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U-269 by Ivan Berryman. This limited edition print depicts the 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. |
Titanic by Robert Barbour. Depicting Titanic with the sun going down for the last time. |
Final Liberty by Randall Wilson. Last preparations for sailing, and last liberty, as Yamato prepares for Operation Ten Ichi Go, 1945. |
Group Up- Half Ahead Starboard by Robert Barbour. A class submarine, HMS Anchorite, swings away from the depot ship Adamant during work up exercises in the Firth of Clyde. In the mid fifties the depot ship was moored in Rothesay Bay providing a base for the 3rd Submarine Squadron. Leaving the moorings ahead of Anchorite is the frigate HMS Termagant which will day part in the days exercise. |
Invisible Enemy by Ivan Berryman. Perhaps among the bravest of those serving within the Regia Marina in WW2, the crews of the Italian SLCs (Siluro a Lavita Corsa, or Slow-Running Torpedoes) carried out some of the most daring submarine raids of the war. At 23ft in length and with a maximum speed of just 4 knots, the Maiali (or Pigs, as they were known, due to their lack of maneuverability) frequently delivered their 300kg warheads direct to their targets with devastating results, as when three Italian SLCs sank the British battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth as well as a tanker in Alexandria Harbour on 19th December 1941. Here an SLC has cut its way through the torpedo netting, just one of the many hazards encountered on these highly dangerous covert operations. |
HMS Vanguard by Ivan Berryman. Britain's last great battleship HMS Vanguard in company with the aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable. |
Scapa Flow Graveyard by Robert Barbour. HM submarine H.28 enters Scapa Flow anchorage, passing the forlorn Battle Cruiser SMS Derfflinger and a group of sunken destroyers H.28 was one of the H class submarines. Launched in March 1918, she was finally scrapped in 1944. |
Aquitania by Ivan Berryman. Cunard liner Aquitania arrives at New York in her heyday in the 1920s, with the Empire State Building and the cityscape of New York in the background. Aquitania survived military service in both world wars, and was the longest serving passenger liner of the twentieth century, her 36 years of service only surpassed by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. |
SS Uganda at Santorini by Ivan Berryman. The P&O Cruise Liner SS Uganda is shown anchored off the Greek island of Santorini. Although part of the P&O fleet, SS Uganda kept the livery of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd (B.I.) which was taken over by P&O in 1971. |
A 74 Alongside by Ivan Berryman A 74 gun ship of the line alongside at twilight with a small crowd enjoying some local hospitality. |
HMS Orpheus Departing Faslane by Ivan Berryman HMS Orpheus was an Oberon-class submarine and in 1964 HMS Orpheus joined the 3rd Submarine Flotilla based at Faslane, picture here in the Clyde estuary heading for the open sea on patrol. |
U-997 by Ivan Berryman. A Type VIIC U-boat, U-997 was one of lucky ones to survive the war. One of around 700 of the Type VIIs - the workhorse of the German U-boat threat - it was an example of the 91 Type VIIC/41 variety, one of which is the only surviving Type VII in existence (U-995 is a memorial in Germany). U-997 served between September 1943 and the end of the war when the submarine was surrendered and subsequently sunk by Allied aircraft with more than 100 other U-boats during Operation Deadlight, north-west of Ireland. |
The Royal Escort by Tim Thompson. Royal yacht Britannia, and liner Canberra with ships including HMS Herald, USS George Washington, HMS Active and THV Patricia at the D-Day Commemoration Review, 5th June 1994. |
RMS Titanic at Cherbourg by Ivan Berryman. Wednesday, April 10th, 1912. The mighty liner Titanic is shown at anchor in Cherbourg Harbour, all lights ablaze. Due to her size, she can't pull into port as the piers are too small. Instead, she is anchored offshore. Cherbourg passengers finally board tenders and wait to be ferried out to Titanic. Mail is brought aboard. By 8:30 p.m. the anchor is raised and the Titanic leaves for Queenstown, Ireland. |
Hotspur by Anthony Saunders 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 Matapan in March 1941. In April 1941 took part in the evacuation of Greece and sank the German U-Boat U79 in the Mediterranean north of Sollum on 23rd December 1941. Sold to the Dominican Republic on 23rd November 1948 and renamed Trujillo. |
The Invasion Begins by Commander Rex Phillips. British troops in Royal Naval landing craft approach Sword Beach during the D- Day landings, while overhead Typhoons attack the German heavy gun and machine gun positions defending the beaches. Sword beach was the furthest east of the five Normandy invasion beaches - the others were codenamed Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah. Sword beach was subdivided into four areas; Queen, Roger, Peter and Oboe beaches, and was a five mile beach from Ouistreham at the mouth of the River Orne on the east stretching west to Lion-sur-Mer. At Sword Beach were the British 3rd Division, the 1st Lancashire Regiment, 2nd East Yorkshire regiment, the 8th Infantry Brigade and 13th / 18th Hussars. The task of taking Caen and the airfields nearby was given to the 3rd Division. Losses on the first day were 630 dead and wounded from a force of 29,000 men. |
HMS Hood - Operation Catapult by Anthony Saunders 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 world in the inter-war years and was admired in every foreign port she visited, however with a lack of major refits in this time the second world war found the Hood unprepared for a major battle, On the 24th of May 1941 the German battleship Bismarck found Hoods achilles heel within only a few salvos, namely her inadequate deck armour. Hood exploded in a huge fireball from which only three sailors survived. Here HMS Hood is seen with Force H in the Mediterranean. Winston Churchill knew that the powerful French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir could fall into German hands at any time and that the threat had to be removed by any means. On the 3rd of July 1940 the French fleet was duly dispatched by Force H. The Strasbourg being the only French battleship able to make her escape. Hood is depicted opening fire at 17.55 hours with the battleships Resolution and the destroyer HMS Foxhound to her stern. |
HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman 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. |
Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash by Philip West. The Channel Dash (officially known as Operation Cerberus) was one of three operations during the Second World War for which the Swordfish was to become the most famous. Heavily outgunned in the Straits of Dover on this day in February 1942 by the German warships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen, with their accompanying flotilla of destroyers and motor torpedo boats, and with top cover provided by deadly fighter aircraft of the Luftwaffe, all six Fleet Air Arm Swordfish were shot down. Only five of the eighteen aircrew survived. Here we see the Swordfish flown by Sub. Lt. Kingsmill and Sub. Lt. Samples with PO Bunce in the rear, fighting for their lives with his machine gun. |
HMS Bounty by Ivan Berryman. Forever associated with the famous mutiny, HMS Bounty sailed to the South Pacific in the late 18th century. After almost a year and a half on a botanical mission, the experienced Captain William Bligh who had previously sailed with Captain James Cook on expeditions, was ordered with his supporters into the ship's boat by the mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian. Ultimately, the mutineers settled on Pitcairn Island, evading the Royal Navy for some 35 years by which time only one survivor of the mutiny remained, and Bligh reached safety after more than a month. |
Perisher by Robert Barbour. HMS Orpheus turns sharply to starboard as a Lynx helicopter from the Destroyer HMS Glasgow approaches at low level. Winter weather on the Clyde confirms that it is indeed a Perisher course for potential submarine commanders. The peaks of Arran are snow covered and a biting north westerly whips the Firth in sudden squalls. |
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