Armed Forces & Weapons - Ships

The British Navy Guards the Freedom of Us All

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Troops come ashore on one of the Normandy invasion beaches, past the White Ensign of a naval beach party, 7 June 1944.

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Back Them Up!

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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.

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HMS CONQUEROR at Faslane on 3 July 1982 after her deployment to the South Atlantic during which she sank the Argentine cruiser GENERAL BELGRANO on 2 May 1982.

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Mined, 1918

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The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS HERMES underway in the 1980s.

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Commandos of 48 (RM) Commando coming ashore from landing craft at St Aubin-sur-Mer on Juno Beach, 6 June 1944.

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HMS EAGLE and HMS MALAYA in the Mediterranean during Operation 'Spotter', which delivered 16 RAF Spitfire Mk Vs to Malta on 7th March 1942.

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Troops and transport of British 50th Division on the Normandy beaches, 7 June 1944.

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Blackburn NA-39 during landing trials on HMS VICTORIOUS, June 1959.

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HMS BRAVE BORDERER, a fast patrol boat, during trials in the Solent, January 1960.

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The aircraft carrier HMS SLINGER, December 1944.

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The Navy Thanks You

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Stolz Weht die Flagge [Proudly Waves the Flag]

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Children of British Internees at a Children's Party given by the Crew of HMS Belfast at Shanghai, 28th September 1945

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Aircraft Carrier

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HMS Belfast arriving in the Pool of London

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Home Fleet Cruisers in the Firth of Forth

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A Dazzled Oiler, With Escort

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A Convoy in the Channel

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HMS RESOLUTION, the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine to be equipped with Polaris missiles, seen underway on the surface probably off the Scottish coast c. 1970.

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The escort carrier HMS PRETORIA CASTLE, August 1943.

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HMS HERMES returns to Portsmouth from the Falklands, 21 July 1982.

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