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Pictured here shows German “Pocket battleship” Admiral Graf Spee in 1937 at the Spithead fleet review. HMS Hood can also...
04/03/2025

Pictured here shows German “Pocket battleship” Admiral Graf Spee in 1937 at the Spithead fleet review. HMS Hood can also be seen in the background.

Shown here is the British Iron Duke class dreadnought HMS Emperor of India.Upon commissioning in 1914, Emperor of India ...
04/03/2025

Shown here is the British Iron Duke class dreadnought HMS Emperor of India.Upon commissioning in 1914, Emperor of India joined the 4th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet, based at Scapa Flow. She took part in numerous sorties into the northern North Sea to enforce the blockade of Germany, along with frequent training exercises and gunnery drills. Emperor of India was in dock for a refit in late May 1916, so she was unavailable for the Battle of Jutland.(Wikipedia info)

Another request brings us to USS Little Rock. Commissioned in mid 1945 she did not see any action in the Second World Wa...
04/03/2025

Another request brings us to USS Little Rock. Commissioned in mid 1945 she did not see any action in the Second World War and was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in 1949. In the late 1950s she was converted into a Galveston class guided cruiser. Recommissioned on the 3rd of June 1960 as USS Little Rock(CLG-4) she would later be involved in the 6 day war as a command ship for NATO vessels in the area and assisting injured crew members of the USS Liberty which was attack by Israeli forces. In the mid 1970s she also collided with the Greek destroyer Lonchi causing significant damage to her bow and causing her to need emergency repairs at Malta. She returned to the US and had repairs and another overhaul November 1970 to spring 1971. She would then resume to her duty as flagship of the Sixth Fleet until her decommissioning in 1976. She now resides as a museum ship in Buffalo, New York. (Information from Wikipedia)

A lovely photo of the Italian Battleship Conte di Cavour taken in 1940🇮🇹 Commissioned- 1st April 1915Fate- torpedoed dur...
04/03/2025

A lovely photo of the Italian Battleship Conte di Cavour taken in 1940🇮🇹 Commissioned- 1st April 1915

Fate- torpedoed during the attack on Taranto by British aircraft in November 1940 and subsequent repairs were not completed by the Italian surrender in September 1943. She was later scrapped in 1946(wiki)

HMAS Australia was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser built for the defence of the British Empire and on commissioning...
04/03/2025

HMAS Australia was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser built for the defence of the British Empire and on commissioning(1913) became the flagship for the Royal Australian Navy and the only ever capital ship to serve in the RAN.

Her armaments:
4x twin 12 inch guns
16x single 4 inch guns
2 x 18 inch torpedo tubes

HMAS Australia saw barely any action in the First World War with only firing her guns in anger twice (at a merchant vessel and a suspected submarine). Her main role in the war was patrols and exercises.HMAS Australia was eventually scuttled off Sydney Heads in 1924 due to the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty.(from wiki)

USS Kidd was a Fletcher class destroyer named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd who died on the bridge of his flagship US...
04/03/2025

USS Kidd was a Fletcher class destroyer named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. She was commissioned 23rd April 1943.

Her armaments:
5x single 5inch batteries
14x 40mm AA guns
12x 20mm AA guns
5x 21inch torpedo tubes
6x k-gun depth charge throwers
2x depth charge racks

The Kidd saw heavy action in World War II, participating in nearly every important naval campaign in the Pacific after her 1943 commissioning, as she fought gallantly during the invasions of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, the Philippines at Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa.She would be recommissioned in 1951 as a result of the Korean War. During this she patrolled Korean waters bombard enemy positions and joined hunter-killer group.Eventually being decommissioned in June 1964 she is now a museum ship in the Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission.(wiki info)

Pictured here is German capital ship Scharnhorst🇩🇪. No date is given.Commissioned-7th January 1935Her Armaments:9 x 11 i...
04/03/2025

Pictured here is German capital ship Scharnhorst🇩🇪. No date is given.

