck. John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jayme T. Pastoric

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RN:
HMS Punjabi was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Second World War, being sunk in a collision with the battleship King George V. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name "Punjabi" which, in common with the other ships of the Tribal class, was named after various ethnic groups of the world, mainly those of the British Empire.

Punjabi was deployed on 26 April as part of the screen providing distant cover for the passage of Convoy PQ 15. They sailed from Hvalfjörður on 29 April. On 1 May, she was rammed and sunk in a collision with the battleship HMS King George V in foggy conditions. While steaming in formation in heavy fog, the lookout on Punjabi reported what he believed to be a mine dead ahead; the captain reflexively (and regrettably) ordered a 15-point emergency turn to port; in so doing, she sailed directly into the path of King George V and was sliced in two by the battleship's bow. 169 of the ship’s company were rescued from the forward section, and another 40 were picked up from the sea by other escorts, including Marne. Those crew left in the aft section, which sank very quickly, were killed when her depth charges detonated; 49 of her crew lost their lives in the accident. She sank directly in the path of the US battleship USS Washington, which had to sail between the halves of the sinking destroyer. Washington suffered slight damage from the detonation of the depth charges. King George V sustained serious damage to her bow, and was forced to return to port for repairs. Further investigation revealed no mines in the area, or indeed in any part of the convoy's eventual path. It is unknown what the lookout actually spotted, if anything.


King George V, photographed with a huge hole in the bows after she had collided with Punjabi in dense fog on 1 May 1942

HMS King George V in drydock after her collision with destroyer HMS Punjabi, 17 May 1942