B0155. HMS Royal Sovereign by Ivan
Berryman. Admiral Cuthbert Collingwoods flagship the Royal Sovereign comes
under intense fire from the black-painted Spanish 3-decker, Santa Ana,
and the French 74 Fougueux, just prior to breaking through the
Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar.
B0219. Deutschland Passing
Through the Kiel Canal by Ivan
Berryman.
B0218. HMS Thunderbolt by Ivan
Berryman. The submarine HMS Thunderbolt moves away from the depot ship
Montcalm.
Another submarine, HMS Swordfish is alongside for resupply.
B0221. HMS Dolphin by Ivan
Berryman. The nuclear-powered submarine HMS Repulse (S23) manoeuvres in
preparation to berth at HMS Dolphin in Portsmouth harbour in the late
1970s.
B0220. Trafalgar Aftermath by Ivan
Berryman. Ravaged by the combined guns of the allied French and Spanish fleets
at Trafalgar and by the great storm that followed the battle, a weary
battered HMS Victory enjoys the relative calm as crew from HMS Neptune
are dispatched to take up the tow from the 3rd rater HMS Polyphemus for
the final leg of her journey to the safety of Gibraltar, the flagship
still bearing the body of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson.
B0216. HMS Colossus by Ivan
Berryman. Together with her sister ship, Hercules, HMS Colossus acquitted
herself well at the Battle of Jutland where she fired 93 12in rounds,
but received only two hits from enemy fire which caused minor damage and
left nine crew injured. She was sold for scrap in 1928.
B0215. USS Langley by Ivan
Berryman. Americas first true aircraft carrier, the USS Langley
(CV-1) is pictured making way at sea as a pair of Douglas DT-2s pass
overhead.
B0214. HMS Cyclops by Ivan
Berryman. Originally constructed as a Home Fleet Repair Ship, HMS Cyclops was
later converted into a submarine depot ship and enjoyed a long career,
both in the Mediterranean and in home waters. Here she prepares to
receive HMS Sceptre. Another S-class submarine is already tethered
alongside.
B0153. The Battle of Trafalgar
2:30pm by Ivan Berryman. Dominating the centre foreground, the wreck of the huge Spanish 4-
decker Santisima Trinidad (130 guns) comes under further attack from HMS
Neptune (98 guns). Her only remaining mast is about to fall,
rendering the Spanish giant an unmanageable hulk. In the distance
at left, Temeraire (98 guns) and Victory (100 guns) are breaking away
from the French Redoutable (74 guns), whilst to the right, the
shattered, drifting remains of Villeneuves Bucentaure (80 guns) is
approached by the Mars (74 guns). Conqueror (74 guns), off the
Satisima Trinidads port quarter is keeping up a distant fire to assist
the Neptune.
B0152. HMS Orion by Ivan
Berryman. The Leander class cruiser HMS Orion is shown departing Grand Harbour
Malta late in 1945.
B0151. HMS Durban Escorts the
Troopship RMS Queen Mary by Ivan Berryman.
B0139. HMS Royal Oak by Ivan Berryman.
The
R-class battleship Royal Oak lies at anchor in Scapa Flow between the
wars ahead of her sisters Royal Sovereign and Revenge. HMS Repulse
is passing the line on the left of the picture.
B0140. Around the World by Ivan Berryman.
Type
42 HMS Southampton (D90), Type 22 Beaver (F93), Type 42 Manchester (D95)
and Type 21 Amazon (F169) formate during a World cruise on which they
visited 17 countries in 9 months.
B0142. HMS
Active, RFA Olna, and HMS Coventry by Ivan Berryman. Royal
Fleet Auxiliary Olna prepares to receive HMS Active (F171) during the
Falklands campaign of 1982. HMS Coventry (D118) is in the
background.
B0143. HMS Amuscade by Ivan Berryman.
Type
21 frigate HMS Ambuscade (F172) is shown passing the swing bridge as she
enters Taranto Harbour.
