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Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 10 Feb 2019 09:28
by MikeJames
HMS Manxman in the Bosphorus, taken from HMS Eagle in the 1950s.
She was a minelayer of the Abdiel-class of which 6 were built between 1939 and 1941. Half the class was lost through enemy action during WW2; the
others saw post-war service, and the last example was scrapped in the early 1970s.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 10 Feb 2019 10:25
by MichaelB
A nice shot of Wager doing a mail transfer.with Victorious
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 11 Feb 2019 10:40
by MikeJames
Overhead view of PT-515, an Elco 80-foot motor torpedo boat with MTB Squadron 35, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, 11 April 1944
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 12 Feb 2019 12:24
by MikeJames
Very historic in this case...
HMS Torch and the Armored cruiser HMS Euryalus at Farm Cove, Sydney 1904-5
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 13 Feb 2019 10:04
by MikeJames
Spanish heavy cruiser Canarias at Barcelona, Spain, in about 1970. Canarias was basically a modified County Class cruiser.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 13 Feb 2019 14:05
by SlatsSSN
Great photos Mike esp Farm Cove early last century.
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 14 Feb 2019 14:27
by MikeJames
Admiral Scheer at Gibraltar, circa 1936. Note the Spanish Civil War neutrality markings (red, white & black stripes) painted on her forward gun turret.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 15 Feb 2019 10:31
by MikeJames
HMS Hood not long after completion.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 16 Feb 2019 22:31
by MikeJames
Type 21-class frigates HMS Antelope (F170) and HMS Amazon (F169) seen meeting for the first time in the English Channel, about six miles off St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. This is the second day of HMS Antelope's contractors' trials prior to commissioning. January 1975
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 17 Feb 2019 11:13
by MikeJames
Given this image is over a century old, a wonderfully clear shot of the lead ship of her class of battlecruisers, SMS Moltke.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 17 Feb 2019 11:44
by MichaelB
Rare colour shot of a Daring.
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 18 Feb 2019 12:18
by MikeJames
French aircraft carrier Béarn. She had a long career, but never launched her aircraft in combat.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 19 Feb 2019 09:02
by MikeJames
HMS New Zealand, an Indefatigable-class battlecruiser, during her visit to her namesake country in 1913.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 20 Feb 2019 10:23
by MikeJames
One for Michael Brown, Aerial view of Tribal-class frigate HMS Tartar (F133). 1971.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 20 Feb 2019 20:23
by MichaelB
HMS Campbell which served in two world wars.
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 21 Feb 2019 10:04
by MikeJames
Pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Victoria firing her BL 16.25-inch Mk I guns.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 14:35
by MikeJames
The Knox-class frigate USS Moinester (FF-1097) undergoes an underway replenishment with USS Iowa (BB-61), Aug 1, 1986
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 23 Feb 2019 07:30
by MikeJames
Pre-dreadnoughts, 1912: HMS Hindustan, HMS Hibernia, HMS Africa.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 23 Feb 2019 21:23
by MikeJames
HMS Belfast in 2014, Tower of London and Tower Bridge providing an iconic backdrop
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:37
by MikeJames
Original captions states, “Fleet at Sea, July 24, 1919.” Probably New Mexico-class battleships: USS New Mexico (BB-40), USS Mississippi (BB-41), and USS Idaho (BB-42).
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 08 Mar 2019 15:00
by MikeJames
From front to rear: the Netherlands destroyer Drenthe, HMS Agincourt and USS Garcia, photographed from an RAF Shackleton of 224 Squadron based at Gibraltar.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 09 Mar 2019 17:15
by scott154
Some fascinating photos there Mike, cheers. Scott
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 10 Mar 2019 17:39
by MikeJames
Leander-class frigates HMS Euryalus (F15) and HMS Andromeda (F57). 1970.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 10 Mar 2019 18:26
by littoralcombat
Second Ship is not Andromeda Mike. It is a Whitby or Rothesay Class.
Nige
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 11 Mar 2019 11:00
by MikeJames
Oh, okay, that was how the image was captioned, looks like they got it wrong.
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 11 Mar 2019 11:07
by MikeJames
Castles of Steel
HMS Valiant, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Barham steam in line astern
An imposing HMS Nelson leads another battleship
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 12 Mar 2019 11:29
by MikeJames
Italian heavy cruisers Bolzano, Trento, Fiume, Zara, Pola, and Gorizia a day before the Battle of Calabria, known to the Italian Navy as the Battle of Punta Stilo.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 13 Mar 2019 08:50
by MikeJames
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) refueling from the tanker Kaskaskia (AO-27) on October 17, 1944
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 14 Mar 2019 08:25
by MikeJames
HMS Fury (in the foreground) and HMS Ashanti laying a smoke screen during destroyer manoeuvres, the photograph was taken from the destroyer Faulknor.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 16 Mar 2019 11:14
by MikeJames
HMS Caroline. the last remaining ship from the Battle of Jutland WW1. Today docked in Belfast as a museum ship.
Mike