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The Dutch carrier HNLMS Karel Doorman and both cruisers of the "Zeven Provinciënklasse". circa 1968

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HIJMS Hatsuharu at Sasebo in 1933, before her refit,

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Gepard class Fast Attack Craft S73 Hermelin (P6123)

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Battleship HMS Royal Oak in drydock, showing off her torpedo bulges and paravane chains

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Restored B-25 Mitchell medium bombers take off from USS Ranger during a re-enactment of Doolittle Raid 50 years later. April 21st, 1992.

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Japanese heavy cruiser Maya in Tawi-Tawi, 1944 after AA refit

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County-class destroyer HMS Devonshire, taken from HMS Ark Royal.

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HMS Bedouin photographed by an Italian SM.79 torpedo-bomber, in sinking conditions after being heavily damaged by Italian cruisers fire during Operation Harpoon

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USS Tennessee (BB-43) Pitching in heavy seas while operating in the Pacific Ocean, 1945

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The Dutch cruiser Java in the 1920s.
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Imperial Russian Navy protected cruiser Varyag in 1901

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Type 21s under their current ensign

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Known in the Pakistani Navy as 'the old ladies'.

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A doomed ship escorting a doomed force

HMS Repulse escorting a troop convoy to Singapore, Dec 3, 1941.

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A fine shot of the guided missile cruiser USS Leahy (CG 16) at speed

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USS Charles F. Adams DDG-2 Underway at high speed while running trials, 31 August 1960.

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RAF photographic-reconnaissance aerial image of the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in dry dock at Brest, France. 1941.

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HMS Ramsey (ex-USS Meade), one of 50 destroyers transferred from USN to RN. New York, June 20, 1942, showing how narrow these destroyers were.

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IJN heavy cruiser Haguro, one of the Myoko class heavy cruisers, 1932.

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One of the port propellers of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, seen in a park in Laboe, Germany

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HMS Eagle and an Abdiel-class fast minelayer.

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The battleship USS Vermont during the world cruise of the Great White Fleet in heavy seas.

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The Prima Squadra Navale of the Regia Marina at anchor in Taranto, 1930s

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Bismarck in Grimstadfjord, Norway, May 21st, 1941.

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Italian cruiser Caio Duilio (C554)

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Newport News Shipbuilding delivers its first nuclear-powered submarine and the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. September 24, 1960

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SMS Blucher in a remarkably clear pre-WW1 photo.

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Allied convoy sailing from Alexandria to Malta engaged by 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 engage the enemy.

In this Second Battle of Sirte three Dido class anti-aircraft cruisers (Dido, Euryalus and Cleopatra) and the 6 inch light cruiser Penelope and a range of H, J, K, L and Tribal class destroyers, fended off an Italian force of the battleship Littorio, two heavy cruisers (Gorizia, Trento), one light cruiser (Giovanni delle Bande Nere) and ten destroyers, preventing them from getting through to the convoy.

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HMS Kipling seen during the battle

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A blast from the past, HMS York visiting Chile in 1934.
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HMS King George V at sea off Japan in company with U.S. Third Fleet ships on 16 August 1945, the day after the Japanese Government agreed to surrender. Photographed from USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31). Just beyond King George V is USS Missouri (BB-63), with a British destroyer alongside. An Essex class aircraft carrier is in the distance.

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HMS Agincourt, the only dreadnought with seven (7!!) turrets. They were named for the days of the week rather than the usual A, B X and Y.

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