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HMS Sussex in Sydney Harbour during the visit of the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Henry, in 1934. The photograph was taken from Fort Denison during the vessel's arrival on 22 Nov. 1934.
C-Class light cruiser HMS Curacoa after conversion to an AA cruiser. On the 2nd of October 1942 whilst escorting RMS Queen Mary North of Ireland and performing an evasive zigzag pattern she collided with and was cut in half by the liner with the loss off 337 of her crew.
HMS Sussex in Sydney Harbour during the visit of the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Henry, in 1934. The photograph was taken from Fort Denison during the vessel's arrival on 22 Nov. 1934.
C-Class light cruiser HMS Curacoa after conversion to an AA cruiser. On the 2nd of October 1942 whilst escorting RMS Queen Mary North of Ireland and performing an evasive zigzag pattern she collided with and was cut in half by the liner with the loss off 337 of her crew.
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HMS Raleigh was one of five Hawkins-class heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War, although the ship was not completed until 1921. She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station when she commissioned and often served as a flagship. After visiting ports in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and both coasts of the United States and Canada in 1921–1922, Raleigh ran aground off Newfoundland in August 1922 with the loss of a dozen crewmen. The ship was partially salvaged in place and was demolished with explosives in 1926, although she remains a diveable wreck in very shallow water.
On 8 August, 1922 Raleigh was bound for Forteau, Labrador, from Hawke's Bay, Newfoundland, and she entered a heavy fog in the Strait of Belle Isle en route. The ship ran aground at L'Anse Amour, Newfoundland, that afternoon, 15 minutes after entering the fog. She did not strike with much force, but the strong wind quickly blew her stern onto the rocks, which pounded multiple holes in the hull and gave her an eight-degree list. A dozen sailors died from drowning and hypothermia as the crew abandoned ship. Many men were able to find shelter ashore while the others lit fires to stay warm.
They returned to the ship the following morning to evaluate the ship's condition and to recover personal belongings, only to find a 260-foot-long (79 m) gash in the hull and most personal items ruined by leaking fuel oil. The light cruisers Capetown and Calcutta arrived later that day and fed the crewmen. In the bad weather little could be done immediately and many of the survivors were marched to Forteau to be transported back to Britain. The 18,481-gross register ton (GRT) Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of France arrived on 10 August to load the crewmen, but her captain refused to do so as he did not have enough provisions for all the men. They had to wait several more days before the brand-new 16,402 GRT ocean liner SS Montrose arrived. Several hundred men were kept back to salvage Raleigh and to protect the wreck from locals intent on the same task. It was stripped of everything useful and the wreck was abandoned in place, still upright. Shortly after their return to the UK, Bromley and his navigator were both court martialled and found negligent in their duty; they were severely reprimanded and dismissed their ship. Their careers over, both men requested retirement.
Embarrassed by the sight of the apparently intact Raleigh visible to every passing ship, the Board of Admiralty deemed the wreck a hazard to shipping in 1926 and ordered it to be re-floated. A survey found that this was impossible and the captains of Capetown and Calcutta were ordered to remove as much as possible from the wreck and then demolish the remains so that it was unrecognisable. The crew of the former ship carried out the first task and the latter's crew blew Raleigh's remains apart using depth charges under the command of Captain Andrew Cunningham over five days beginning on 23 September.
Cunningham's men made no effort to recover the pieces of the ship and remains are still plentiful. Royal Canadian Navy dive teams were forced to visit the site in 2003 and 2005 to remove live 7.5-inch ammunition, although there were reports of shells still visible as of 2016
HMS Raleigh was one of five Hawkins-class heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War, although the ship was not completed until 1921. She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station when she commissioned and often served as a flagship. After visiting ports in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and both coasts of the United States and Canada in 1921–1922, Raleigh ran aground off Newfoundland in August 1922 with the loss of a dozen crewmen. The ship was partially salvaged in place and was demolished with explosives in 1926, although she remains a diveable wreck in very shallow water.
