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Turkey:
TCG Kınalıada (F-514) is the fourth ship of the Ada-class ASW corvettes of the Turkish Navy. Kınalıada was named after Kınalıada Island, a part of the Princes' Islands archipelago in the Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of Istanbul, Turkey.
Designed, developed and built by the Tuzla (Istanbul) Naval Shipyard as a part of the MILGEM project, it was laid down on October 8, 2015 and launched on July 3, 2017.
TCG Kınalıada (F-514) is the fourth ship of the Ada-class ASW corvettes of the Turkish Navy. Kınalıada was named after Kınalıada Island, a part of the Princes' Islands archipelago in the Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of Istanbul, Turkey.
Designed, developed and built by the Tuzla (Istanbul) Naval Shipyard as a part of the MILGEM project, it was laid down on October 8, 2015 and launched on July 3, 2017.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 17, 2009) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships, the Haruna-class helicopter destroyer JS Hiei (DDH-142) and the Atogo-class guided-missile destroyer JS Ashigara (DDG-178), and the U.S. Navy ships, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) and the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37), are underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX 21G). Ships from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force are participating in the bilateral exercise designed to enhance the capabilities of both naval forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ty Swartz/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 17, 2009) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships, the Haruna-class helicopter destroyer JS Hiei (DDH-142) and the Atogo-class guided-missile destroyer JS Ashigara (DDG-178), and the U.S. Navy ships, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) and the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37), are underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX 21G). Ships from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force are participating in the bilateral exercise designed to enhance the capabilities of both naval forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ty Swartz/Released)
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French Sailors visiting the Imperial German Navy SM UC-61 Type UC II minelaying submarine stranded on the beach near Wissant, Pas-de-Calais, France, in August 1917.
UC-61 was ordered on the 12th of January 1916, laid down on the 3rd of April 1916 by A.G. Weser of Bremen, and was launched on the 11th of November 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on the 13th of December 1916.
She had a deck gun, three torpedo tubes and carried six naval mines.
She had only 7 months of activity but in 5 patrols UC-61 was credited with sinking 11 merchant ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid.
Captain Georg Gerth, commander of SM UC-61 was on his 5th combat mission on the 25th of July 1917. The mission's objective was to break through the French-British Dover Barrage and then lay mines in the shipping routes to the ports of Boulogne and Le Havre. Capt. Gerth had tried to navigate close to the coast between Cap Blanc Nez and Cap Gris Nez. However, he had overestimated the depth of the water along the route. Suddenly, the crew heard the keel grating on the sand. The U-boat was stranded on a sandbank and irretrievably lost.
Capt.Gerth new that it would not take long for the conning tower to come to the surface due to the falling tide. His only option was to abandon ship, destroy her and surrender to the enemy.
In the darkness of that night, nearby French customs officers heard the attempts by the crew to scuttle the sub and they alerted the nearest military force, namely the 5th Regiment of Belgian Lancers. The cavalrymen rushed to the scene but the crew managed to break the hull in half with a heavy explosion.
The crew were apprehended and ordered to walk the 20kms distance to Calais, escorted by the Lancers.
The wreck was left with several unexploded naval mines on board.
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HMS RAMILLIES, 1917, Scapa Flow. Royal Sovereign-class 15in gun Battleship.
The H.M.S. Ramillies Association web site.
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RN:
15" fragment from HMS Warspite which damaged the Giulio Cesare during the Battle of Calabria in July 1940. One of the longest gunnery hits ever scored (23km)
The shell pierced the aft funnel, and deflagrated on the upper deck, near some 37 mm mounts and a 120 mm twin turret; it caused the detonation of the propellant bags for said 120 mm mount, which provoked a muzzle flash that dispersed on the deck, that further made some 37 mm ready-use ammo blow up. The resulting fire was propagated by the relative abundance of flammable materiel. The nose kept going, and was stopped by the upper belt, where it was found and recovered. In all, sixty-six crewmen were killed and forty-nine were wounded (I believe four more died of their wounds).
Despite the fire, the damage itself wasn't by any means major. However, the smoke was sucked into the vents of boilers no. 4, 5, 6 and 7, and the personnel had been forced to shut down said boilers and evacuate the rooms, as the gas masks had proved ineffective. This brought down the speed of the Giulio Cesare to 18 knots; the loss of speed had convinced Admiral Inigo Campioni to break off the engagement, as he believed that without the speed advantage his two battleships could not fight on acceptable terms the three RN battleships he was facing (unaware that only two were engaged), and he did not wish to leave the lone Conte di Cavour against three opponents on her own.
15" fragment from HMS Warspite which damaged the Giulio Cesare during the Battle of Calabria in July 1940. One of the longest gunnery hits ever scored (23km)
The shell pierced the aft funnel, and deflagrated on the upper deck, near some 37 mm mounts and a 120 mm twin turret; it caused the detonation of the propellant bags for said 120 mm mount, which provoked a muzzle flash that dispersed on the deck, that further made some 37 mm ready-use ammo blow up. The resulting fire was propagated by the relative abundance of flammable materiel. The nose kept going, and was stopped by the upper belt, where it was found and recovered. In all, sixty-six crewmen were killed and forty-nine were wounded (I believe four more died of their wounds).
