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HMS Courageous by Randall Wilson (P)


HMS Courageous by Randall Wilson (P)
One edition.
£3000.00

USS Tang, The Life Guard of Truk Atoll by Robert Barbour (P)


USS Tang, The Life Guard of Truk Atoll by Robert Barbour (P)
One edition.
£1150.00

SMS Derfflinger By Randall Wilson  (P)


SMS Derfflinger By Randall Wilson (P)
One edition.
£2900.00


HMS Frobisher and HMS Roberts at Normandy by Ivan Berryman (P)


HMS Frobisher and HMS Roberts at Normandy by Ivan Berryman (P)
One edition.
£6600.00

The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders. (P)


The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders. (P)
One edition.
£6000.00

USS North Carolina, Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders. (P)


USS North Carolina, Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders. (P)
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£5700.00


USS Tennessee During the Landings at Iwo Jima by Anthony Saunders. (P)


USS Tennessee During the Landings at Iwo Jima by Anthony Saunders. (P)
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£6200.00

Tribute to William F Dickson by Ivan Berryman. (P)


Tribute to William F Dickson by Ivan Berryman. (P)
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£1100.00

Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders (P)


Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders (P)
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£6500.00


Boarding the San Nicolas by Chris Collingwood. (P)


Boarding the San Nicolas by Chris Collingwood. (P)
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£5000.00

Scourge of the Atlantic by Ivan Berryman. (P)


Scourge of the Atlantic by Ivan Berryman. (P)
One edition.
£1100.00

HMS Eagle and HMS Albion by Ivan Berryman (P)


HMS Eagle and HMS Albion by Ivan Berryman (P)
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£5300.00


The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders (P)


The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders (P)
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£5400.00

Storm Force to the Falklands by Anthony Saunders (P)


Storm Force to the Falklands by Anthony Saunders (P)
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£4800.00

HMS Invincible by Randall Wilson (P)


HMS Invincible by Randall Wilson (P)
One edition.
£3000.00


Hunter's Dusk by Ivan Berryman. (P)


Hunter's Dusk by Ivan Berryman. (P)
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£3200.00

Trident by Robert Barbour (P)


Trident by Robert Barbour (P)
One edition.
£1000.00

In the Thick of Battle by Chris Collingwood. (P)


In the Thick of Battle by Chris Collingwood. (P)
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£7000.00


Yankie Station by Randall Wilson (P)


Yankie Station by Randall Wilson (P)
One edition.
£3200.00

Tribute to Lt Cdr Eric 'Winkle' Brown by Ivan Berryman. (P)


Tribute to Lt Cdr Eric 'Winkle' Brown by Ivan Berryman. (P)
One edition.
£2400.00

HMS Ark Royal by Brian Wood (P)


HMS Ark Royal by Brian Wood (P)
One edition.
£2400.00


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HMS Courageous by Randall Wilson (P)

Two Stringbags (Fairey Swordfish) pass across the bow of HMS Courageous as she staggers from torpedo strikes launched from a German U-Boat in the Irish Sea. On 17th September 1939 HMS Courageous was struck by two torpedoes from the German submarine U-29 about 190 nautical miles south-west of Dursey Head, Ireland. HMS Courageous sank in less than 16 minutes with the loss of 519 lives, including her commander Captain W T Makeig-Jones. Her total complement was 1,260 officers and ratings and two squadrons of Fairey Swordfish aircraft (48 planes). The sinking of the HMS Courageous was the first U-boat offensive against the Royal Navy, and more importantly, Schuhart's victory prompted the Admiralty to withdraw all three remaining carriers from the Western Approaches.


USS Tang, The Life Guard of Truk Atoll by Robert Barbour (P)

On 29th and 30th April 1944, while surfaced close to jagged reefs, and Japanese shore guns, the USS Tang rescued 22 downed flyers from Task Force 58s strikes against enemy positions on the islands - This was the largest rescue of airmen by a submarine in the war. USS Tang (SS-306) would later be sunk by its own torpedo off Formosa, on the 24th of October 1944.


SMS Derfflinger By Randall Wilson (P)

SMS Derfflinger at anchor at Kiel, 1918. Astern is SMS Hindenburg.


HMS Frobisher and HMS Roberts at Normandy by Ivan Berryman (P)

The cruiser HMS Frobisher dominates this scene off Houlgate at the Normandy landings of 1944. The monitor HMS Roberts lies beyond Frobisher with a Large Infantry Landing Ship or LSI (L) unshipping its LCAs on the extreme right of the picture. In the foreground, a motor launch attends a group of LCP (L)s as they head for the French beaches. Two Spitfire Mk.IXs conduct sweeps overhead as Operation Neptune gathers momentum.


