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HMS Roberts, Malta 1945
HMS Royal Oak in drydock, showing of her torpedo bulges and paravane chains
HMS Vanquisher, a V class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in both world wars.
HMS Royal Oak in drydock, showing of her torpedo bulges and paravane chains
HMS Vanquisher, a V class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in both world wars.
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Dido class HMS Bellona in 1944
HMS MAIDSTONE, submarine depot ship, berthed at the port of Algiers. Alongside are two submarines, SAFARI and SAHIB. So great were their successes against Axis shipping, that they were known as the "Old Firm" and "Foundation members" to the rest of the Royal Navy. 16 April 1943.
HMS Implacable. Comissioned in 1944, at the end of the war she was with the British Pacific Fleet
HMS Repulse at Haifa, Mandatory Palestine in 1938
USN recognition pictures for the Nelson class battleships
HMS MAIDSTONE, submarine depot ship, berthed at the port of Algiers. Alongside are two submarines, SAFARI and SAHIB. So great were their successes against Axis shipping, that they were known as the "Old Firm" and "Foundation members" to the rest of the Royal Navy. 16 April 1943.
HMS Implacable. Comissioned in 1944, at the end of the war she was with the British Pacific Fleet
HMS Repulse at Haifa, Mandatory Palestine in 1938
USN recognition pictures for the Nelson class battleships
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HMS King George V trains her 10 x 14" guns to port
USN recognition pictures for the King George V class battleship
HMS Adventure, a mine laying cruiser, during June 1942 in North Atlantic waters
USN recognition pictures for the King George V class battleship
HMS Adventure, a mine laying cruiser, during June 1942 in North Atlantic waters
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The Indians produced an Armoured Carrier Wheeled, Indian Pattern (ACV-IP) built by Tata Locomotives, and called it a 'Tatanagar'. At the outbreak of the World War II the United Kingdom was unable to meet the needs of the Commonwealth for armoured fighting vehicles. It led many Commonwealth countries to develop their own AFVs. As production of heavy armoured vehicles, such as tanks, required advanced industry which those countries lacked, most of the developed AFVs were armoured cars, often based on imported chassis.
In India a series of armoured vehicles was developed, known as Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, Indian Pattern or ACV-IP. These vehicles utilized Ford / GMC Canadian Military Pattern truck chassis imported from Canada. Armoured hulls were constructed mainly by Indian Railways (Tata). The armament typically consisted of Bren light machine gun, in some variants mounted in a small turret, and Boys anti-tank rifle. In production from 1940 until 1944, a total of 4,655 units were built.
The ACV-IP was used by Indian units in the Far East, Middle East, North African Campaign and Italian Campaign, typically in divisional reconnaissance regiments, as reconnaissance vehicle, personnel carrier, AA weapons carrier or Forward Observation Officer's vehicle.
ACV-IP Mk2A, "Dhar-4", 3 Indian Motor Brigade, 10 Indian Armoured Division.
In India a series of armoured vehicles was developed, known as Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, Indian Pattern or ACV-IP. These vehicles utilized Ford / GMC Canadian Military Pattern truck chassis imported from Canada. Armoured hulls were constructed mainly by Indian Railways (Tata). The armament typically consisted of Bren light machine gun, in some variants mounted in a small turret, and Boys anti-tank rifle. In production from 1940 until 1944, a total of 4,655 units were built.
The ACV-IP was used by Indian units in the Far East, Middle East, North African Campaign and Italian Campaign, typically in divisional reconnaissance regiments, as reconnaissance vehicle, personnel carrier, AA weapons carrier or Forward Observation Officer's vehicle.
ACV-IP Mk2A, "Dhar-4", 3 Indian Motor Brigade, 10 Indian Armoured Division.
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HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered by Chile during the South American dreadnought race as the Almirante Latorre-class battleship Almirante Cochrane, she was laid down before World War I. In early 1918 she was purchased by Britain for conversion to an aircraft carrier; this work was finished in 1924. Her completion was delayed by labour troubles and the possibility that she might be repurchased by Chile for reconversion into a battleship, as well as the need for comparative trials to determine the optimum layout for aircraft carriers. The ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet and then later to the China Station, spending very little time in home waters other than for periodic refits.
Eagle covered Operation Pedestal together with the carriers Victorious and Indomitable. Eagle carried 16 Sea Hurricanes of 801 and 813 Squadrons as well as four reserve aircraft for the operation. On the early afternoon of 11 August, Eagle was hit by four torpedoes from the German submarine U-73, commanded by Helmut Rosenbaum, and sank within four minutes, 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) south of Cape Salinas at position 38°3′0″N 3°1′12″ECoordinates: ?38°3′0″N 3°1′12″E. Losses in the sinking included 131 officers and ratings, mainly from the ship's propulsion machinery spaces. Four Sea Hurricanes from 801 were aloft when the ship was torpedoed, and they landed on other carriers; the remaining sixteen went down with the ship. The destroyers Laforey and Lookout and the tug Jaunty rescued 67 officers and 862 sailors.
HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered by Chile during the South American dreadnought race as the Almirante Latorre-class battleship Almirante Cochrane, she was laid down before World War I. In early 1918 she was purchased by Britain for conversion to an aircraft carrier; this work was finished in 1924. Her completion was delayed by labour troubles and the possibility that she might be repurchased by Chile for reconversion into a battleship, as well as the need for comparative trials to determine the optimum layout for aircraft carriers. The ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet and then later to the China Station, spending very little time in home waters other than for periodic refits.
Eagle covered Operation Pedestal together with the carriers Victorious and Indomitable. Eagle carried 16 Sea Hurricanes of 801 and 813 Squadrons as well as four reserve aircraft for the operation. On the early afternoon of 11 August, Eagle was hit by four torpedoes from the German submarine U-73, commanded by Helmut Rosenbaum, and sank within four minutes, 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) south of Cape Salinas at position 38°3′0″N 3°1′12″ECoordinates: ?38°3′0″N 3°1′12″E. Losses in the sinking included 131 officers and ratings, mainly from the ship's propulsion machinery spaces. Four Sea Hurricanes from 801 were aloft when the ship was torpedoed, and they landed on other carriers; the remaining sixteen went down with the ship. The destroyers Laforey and Lookout and the tug Jaunty rescued 67 officers and 862 sailors.
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5.5-inch gun crew from 75th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, in action in Italy, September 1943
A paratrooper of the 6th Airborne Division, using a Sten Mk II SMG during a training before Operation Tonga, May-June 1944
A paratrooper of the 6th Airborne Division, using a Sten Mk II SMG during a training before Operation Tonga, May-June 1944
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HMS Spiteful upon completion, Sept 21, 1943
HMS Argus in action (during Operation Torch) off North Africa in November 1942.
Rough seas breaking over the decks of HMS Furious in the Mediterranean, taken from the cruiser HMS Sheffield
HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH with bows awash in heavy seas off Scapa Flow during Home Fleet exercises.
HMS Nelson, as seen from Rodney, making light of gale swept seas in the Western Mediterranean, escorted by the cruiser, HMS Newfoundland.
HMS Argus in action (during Operation Torch) off North Africa in November 1942.
Rough seas breaking over the decks of HMS Furious in the Mediterranean, taken from the cruiser HMS Sheffield
HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH with bows awash in heavy seas off Scapa Flow during Home Fleet exercises.
HMS Nelson, as seen from Rodney, making light of gale swept seas in the Western Mediterranean, escorted by the cruiser, HMS Newfoundland.
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HMS Duke of York underway in heavy seas
Naval personnel making final checks of landing craft suspended from derricks on troopship HMT Derbyshire at Naples dockside, 17 January 1944. The ship is part of the Allied armada ready for the "Operation Shingle", the Battle for Anzio
HMS Ark Royal sinking
Naval personnel making final checks of landing craft suspended from derricks on troopship HMT Derbyshire at Naples dockside, 17 January 1944. The ship is part of the Allied armada ready for the "Operation Shingle", the Battle for Anzio
HMS Ark Royal sinking
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Convoy From Alexandria To Malta meets and engages Italian warships in the Mediterranean, 22 March 1942. HMS Cleopatra throws out smoke to shield the convoy as HMS Euryalus elevates her forward 5.25-inch guns to shell the Italian Fleet
HMS INDOMITABLE, pictured in early 1943. Note the Seafire on the outrigger just behind S2 4.5in and in front of S1 Pom Pom.
Left to right: HMS RODNEY, WARSPITE, a Cruiser, HMS NELSON and cruisers of Force H in the Ionan Sea, July 10 to 16.
HMS WARSPITE, with Seafires of FORMIDABLE in the foreground, part of Force H in the Ionian Sea.
Seafire flying over HMS Indomitable, 1943
Operation Husky: The Sicily Landings 9 - 10 July 1943: The invasion fleet at sea, viewed from the bridge of one of the ships.
HMS INDOMITABLE, pictured in early 1943. Note the Seafire on the outrigger just behind S2 4.5in and in front of S1 Pom Pom.
Left to right: HMS RODNEY, WARSPITE, a Cruiser, HMS NELSON and cruisers of Force H in the Ionan Sea, July 10 to 16.
HMS WARSPITE, with Seafires of FORMIDABLE in the foreground, part of Force H in the Ionian Sea.
Seafire flying over HMS Indomitable, 1943
Operation Husky: The Sicily Landings 9 - 10 July 1943: The invasion fleet at sea, viewed from the bridge of one of the ships.
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