On 8 August, 1922 Raleigh was bound for Forteau, Labrador, from Hawke's Bay, Newfoundland, and she entered a heavy fog in the Strait of Belle Isle en route. The ship ran aground at L'Anse Amour, Newfoundland, that afternoon, 15 minutes after entering the fog. She did not strike with much force, but the strong wind quickly blew her stern onto the rocks, which pounded multiple holes in the hull and gave her an eight-degree list. A dozen sailors died from drowning and hypothermia as the crew abandoned ship. Many men were able to find shelter ashore while the others lit fires to stay warm.
They returned to the ship the following morning to evaluate the ship's condition and to recover personal belongings, only to find a 260-foot-long (79 m) gash in the hull and most personal items ruined by leaking fuel oil. The light cruisers Capetown and Calcutta arrived later that day and fed the crewmen. In the bad weather little could be done immediately and many of the survivors were marched to Forteau to be transported back to Britain. The 18,481-gross register ton (GRT) Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of France arrived on 10 August to load the crewmen, but her captain refused to do so as he did not have enough provisions for all the men. They had to wait several more days before the brand-new 16,402 GRT ocean liner SS Montrose arrived. Several hundred men were kept back to salvage Raleigh and to protect the wreck from locals intent on the same task. It was stripped of everything useful and the wreck was abandoned in place, still upright. Shortly after their return to the UK, Bromley and his navigator were both court martialled and found negligent in their duty; they were severely reprimanded and dismissed their ship. Their careers over, both men requested retirement.
Embarrassed by the sight of the apparently intact Raleigh visible to every passing ship, the Board of Admiralty deemed the wreck a hazard to shipping in 1926 and ordered it to be re-floated. A survey found that this was impossible and the captains of Capetown and Calcutta were ordered to remove as much as possible from the wreck and then demolish the remains so that it was unrecognisable. The crew of the former ship carried out the first task and the latter's crew blew Raleigh's remains apart using depth charges under the command of Captain Andrew Cunningham over five days beginning on 23 September.
Cunningham's men made no effort to recover the pieces of the ship and remains are still plentiful. Royal Canadian Navy dive teams were forced to visit the site in 2003 and 2005 to remove live 7.5-inch ammunition, although there were reports of shells still visible as of 2016
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USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) operating off Okinawa in July 1945. Photographed from the USS Essex (CV-9), with a TBF aircraft parked in the foreground. Iowa class battleship in distance.
USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) operating off Okinawa in July 1945. Photographed from the USS Essex (CV-9), with a TBF aircraft parked in the foreground. Iowa class battleship in distance.
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Imperial Japan:
Battleship Asahi on June 5, 1906
Battleship Kawachi. The Kawachi class were the first class of dreadnoughts built for the Japanese navy. Laid down at Yokosuka 1/4/09 she commissioned on 31/3/12. She sank after a magazine explosion on 12/7/18 with the loss of over 600 of her crew.
Battleship Asahi on June 5, 1906
Battleship Kawachi. The Kawachi class were the first class of dreadnoughts built for the Japanese navy. Laid down at Yokosuka 1/4/09 she commissioned on 31/3/12. She sank after a magazine explosion on 12/7/18 with the loss of over 600 of her crew.
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The 13 U.S. ships that were RETURNED to service after Pearl Harbor
After a surprise attack that left Americans across the country reeling, the heroes of Pearl Harbor got to work repairing the dozens of boats that were destroyed.
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Sept 6, 2013. Jiangkai-class frigate Linyi (FFG 547) moors alongside the Luhu-class destroyer Qingdao (DDG 113) following the ships' arrival. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Daniel Barker)
Type 052C Luyang II-class Lanzhou DDG-170.
Type 052C Luyang II-class Lanzhou DDG-170.
