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"Lancement du cuirassé Hoche à Lorient en 1886" (Launching of the battleship Hoche at Lorient in 1886). Painting by Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun.
Ironclad battleship Hoche. Commissioned in 1890, she had a short and undistinguished career, decommissioned in 1908.
"Lancement du cuirassé Hoche à Lorient en 1886" (Launching of the battleship Hoche at Lorient in 1886). Painting by Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun.
Ironclad battleship Hoche. Commissioned in 1890, she had a short and undistinguished career, decommissioned in 1908.
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Crew members aboard the destroyer HMS Vanity manning the 0.5 inch Vickers water-cooled machine gun in quadruple Mark III mounting.
Vickers started production of this gun in 1926, but service introduction on British ships does not seem to have taken place prior to 1932. This weapon was used on almost all British warships during World War II, many in quad mounts like the ones shown below.
This was a recoil-operated, water-cooled gun with link-belt ammunition feed and was significantly less powerful than the USN's 0.50" (12.7 mm) Browning M2 BMG. Like the US and most other nations, the British found small-caliber machine guns like these to be ineffective against modern aircraft. Nonetheless, this weapon was still produced in large numbers during the war with an overall total of 12,500 being built.
HMS Nelson underway WW2
Crew members aboard the destroyer HMS Vanity manning the 0.5 inch Vickers water-cooled machine gun in quadruple Mark III mounting.
Vickers started production of this gun in 1926, but service introduction on British ships does not seem to have taken place prior to 1932. This weapon was used on almost all British warships during World War II, many in quad mounts like the ones shown below.
This was a recoil-operated, water-cooled gun with link-belt ammunition feed and was significantly less powerful than the USN's 0.50" (12.7 mm) Browning M2 BMG. Like the US and most other nations, the British found small-caliber machine guns like these to be ineffective against modern aircraft. Nonetheless, this weapon was still produced in large numbers during the war with an overall total of 12,500 being built.
HMS Nelson underway WW2
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Type 45 Daring class destroyer HMS Daring leaves Portsmouth for the Persian Gulf on January 11, 2012
A Stingray Training Variant Torpedo is fired from Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster during an exercise. After spending much of her 7 month deployment in the Gulf and Indian Ocean region conducting maritime security operations in support of the UK's long standing commitment in the area, Royal Navy warship HMS Westminster took some time out to undertake valuable training. During this training period, the ship undertook her keyrole training in the form of Anti Submarine Warfare and tested her torpedo firing skills. The TVT (training variant torpedo) as it is commonly known was fired to test the launching capabilities and also to test the sonar capablilites and training of the operators. 31st Jan 2014
Type 45 Daring class destroyer HMS Daring leaves Portsmouth for the Persian Gulf on January 11, 2012
A Stingray Training Variant Torpedo is fired from Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster during an exercise. After spending much of her 7 month deployment in the Gulf and Indian Ocean region conducting maritime security operations in support of the UK's long standing commitment in the area, Royal Navy warship HMS Westminster took some time out to undertake valuable training. During this training period, the ship undertook her keyrole training in the form of Anti Submarine Warfare and tested her torpedo firing skills. The TVT (training variant torpedo) as it is commonly known was fired to test the launching capabilities and also to test the sonar capablilites and training of the operators. 31st Jan 2014
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USN:
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) steams in the Pacific Ocean in preparation for its final deployment, 2022
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) check their targets during an M4 rifle live fire exercise on one of the ship’s aircraft elevators. (March 11, 2022)
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 12, 2022) Sailors form the shape of “111” on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111)
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) steams in the Pacific Ocean in preparation for its final deployment, 2022
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) check their targets during an M4 rifle live fire exercise on one of the ship’s aircraft elevators. (March 11, 2022)
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 12, 2022) Sailors form the shape of “111” on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111)
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Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery Lave being built in Lorient in 1854.
The Battle of Kinburn, a combined land-naval engagement during the final stage of the Crimean War, took place on the tip of the Kinburn Peninsula (on the south shore of the Dnieper–Bug estuary in what is now Ukraine) on 17 October 1855. During the battle a combined fleet of vessels from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy bombarded Russian coastal fortifications after an Anglo-French ground force had besieged them. Three French ironclad batteries carried out the main attack, which saw the main Russian fortress destroyed in an action that lasted about three hours.
The battle, although it was strategically insignificant and had little effect on the outcome of the war, is notable for the first use of modern ironclad warships in action. Although frequently hit, the French ships destroyed the Russian forts within three hours, suffering minimal casualties in the process. This battle convinced contemporary navies to abandon wooden warships and to focus on armour plating; this instigated a naval arms race between France and Britain that lasted for more than a decade.
France:
Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery Lave being built in Lorient in 1854.
The Battle of Kinburn, a combined land-naval engagement during the final stage of the Crimean War, took place on the tip of the Kinburn Peninsula (on the south shore of the Dnieper–Bug estuary in what is now Ukraine) on 17 October 1855. During the battle a combined fleet of vessels from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy bombarded Russian coastal fortifications after an Anglo-French ground force had besieged them. Three French ironclad batteries carried out the main attack, which saw the main Russian fortress destroyed in an action that lasted about three hours.
The battle, although it was strategically insignificant and had little effect on the outcome of the war, is notable for the first use of modern ironclad warships in action. Although frequently hit, the French ships destroyed the Russian forts within three hours, suffering minimal casualties in the process. This battle convinced contemporary navies to abandon wooden warships and to focus on armour plating; this instigated a naval arms race between France and Britain that lasted for more than a decade.
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USS Chicago (CG-11), passing close to USS Enterprise (CVN-65). In the background is Leander-class frigate HMS Danae (F-47) with a DLG astern of Chicago off Southern California, 1976
USS Chicago (CG-11), passing close to USS Enterprise (CVN-65). In the background is Leander-class frigate HMS Danae (F-47) with a DLG astern of Chicago off Southern California, 1976
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Germany:
U-664 sinking after an attack by Ensign P. M. Rockett, USNR, from USS Card (CVE 11), Aug 9, 1943
On 8 August 1943 U-664 fired three torpedoes at the escort carrier USS Card in a surprise attack, before USS Card was able to respond and forced her to dive. The following day, on 9 August 1943, U-664 was sunk in the North Atlantic by depth charges from USN Grumman Avenger aircraft launched from the carrier. Seven crew members were killed and 44 rescued by USS Borie after seven hours in the water.
U-664 sinking after an attack by Ensign P. M. Rockett, USNR, from USS Card (CVE 11), Aug 9, 1943
On 8 August 1943 U-664 fired three torpedoes at the escort carrier USS Card in a surprise attack, before USS Card was able to respond and forced her to dive. The following day, on 9 August 1943, U-664 was sunk in the North Atlantic by depth charges from USN Grumman Avenger aircraft launched from the carrier. Seven crew members were killed and 44 rescued by USS Borie after seven hours in the water.
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Imperial Japan:
Photograph of a blackboard left on the bridge of aircraft carrier Akagi on December 8, 1941. The blackboard clearly states the specific procedure for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Photograph of a blackboard left on the bridge of aircraft carrier Akagi on December 8, 1941. The blackboard clearly states the specific procedure for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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