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WW2 Naval Art Postcards |
![]() ![]() | Hotspur by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Hotspur is shown on Convoy protection duties during 1942 / 1943. HMS Hotspur, the H class destroyer, was built by Scotts at Greenock and launched 23rd March 1936. Participated in the first Battle of Narvik, April 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matap...... | |
![]() ![]() | Pedestal Convoy by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The Pedestal Convoy of August 1942 was one of the most heavily protected convoys in the history of sea warfare. Fourteen of the fastest cargo ships of the time were protected by 4 carriers, 2 battleships, 7 cruisers and 32 destroyers. The destroyer...... | |
![]() ![]() | USS Hornet, Eye of the Storm by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Late October 1942 in the waters east of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Santa Cruz saw the sinking of the US carrier Hornet, in what proved to be the last major carrier battle of the South Pacific theatre. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | USS North Carolina ,Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | By June 1944 the US Fleet had made a huge leap across the Pacific to the Marianas, a small group of Japanese held islands of which Saipan would prove the most difficult to overcome. The landing were supported by the US 5th Fleet, which included USS N...... | |
![]() ![]() | USS Indiana, First Tour of Duty by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | To increase the strength of the US fleet in the Pacific during the critical early months of the war, USS Indiana went through the Panama Canal. On the 28th of November 1942 USS Indiana joined Rear Admiral Lee's aircraft carrier screening force. ...... |
![]() ![]() | Raid on Taranto by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The balance of maritime power in the Mediterranean was transformed at a stroke by the British air attack which disabled three Italian battleships in a few minutes. The target was the core of Mussolinis fleet, tucked away in Taranto Harbour, in south...... | |
![]() ![]() | Enter the Prince by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | P520. Enter the Prince by Anthony Saunders. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | The Narvik Squadron by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The Last of the heavy Cruisers built by Germany (5 in total) The picture shows Admiral Hipper making her first sortie on the 18th February 1940, accompanied by the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau on Operation Nordmark. (Search for allied convoys on th...... | |
![]() ![]() | The Arctic Run by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Artic Convoy. Forcing their way through adverse conditions bordering on the limitations of human endurance, The Allied convoys faced appalling odds of survival in the endeavour to supply raw materials to Russias only ice free port of Murmansk. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Ramillies and HMS Warspite at Normandy by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Ramillies and Warspite manoeuvre into position off the coast of Normandy. The major battleships of the Home Fleet, with their massive guns which could deliver gunfire with pinpoint accuracy to 17 miles. they proved invaluable on the day of the b...... |
![]() ![]() | Operation Rheinubung by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Bismarck anchored at No.5 buoy takes on main armament ammo in Gottenhaven, before sailing to Norway and the Atlantic....... | |
![]() | Floating Fortress by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The Tirpitz showing her last paint scheme, she sailed from Kaafjord to Hakoy island, Tromso Fjord it was to be her final resting place. Hit by tallboy bombs she capsized and sank. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | The Battle of the River Plate by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Under attack from HMS Ajax, HMS Exeter and HMS Archilles. The German Pocket battleship Graf Spee os shown at speed returning salvos, December 1939. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Pressing Home the Kill by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Dauntless Dive Bombers Dive on the Battleship Musashi in the Sibuyan Sea, October 1944. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Battle of the Denmark Straits by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | With ssalvos landing close, the Bismarck with Prinz Eugen is shown loosing off the salvo that destroyed HMS Hood....... |
![]() ![]() | Flank Speed by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The Japanese ship Takao at Flank speed, riding shotgun for the carrier. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Slow Ahead by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | H.M.A.S Hobart glides past Mount Fiji for the surrender ceremony with Missouri in the Background. Tokyo Bay 1945. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Valiant , Battle Wagons by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Valiant on Officer of the Watch Manoeuvres off the south coast....... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Duke of York by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | P719. HMS Duke of York by Randall Wilson. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Nellie by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Passing Port Said, HMS Nelson is shown transversing the Suez Canal after her tour in the pacific at the end of World War Two. ...... |
![]() ![]() | Home Bound by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | H.M.A.S. Shropshire at speed, bound for Sydney after being stationed with the US Fleet in Tokyo Bay 1946. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Warspite, Shooting from the Hip by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Warspite is shown in action during the 2nd battle of Narvik, April 1940....... | |
