Battle of Tsushima, Line of Battle by Anthony
Saunders. The flag ship Mikasa (Admiral Togo) leading the
line at around 3pm on May 27th, 1905. Ships following are
Shikishima and Fuji with other ships of the fleet further in the
distance.
Battle of Tsushima by Anthony Saunders.
Japanese
Torpedo destroyers, rush in to finish off the Russian battleships near
the end of the Battle of Tsushima.
The Narvik Squadron by Anthony Saunders. The Last of the heavy Cruisers built by Germany (5 in total) The picture
shows Admiral Hipper making her first sortie on the 18th February 1940,
accompanied by the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau on Operation Nordmark. (Search
for allied convoys on the route between Britain and Norway).
Nelsons Victory at Trafalgar by
Anthony Saunders. Undoubtedly the most famous battle in
the history of naval warfare. The battle of Trafalgar was fought on a
calm, almost windless day, on 21st October 1805. Nelson's revolutionary
battle plan was to cut apart the larger Franco-Spanish fleet of
Vice-Admiral Villeneuve by sailing in two single column divisions
directly at right angles into the combined fleet and thus rendering
almost half of the leading ships useless until they could turn and join
the fight, which in such calm conditions could take hours. The battle
raged for five hours, in which time not one single British ship was
lost, however, Nelson would tragically lose his life at the very moment
of his triumph, a triumph which rendered the British Navy unchallenged
in supremacy for over a century. Here Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory
(followed by HMS Temeraire) is seen breaking the Franco-Spanish line and
commencing her murderous hail of gunfire into the stern of Villeneuve's
flagship Bucentaure. Meanwhile the Victory herself is being fired upon
by the French Neptune. Redoubtable can be seen at the far right.
Battle of
the Nile by Anthony Saunders.
On the 1st August 1798, thirteen
French ships of the line sate at anchor in Aboukir bay off the coast of
Alexandria Egypt, in support of Napoleon who was inland with his troops
attempting to conquer the country. AS night time approached so did Lord
Horatio Nelson and the British fleet. nelson had been hunting Napoleon
at sea for months; at Aboukir Bat he had found the French fleet, trapped
and unprepared for battle. Nelson's audacious plan was to attack the
French on their unprotected port side, the plan had its risks, the whole
of the British fleet could run aground in the Shallows - nut Nelson
knew the waters too well. The battle of the Nile was one o f the most
decisive in the history of naval warfare. By the end of the battle
nearly all three French ships were sunk or captured. the 124 gun
flagship the pride of the French navy L'Orient, has exploded with such
ferocity that it halted the battle for over ten minutes. Napoleon's
ability to dominate the region had been crushed, whilst Nelson was to
become a hero throughout the whole of Britain.
Hotspur by Anthony Saunders.
The H class destroyer, was built by Scotts,at Greenock and
launched 23rd March 1936. participated in the First battle of
Narvik April 1940 and the battle of cape Matapan in march 1941, in April
1941 took part in the Evacuation of Greece. and sank the German U-Boat
U79 in the Mediterranean north of Sollum ion 23rd December 1941
sold to the Dominican republic on 23red November 1948 and renamed
Trujillo
Pedestal Convoy
by Anthony Saunders. The Pedestal Convoy of august 1942 was one of the most heavily
protected convoys in the hisotry of sea warfare. Fourteen of the fastest
cargo ships of the time were protected by 4 Carriers, 2 Battleships, 7
Cruisers and 32 destroyers. the destroyer HMS Ashanti is shown in the
foregound with the carrier HMS Indomitable 9with her Hurricanes circling
the convoy) and the3 cargo Ship "Port Chalmers" to the right
of the picture.
Storm Force to the Falklands by Anthony
Saunders. HMS Broadsword and the aircraft carrier Hermes battle their way
through the storm on their way to the Battle for the Falklands.
Arctic Convoy by Anthony Saunders.
Forcing their way through adverse conditions bordering on the
limitations of human endurance, The Allied convoys faced appalling odds
of survival in the endeavour to supply raw materials to Russias only
ice free port of Murmansk.