The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders. (P)

HMS Hood readies to fire off a what proved to be the final salvo against the Bismarck before a shell from the German battleship penetrated the magazine of HMS Hood, tearing apart the British ship in an enormous explosion.


USS North Carolina, Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders. (P)

By June 1944 the US Fleet had made a huge leap across the Pacific to the Marianas, a small group of Japanese held islands of which Saipan would prove the most difficult to overcome. The landing were supported by the US 5th Fleet, which included USS North Carolina together with an increasingly powerful armada of battle hardened warships.


USS Tennessee During the Landings at Iwo Jima by Anthony Saunders. (P)

In February 1945, 850 square miles of volcanic rock became the most strategically important island in the South Pacific. From Iwo Jima heavy bombers would be able to raid Japanese cities almost at will. Even with its overwhelming military might, the Americans would have to pay a heavy price for such a seemingly small island.


Tribute to William F Dickson by Ivan Berryman. (P)

19th July 1918 - the Tondern raid, the first raid in history carried out from an aircraft carrier. Captain Dickson is shown in his Sopwith Camel 2F.1 departing HMS Furious just after 3am, and along with 5 other aircraft would successfully attack the German Zeppelin sheds at Tondern in Denmark. They destroyed two airships in their hangar, and the entire base was subsequently abandoned. 7 aircraft began the raid : one turned back with engine trouble, three landed in Denmark afterwards while another failed to return to the British fleet. Only Dickson and Captain B Smart ditched in the sea near the British ships and were recovered. For this raid, Dickson was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He later moved to HMS Revenge and HMS Queen Elizabeth then flew on HMS Argus and was a test pilot at the Royal Aircraft Establishment. In World War Two he helped to plan the Allied invasion of occupied Europe. He remained in the RAF post war, retiring in 1959 as Marshal of the Royal Air Force. He died in 1987.


Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders (P)

One of the finest battleships of all time, Bismarck was built by the Blohm and Voss shipyard in Hamburg and launched in February 1939. Her first duty was for commerce raiding in the north Atlantic. Together with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, the destroyers Z10, Z16 and Z23 and a minesweeper. The Bismarck, commanded by Vice Admiral Gunther Lutjens, left her last anchorage at Grimstadt Fjord in Norway. Once Bismarcks departure was confirmed all available British forces were deployed to meet the threat. On the 24th of May 1941 the Bismarck sailed into naval history - sinking the battlescruiser and pride of the British fleet - HMS Hood. But Bismarck would have little time to celebrate, she was sunk by a scorned British fleet three days later. Here Bismarck is depicted on the evening of the 21st May 1941 entering the open sea on her fateful final voyage.


Boarding the San Nicolas by Chris Collingwood. (P)

Nelson's sailors and marines board the San Nicolas and during heavy hand to hand fighting capture the ship. Nelson drives HMS Captain onto the Spanish vessel in order that she can be boarded and taken as a prize, the British marines and men scrambling up the Captain's bowsprit to use it as a bridge. The San Nicolas then fouled the Spanish three-decker San Joseph, allowing Nelson and his men to take both ships as prizes in a single manoeuvre.


Scourge of the Atlantic by Ivan Berryman. (P)

The ten German U-Boats of the Type VIIA class operating in the seas around the United Kingdom and Ireland were so deadly in the first part of the war, they were the scourge of the Atlantic. Sinking much Allied merchant shipping in the first months of World War Two, they continued through the 'Happy Time' of the Battle of the Atlantic, where the tally of shipping claimed by U-boats reached a peak, and the crews were regarded as heroes. Famously, U-29 sunk the Royal Navy carrier HMS Courageous on 17th September, the first British warship sunk by German forces in World War Two. By the end of 1940 though, 6 of the boats had been sunk and the remaining 4 were used only for training. In total they had accounted for around 100 vessels sunk, damaged, or captured.


HMS Eagle and HMS Albion by Ivan Berryman (P)

HMS Eagle steams past the commando carrier HMS Albion during the withdrawal from Aden in November 1967. Gathered on Eagles flightdeck are an assortment of contemporary types including Sea Vixens, Scimitars, a Buccaneer and a Fairey Gannet. One of Albions Westland Wessex helicopters is passing overhead and RFA Stromness is at anchor in the distance.