![]() ![]() | USS Colorado Okinawa by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The USS Colorado holds the all time record of 37 consecutive days of firing at an enemy and the record of 24 direct enemy air attacks in 62 days both while at Okinawa. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | USS Tennessee During the Landings at Iwo Jima by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | In February 1945, 850 square miles of volcanic rock became the most strategically important island in the South Pacific. From Iwo Jima heavy bombers would be able to raid Japanese cities almost at will. Even with its overwhelming military might, the...... | |
![]() ![]() | Evacuation Dunkirk by Randall Wilson (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | With the harbour under attack, HMS Express casts off having embarked troops of the British Expeditionary force (B.E.F.) Leaving with her are the trawlers, which were part of the small boat armada which played such a major part in the evacuation of Du...... |
![]() ![]() | HMS Belfast During the Battle of North Cape by Randall Wilson (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Under lowering arctic skies HMS Belfast (Admiral Burnets Flagship) leads HMS Sheffield and HMS Norfolk in the race to protect convoy JW55B from Scharnhorst....... | |
![]() ![]() | KMS Gneisenau - Stand by the Bowlines by Randall Wilson (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Gneisenau returns to Kiel harbour after participating in Operation Nord Mark. With number one bowline secured crew crew prepares to bring the ship alongside....... | |
![]() ![]() | USS New Jersey, batten down the Hatches by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | USS New Jersey seen battling her way through a Hurricane in 1944. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Gunline Omaha - USS Texas by Randall Wilson (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | In support of the American landings at Utah and Omaha beaches, the USS Texas slugs it out with German heavy gun emplacements during the D-Day landings. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Out of Alex by David Pentland. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | A swordfish from HMS Warspite on patrol off the coast of Egypt, near the port of Alexandria. ...... |
![]() ![]() | Pearl Harbor, USS California, by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | At dawn on the 7th December 1941, 350 Japanese warplanes flew from their carriers and attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl harbor, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. the attack concentrated on Battleship Row which included USS California (Left) and US...... | |
![]() ![]() | U-203 Under Cover of Darkness by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | October 1941, U203 approaches her mooring on the western bank at the French port of Brest. Her fate would be sealed by depth charges from the destroyer HMS Pathfinder and aircraft from the escort carrier HMS Biter while attacking the convoy ONS 4 so...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Courageous by Randall Wilson (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | P854. HMS Courageous by Randall Wilson. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Dawn Enterprise by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The first light of dawn silhouettes the massive outline of the Yorktown class carrier USS Enterprise, in mid April 1944 she was partnered by the new Essex Class carrier USS Lexington. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | USS Iowa leaving New York by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | BB61 Iowa, was commissioned in February 1943 at the New York Navy yard. her first mission was to the North Atlantic in August 1943 to neutralise the threat of the German Battleship Tirpitz. By early 1944 she joined the Pacific fleet taking part in m...... |
![]() ![]() | Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Fairey Swordfish I, L9726 4M of 818 Sqn, HMS Ark Royal pulls a tight, climbing turn through a hail of anti-aircraft fire as its torpedo strikes home, jamming the steering gear of the mighty Bismarck and setting in motion the beginning of her dramati...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Dido by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Dido was launched on 18th July 1939, she took part in the evacuation of troops and defense of Crete, where she was damaged on B gun, killing 46 men. HMS Dido took part in the second Battle of Sirte during 1942, she sank three supply ships off No...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Ramillies by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Ramillies took part in the bombardment of Bardia, August 18th 1940. She also took part in the Battle of Cape Teudada. On the 7th May 1942 in the bombardment of Diego Saurez (Madagascar) it was here she was torpedoed by Japanese midget submarines ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Das Boote by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Lother Gunther Buchheim based his famous novel The Boat on his voyage aboard U96 in the early days of World War Two. During this operation on 13th February 1941, U96 sank the straggling tanker, Arthur F Conwin, which had dropped back from the westb...... | |
![]() ![]() | U-201 Deadly Chase by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | 17th February 1943, U-201 with U-69 were ordered to intercept the westbound convoy ONS165. With fuel low U-201 was eventually forced to surface following a depth charge attack and rammed by the Destroyer HMS Fame. ...... |
