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The Arctic Run by Anthony Saunders. (PC) Artic Convoy. 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. |
Pearl Harbor, USS California, by Anthony Saunders. (PC) At dawn on the 7th December 1941, 350 Japanese warplanes flew from their carriers and attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl harbor, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. the attack concentrated on Battleship Row which included USS California (Left) and USS Nevada (Right) which was the only battleship to get underway during the attack. However coming under intense bomb attack she was later beached. For the Japanese the success was not total, as the US carrier fleet was out on manoeuvres on the day of the attack. |
USS Iowa leaving New York by Anthony Saunders. (PC) BB61 Iowa, was commissioned in February 1943 at the New York Navy yard. her first mission was to the North Atlantic in August 1943 to neutralise the threat of the German Battleship Tirpitz. By early 1944 she joined the Pacific fleet taking part in many of the major battles including Saipan, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa. She was re-commissioned in 1951 for the Korean war and again in April 1984. |
HMAS Sydney By Randall Wilson. (PC) Sydney engages Italian ships off Cape Busa, Crete. |
U.123 - The Atik's Revenge by Ivan Berryman. (PC) On 27 March 1942, Q-ship USS Atik (AK 101) received a torpedo hit from the U.123, forward of her bridge structure. The ship caught fire and, as her bow dropped in the water, she developed a list to port. U.123 closed in to finish the ship off, at which point USS Atik uncovered her concealed weapons and raked the U-boat with 50mm fire, killing one of the German crew. U.123 was driven off, but she submerged and fired another torpedo into the Atik's engine room which was the final blow for the brave Q-ship. |
Flank Speed by Randall Wilson. (PC) The Japanese ship Takao at Flank speed, riding shotgun for the carrier. |
HMS Renown by Randall Wilson (PC) HMS Renown shown at full speed operating in Norwegian waters on the hunt for Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. |
Schnell Boats Operating in the Baltic by Randall Wilson. (PC) German Schnell Boats were heavily armed coastal craft often referred to by the Royal Navy as E-boats. Fast, and better armed than the Royal navy MTBs and PT-boats, they became the most effective inshore attack craft of World War Two. Lurssen built the first German MTB in 1930, originally called UZ16 it would later become W1 and finally S1 in 1932. All German Schnell Boats would carry two seperate torpedo tubes. In total 249 Schnell Boats were built for the Kriegsmarine, with a total of 157 being lost or scuttled. The last 92 were split between the Allies with 30 going to the US, 34 going to United Kingdom and 28 to Russia. |
Okinawa Landing - USS Colorado by Anthony Saunders. (PC) The USS Colorado holds the all time record of 37 consecutive days of firing at an enemy and the record of 24 direct enemy air attacks in 62 days both while at Okinawa. |
HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman (PC) Pride of the Royal Navy, the mighty Hood rolls majestically in the north Atlantic swell as HMS Prince of Wales holds station off her starboard bow. |
USS Hornet. Doolittles Raiders by Ivan Berryman. (PC) In a 40 knot gale, Lt Col. Doolittles B25 hauls itself into the air. The first of a 16 strong strike force en route to Tokyo. |
The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Viewed from beneath the blistered guns of the damaged X and Y turrets of her sister HMS Ajax, Achilles come sunder fire from the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during what was to become known as the Battle of the River Plate on the 13th December 1939. Shells from Achilles are closing on her opponent as the Graf Spee alters course at the start of the doomed battleships flight to Montevideo. |
HMS Thunderbolt by Ivan Berryman (PC) The submarine HMS Thunderbolt moves away from the depot ship Montcalm. Another submarine, HMS Swordfish 1s alongside for resupply. Additional colour added to enhance this previously black and white image |
HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. (PC) In the early morning murk of 24th May 1941, the forward 15in guns of HMS Hood fire the first shots against the mighty German battleship Bismarck. Both Bismarck and her escort, the Prinz Eugen, immediately responded, the latter causing a fierce fire on Hoods upper deck, while plunging shot from Bismarck penetrated deep into the British ships hull, causing an explosion that ripped the Hood apart, sinking her in an instant. Tragically, just three survivors were rescued from the water. |
HMS Glowworm's Attack on the Admiral Hipper by Ivan Berryman (PC) HMS Glowworm, burning severely after receiving hits from the mighty Admiral Hipper, 1s depicted turning to begin her heroic sacrifice off the Norwegian coast on 8th April 1940. Hugely out-gunned and already crippled, Glowworm's captain, Lieutenant Commander Roope rammed his destroyer into the side of the Admiral Hipper, inflicting a 40 metre rip in its armour belt before drifting away and exploding. 38 British sailors were rescued from the sea and Roope was awarded a posthumous VC for his bravery, the first earned by the Royal Navy in WWII. Additional colour added to enhance this previously black and white image. |
USS New Jersey, batten down the Hatches by Randall Wilson. (PC) USS New Jersey seen battling her way through a Hurricane in 1944. |
Final Liberty by Randall Wilson. (PC) Last preparations for sailing, and last liberty, as Yamato prepares for Operation Ten Ichi Go, 1945. |
HMS Warspite, Shooting from the Hip by Randall Wilson. (PC) HMS Warspite is shown in action during the 2nd battle of Narvik, April 1940. |
Exercise Tiger by Ivan Berryman. (PC) As part of a rehearsal for the impending D-Day landings on 6th June 1944, eight tank landing ships (LSTs), together with two destroyers, embarked most of their American troops on a British beach and began making their way to Slapton Sands. This was the night of 27th / 28th April and, unseen in the darkness of the night, a hunting party of German Schnellboots (S-Boats) were soon upon them. The painting depicts the awful demise of LST 507 who fell victim to the torpedoes of S-150 and S-130, the huge ship's cargo of trucks, jeeps and gasoline quickly bursting into an uncontrollable fire before she slipped beneath the waves. LST 531 was also sunk while LST 289 managed to struggle back to port. 197 American seamen and 441 GIs lost their lives on that fateful night, while all the Schnellboots returned safely, undamaged. S150, commanded by Oblt. z.S. Behr is nearest with S130, commanded by Oblt. z.S. Rabe is speeding past in the middle distance. |
HMS Vanguard, Away the Vanguard by Randall Wilson (PC) Under tow, HMS Vanguard having left John Brown shipyard, passes Dalmuir ship docks, Clydebank, 1946. HMS Vanguard would be the last British battleship to be built. |
Japanese Battleship Nagato by Randall Wilson. (PC) Nagato was launched on 9th November 1919. Shown here during world war two operations, the Nagato survived the war and was expended as a target at the Bikini A-Bomb tests on 29th July 1946. |
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