Warships and Ships at war

[pablo42]

Just seen it and very interesting, but they didnt kill the Pirates.

Just get replaced Captain. They aint got much else.

[brian daley]

The Cunard White Star liners Aquitania and Queen Mary camouflaged in grey for their service as troopships in WW11. They are shown lying in the Clyde Anchorage Emergency Port improvised in 1940 by the stevedoring and cargo handling company,Scruttons Ltd of London.
this study was by the Australian born marine artist Arthur James Wetherall Burgess,
BrianD

[captain kong]

gOOD ONE BRIAN , NOT SEEN THAT PICTURE BEFORE.

[captain kong]

The 35,000 ton battle ship HMS PRINCE OF WALES, sailing from Singapore 8 December 1941, she was sunk two days later on the 10th with HMS REPULSE 50 miles off the east coast of Malaya.
840 men died on the two ships after being attacked by 88 japanese bombers.


Photo, Prince of Wales leaving Singapore, HMS EXPRESS taking survivors off Prince of Wales.
The badge of P.O.W. in St Andrews Cathedral in Singapore including a brass memorial plate, The photo was hard to take with it being polished brass.

[pablo42]

Nice one Brian.

[brian daley]

I inherited a wonderful series of books for children that were published by George Newnes prior to the 2nd World War.I think they were discontinued in 1940 ,but they are mine of information. Called Pictorial Knowledge ,they have a marvellous collection of paintings and pictures that were meant to stimulate young minds. I will post them wwithout comment,hope you enjoy them,
BrianD

[pablo42]

Nice one Brian. That's what a Navy should look like.

[captain kong]

What Happened,
That is when we had a Navy until these wimps of inexprienced Politicians got their grubby hands on it.

[dazza]

Going back a bit but HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship. Portsmouth harbour, c.1900's

[brian daley]

I guess I've got a bit to learn about the new site,let's hope I got this right(Good Looking Site Kev)
Here is another great ship from our Imperial past,the HMS Glasgow ,by courtesy of the Pictorial Book Of Knowledge,
BrianD

[dazza]

HMS Eaglet - name changed from HMS Eagle in 1918, when it became a Liverpool training ship. It was lost in a fire in 1926, and sold as a wreck in 1927.

The image shows the ship, moored in Salthouse dock, with the Customs House in the background.

[brian daley]

Here is a picture that bursts with energy. This is the HMS Devastation ,seen at the review of the fleet by the Shah of Persia in 1873, she is demonstrating her twin, 12 inch muzzle loading guns. Armoured and ugly, Devastation has finally abandoned sail,big guns are now the main concern.This painting was done by Edward William Cooke,
BrianD

[Waterways]

Here is a picture that bursts with energy. This is the HMS Devastation ,seen at the review of the fleet by the Shah of Persia in 1873, she is demonstrating her twin, 12 inch muzzle loading guns. Armoured and ugly, Devastation has finally abandoned sail,big guns are now the main concern.This painting was done by Edward William Cooke,
BrianD

Devastation abandoned masts altogether. Well, the first whose entire main armament was mounted on top of the hull rather than inside it. For the first fifteen years, they were the most powerful warships in the world until HMS Dreadnought came along.

The guns were outdated, the breech loading Armstrong guns on the earlier Laird Rams destined for the US Confederacy were superior in design. The Rams were reluctantly taken into the RN - they did not design the ships.

[brian daley]

The pre war Washington Treaty put limits on the sizes of warships that each nation who signed it could build. Great Britain took the treaty very seriouslyand worked within the limitations. The King George Five class battleships were heavily armoured and fire power was sacrificed to this end.The compromise solution was of a quadrruple turret for eight of the 14 inch guns was only partially succesful and the forecastle was very cramped and wet.HMS Duke of York(below)sank the Scharnhorst in the battle of the North Cape,
BrianD

[brian daley]

This dramatic painting is by thr great marine artist Charles Pears. we are shown the Battle of the North Cape when the British force under Admiral Fraser succeeded in sinking the awesome Scharnhorst on the 26th of December 1943,
BrianD