Despite the fire, the damage itself wasn't by any means major. However, the smoke was sucked into the vents of boilers no. 4, 5, 6 and 7, and the personnel had been forced to shut down said boilers and evacuate the rooms, as the gas masks had proved ineffective. This brought down the speed of the Giulio Cesare to 18 knots; the loss of speed had convinced Admiral Inigo Campioni to break off the engagement, as he believed that without the speed advantage his two battleships could not fight on acceptable terms the three RN battleships he was facing (unaware that only two were engaged), and he did not wish to leave the lone Conte di Cavour against three opponents on her own.
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Damage Sustained to HMS London after the Amethyst incident, 1949
In the spring of 1949 the frigate Amethyst became trapped by advancing Communist Chinese forces up the Yangtze River. London sailed up the river as a show of strength in an attempt to help free the frigate. The Communist forces were not intimidated and took the cruiser under fire. London returned fire with her 8-inch and 4-inch guns, firing several hundred rounds, but was hit several times. Her two forward 8-inch turrets and "X" turret aft were damaged and rendered inoperable, and her bridge sustained several hits. London retreated down river and returned to Hong Kong for repairs
Damage Sustained to HMS London after the Amethyst incident, 1949
In the spring of 1949 the frigate Amethyst became trapped by advancing Communist Chinese forces up the Yangtze River. London sailed up the river as a show of strength in an attempt to help free the frigate. The Communist forces were not intimidated and took the cruiser under fire. London returned fire with her 8-inch and 4-inch guns, firing several hundred rounds, but was hit several times. Her two forward 8-inch turrets and "X" turret aft were damaged and rendered inoperable, and her bridge sustained several hits. London retreated down river and returned to Hong Kong for repairs
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Denmark:
Havmanden, the class leader of the Havmanden class.
Havmanden was ordered in 1910 from Whitehead & Co. in Fiume, Croatia. She was launched on 23 December 1911. She initially received the pennant number of H 2, but was assigned the number 3 in April 1913. In September 1914, Havmanden, displaying her pennant number of 3 on her conning tower, was mistaken for the German U-boat SM U-3 by the British submarine HMS E11, but Havmanden escaped without damage when E11's torpedo missed its mark.
Havmanden, the class leader of the Havmanden class.
Havmanden was ordered in 1910 from Whitehead & Co. in Fiume, Croatia. She was launched on 23 December 1911. She initially received the pennant number of H 2, but was assigned the number 3 in April 1913. In September 1914, Havmanden, displaying her pennant number of 3 on her conning tower, was mistaken for the German U-boat SM U-3 by the British submarine HMS E11, but Havmanden escaped without damage when E11's torpedo missed its mark.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 22, 2020) Ships from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 23 transit the Pacific Ocean Jan. 22, 2020. DESRON 23, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas V. Huynh)
USS Dewey (DDG-105) during RIMPAC 2020, notice the forward laser turret. Legend class cutter USCGC Munroe in trail
Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Newport News (SSN-750) arrives at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton. August 31, 2020
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), currently berthed in San Diego California for a Maintenance Availability
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 22, 2020) Ships from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 23 transit the Pacific Ocean Jan. 22, 2020. DESRON 23, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas V. Huynh)
USS Dewey (DDG-105) during RIMPAC 2020, notice the forward laser turret. Legend class cutter USCGC Munroe in trail
Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Newport News (SSN-750) arrives at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton. August 31, 2020
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), currently berthed in San Diego California for a Maintenance Availability
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Germany:
KMS Scharnhorst during the operation against Spitsbergen Norway Sept 1943
Danish soldiers stand guard over the German cruiser KMS Prinz Eugen after German naval forces surrender in Copenhagen harbor, 13 May 1945.
KMS Scharnhorst during the operation against Spitsbergen Norway Sept 1943
Danish soldiers stand guard over the German cruiser KMS Prinz Eugen after German naval forces surrender in Copenhagen harbor, 13 May 1945.
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RN:
HMS Victory and HMS Duke of Wellington, c. 1890
HMS Calliope, Starboard Quarterdeck, 1884 - 1899
Protected cruiser HMS DIADEM (1896-1921) during her pre-1914 years
HMS Jumna was a Euphrates-class troopship launched at Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Hebburn on 24 September 1866.
HMS Victory and HMS Duke of Wellington, c. 1890
HMS Calliope, Starboard Quarterdeck, 1884 - 1899
Protected cruiser HMS DIADEM (1896-1921) during her pre-1914 years
HMS Jumna was a Euphrates-class troopship launched at Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Hebburn on 24 September 1866.
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