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Historic Naval Images
Posted: 17 Jan 2019 14:38
by MikeJames
Hi guys, I know I run the 'Shot of the Day' and 'The Old RAN' image feeds, but this thread is for images of older warships of any navy.
There are some great shots out there.
The German light cruiser Emden in Honolulu, February 1936.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 18 Jan 2019 10:59
by MikeJames
Flagship of the British Pacific Fleet, HMS Duke of York. Pictured at Woolloomooloo Wharf, Australia, 23 November 1945
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 19 Jan 2019 10:33
by MichaelB
KGV herself probably Melbourne
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 19 Jan 2019 20:10
by MikeJames
Annapolis-class destroyer escort HMCS Annapolis with Gearing-class destroyer USS William C. Lawe, 1982.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 21 Jan 2019 08:31
by MikeJames
Italian destroyer Antoniotto Usodimare in the 1920's at Taranto. The Andrea Doria or Caio Duilio is in the background.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 21 Jan 2019 08:48
by MichaelB
Chilean destroyers, Almirante Riveros and unidentified County Class
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 22 Jan 2019 06:48
by MikeJames
HMS Cleopatra and HMS Devonshire, taken from HMS Swiftsure, 1952.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 22 Jan 2019 12:21
by fastone045
Here are some interesting coloured photos.
Craig
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 23 Jan 2019 08:14
by MikeJames
The heavy cruiser (battle cruiser really) USS Alaska (CB-1) sporting Measure 32 camouflage in August, 1944
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 24 Jan 2019 13:34
by MikeJames
The 'Evil I", USS Intrepid, underway in the Pacific in 1944.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 25 Jan 2019 08:37
by MikeJames
IJN Nagato with seaplane on top of turret #2. July 1927
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 27 Jan 2019 10:11
by MikeJames
Three generations of RN frigates at the Portsmouth Navy Day, August 1980: Type 12 HMS Torquay, Type 81 HMS Tartar, Type 21 HMS Active.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 28 Jan 2019 09:53
by MikeJames
A Sea Harrier takes off from the ski-jump while various ordinance and handling gear, helicopters and vehicles crowd the flight deck of HMS Hermes during the Falklands War.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 29 Jan 2019 08:53
by MikeJames
An Iroquois-class destroyer, a Mackenzie-class destroyer and a Protecteur-class supply ship make a five-day patrol of Canada's North Atlantic fisheries zone in 1975.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 30 Jan 2019 11:42
by MikeJames
USS Cimarron refuels USS Robin (HMS Victorious) on July 12, 1943 during her deployment as a member of the US Pacific fleet.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 31 Jan 2019 12:00
by MikeJames
Battleships of the US Pacific Fleet complete a formation turn and train their batteries on target during exercises in the mid-1930s.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 01 Feb 2019 11:00
by MikeJames
HMS Blake, helicopter cruiser of the Royal Navy
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 01 Feb 2019 23:54
by SlatsSSN
Conks comes home..
Conqueror's return to Faslane Holy Loch in 1982..
Click the image for full sizeThe thing I really like about this from a modelling perspective is how much reserve buoyancy is on show above the water line. Compare this to a US nuke that has typically about 9-11% reserve buoyancy where the WL is about halfway up the casing again.
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 02 Feb 2019 00:13
by SlatsSSN
Here's HMS Valliant in 1986 - the Valliant boats are almost completely externally identical to the Churchill class (to which Conqueror belongs) that succeeded them. The Churchills class is also known as "Improved Valliants"
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 02 Feb 2019 07:43
by MichaelB
MikeJames wrote:HMS Blake, helicopter cruiser of the Royal Navy
Mike
Lion and Superb showing how nice Blake looked before it was butchered.
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 03 Feb 2019 12:52
by MikeJames
Ex-USS Independence (CV-62), Kitty Hawk (CV-63), Constellation (CV-64), and Ranger (CV-61) mothballed in Bremerton, WA
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 03 Feb 2019 21:02
by SlatsSSN
HMS Blake .. quite the workhorse ... Harrier's practised vertical take-off and landings on her too.
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 03 Feb 2019 21:06
by SlatsSSN
Blake with Harrier aboard ... photo from IWM..
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 04 Feb 2019 12:00
by MikeJames
Blyskawica (Lightning), a Grom class WWII destroyer, now a museum ship in Gdynia, Poland
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 05 Feb 2019 10:05
by MikeJames
1940, Italian battleship Andrea Doria after a significant reconstruction in the 1937-40 period.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 05 Feb 2019 12:40
by fastone045
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 06 Feb 2019 10:31
by MikeJames
The battle cruiser HMS Hood passing by an improvement project on the Panama Canal, 1923.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 07 Feb 2019 09:25
by MikeJames
Imperial Russian Navy armoured cruiser Gromoboi during her 1901 visit to Australia.
Mike
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 07 Feb 2019 11:05
by MichaelB
A nice aerial shot of Musketeer in 1944
Re: Historic Naval Images
Posted: 09 Feb 2019 07:49
by MikeJames
HMS Warspite, hard aground on rocks after refusing to go quietly to the breakers, this battle-scarred veteran of two world wars went on her own terms, running aground under tow in 1947 on rocks near Prussia Cove, Cornwall, and was eventually broken up nearby.
Mike