Photos Navies Of All Nations

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RN:
HMS Bonaventure, a Dido class cruiser, at speed in 1941

C-class light cruiser HMS Carlisle at anchor in Plymouth Sound, 1942.

Two cruisers engaging the enemy during the fleet action off Sardinia. Photograph taken from HMS SHEFFIELD. One Italian cruiser and two Italian destroyers were damaged in this action. Probably HMS Manchester and HMS Southampton

Light cruisers HMS Birmingham and HMS Dido alongside in Copenhagen, the day after Victory in Europe - 9 May 1945

 

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Brazil:
Marcílio Dias class destroyer "Mariz e Barros" (M1) at sea (probably in 1945)

 

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RN:
Light cruiser HMS Neptune.

Neptune was part of Force K, with the other cruisers HMS Aurora and HMS Penelope. They were supported by the destroyers Kandahar, Lance, Lively and Hancock. On the afternoon of December 18th 1941 they departed Malta to intercept a convoy bound for Tripoli. At 01:06 on the 19th they encountered an uncharted minefield in a depth of water and distance from land that made it totally unexpected.

Neptune struck a mine first. Aurora and Penelope both struck mines shortly afterwards. Neptune, going astern to try and clear the minefield, struck another mine which wrecked her steering gear and propellers. A third mine detonated abaft the funnel. Aurora and Penelope managed to clear the minefield, although Aurora's maximum speed was reduced to 10 knots.

The destroyers Kandahar and Lively tried to enter the minefield to tow Neptune out, and Peneleope was also edging towards her. But Kandahar struck a mine at 03:18. Neptune warned the other ships to "Keep away". At 04:03 Neptune was struck by another mine amidships. She slowly turned over and sank.

Kandahar was crippled but stayed afloat the following day, although was half submerged. She managed to drift clear of the minefield and her surviving crew were rescued by HMS Jaguar the following day. Neptune was less fortunate. All but 2 of her survivors died of exposure or other causes before they were spotted by an aircraft 5 days later. These two were picked up by an Italian torpedo boat an hour later. One of these 2 died within a few hours.

 

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USN & Italy:
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and ITS Cavour (C 550), March 2021

 

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USN:
USS Birmingham (CL-62) comes alongside the burning USS Princeton (CVL-23) to assist with fire fighting, 24 October 1944. Birmingham would be seriously damaged shortly after when an explosion on Princeton devastated the tops sides, 239 dead and 408 wounded.

USS Wisconsin (BB-64) on a visit to Oslo, Norway, 2 July 1947

 

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Pakistan:
Ex HMS Active now PNS Shah Jahan. Decommissioned 1st Jan 2021

 

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RN & Australia:
Light cruisers HMS Birmingham and HMS Dublin (left to right) are followed by light cruisers HMAS Sydney and HMAS Melbourne on their way from Firth of Forth to Scapa Flow on the day of the German fleet arrival. November 21, 1918.

 

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Russia:
Steregushchy class corvette Soobrazitelny

Launch of project 677 (NATO Lada class) submarine "Kronshtadt" at Admiralty Shipyards, Saint Petersburg. 20 September 2018.

 

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Imperial Japan:
Kongo class battlecruiser Haruna at Yokosuka, Japan, September 1916.

 

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Imperial Germany:
Armoured cruiser SMS Blücher, considered obsolete before she was built.

She was considered obsolete because she was a response to the Invincibles, which the Germans believed were going to be armed with guns no larger than 9.2”. Against the 12” guns that they actually had, Blücher’s 8.3” weapons were horribly outclassed.

 

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USN:
Patrol Craft Fast (AKA 'Swift Boat') PCF-38 patrolling the Cai Ngay Canal in South Vietnam (April 1970)

USS Gudgeon (SS-567) underway, circa 1970's

 

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Imperial Japan:
The heavily damaged cruiser Aoba off Buin, Bougainville on October 13, 1942 after the Battle of Cape Esperance. Photographed from the Japanese cruiser Chokai.

 

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RN:
HMS Victorious. Steam can be seen venting from the a small steam vent on the bow that served as a pseudo wind sock , 28 October 1941

HMS Victorious at Hvalfjord, Iceland, 4 October 1941. Two Fairey Fulmar fighters are on deck.

 

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Italy:
Soldati class destroyer Bombardiere in 1942

 

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USN & Italy:
USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) sailing with ITS Cavour during F-35 sea trials on March 20th photo by Seaman Riley McDowell

 

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RN:
Battleship HMS Nelson

Sailors oiling and cleaning the splinter shields on the twin 6 inch gun turrets on board HMS Rodney whilst she is at sea. 1940

The ships company of HMS Wheatland carrying out a practice boarding action. 15 April 1942

 

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USN:
Battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) underway in Puget Sound, 12 may 1943

USS Idaho (BB-42) bombarding Okinawa, April 1, 1945. Photographed from USS West Virginia (BB-48)

Reserve Fleet, March 1948, Philadelphia Navy Yard

 

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Canada:
HMCS Windsor underway at CFB Halifax

 

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Italy:
Pre-dreadnought battleship Emanuele Filiberto and behind, the armoured cruiser Pisa moored in the harbour of Fiume (today Rijeka), around 1918-9

Battleship Littorio under construction, 1937

Battleship Vittorio Veneto shows her underwater part damage resulting from a torpedo hit on 28 March 1941 at 3:10 pm amid the Battle of Cape Matapan. April 03, 1941, Naval base of Taranto.

 

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Russia:
A KA-29 assault transport helicopter flies past Admiral Kuznetsov, Mediterranean Sea 2017