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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 24 Jul 2020 18:02
by MikeJames
The Admiral Graf Spee in the port of Hamburg in 1939

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 29 Jul 2020 19:14
by MikeJames
HMS King George V in drydock after her collision with destroyer Punjabi, 17 May 1942

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 29 Jul 2020 20:05
by MikeJames
Swedish Navy coastal defense ship Gustav V in 1944

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 10 Aug 2020 15:25
by MikeJames
The French battleship Richelieu visiting Villefrance-sur-mer in 1952.

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 16 Aug 2020 12:40
by MikeJames
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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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 04 Sep 2020 15:58
by MikeJames
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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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 04 Sep 2020 16:10
by MikeJames
Italian battleship Caio Duilio underway in heavy weather

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 04 Sep 2020 16:55
by MikeJames
Battleship HMS Nelson with crew members lining up on the deck

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 21 Sep 2020 08:21
by MikeJames
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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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 27 Sep 2020 13:48
by MikeJames
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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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 27 Sep 2020 14:38
by MikeJames
Bismark at launch, emphasising just how big she was.

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 27 Sep 2020 14:46
by MikeJames
Japanese light cruiser Noshiro on sea trials at Tokyo Bay in June 1943

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 22:31
by MikeJames
HMS Victorious exercising with INS Vikrant as part of Exercise JET 64" conducted in Feb-March 1964 in the area between the Nicobar Islands and Penang.

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 23:14
by MikeJames
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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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 12:23
by MikeJames
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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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 12:31
by MikeJames
County class heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk passing Fort Ricasoli into Grand Harbour Malta. October 1945.

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 12:41
by MikeJames
The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Albany (CG-10) in 1971.

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 10:51
by MikeJames
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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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 13 Jan 2021 17:12
by MikeJames
Canadian destroyer "Saint Laurent", 1944-45

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 26 Feb 2021 10:40
by MikeJames
Iowa class conducting a shoot

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 26 Feb 2021 13:17
by MikeJames
USS Santa Fe (CL-60) pulls alongside USS Franklin (CV-13) as it lists towards its starboard side after suffering two direct hits from a pair of armour piercing bombs, dropped by a lone Japanese plane. Near Okinawa. 19th March, 1945.

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 26 Feb 2021 13:27
by MikeJames
The four Kongo-class fast battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy; Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna, and Kongo in formation during the Indian Ocean Operation, March 1942.

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 01 Mar 2021 13:32
by MikeJames
The old carrier HMS Eagle lies at anchor

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 01 Mar 2021 13:42
by MikeJames
The French battleship Richelieu seen in peacetime colours

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 05 Mar 2021 17:02
by MikeJames
HMS Glowworm turns to starboard- towards the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. Caught alone in the North Sea against Hipper and two German destroyers, Glowworm would ram Hipper's starboard side after taking severe damage. 4/8/1940

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 07 Mar 2021 11:04
by scott154
Amazing images Mike!!!! Thank you for taking the time sharing these moments in history. :tup: Scott

Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 07 Mar 2021 21:18
by MikeJames
Thanks Scott, I'm glad people appreciate them.

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Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 09 Mar 2021 19:50
by MichaelB
Not the best photo but poor Glowworm later on.

Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 20:48
by MichaelB
Vengeance, a hard worked V & W shown here in Morocco in 1942.

Re: Historic Naval Images

Posted: 18 Mar 2021 14:40
by MikeJames
U.S.S. Iowa fires while Saratoga unreps in the background.

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