RN:
A port stern view of the battleship HMS Dreadnought (1906) with her awning rigged amidships and aft, anchored in the Thames Estuary off Southend for the Thames Naval Review. The guest (boat) booms are deployed. To the right of Dreadnought is the Admiralty Despatch Vessel Surprise (1885). July 1909
The crew of HMS Grampus saluting the submarine HMS E11 returning from the Dardanelles, 1915
Peru:
BAP Pacocha (SS-48) submarine of the Marina de Guerra del Perú after being raised. Formerly USS Atule (SS-403), a Balao-class submarine with a GUPPY IA upgrade, she had been sold to Peru and commissioned on 28 May 1974. She was rammed and sunk by a fishing trawler on 26 August 1988. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAP_Pacocha_(SS-48)
USN:
USS Long Beach (CG-9) as seen from the Golden Gate Bridge, October 1984.
USS Iowa (BB-61) arriving in New York for a port visit, April 1, 1985
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) transits the Suez Canal en route to the Mediterranean Sea following a deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield, Aug 22, 1990
France:
Battleship Dunkerque. The photo was likely taken on May 27th, 1937 during the combined naval review of Atlantic & Mediterranean Squadrons. French Naval Minister Gasnier Duparc oversaw the event at Isle of Sein
Japan:
Escort carrier Yamashiro Maru (operated by the Imperial Japanese Army) lying half-sunken at Yokohama, August 1945. Previously a tanker, she was converted and commissioned on January 27, 1945 only to be sunk just 21 days later on February 17 by US aircraft.
USN:
USS Hornet (CV-8) arrives at Pearl Harbor after the Doolittle Raid on Japan, 30 April 1942. PT-28 and PT-29 are speeding by in the foreground (colourised)
Yorktown class USS Enterprise (CV-6) steams toward the Panama Canal on 10 October 1945, while en route to New York to participate in Navy Day Victory Celebrations (colourised)
France:
Rubis class SSN Perle (S-606) leaving Toulon after 10 months of repair to conduct series of tests. Perle was in dockyard hands and suffered a shipyard fire. The forward half of the sub was damaged beyond repair, and was replaced with the bow of the decommissioned Saphir
USN:
Gato class submarine USS Bashaw (SSK-241) in Wellington, New Zealand. 1957.
Dealey-class destroyer escort USS John Willis (DE-1027) manoeuvres in heavy seas while operating with the Unitas VI task force off the Argentine coast on 19 October 1965
Germany:
With a Kaiser class battleship in the background, a officer stands on the stern of Nassau class battleship SMS Posen for a photo. The ship in the background is likely either the SMS Kaiser or SMS Kaiserin before or after the SMS Posen accompanied them on a patrol around Terschelling, Netherlands in 1918.
Australia:
Aerial bow view of the HMAS Darwin (FFG-04) underway during trials off Seattle, May 23, 1984. My last ship, I was aboard then and a fantastic draft she was too
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