B0107. HMS Glowworm's Attack on the
Admiral Hipper by Ivan Berryman. HMS Glowworm, burning severely after receiving hits
from the mighty Admiral Hipper, is depicted turning to begin her heroic
sacrifice off the Norwegian coast on 8th April 1940. Hugely out-gunned
and already crippled, Glowworm's captain, Lieutenant-Commander Roope
rammed his destroyer into the side of the Admiral Hipper, inflicting a
40 metre rip in its armour belt before drifting away and exploding. 38
British sailors were rescued from the sea and Roope was awarded a
posthumous VC for his bravery, the first earned by the Royal Navy in
WWII.
B0205. The attack on the Admiral
Hipper by HMS Glowworm by Ivan Berryman.
B0141. HMS Intrepid by Ivan Berryman.
HMS
Intrepid embarks some of her landing craft during the Falklands conflict
of 1982.
B0138. Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman.
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 February 1942. Although
all the aircraft were lost and no significant damage was done to the
German fleet, all the pilots were decorated for their bravery and Lt-Cdr
Esmonde received the first Fleet Air Arm VC to be awarded, albeit
posthumously.
B0137. HMS Hermes by Ivan Berryman.
Spearheading the Falklands Task Force as it heads south in 1982, the
carrier HMS Hermes is shown in company with two Type 21 frigates, HMS
Arrow on the left and HMS Ardent in the near foreground. In the far
distance, HMS Glamorgan glints in the sun as Type 42 HMS Sheffield cuts
across behind Hermes.
B0133. HMS Maidstone by Ivan Berryman.
The submarine depot ship HMS Maidstone is pictured off Hong Kong
with a quintet of British submarines alongside for replenishment, namely
(left to right) an S-class, a U-class, a T-class and two more U-class.
B0136. HMS Medway by Ivan
Berryman. HMS Medway was the first Royal navy submarine Depot ship that was
designed for the purpose from the outset. She is shown here with a
quintet of T-class submarines on her starboard side, whilst an elderly
L-Class begins to move away having completed replenishment. HMS
Medway was sunk on 30th June 1940 having been torpedoed by U-372 off
Alexandria.
B0134. Operation Neptune by
Ivan Berryman. Forming part of the Eastern Task Force covering the landings at
Normandy in June 1944, the cruiser HMS Mauritius is shown in company
with the monitor HMS Roberts and the cruiser HMS Frobisher shelling
German batteries at Merville, Houlgate and Benerville as the combined
British and American forces embark upon what would become known forever
as D-Day.
B0135. Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman.
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 northern France. the destroyer
HMS Wakeful dominates the foreground here as troops pour onto the beaches
and harbour moles in search of salvation. Both Wakeful and distant HMS
Grafton were lost during the evacuation.
B0132. HMS Naiad by Ivan Berryman.
The Dido class cruiser HMS Naiad is pictured together with the
cruiser HMS Leander during the encounter with the French Guepard in 1941
whilst they were both engaged in operations against the Vichy-French
forces in Syria.
B0130. HMS Tiger by Ivan Berryman.
The largest and fastest of all the ships that took part in the
Battle of Jutland, the elegant battle cruiser HMS Tiger was launched in
1913 and is easily recognisable by the unusual position of Q turret just
aft of the third funnel, She is shown about to pass beneath the
Forth Bridge as she departs Rosyth for a sea trial.
B0128. Concorde Farewell by Ivan Berryman.
A sad, but magnificent sight on 24th October 2003 as the last three
British Airways Concordes bring commercial supersonic travel to a close,
as they taxi together to their final dispersal at Heathrow.
B0126. Final Touchdown by Ivan Berryman.
The end of an era. British Airways Concorde G-BOAG moments before
touching down at Heathrow for the very last time.
B0125. HMS Captain at the Battle of Cape St
Vincent by
Ivan Berryman. Viewed across the damaged stern of the 80-gun San Nicholas, Nelson
drives HMS Captain onto the Spanish vessel in order that she can be
boarded and taken as a prize, the British marines and men scrambling up
the Captain's bowsprit to use it as a bridge. The San Nicholas then
fouled the Spanish three decker San Joseph (112), allowing Nelson and his
men to take both ships as prizes in a single manoeuvre. A British
frigate is moving into a supporting position in the middle distance.
