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Up and Over by Randall Wilson. (PC) Westland Wyverns go vertical over HMS Eagle during the Suez Crisis of 1956 |
HMS Hermes - Under Leaden Skies by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Laid down as early as June 1944, HMS Hermes (R12) was not commissioned into the Royal Navy until 25th November 1959. This fine ship has enjoyed a long and varied career, perhaps its most notable role being that of flagship to the British Task Force that was sent to liberate the Falkland Islands following the Argentine invasion of 1982. She was decommissioned in 1984 and sold to the Indian Navy, whereupon she was renamed Viraat. Hermes is depicted here in stormy weather in the late 1970s before the Harrier 'ski jump' was added to her bow in readiness for the Falklands Campaign. |
Falklands Task Force by Ivan Berryman. (PC) 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. All pennant numbers were painted out and a vertical black identification stripe applied to all the Type 42s to distinguish them from their Argentine counterparts. |
USS Independence by Randall Wilson. (PC) USS Independence launches multiple aircraft, RA5C Vigilante from the waist cat, and a Crusader from the bow while deployed in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. |
NTG03 - Task Force to Iraq by Ivan Berryman (PC) Key ships of the British task Force sail in close formation in the Mediterranean Sea during the build-up to the coalition liberation of Iraq in march 2003. Ships pictured left to right, include ATS Argus (A135), a Type 42 destroyer in the extreme distance, the flagship HMS ark Royal (RO7), RFA Orangeleaf (A110), LSL Sir Percival (L3036), the Commando and helicopter carrier HMS ocean (L12) and the Type 42 destroyer HMS Liverpool (D92) |
HMS Ark Royal (1970s Carrier) by Ivan Berryman. (PC) HMS Ark Royal was the fourth ship in the Royal Navy to bear this memorable name. By far the most impressive, this mighty ship was built to include the angled flight deck, a revolutionary development at the time, with steam catapult. The end of fixed wing aircraft saw Ark Royal quickly become obsolete, being paid off in 1978. |
Birds Away by Randall Wilson. (PC) USS Long Beach became the first ship to ever shoot down aircraft using missiles. She is seen firing two Talos Missiles that downed two MIGs at a range of 80 miles in May 1968. |
P&O Ocean Liner SS Canberra by Ivan Berryman. (PC) The P&O Liner SS Canberra during her ocean cruising heyday of the 1980s. SS Canberra is pictured off the Canary Islands. |
The Golden Age by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Depicting the short S45 Solent 2 G-AHIS (Scapa), BOAC Flying Boat, passing over the Queen Elizabeth on Southampton Water, Late 1940s |
Ark's Angels by Randall Wilson (PC) Depicted late in her long serving deployments Ark Royals Bricks make a pass as they return from a low level interdiction exercise. |
HMS Eagle and HMS Albion by Ivan Berryman (PC) HMS Eagle steams past the commando carrier HMS Albion during the withdrawal from Aden in November 1967. Gathered on Eagles flightdeck are an assortment of contemporary types including Sea Vixens, Scimitars, a Buccaneer and a Fairey Gannet. One of Albions Westland Wessex helicopters is passing overhead and RFA Stromness is at anchor in the distance. |
HMS Blake by Ivan Berryman. (PC) The newly converted Command Helicopter Cruiser HMS Blake leaves Grand Harbour Malta at the end of the 1960s. In the background, the old Submarine Depot ship HMS Forth lies at anchor at the very end of her long career. |
Storm Force to the Falklands by Anthony Saunders. (PC) HMS Broadsword and the aircraft carrier Hermes battle their way through the storm on their way to the Battle for the Falklands. |
SS Uganda at Santorini by Ivan Berryman. (PC) 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. |
RFA Stromness at San Carlos Water by Ivan Berryman. (PC) No text for this item |
HMS Centaur Departing Devonport by Ivan Berryman (PC) The HMS Centaur was the first centaur-class light fleet carrier, commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1953 . It would be the only one of four to have a straight axial flight deck as opposed to an angled flight deck. Pictured here, the Centaur leaving Devonport after embarking her air-group. The Centaur would be decommissioned in 1965 due to budgetary issues. Additional colour added to enhance this previously black and white image. |
Canberra and HMS Argonaut by Ivan Berryman. (PC) The P & O cruise liner Canberra lies in San Carlos Water, Falkland Islands, in May 1982, looking very weather-beaten after her punishing journey south during the conflict with Argentina, whilst HMS Argonaut keeps a watching vigil by her side. Both Argonaut and Canberra repeatedly came under air attack in San Carlos Water during the disembarkation of 42 Commando, both surviving the encounters, unlike the unfortunate HMS Ardent which was hit and sunk. |
Tribute to Lt Cdr Eric 'Winkle' Brown by Ivan Berryman. (PC) One of the most experienced and respected test pilots in history, Eric 'Winkle' Brown carried out the first landing and take off by a jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier on 3rd December 1945. This was accomplished in the second prototype De Havilland Vampire LZ551/G which had been extensively modified for the sole purpose of carrier operations. Not only was an arrester hook added, but the aircraft featured larger flaps and was fitted with the more powerful Goblin 2 engine. The first take off by a jet from an aircraft carrier is depicted here as Lt Cdr Brown lifts away from the deck of HMS Ocean on that momentous day. |
HMS Illustrious by Randall Wilson (PC) Harriers prepare to enter the landing pattern as Illustrious steams in company with HMS Bristol with dusk closing in on day. |
HMS Matchless by Ivan Berryman. (PC) The destroyer HMS Matchless is shown turning at high speed off the Devon coast in June 1946. this elegant ship acquitted herself well during the Second World War, being involved in the hunt for - and ultimate sinking of - Scharnhorst in 1943. |
Command of the Sea by Ivan Berryman. (PC) A Sea Harrier FRS1 scrambles from HMS Ark Royal in the late 1980s. |
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