Photos Navies Of All Nations

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RN:
LCT7074 (Landing Craft Tank) was moved to her new home today, the last remaining D-Day landing craft in the UK has been restored and will be on display for all to see

Riding high on a beach for the first time since June 1944 is one of the last survivors of D-Day, moved to her new home overnight.

Landing Craft (Tank) 7074 made her final journey by sea in the small hours, ready to be installed as the main attraction at the D-Day Story museum in Southsea, as a £5m restoration project nears completion.

The ship is the last of 800 similar vessels which delivered men, armour and material on to the shores of Normandy in June 1944, restored to how she appeared during that fateful summer in the same shed where sections of the UK’s new aircraft carriers were built.

It took two attempts to get the 59-metre long vessel, loaded on to a barge, from the naval base to her new home; summer storms thwarted the operation on Saturday night, but the seas and wind had calmed sufficiently for a second go at a beach landing, accomplished today at 3.50am.

From there it’s a road journey to the waterfront museum where she’ll take pride of place.

Restoration of the 300-tonne craft, carried out by the National Museum of the Royal Navy and Portsmouth City Council, was slowed by a couple of months by the pandemic and the move carried out in secret at night to prevent large crowds gathering to watch the spectacle

“Just like D-Day itself, this move required intricate planning, as high tides had to align with clear weather and local road closures,” said Nick Hewitt, Head of Collections and Exhibitions at the National Museum of the Royal Navy.

“The move involved placing the craft on a barge and traveling from Portsmouth Naval Base to a beach. She will then be transported by road to Southsea Common.

“We were hugely disappointed when we weren’t able to complete the move the first time. We have been restricted to very small windows of opportunity when the tides are right, but we also rely on calm winds and we have experienced unseasonably high wind speeds. We really hoped that the predicted reduction in wind would give us good enough conditions to land her, but it simply wasn’t safe to do so.”

Beyond delivering armour on to the beach at Normandy, LCT 7074 was used to bring German prisoners back to the UK in the immediate aftermath of D-Day.

After a chequered post-war career involving conversion into a floating clubhouse and nightclub, the ship was lying in private hands, semi-derelict and sunk at her moorings at East Float Dock, Birkenhead, until in 2014 she was successfully salvaged and moved to Portsmouth by The National Museum of the Royal Navy.

It teamed up with Portsmouth City Council to revamp the vessel to make it the centrepiece of the D-Day Story Museum. The public will be able to step aboard LCT 7074 this autumn.

“Visitors to LCT 7074 will be able to experience D-Day like never before, they will get to step on board this historic landing craft and get a taste of what the troops in World War 2 experienced including having two refurbished tanks on display on the ship’s deck,” said Councillor Steve Pitt, Portsmouth City Council's Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Economic Development.

To share more about LCT 7074’s restoration, the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the D-Day Story will be publishing a series of blogs exploring the conservation of the ship over the course of the coming months.

And despite a massive injection of lottery cash, the project still requires donation to complete the restoration – and maintain the vessel for future generations. They can be made via nmrn.org.uk/donate.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-a...nding-craft-completes-final-journey-to-museum

 

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Canada & Japan:
HMCS Regina and JS Ashigara sail during RIMPAC 2020

 

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USSR:
An aerial starboard view of the Project 11351 Nerey (NATO:Krivak III) class frigate IMENI XXVII SYEZDA KPSS underway. The ship is operated by the KGB Maritime Border Troops. March 1987

 

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Canada:
HMCS EDMONTON transits through foggy waters in British Columbia

HMCS Ville de Quebec. Op NANOOK-TUUGAALIK 2020, 4-24 August 2020

 

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USN:
Forward engine room of USS Drum, a WW2 era Gato-class submarine at Battleship Memorial Park

USS Aries (PHM-5) Pegasus-class hydrofoil on the Mississippi River under private ownership.

USS Aries PHM-5 Hydrofoil Memorial, Inc obtained Aries for rehabilitation as a memorial located on the Grand River in Brunswick, Missouri at 39°25′15″N 93°7′47″W in 1996. However, As of 2010, museum founder Eliot James has said that the museum may not remain in Missouri and that he will probably move Aries and the museum south, near the Gulf of Mexico. Dedicated to preserving hydrofoils of all types, the museum is centered around Aries.

James, knowing nothing about hydrofoils, bought the 133-foot Aries for scrap in 1996. Finding it in good shape, he sailed from Charleston, South Carolina to Missouri and decided to restore it. He has since added more hydrofoils and hopes to create a national hydrofoil museum, with the vessels moving around under their own power to waterfront festivals and other events. “Our intention is not to just have static displays,” said Eliot. “We’re all about making hydrofoils fly.”

USS Aries in her heyday

 

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RN:
HMS Nelson (28), HMS Rodney (29), HMS Royal Oak (08), HMS Ramillies (07) and HMS Resolution (09), from a LIFE Magazine Article on European Preparations for War, published Oct 10, 1938

County class cruisers HMS Suffolk, Berwick and Cumberland in the Far East, white hull and buff upperworks and turrets c. 1930s

Town class cruiser HMS Gloucester, newly completed in 1939

HMS King George V as seen in 1940

 

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USN:
USS Spokane (CL-120) visiting Rotterdam in the fog, Feb 12, 1948

 

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RN:
Swifture Class predreadnought HMS TRIUMPH. Launched in 1903. Sunk by U21 off Gallipoli peninsula on 25 May 1915. 78 men lost

 

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Italy:
A Duca degli Abruzzi-class light cruiser showing off her ten 152 mm broadside

 

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Russia:
Google Maps photos of the Admiral Kuznetsov at Zvyozdochka shipyard, June 12, 2020

 

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USN:
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) passing through the Panama Canal, likely 1930's.

 

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France:
Destroyers scuttled at Toulon. From left: Trombe, Foudroyant, Le Hardi, and Bison. Circa Nov 1942.

 

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USN & Canada:
USS Thomas Hudner takes on fuel from Canadian supply ship MV Asterix 4-24 August 2020, Op NANOOK-TUUGAALIK 2020.

 

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Imperial Japan:
I-400, or I-401 (Japanese Submarine 1944) Interior of the aircraft hangar, showing tracks for rolling planes out. Taken at Yokosuka, Japan. October 14, 1945

 

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Greece:
L182 "Kerkyra" (Corfu) Zubr class LCAC

 

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Australia:
County class cruiser HMAS Australia, as seen from the USS Wasp, 31 August 1942

 

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Anti-torpedo nets.

HMS Hotspur, courtesy of Cliff McMullen (celtic@osicom.net)

 

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Finland:
Mine layer 'Hämeenmaa' sailing during winter, 1993

The 'Hämeenmaa' and her sister 'Uusimaa' are Finnish Hämeenmaa-class minelayers built in 1990-1992 and modernised in 2006-2008. They're able to carry up to 120 naval mines. The Hämeenmaa-class will be replaced by Pohjanmaa-class corvettes in 2022-2025.