B0123. HMS Dorsetshire (The End
of the Bismarck). 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 by the British battleships Rodney
and King George V. HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Maori combed the area of
the sinking for survivors, between them picking up a total of 110 out of
an original complement of 2,300.
B0114. HMS Carmania sinking the German armed liner
SS Cap Trafalgar off Ilha da Trindade; South Atlantic. 14th September 1914
by Ivan Berryman.
B0118. HMS Coventry by Ivan
Berryman. The anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Coventry comes under
intense air attack off Tobruk on 14th September 1942 in company with the
Type 2 Hunt class destroyer HMS Beaufort. Coventry was repeatedly
bombed both by Italian and German aircraft during the raids and was
eventually lost.
B0204. The Battle of the Nile by Ivan
Berryman. Sunset over Aboukir Bay on 1st August 1798 as ships of
the Royal Navy, led by Nelson, conduct their ruthless destruction of the
anchored French fleet. To the left Saumarez's HMS Orion is moving
into position on the Peuple Souvrain, while her starboard guns
rake one of the French frigates inshore. Orion, like the Goliath, Zealous
and Audacious, had slipped inside the line of the
unprepared French fleet, while Nelson in the Vanguard
directed a further eight ships to attack the outside, resulting in one
of the most decisive naval victories ever. The French ships seen at
anchor include Spartiate and Aquilon, whilst through the
gap between Peuple Souvrain and the bowsprit of the Franklin,
the British ships Defence and Minotaur can be seen
approaching.
B0202. HMS Kelly by Ivan Berryman.
The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the old carrier HMS Eagle as
she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean early in 1941.
B0105. HMS Fearless by Ivan
Berryman. The assault ship HMS Fearless is shown dispatching her
assault craft in San Carlos Water during the Falklands conflict of 1982.
HMS Argonaut lies at anchor to her starboard with HMS Antrim in the
extreme distance.
B0104. HMS Royal Sovereign at the
Battle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman. Midday, 21st October 1805, and Admiral Collingwood's
flagship, the 100-gun HMS Royal Sovereign, breaks the allied line and
delivers a shattering broadside on the Spanish flagship Santa Anna.
Making great speed, Collingwood's ship had breached the Franco-Spanish
line some distance ahead of the rest of his van and the Royal Sovereign
suffered heavily as she quickly drew the attentions of three French and
three Spanish ships. To her starboard, the French Indomitable can be
seen firing into the British flagship while, astern of the Santa Anna,
Belleisle and Fougueux are engaging ahead of Mars, Monarca and Pluton.
B0103. HMS Royal Sovereign and HMS Warspite
departing Malta by Ivan Berryman.
B0067. HMS Ark Royal by Ivan Berryman.
HMS Ark Royal after a recent refit, rejoins the fleet in 2001.
B0112. NTG03 - Task Force to Iraq by Ivan Berryman.
Key
ships of the British task force sail in close formation in the
Mediterranean sea during the build up to the coalition invasion of Iraq
in march 2003, nearest is the flagship HMS Ark Royal with the commando
carrier HMS ocean to her port side. other ships include a Type 42
destroyer , the Fleet Auxiliary Fort Victoria and an LSL
B0115. HMS
Hood Engages Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. The moment shortly
after dawn on 24th May 1941 when HMS Hood, in company with HMS Prince of
Wales, opens fire on the Bismarck, setting in motion one of the greatest
sea dramas the world had seen.
B0108. HMS Hood During the Fleet
Review of 1935 by Ivan Berryman. Fully dressed and resplendent, HMS Hood is pictured
preparing for King George Vs review of the Fleet in July 1935 as other
capital ships take up their positions around her. Ramillies can be seen
off Hoods port bow, Resolution astern, whilst just beyond her boat
deck, the mighty Nelson gently nudges into position.
B0300. Tokyo Raid, Doolittle's B25 Launch from USS Hornet by Ivan Berryman.
