Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Imperial Japan:
Light aircraft carrier Zuiho (meaning “Auspicious Phoenix” or “Fortunate Phoenix”) making a run for it during the Battle of Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944. She is painted to mimic a cruiser if seen from the air, to include a false bow wave running over the front of her decking. This was in hopes of high altitude bombers aiming for the ‘center’ of the cruiser, which would be in the carrier’s wake.

 

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Imperial Austro-Hungary:
Battleship SMS Viribus Unitis 1911

 

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USN:
USS Mustin (DDG-89) seen from USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

USNS Richard E Byrd, Pacific Ocean

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) was successfully launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Division shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. on March 28.

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 6, 2020) As seen from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) sails in the South China Sea during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard Germantown. Germantown, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino)

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 3, 2020) The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) with MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters from the “Archangels” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, Detachment 6. America, flagship of the America Amphibious Ready Group assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino)

 

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Germany:
Training cruiser FGS Deutschland, St Lawrence Sept 1988.

 

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Italy:
Battleship Conte Di Cavour moored alongside sixteen Spica class torpedo boats during a state visit from Adolf Hitler, Naples, Italy, 7 May 1938

Maestrale class destroyers Scirocco and Libeccio,behind them the battleships Conte di Cavour and Giulio Cesare

Torpedoboat Aliseo,on 9th Sept 1943, she engaged and destroyed a flotilla of the Kriegsmarine off Bastia in Corsica, sinking 2 submarine chasers and 3 landing craft,after the Germans betrayed the ceasefire established the night prior to the battle

 

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Germany:
Type 333 Kulmbach class minehunter Passau at Nord-Ostsee-Kanal. Built as Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers, then re classed as Type 333 Kulmbach class minehunters. All decommissioned by 2016

 

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Chile & Colombia:
OPV80 design CNS Marinero Fuentealba and ARC 20 de Julio

 

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PLA(N):
Two Type 052DL and a Type 055 destroyer (L) at Jiangnan Shipyard

 

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RN:

Port bow view of the King George V as she trains her 14" guns to port

 

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France:
Battleship Bretagne from a seaplane, spring 1940

 

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Italy:
Heavy Cruiser Fiume

Spica-class torpedo boat flotilla. Seen from the moored ship they are heading out to sea.

Battleship Roma

Battleship Vittorio Veneto

Battleship Littorio

Roma, and Giulio Cesare during the Battle of Cape Spartivento.

 

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France:
The Bretagne was a fast 130-gun three-deck ship of the French Navy, designed by engineer Jules Marielle. Built as a new capital ship meant to improve on the very successful Océan class, while avoiding the weaknesses found on Valmy, she retained most of the Océan's design, and incorporated the philosophy of "fast ship of the line" pioneered by Napoléon, with a rounded stern and a two-cylinder, 8-boiler steam engine allowing her a speed of 13.5 knots. The propeller could be retracted to streamline the hull when sailing under sail only.

Launched in 1855, she was too late to take part in the Crimean War. She was decommissioned in 1865, becoming a schoolship for boys and sailors in Brest. Struck from the Navy lists in 1880, she was broken up that year.

 

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Australia/RN:
HMAS Albatross (I) commissioned at Sydney on 23 January 1929...The next four years followed the normal uneventful pattern of the peacetime naval vessel of the thirties on the Australia Station - winter cruises to New Guinea and New Britain and surrounding islands, spring cruises to the southern states, exercises, training and long periods in Sydney Harbour.

On 26 April 1933 Albatross (I) paid off into E-Class Reserve and for the next five years remained at anchor in Sydney Harbour. In 1938 she was accepted by the Admiralty in part payment for the RAN's new cruiser Hobart (I) and was recommissioned on 19 April 1938 under the command of Captain Hubert Acland, DSO, RN. On 11 July 1938 she sailed for England carrying as her crew over 300 RAN personnel who were to commission Hobart.

On 9 September 1938 she was handed over to the Royal Navy and placed in reserve; her life as an RAN warship at an end...

Shortly before World War II began HMS Albatross recommissioned from reserve and embarked six Walrus I amphibians. As a seaplane carrier she served in the South Atlantic, West Africa and Madagascar areas. She paid off in 1943, but again recommissioned the following year, this time as a fleet repair ship.

In 1944 while operating as a fleet repair ship she took part in the Allied invasion of Normandy, restoring 132 vessels to fighting service in the assault area. On 11 August she suffered considerable damage when struck forward by a torpedo off Courseulles. Casualties exceeded 100, including 50 killed...

In late 1949 she was chartered by the International Refugee Organization as a refugee transport. On 5 December 1949 she reached Sydney carrying 1,000 displaced persons thus returning to her birthplace after an absence of more than eleven years.

The ship's career finally ended when she was scrapped at Hong Kong on 12 August 1954.

https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-albatross-i

 

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Italy:
Battleship Giulio Cesare under construction, 1911

 

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RN:
HMS Diamond and HMS Wasp, Balaklava Harbour, Crimean War, March 1855

HMS Serapis, Hooghly River, Calcutta: Prince of Wales Tour of India 1875-6.
Serapis was a Euphrates-class troop transport, primarily serving as a transport between England and India. Notably, each ship of her class had a different coloured hull band, Serapis having a green painted line.

 

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Norway:
Uredd diving at the entrance of Trollfjord

1st Jan, 2009. Ula-class submarines S304 Uthaug and S305 Uredd (in front) in Bergen.

 

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Australia:
HMAS Voyager, Daring-class destroyer, c. 1963

On the night of Monday 10 February 1964, HMAS Melbourne (II) was engaged in night flying exercises off the New South Wales coast. Voyager (II)'s role was that of plane guard, involving the rescue, if necessary, of aircrew personnel from the sea. Since both ships had just completed refits, this was the first time they had been involved in close quarters maneuvering for almost six months. Both the carrier and destroyer were 'darkened' with only navigational/operational lighting in use.

At approximately 20:56, some twenty miles south east of Jervis Bay, the two ships were in collision. Melbourne (II) struck Voyager (II) at the aft end of her bridge, heeling her over to an angle of about 50 degrees. A flash appeared to come from Voyager (II)'s 'A' Boiler, and she emitted high pressure steam and black smoke. Debris, including the revolution table from Voyager (II)'s bridge, and a pair of binoculars, was thrown onto Melbourne (II)'s flight deck.

The impact pushed Voyager (II) bodily through the water for a few seconds, and then she broke in two. Her forward section passed down Melbourne (II)'s port side, and the stern section down the starboard side. The forward section sank soon afterwards and the after section about three hours later. The disaster resulted in the loss of 82 lives (14 officers, including the commanding officer, 67 sailors and one civilian dockyard employee). There were 232 survivors. Melbourne (II) was damaged but sustained no casualties.

https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-voyager-ii

 

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Spain:
2nd June, 2017. Frigate Méndez Núñez (F-104) at participating in the naval parade of the 300th anniversary of the Royal Navy Guard Company at the Marín Naval School.

 

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Germany:
Gepard class 143A Fast Attack Craft