The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders (P)

The British Grand Fleet had been virtually unopposed for nearly a century but now there was a challenge to the throne: the German Navy. Although smaller, it had caught up fast and by the time of Jutland, had some telling advantages over the British Fleet. the plan for the battle was to lure the British Grand Fleet into a lethal trap in German waters. In the event although desperately fought by both sides, the battle was a stale mate. the confused conflict was hampered on both sides by bad luck, bad weather and poor communications. at the end of the battle, the Royal navy had suffered higher losses in men and ships, but the German fleet never ventured out of harbour to seek battle again.


Storm Force to the Falklands by Anthony Saunders (P)

HMS Broadsword and the aircraft carrier Hermes battle their way through the storm on their way to the Battle for the Falklands.


HMS Invincible by Randall Wilson (P)

Harriers prepare to enter the landing pattern as Invincible steams in company with HMS Bristol with dusk closing in on day.


Hunter's Dusk by Ivan Berryman. (P)

In January 1941, the young Mario Arillo was appointed the rank of Lieutenant Commander, placed in charge of the Regia Marina's submarine Ambra and was dispatched to the Mediterranean to help disrupt supplies to the Allied forces. In May of that same year, Arillo attacked the British Dido Class Cruiser HMS Bonaventure, and Destroyers HMS Hereward and HMS Stuart, south of Crete, en route from Alexandria, the cruiser Bonaventure being sunk with great loss of life. The Ambra is depicted here in a calmer moment, two of her crew scanning the horizon for 'business'.


Trident by Robert Barbour (P)

On Sunday October 25th 1992, HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navys first Trident equipped submarine, arrived off the Clyde Submarine Base, Faslane on the Gareloch. She was escorted by a Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet, the RN shore base at Prestwick Airport, and a mixed surface flotilla, including Defence Police and Royal Marines.


In the Thick of Battle by Chris Collingwood. (P)

Lieutenant of the Royal Navy commands marines and crew during a sea battle with the French during the battle of Cape St Vincent.


Yankie Station by Randall Wilson (P)

CVN 65 USS Enterprise on her first deployment in the Gulf of Tonkin. On this day she flew 165 sorties, a carrier record! Two A4 Skyhawks head towards a bombing mission while an F4 phantom rides escort.


Tribute to Lt Cdr Eric 'Winkle' Brown by Ivan Berryman. (P)

One of the most experienced and respected test pilots in history, Eric 'Winkle' Brown carried out the first landing and take off by a jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier on 3rd December 1945. This was accomplished in the second prototype De Havilland Vampire LZ551/G which had been extensively modified for the sole purpose of carrier operations. Not only was an arrester hook added, but the aircraft featured larger flaps and was fitted with the more powerful Goblin 2 engine. The first take off by a jet from an aircraft carrier is depicted here as Lt Cdr Brown lifts away from the deck of HMS Ocean on that momentous day.


HMS Ark Royal by Brian Wood (P)

HMS Ark Royal part of Force H along with the Battleship HMS Renown and Cruiser HMS Sheffield departs Gibraltar to take part in the search for the Bismarck in the Atlantic. During the hunt HMS Ark Royal, Swordfish mistakenly attack the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Sheffiled. Fortunately, the torpedoes were not primed properly and crusier recieived no major damage. Spotter planes from HMS Ark Royal eventually found the Bismarck. and a attack commenced, crippling the Bismarcks rudder. The damage sustained lead to the rest of the Royal Navy surface fleet catching up with the Bismarck and sinking her. HMS ark Royal returns to the mediteranean. later on 13 November 1941: While on her return to Gibraltar in company with the HMS Malaya, HMS Argus, and HMS Hermione supported by Seven destroyers, HMSArk Royal is attacked by the U-81 under the command of Kapitanleutnant Guggenberger in the Mediterranean., and at 1541, a torpedo strikes the starboard side and the ship immediately takes a 10 degree list. within 20 minutes this list has increased to 18 degrees and Captain Maund orders all only essential crew to remain aboard with the rest of the crew to abandon ship. Destroyer HMS Legion under the command of Commander R. S. Jessel comes alongside and takes most of her crew on board, leaving 250 crew and t Captain Maund to try and save the ship but they have to also abndon ship, and just 14 hours after the torpedo strike HMS Ark Royal rolls over and sinks. from the entire crew their was only only one fatality,Able Seaman E. Mitchell was killed.

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