RN:
Torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus in drydock at Malta, 1881.
The third HMS Polyphemus was a Royal Navytorpedo ram, serving from 1881 until 1903. A shallow-draft, fast, low-profile vessel, she was designed to penetrate enemy harbours at speed and sink anchored ships. Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby primarily as a protectedtorpedo boat, the ram was provided very much as secondary armament
USN:
Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) in dry dock at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, undergoing modernization and reactivation. She was recommissioned for the fourth and last time on December 28, 1983. Photographed by PH2 Gary G. Ballard, on February 5, 1982
Australia:
Not even the rain could dampen our spirits on the return of HMAS Vampire (D-11) to the Museum today.
Looking resplendent in its new paint, the Daring class destroyer was a sight to behold as it manoeuvred into its familiar berth alongside the Action Stations pavilion. 14 Feb 2023
RN:
Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine HMS Trenchant after it had broken through the metre-thick ice in the Arctic during a major exercise with the USN in 2018.
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