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USS New York (BB-34). Underway at high speed, 29 May 1915. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives by Photograph Curator, on Flickr
USS New York (BB 34), placing 3rd OS2U on catapult. Photographed May 1943. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. by Photograph Curator, on Flickr
USS New York (BB 34), aerial view of the battleship as she transits the Panama Canal. Photograph released July 1919. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives by Photograph Curator, on Flickr
USS New York (BB-34). In Hampton Roads, Virginia, 10 December 1916. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. by Photograph Curator, on FlickrRead the rather long but illustrious history of USS New York(BB-34)
New York V (Battleship No. 34)
The fifth U.S. Navy ship named for the 11th State of the Union, which ratified the Constitution on 26 July 1788. V (Battleship No. 34: displacement 27,000; length 573'; b. 95'3
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USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) underway, June 27, 1982.
Crew members man the rail as the battleship USS MISSOURI passes under the Golden Gate Bridge while en route to San Francisco for its recommissioning, 5th Oct 1986
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) underway, June 27, 1982.
Crew members man the rail as the battleship USS MISSOURI passes under the Golden Gate Bridge while en route to San Francisco for its recommissioning, 5th Oct 1986
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Sept 2015, USS Ronald Reagan, March 2013 as CVN-76 returned from Puget Sound shipyard in Bremerton WA
Bow sonar of future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) under construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding.
John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) sits at Pier 3 at Newport News Shipbuilding division. The ship is approximately 76 percent complete and is progressing through final outfitting and testing. Huntington Ingalls Industries photo.
Nov 3, 2020. USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USS Sommerset (LPD 25) line up to receive fuel from USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200)
Sept 2015, USS Ronald Reagan, March 2013 as CVN-76 returned from Puget Sound shipyard in Bremerton WA
Bow sonar of future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) under construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding.
John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) sits at Pier 3 at Newport News Shipbuilding division. The ship is approximately 76 percent complete and is progressing through final outfitting and testing. Huntington Ingalls Industries photo.
Nov 3, 2020. USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USS Sommerset (LPD 25) line up to receive fuel from USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200)
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Sailors practice close-defence techniques on board HMS Repulse, Renown-class
C-Class light cruiser HMS Carlisle in 1941 after conversion to an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939
Aircraft carriers HMS Argus and HMS Eagle and battleship HMS Malaya under the 5.25" guns of HMS Hermione, 7 March 1942, whilst conveying Spitfires to Malta
HMS Duke of York searching for KMS Scharnhorst
This view portrays HMS Duke of York, flagship of Adm. Fraser, at sea off the North Cape of Norway searching for the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst who she will meet and sink in the evening of this day. She is under the command of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser. December 1943
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Sailors practice close-defence techniques on board HMS Repulse, Renown-class
C-Class light cruiser HMS Carlisle in 1941 after conversion to an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939
Aircraft carriers HMS Argus and HMS Eagle and battleship HMS Malaya under the 5.25" guns of HMS Hermione, 7 March 1942, whilst conveying Spitfires to Malta
HMS Duke of York searching for KMS Scharnhorst
This view portrays HMS Duke of York, flagship of Adm. Fraser, at sea off the North Cape of Norway searching for the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst who she will meet and sink in the evening of this day. She is under the command of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser. December 1943
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Turkey:
TCG Gokova attends a joint military exercise between Turkey and Qatar in Doha, Qatar on 7 August, 2017 [Mohammed Farag/Anadolu Agency]
Kılıç class fast attack craft TCG Kılıç P330 (HızlıGüçlüKeskin) moored to a buoy near Palamutbükü, Oct 22, 2020
TCG Gokova attends a joint military exercise between Turkey and Qatar in Doha, Qatar on 7 August, 2017 [Mohammed Farag/Anadolu Agency]
Kılıç class fast attack craft TCG Kılıç P330 (HızlıGüçlüKeskin) moored to a buoy near Palamutbükü, Oct 22, 2020
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Germany:
A U.S. Navy Sikorsky HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron HS-5 flies over the German Navy frigate Hamburg (F220) as it transits the Mediterranean Sea with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility (Arabian Sea and Mediterranean Sea).
125 class frigate F224 Sachsen-Anhalt in the Flensburg Firth viewed from the Naval Academy Mürwik
"U33" and Frigate "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" during exercises in the Skagerrak
A U.S. Navy Sikorsky HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron HS-5 flies over the German Navy frigate Hamburg (F220) as it transits the Mediterranean Sea with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility (Arabian Sea and Mediterranean Sea).
