Warships and Ships at war

The propaganda war between the Japanese and the Allies was a war without quarter. We can see in these few pictures how the Americans demonised the Jap enemy in a way that they did'nt with Germans or Italians. Contrast that with the Japanese efforts,I wonder which was the most effective,what do you think?

RFA Sir Galahad. Fitzroy Cove 1982. R.I.P.

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San Carlos:

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Never to be forgotten.

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A different perspective. RAS as seen from Naval Warship looking towards some RFA deck crowd:

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South Georgia:

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Our home town:

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"Mist over the Mersey.":

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Hope you's like the pic's.

Many thanks for those pictures Sailor,they are the first good shots I have seen of those far off memorials very moving,
BrianD

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Seen this in New York. Dunno it's name , but I think it's a Canandian Destroyer. There was a big naval thing for Independence Day

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Hi Pablo,
Apparently up to 1000 ships took part in the warship fleet week that year , including our of ours. Your pic is of the DDH282 HMSC Athabaska (She's now a DDG) When you compare our DDG's to an American one, the contrasts are stark. Like ours still looks like they have yet to be retrofitted... Google Fleet Week New York City 2009 Bowspite at wordpress has some good photos.

Here's a couple of pic's of the R.F.A. ship "Wave Knight",in South Canada dock, which I think is the sister ship to the "Wave Ruler" in Sailor's post? At first,I thought it was there to be scrapped,but the guy on the gate told me it was to be refurbished! He also warned me about taking photo's,in that area,and told me a guy with his young kid's,had just been warned,and moved on,30 minutes earlier,by the port police! I later spotted them driving around,a few times,so I stuck me camera away!! I think this 9/11 thing has gone a bit silly?

Just spotted Greg's Dad's pic's of the same ship,in Sandon dock? Have I got the wrong dock,or has it moved? And, it's got it's name painted on the back!

Superb pics wsteve. Sad to see the old docks so empty,
BrianD

This is a scene from the Battle of Jutland in 1915. The artist ,Charles Dixon, shows some of our capital ships sailing through a tremendous storm,on their way to engage the "enemy".The artist has managed to capture the reality of a North sea storm, as many a sailor will tellyou,
BrianD








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This is another scene from the Batle of Jutland,which took place on the 31st of May 1916. The British Grand Fleet, and the German High Seas Fleet ,met and engaged ,for the first and last time,in the only full scaled sea battle of the first World War. Within the confined area of the North sea, no fewer than 145 British ,and 99 German ,warships of various kinds fought ferociously. At day's end ,the German Fleet inflicted more damage, having sunk, of the British fleet, 3 battle cruisers,3 cruisers and 8 destroyers with the loss of 6,097 men. German losses were 1 battleship,1 battle cruiser,4 cruisers and 5 destroyers, with 2,545 men killed. Britain claimed victory because the German fleet remained pinned up in ports for the remainder of the war,
BrianD
The painting was by Charles Dixon

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This is another of the great Charles Dixons marine paintintings.The scene is the Naval Requiem for Queen Victoria,and the place is Spithead. Sailing toward the viewer is the Royal Steam Yacht ,the Alberta ,flying the Royal Standard at half mast.There has never been a greater gathering of British naval might since that sad and sorry day,
BrianD



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Here is a view from the periscope of a German submarine killing British Seamen.

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HMS POPPY

Built by: Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Launched: 20 Nov, 1941
History: Sold in 1946 and became the merchant Rami.
Hulked in 1955
Flower Class Corvette
She was an escort in the infamous PQ17 convoy when the escorts were ordered to scatter. She sank U605, a lot of action on the Russian convoys and in the Med and was at Normandy.
An exellent story of her was written

The PQ17 Story
The Worst Journey in the World
John Beardmore, Navigating Officer in H.M.S. Poppy recounts his personal experiences of the worst Arctic convoy disaster of the Second World War
Very very interesting.


HMS POPPY IN A HEAVY SEA.

Just the thought, of the weather they had to endure on that convoy,is enough!

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