![]() ![]() | HMS Glorious by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Glorious flying off a Fairey Swordfish at sunset with HMS Ardent off to Starboard. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Renown by Ivan Berryman (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Renown viewed from a passing Sunderland Flying Boat....... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Pride of the Royal Navy, the mighty Hood rolls majestically in the north Atlantic swell as HMS Prince of Wales holds station off her starboard bow....... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Nelson by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Over 150 years of the Royal Navy are encapsulated in this view of the mighty HMS Nelson, moored at Portsmouth in 1945. Beyond the 16in guns of A turret, the masts of Admiral Nelsons flagship at Trafalgar, HMS Victory rise into the skyline whilst in t...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Repulse by Ivan Berryman (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Wearing her unusual black and white disruptive colour scheme, HMS Repulse is pictured as part of Force Z in company with HMS Prince of Wales and the destroyer Vampire. These two mighty battleships were to be lost within hours of each other, the victi...... |
![]() ![]() | HMS Repulse with HMS Prince of Wales Under Attack by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Mitsubishi G4Ms of 27 Kanoya Kokutai begin their devastating attack on Force Z off the north east coast of Malaya on 10th December 1941. Both Repulse and prince of Wales were lost in the attack, while their accompanying destroyers remained to pick u...... | |
![]() ![]() | Tenichigo by Randall Wilson (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The Yamato was sunk on the 7th of April 1945 by torpedoes and bombs from carrier-borne aircraft while she was on a Kamikaze mission to Okinawa....... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Vanguard, Away the Vanguard by Randall Wilson (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Under tow, HMS Vanguard having left John Brown shipyard, passes Dalmuir ship docks, Clydebank, 1946. HMS Vanguard would be the last British battleship to be built....... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Renown by Randall Wilson (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Renown shown at full speed operating in Norwegian waters on the hunt for Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Tirpitz by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Flanked by destroyers, Tirpitz departs Altafjord, July 1942. Passing her port bow is a Focke-Wulf FW200 Condor C3, outbound for Recon duties. Fighter escort was performed by Me110s....... |
![]() ![]() | Return the Victor, HMS Duke of York entering Scapa Flow by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Duke of York passes Heaven gate, Scapa Flow, on her return from the battle of North Cape. Following astern is HMS Belfast and HMS Jamaica. HMS Meteor is already at anchor to the left of the painting....... | |
![]() ![]() | USS Baltimore and Saratoga in the Pacific by Anthony Saunders (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | In February 1944, USS Baltimore and Saratoga make up part of the formidable Task Force 58, forcing their way through the central pacific to attack the Japanese bases in the Marshal Islands in support of Operation Flintlock. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | USS Mississippi BB41 by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | USS Mississippi rides at anchor. A brief rest for the crew at the port of ADM Oldendorfs T.G. The ship is preparing for the Invasion of Okinawa....... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Resolution at Gibraltar by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Launched in January 1915, the Revenge-class battleship HMS Resolution was to enjoy a 33 year career during which she served in the Atlantic, home and Eastern Fleets as well as serving repeated spells in the Mediterranean, being both bombed and torped...... | |
![]() ![]() | Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The entry of the United States into the war opened up vast new hunting grounds for the German u-boat fleet. Operation Paukenschlag (Drumbeat in English) began in January 1942, bringing the U-boats their easiest pickings of the war. Over 300 allied ve...... |
![]() ![]() | Wolves at Saint Nazaire by Anthony Saunders (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Portrayed in the southern lock at the French port of Saint Nazaire during the Autumn of 1941 are from left: U552, commanded by Kapitanleutnant Erich Topp, U567, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Engelbert Endrass and U93, commanded by Oberleutnant zu...... | |
![]() ![]() | USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway by Anthony Saunders (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | USS Yorktown seen accompanied by her destroyers including USS Hammann shown under attack by Japanese Torpedo Bombers (Kates) during the battle of Midway. It was in this action that USS Yorktown was lost. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | USS Hornet. Doolittles Raiders by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | In a 40 knot gale, Lt Col. Doolittles B25 hauls itself into the air. The first of a 16 strong strike force en route to Tokyo. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Anson at Sydney Harbour, July 1945 by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The King George V class battleship HMS Anson is pictured in Sydney Harbour where she joined the Pacific Fleet in July 1945, viewed across the flight deck of HMS Vengeance, where ten of her Vought F4.U Corsairs are ranged in front of a single folded F...... | |
![]() ![]() | Richelieu and HMS Cumberland 1945 by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The French battleship Richelieu with the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Cumberland, shown during Operation Crimson after bombarding Sabang during July 1944. Grumman Avengers from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Vengeance shown overhead. ...... |
