The officers of HM Submarine SERAPH on her return to Portsmouth after operations in the Mediterranean, 24 December 1943.
The officers of HM Submarine SERAPH on her return to Portsmouth after operations in the Mediterranean, 24 December 1943.
Royal Navy officers aboard the destroyer HMS GARTH with a captured German E-boat ensign at Sheerness, 21 October 1944.
Royal Navy officers aboard the destroyer HMS GARTH with a captured German E-boat ensign at Sheerness, 21 October 1944.
Damage to the director of the destroyer HMS SAUMAREZ which received a direct hit from an 11-inch shell during the Battle of North Cape, when the German battlecruiser SCHARNHOST was sunk on 10 January 1943.
Damage to the director of the destroyer HMS SAUMAREZ which received a direct hit from an 11-inch shell during the Battle of North Cape, when the German battlecruiser SCHARNHOST was sunk on 10 January 1943.
Ice which formed on HMS COCHRANE during an Arctic patrol, November 1940.
Ice which formed on HMS COCHRANE during an Arctic patrol, November 1940.
The battleship HMS DUKE OF YORK in heavy seas on a convoy escort operation to Russia, March 1942.
The battleship HMS DUKE OF YORK in heavy seas on a convoy escort operation to Russia, March 1942.
Naval ratings demonstrate the protective clothing worn in a contaminated area during an exhibition at Chatham, March 1956.
Naval ratings demonstrate the protective clothing worn in a contaminated area during an exhibition at Chatham, March 1956.
Some of the landing vessels involved in the Allied invasion of the island of Elba, off the Italian coast, 16 June 1944.
Some of the landing vessels involved in the Allied invasion of the island of Elba, off the Italian coast, 16 June 1944.
HMS CUMBERLAND during "pre-wetting" trials in the Mediterranean, April 1954. Pre-wetting was a method of removing radioactive 'fall-out' from the ship's surfaces.
HMS CUMBERLAND during "pre-wetting" trials in the Mediterranean, April 1954. Pre-wetting was a method of removing radioactive 'fall-out' from the ship's surfaces.
The rangefinder control tower and crew of HMS REVENGE, 1940.
The rangefinder control tower and crew of HMS REVENGE, 1940.
A German troopship burning furiously during an attack by Fairey Barracudas from HMS IMPLACABLE off Norway, 27 November 1944.
A German troopship burning furiously during an attack by Fairey Barracudas from HMS IMPLACABLE off Norway, 27 November 1944.
Naval recruits learn to row a boat at HMS RALEIGH, the naval training base at Torpoint in Cornwall, 1941.
Naval recruits learn to row a boat at HMS RALEIGH, the naval training base at Torpoint in Cornwall, 1941.
HMS NELSON at sea in the Firth of Forth, September 1940.
HMS NELSON at sea in the Firth of Forth, September 1940.