Historic Naval Images

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The Admiral Graf Spee in the port of Hamburg in 1939



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HMS King George V in drydock after her collision with destroyer Punjabi, 17 May 1942



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Swedish Navy coastal defense ship Gustav V in 1944



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The French battleship Richelieu visiting Villefrance-sur-mer in 1952.



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Renders of how HIJMS Yamato would look like in present-day Kure, Hiroshima prefecture, next to the JMSDF and Maritime Museums, home to a 1/10 scale model of the battleship.





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Three cruisers of the Chilean Navy head a formation during the 1970s. From left to right: Capitan Prat (ex-USS Nashville), Almirante Latorre (ex-HSwMS Gota Lejon), and O'Higgins (ex-USS Brooklyn).



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Italian battleship Caio Duilio underway in heavy weather



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Battleship HMS Nelson with crew members lining up on the deck



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Aquila (Italian for "Eagle") was an Italian aircraft carrier converted from the trans-Atlantic passenger liner SS Roma during World War II.

Work on Aquila began in late 1941 at the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa and continued for the next two years. With the signing of the Italian armistice on 8 September 1943, however, all work was halted and the vessel remained unfinished. Aquila was eventually scrapped in 1952.





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Fletcher-class destroyer USS Remey (DD-688). Underway replenishment in heavy seas alongside USS Lake Champlain (CV-39). Atlantic Ocean, April 1962.



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Bismark at launch, emphasising just how big she was.



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Japanese light cruiser Noshiro on sea trials at Tokyo Bay in June 1943



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HMS Victorious exercising with INS Vikrant as part if Exercise JET 64" conducted in Feb-March 1964 in the area between the Nicobar Islands and Penang.



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USS Coral Sea (CV-43) silhouetted against a low sun as she arrives at Palma, Spain, during her final Mediterranean deployment, June 1989.



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One of not too many WW2 era destroyers still preserved, in this case the Polish destroyer Blyskawica, which escaped to the UK and served throughout the War. Today she is a museum ship in Gydnia.





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County class heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk passing Fort Ricasoli into Grand Harbour Malta. October 1945.



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The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Albany (CG-10) in 1971.



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January 30, 1963, the cruiser USS Albany (CG-10) for the first time simultaneously launches three anti-aircraft missiles - two RIM-8 Talos and one RIM-24 Tartar



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Canadian destroyer "Saint Laurent", 1944-45



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