![]() ![]() | HMS Howe by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Depicted off Capetown with the distinctive skyline of Table Mountain providing the backdrop, the King George V class battleship HMS Howe and her destroyer escort began their journey home having visited New Zealand as well as South Africa following th...... | |
![]() ![]() | Japanese Battleship Fuso by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Fuso, launched 28th March 1914, underwent major reconstruction between 1930-33. Shown here during world war II, Fuso took part in the Leyte Gulf operations and was sunk by two torpedoes from US destroyers on 25th October 1944. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Japanese Battleship Nagato by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Nagato was launched on 9th November 1919. Shown here during world war two operations, the Nagato survived the war and was expended as a target at the Bikini A-Bomb tests on 29th July 1946. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Ark Royal and HMS Sheffield off the Mole - Gibraltar by Ivan Berryman (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Having played a vital part in the battle for the Mediterranean for over two years, HMS Ark Royal finally succumbed to a U-Boats torpedo in November 1941. She is shown here with a pair of Swordfish Mk1s of 821 Sqn ranged on the deck, passing the cruis...... | |
![]() ![]() | The Raid on Pearl Harbor, 7th December 1941 by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The view across Battleship Row, viewed from above Ford Island as the USS Nevada gallantly makes her break for the open sea, coming under heavy attack from Japanese A6M2s from the carrier Hiryu. The Nevada was eventually too badly damaged to continue...... |
![]() ![]() | The Chase, 27th May 1941 by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS King George V and HMS Rodney chase down the crippled German battleship, Bismarck, and within hours they will go into action. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Euryalus by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Euryalus, a Dido class cruiser, shown off the Bay of Naples....... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Illustrious and HMS Kenya at Devonport by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Illustrious slips quietly away from the docks at Devonport, Plymouth with the Fiji class cruiser in the middle distance, 1941....... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Valiant and HMS Phoebe at Alexandria, 1941 by Ivan Berryman (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | A pair of 272 Squadron Bristol Beaufighters roar over the extensively rebuilt battleship HMS Valiant as she lies at anchor at Alexandria late in 1941, accompanied by the cruiser HMS Phoebe and Valiants sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth (in the extreme ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Cossack on convoy duty by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Built by Vickers Armstrong and launched on 8th June 1937, at the outbreak of War the Cossack served in Home waters and also in the Mediterranean. She was torpedoed and sunk by U.563 in the North Atlantic on the 23rd of October 1941....... |
![]() ![]() | Aloha Hawaii by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | US Battleship USS Pennsylvania, off Diamond Head. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Prinz Eugen by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The German Heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen is depicted in a quiet moment at Gotenhaven in April 1941 whilst engaged in exercises with her consort, the mighty Bismarck that would eventually lead to Operation Rheinubung,. Bismarck herself is alongside in th...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Kelly passes HMS Royal Sovereign by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign as she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean near Malta. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Formidable by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | With HMS Warspite keeping a watchful eye off her port bow, the Illustrious class carrier HMS Formidable prepares to recover a Fairey Albacore TB MK1 of No. 826 sqn. following a vital sortie against Italian shipping at the start of the Battle of Cape ...... | |
![]() ![]() | The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Viewed from beneath the blistered guns of the damaged X and Y turrets of her sister HMS Ajax, Achilles come sunder fire from the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during what was to become known as the Battle of the River Plate on the 13th Decembe...... |
![]() ![]() | HMS Onslaught by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | With her pennant number GO4 painted out to accommodate a western approaches camouflage the destroyer HMS Onslaught punches her way through a heavy swell during escort duties in the north Atlantic. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Arctic guardian - USS Washington by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | In the spring of 1942, USS Washington was the first of Americas fast battleship fleet to participate in combat operations when she was briefly assigned to the Royal Navy. On 28th June 1942, together with HMS Duke of York, HMS Victorious and an accom...... | |
![]() ![]() | Escort for the Troops - USS New York by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The Atlantic ocean was the lifeline between Britain and America, as well as millions of tons of raw materials, GIs were also transported over in all manor of hastily converted liners. Protecting the troops from marauding u-boats and German surface s...... | |
![]() ![]() | Big brother little sister (Bismarck and Prinz Eugen ) By Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Bismarck and Prinz Eugen exiting the Denmark Strait before the historic encounter with HMS Hood....... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | In the early morning murk of 24th May 1941, the forward 15in guns of HMS Hood fire the first shots against the mighty German battleship Bismarck. Both Bismarck and her escort, the Prinz Eugen, immediately responded, the latter causing a fierce fire o...... |