Commissioned-7th January 1935

Her Armaments:
9 x 11 inch guns
12 x 5.9 inch guns
16 x 37 mm AA guns
10 x 20 mm AA guns
6 x 533mm torpedo tubes

Fate:
Sank at the battle of North Cape in 1943 by naval gunnery from HMS Duke of York, HMS Belfast, HMS Sheffield and HMS Norfolk as well as torpedo strikes from HMS Jamaica and HMS Belfast. 1968 sailors died with only 36 being picked from the water(wiki)

HMS Glorious was one of 3 Courageous class battlecruisers and was completed in late 1916 and spent most of the First Wor...
04/03/2025

HMS Glorious was one of 3 Courageous class battlecruisers and was completed in late 1916 and spent most of the First World War patrolling in the North Sea. It was later decided Glorious would be renovated into an aircraft carrier and was recommissioned in 1930 and could carry up to 48 aircraft.

Her armaments:
16 x single 4.7 inch dual purpose guns.

Fate:
While returning from Norway after the unsuccessful Anglo-French campaign in Norway she and her inadequate es**rt of two destroyers (Acasta and Ardent) were spotted by German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. All three ships were sunk with the loss of 1519 lives although Ardent did manage to damage the Scharnhorst considerably with a torpedo before she herself was sank. The circumstances of the sinking of these ships has been has been debated often with claims that Glorious’ captain left Norway early with an inadequate es**rt as he wanted to get back to supposedly court marshal his air commander J.B. Heath, aswell as heavy cruiser Devonshire had passed within 30-50 miles of the battle and heard a transmission but was reluctant to engage as it was carrying the Norwegian Royal Family. The sinkings and the failure to mount an effective rescue was a huge embarrassment to the Royal Navy.(wiki info)

IWM Caption - HMS Nelson pictured at the Spithead Fleet Review in 1937. In the background two battleships of the Queen E...
04/03/2025

IWM Caption - HMS Nelson pictured at the Spithead Fleet Review in 1937. In the background two battleships of the Queen Elizabeth class aswell as two London class cruisers can be seen. ©️IWM (MH 4)

Pictured here is the Japanese Imperial Navy heavy Cruiser Takao. She was one of 4 Takao-class cruisers launched between ...
04/03/2025

Pictured here is the Japanese Imperial Navy heavy Cruiser Takao. She was one of 4 Takao-class cruisers launched between 1930 and 1931 with 3 eventually being lost during the war.

Her armaments:
10 x 20cm/50 main batteries
8 x 5 inch dual purpose guns
60 x 25mm AA guns
16 x torpedo tubes
Depth charges

Fate: captured on 21 September 1945 in Singapore and later sunk as a target ship by the Royal Navy. (Wiki)

Pictured here is USS Mississippi (BB-41) in June 1943. She was the second of three New Mexico class battleships built du...
04/03/2025

Pictured here is USS Mississippi (BB-41) in June 1943. She was the second of three New Mexico class battleships built during the First World War. Mississippi was commissioned on the 18th of December 1917.
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Her armaments after 1930s moderation:
12 x 14 inch main batteries
12 x 5 inch secondaries
4 x 3 76mm AA guns
8 x 5 inch AA guns
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•The USS Mississippi would serve entirely in the Pacific theatre racking up 8 battle stars.
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Fate: decommissioned 1956.
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SOURCE: Wikipedia caption and info

German heavy cruiser Blücher was the second of five Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers of N**i Germany's Kriegsmarine. ...
04/03/2025

German heavy cruiser Blücher was the second of five Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers of N**i Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was commissioned on the 20th of September 1939 shortly after the outbreak of war. Immediately upon entering service, Blücher was assigned to the task force that supported the invasion of Norway in April 1940. The ship led the flotilla of warships into the Oslofjord on the night of 8 April, to seize Oslo, the capital of Norway. Two old 11 inch coastal guns in the Oscarsborg Fortress engaged the ship at very close range, scoring two hits, as did several smaller guns in other batteries. Two torpedoes fired by land-based torpedo batteries struck the ship, causing serious damage. A major fire broke out aboard Blücher, which could not be contained. The fire spread to one of her anti-aircraft gun magazines, causing a large explosion, and then spread further to the ship's fuel bunkers. Blücher then capsized and sank with major loss of life. (Wikipedia information)

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