The German pocket battleship ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE in flames after being scuttled off Montevideo, Uruguay, after the Battle of the River Plate, 17 December 1939.
The pre-production Supermarine Scimitar strike fighter about to be launched from HMS ARK ROYAL during carrier trials in the English Channel, 6 January 1957.
A Sea Harrier takes off from HMS HERMES, crowded with helicopters and weapons stores, during the Falklands War, 1982.
The aircraft carrier HMS SLINGER, December 1944.
HMS CONQUEROR, the Churchill class nuclear-powered fleet submarine, underway in the early 1970s. In 1982, the submarine sank the Argentine cruiser ARA BELGRANO during the Falklands War.
Ships of the Royal Navy Task Force despatched to the Falklands in 1982: HMS ANDROMEDA leads HMS BRISTOL and HMS INVINCIBLE.
A submariner at the controls of a Royal Navy midget submarine in Sydney, Australia, 1945.
The pre-production Supermarine 544 (later to be the Scimitar) aboard HMS ARK ROYAL during deck trials, 6 January 1957.