![]() ![]() | Admiral Hipper Weighing Anchor by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Admiral Hipper Weighing Anchor in Alta Fjord with Admiral Scheer. They sortied to engage convoy PQ17....... | |
![]() ![]() | Emden and Blucher by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Emden and Blucher arriving at Schweinamund to depart the next day for Oslo....... | |
![]() ![]() | The Hunters by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The mighty German battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz operated together for only 6 hours on the 18th May 1941....... | |
![]() ![]() | Dawn Rendezvous by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Germanys U-boat fleet had almost brought Britain to its knees in the First World war, twenty years later the story was very similar. the German U-boat arm came perilously close to cutting the lifeline that crossed the Atlantic between North America ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Dorsetshire by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10:30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941. The once proud German ship had been ruthlessly pounded into a twisted and burning wreck...... |
![]() ![]() | Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Between 24th may and 4th June 1940 an extraordinary armada of craft, large and small, naval and civilian, embarked on one of the greatest rescue missions in history. the evacuation of 330,000 British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in ...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Frobisher and HMS Roberts at Normandy by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The cruiser HMS Frobisher dominates this scene off Houlgate at the Normandy landings of 1944. The monitor HMS Roberts lies beyond Frobisher with a Large Infantry Landing Ship or LSI (L) unshipping its LCAs on the extreme right of the picture. In the...... | |
![]() ![]() | Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Swordfish of 825 Sqn led by Lt-Cdr Esmonde begin their heroic attack on the battlescruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen as they make their way up the English Channel from Brest during Operation Cerberus on 12th Februa...... | |
![]() ![]() | Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | One of the finest battleships of all time, Bismarck was built by the Blohm and Voss shipyard in Hamburg and launched in February 1939. Her first duty was for commerce raiding in the north Atlantic. Together with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, the de...... | |
![]() ![]() | HMS Hood - Operation Catapult by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | The pride of the British fleet, The Mighty Hood as she was known, was launched in 1918. Weighing in at over 40,000 tons she was 860 feet long and had eight 15 inch guns, at her launch she was more than a match for any adversary. Hood sailed the worl...... |
![]() ![]() | Night of the Hunter USS Wahoo by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Known as the Silent Service, the men of the United States Submarine Force were the unsung heroes of the US Navy. In World War Two, Submarine Force alone was responsible for sinking over fifty percent of Japanese Shipping - but the success came at a...... | |
![]() ![]() | Bismarck by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Under attack by swordfish from HMS ark Royal, Bismarck heels to port as she is struck by a torpedo in the Stbd. Aft. rudder area. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Final Farewell by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Hood leads HMS prince of Wales past the Orkney islands as they build up steam to make a course to intercept the mighty German battleship Bismarck. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Boiling Point - USS Missouri by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Launched on the 29th of January 1944, USS Missouri was the last and one of the finest battleships of any fleet. With a top speed of 33 knots, she earnt the name Fast Battleship, as the Iowa class to which she belonged were known. Bristling with an ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Tirpitz Passing Through Kiel Canal by Ivan Berryman (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | P1449. Tirpitz Passing Through Kiel Canal by Ivan Berryman. ...... |
![]() ![]() | HMS Warspite by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Popularly known as The Old Lady, Warspite was launched on 26th November 1913 and was still fulfilling a crucial role at the end of World War II. Even after being paid off, she escaped being broken up by going aground at Mounts Bay whilst on tow to t...... | |
![]() ![]() | Time to Move by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Battleship Tirpitz weighs anchor and ups steam to move out of Alta Fjord 1944. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | British Pacific Fleet by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Howe leads Victorious and Implacable through the Malacca Straits. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Final Liberty by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Last preparations for sailing, and last liberty, as Yamato prepares for Operation Ten Ichi Go, 1945. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | Otoko-Tachi-No Yamato by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Yamato powers her way, ahead of Yahagi during Operation Ten Ichi Go. ...... |
![]() ![]() | HMS Indefatigable by Randall Wilson. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | HMS Orion leading HMS Conqueror, HMS Monarch, HMS Thunderer, the 2nd Battle Squadron. ...... | |
![]() ![]() | U-269 by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Postcard : £2.00 | Type VIIC U-Boat U269 during an engagement in the English Channel with a B24 Liberator from 224 Squadron based at St Eval in Cornwall. ...... |