125 class frigate F224 Sachsen-Anhalt in the Flensburg Firth viewed from the Naval Academy Mürwik
"U33" and Frigate "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" during exercises in the Skagerrak
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U.S. Navy ships firing at attacking Japanese carrier aircraft during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26th October 1942 . USS Enterprise (CV-6) is at left, with at least two enemy planes visible overhead. In the right center is USS South Dakota, firing her starboard 5/38 secondary battery, as marked by the bright flash amidships. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Gun crews aboard USS South Dakota man their 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942
Battle of Rennell Island
USS Chicago (CA-29), at left, under tow at five knots by USS Louisville (CA-28) on the morning of 30 January 1943. The damaged cruiser had been torpedoed by Japanese aircraft on the previous night. A tug, probably USS Navajo (AT-64), is alongside Louisville.
USS Houston (CL-81) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 11 January 1944
U.S. Navy ships firing at attacking Japanese carrier aircraft during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26th October 1942 . USS Enterprise (CV-6) is at left, with at least two enemy planes visible overhead. In the right center is USS South Dakota, firing her starboard 5/38 secondary battery, as marked by the bright flash amidships. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Gun crews aboard USS South Dakota man their 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942
Battle of Rennell Island
USS Chicago (CA-29), at left, under tow at five knots by USS Louisville (CA-28) on the morning of 30 January 1943. The damaged cruiser had been torpedoed by Japanese aircraft on the previous night. A tug, probably USS Navajo (AT-64), is alongside Louisville.
USS Houston (CL-81) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 11 January 1944
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Finland:
A pair of 105mm guns on the coastal defence ship Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen was a Finnish Navy Panssarilaiva ("Armored ship"; a coastal defence ship by British classification). The unit was constructed at the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku, Finland, and named after the mythological hero Ilmarinen from the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. Ilmarinen was the flagship of the Navy from 1 May 1933 until her sinking on 13 September 1941.
Ilmarinen participated in Operation Nordwind on 13 September 1941, in which German forces were to take the Estonian islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa.
The formation was led by minesweepers, but some mines had escaped being swept. The crew of Ilmarinen failed to take proper notice of the dragging paravane cable. It is likely that the ship had caught one or two sea mines in the paravane, and when the ship turned, the mines struck the bottom of the hull and exploded. The explosion blew a large hole in the ship, which soon developed a strong list and keeled over. The ship sank in just seven minutes. Only 132 men of the crew survived, and 271 were lost, most of them trapped inside the hull. Fifty-seven were rescued by the patrol boat VMV 1, which had maneuvered to the capsized hull and took on as many of Ilmarinen's crew as she could. During this time she too was at great risk of being obliterated if Ilmarinen's magazines had ignited.
Väinämöinen, sister ship to Ilmarinen
A pair of 105mm guns on the coastal defence ship Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen was a Finnish Navy Panssarilaiva ("Armored ship"; a coastal defence ship by British classification). The unit was constructed at the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku, Finland, and named after the mythological hero Ilmarinen from the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. Ilmarinen was the flagship of the Navy from 1 May 1933 until her sinking on 13 September 1941.
Ilmarinen participated in Operation Nordwind on 13 September 1941, in which German forces were to take the Estonian islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa.
The formation was led by minesweepers, but some mines had escaped being swept. The crew of Ilmarinen failed to take proper notice of the dragging paravane cable. It is likely that the ship had caught one or two sea mines in the paravane, and when the ship turned, the mines struck the bottom of the hull and exploded. The explosion blew a large hole in the ship, which soon developed a strong list and keeled over. The ship sank in just seven minutes. Only 132 men of the crew survived, and 271 were lost, most of them trapped inside the hull. Fifty-seven were rescued by the patrol boat VMV 1, which had maneuvered to the capsized hull and took on as many of Ilmarinen's crew as she could. During this time she too was at great risk of being obliterated if Ilmarinen's magazines had ignited.
Väinämöinen, sister ship to Ilmarinen
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