Photos Navies Of All Nations

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RN:
HMS B-1 (Date and location not known) - An early RN submarine launched in 1904.

The B class was an enlarged and improved version of the preceding A class. The submarines had a length of 142 feet 3 inches (43.4 m) overall, a beam of 12 feet 7 inches (3.8 m) and a mean draft of 11 feet 2 inches (3.4 m). They displaced 287 long tons (292 t) on the surface and 316 long tons (321 t) submerged. The B-class submarines had a crew of two officers and thirteen ratings.

For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 16-cylinder 600-brake-horsepower (447 kW) Vickers petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a 180-horsepower (134 kW) electric motor. They could reach 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) on the surface and 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) underwater. On the surface, the B class had a range of 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 8.7 knots (16.1 km/h; 10.0 mph).

The boats were armed with two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They could carry a pair of reload torpedoes, but generally did not as they would have to remove an equal weight of fuel in compensation.

She was originally to have been called A14 but was renamed B1 on completion. The boat was built at the Vickers shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness and launched on 25 October 1904. She was too primitive to be of much use in World War I and was quickly relegated to training duties. B1 was sold for scrap in May 1921.

 

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RN:
Leander-class frigate HMS Danae refuelling from USS Kearsarge, 1969.

 

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 17, 2021) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) transits the Pacific Ocean during a navigation exercise. Gridley is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Colby A. Mothershead/Released)

 

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USN:
Feb 27, 1985. Crew members man the rail aboard the USS Iowa (BB-61) during a pass in review ceremony for officials of the Central America nation of Belize. On the right is the guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG-47)

USS Forrestal (CV-59) with crew spelling out the message "We love New York," steams away from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge toward the Hudson River. The USS Ticonderoga (CG-47), off the Forrestal's starboard quarter, Fleet Week 1989,

 

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RN:
Battleship HMS Rodney, 1940. In the training engine space below the 16" turret. Ordnance Staff at work while two gun layers (seated) remain at their positions. Another gun layer is out of sight in front of these two. The ordnance staff stand by all the time with the crews to make running repairs.

County class heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk, as seen from a launch from HMS Rodney, 1940.

A midships view of the battleship HMS Duke of York during construction, taken from a crane, September 1941

The crew of HMS Ultor displaying the ship's Jolly Roger after returning home from an 18 month deployment in the Mediterranean. August 1944.

 

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Germany:
Crew of a U-boat "filleting" a shark after the caught it in the South Atlantic, January 1942

U-boats meet while operating off the US coast at the New York-latitude, Oct 1942

 

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USN:
Fleet Problems XIX, 1938. Battleships USS Colorado and Maryland nearest camera - USS Arizona and Oklahoma, further back

 

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Imperial Japan:
Heavy cruiser Aoba resting on the bottom near the Kure Naval Yard. She had been sunk in air attacks in 24 July 1945. This photo was taken at 12 October 1945

 

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PLA(N):
LHD 31 Hainan with Z-8s on deck.

 

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USN:
The forward magazine of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) explodes during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, 09:30h. Shaw was docked in the floating drydock YFD-2.
At right, The bow of Nevada (BB-36) can be seen after her aborted escape attempt out channel. The tugboat USS Hoga (YT-146) maneuvers at the port bow of Nevada whose stern had swung 180 degrees back out towards sea channel after her quartermaster, under orders, nosed her bow into the mud at Hospital point. Hoga and companion tug YT-130 then pulled Nevada free and moved her to the western side of the channel where she settled into the mud at 10:45. A dredge line from the southern tip of Ford island is visible in the foreground. In background at left, smoke rises from Hickam Field. USS Shaw was back in service in under 1 year

 

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RN:
Type 22 frigate HMS Brazen (F91) fires a Sea Wolf missile, 1985

 

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RN:
HMS Impregnable was a 98-gun second rate three-decker ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 August 1810 at Chatham. She was designed by Sir William Rule, and was the only ship built to her draught. Purportedly as originally built she was a near copy of the famed first rate HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar. During the Napoleonic Wars, she was used as the flagship of the Admiral the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV).

The photo says Caledonia, she was Impregnable from launch in 1810 until she was renamed Kent in 1888 then Caledonia in 1891. As Caledonia she was a boys' training school, until 1906

Alexandra class ironclad battleship HMS Inflexible at the Valletta Grand Harbour, Malta. Launched in 1876, she was the most heavily armoured battleship of her time, with 24" of armour plate

 

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France:
The fleet in Cherbourg, photograph by Gustave Le Gray, 1858

 

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Japan:
Oyashio class diesel-electric attack submarines in Yokosuka naval base, Nov 2021

 

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USSR:
Project 1134A Berkut A (NATO Kresta II) class cruiser Kronstadt after colliding with Project 61 (NATO Kashin) class destroyer Smyshlennyy, June 16 1975

 

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USN:
USS Connecticut (BB-18), lead ship of a class of six 16,000-ton battleships. Probably in San Diego harbour, California, in 1908.
Photographed by Fred W. Kelsey. Courtesy of R.W. Cunningham, 1971.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

 

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USN:
USS Roanoke (CL-145) nearing completion, January 1949

USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) undergoing modernization at Puget Sound. In background are the USS San Diego (CL-53) and USS San Juan (CL-54), Feb 12, 1959

 

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Demark:
Frigate Sjaelland, saluting. Colourised by Frank Hellsten, unknown date and location

The 58 m frigate was commissioned in 1860 and decommissioned in 1885. There is no information about when, during these years, the photo was taken. Sjaelland was built by the Naval Dock Yard in Copenhagen.

 

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France:
Morocco, 16 November 1942. The destroyer L'Alcyon's stern is at left, with the bow of trawler patrol vessel L'Algéroise (W66) outboard. In the center is the destroyer Le Malin

The damage visible amidships on Le Malin comes from a 16" shell fired from Massachussetts, aimed at Jean Bart, which fell short and exploded between the pier and Le Malin. On the day of the landings, Le Malin was moored with her port side next to the quay, and had been turned since.

 

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USN, Egypt, Pakistan, Italy:
USS Ingraham (FFG-61) leads the way as it prepares for an aerial photo exercise in the Mediterranean Sea. The following vessels are in formation, Egyptian frigates ENS Sharmal Seikh and ENS Mubarak, the Pakistan ship PNS Tariq, the Italian ship ITS Commondante Bettica and the dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). All ships are participating in Bright Star 2005, a multinational exercise held every two years in Egypt. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Marvin Harris (RELEASED)
23 September 2005