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Postcard Set 18 (Ivan Berryman, Naval)
PS18. Postcard Set 18 (Ivan Berryman, Naval) Set of 8 postcards, including: HMS Hood and HMS Express Departing from Portsmouth 1935, HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland, HMS Malaya at Cape Town, HMS resolution at Gibraltar, HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck, HMS Valiant and HMS Phoebe at Alexandria 1941, HMS Renown, HMS Dorsetshire (The End of the Bismarck)
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P984. HMS Renown by Ivan Berryman. HMS Renown viewed from a passing Sunderland Flying Boat. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1176. HMS Valiant and HMS Phoebe at Alexandria, 1941 by Ivan Berryman. A pair of 272 Squadron Bristol Beaufighters roar over the extensively rebuilt battleship HMS Valiant as she lies at anchor at Alexandria late in 1941, accompanied by the cruiser HMS Phoebe and Valiants sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth (in the extreme distance) **Cropped image** Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1271. HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. 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. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1288. HMS Dorsetshire by Ivan Berryman. The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10:30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941. The once proud German ship had been ruthlessly pounded into a twisted and burning wreck by the British battleships Rodney and King George V. HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Maori combed the area of the sinking for survivors, between them picking up a total of 110 out of an original complement of 2,300. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1087. HMS Resolution at Gibraltar by Ivan Berryman. Launched in January 1915, the Revenge-class battleship HMS Resolution was to enjoy a 33 year career during which she served in the Atlantic, home and Eastern Fleets as well as serving repeated spells in the Mediterranean, being both bombed and torpedoed along the way. She is depicted off Gibraltar with HMS Wolverine, the destroyer perhaps best remembered for destroying the U-47 which sunk Resolutions sister ship Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1009. HMS Malaya at Capetown, South Africa. by Ivan Berryman. The Queen Elizabeth class battleship HMS Malaya is pictured at Capetown in April 1942 en route to Durban from Gibraltar. A veteran of the First World War, Malaya took part in the Battle of Jutland, receiving eight hits, and going on to serve throughout World War Two, surviving a torpedo off Cape Verde in 1941. She is seen here about to recover her Fairey Swordfish floatplane beneath the dramatic outline of Table Mountain. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1002. HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland by Ivan Berryman. HMS Lion with her sister ship HMS Princess Royal are shown firing on the German High Seas Fleet which can be seen in the distance during the Battle of Jutland. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1126. HMS Hood and HMS Express Departing from Portsmouth 1935 by Ivan Berryman. The pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, leaves Portsmouth on her way to the Fleet Review of King George V in July 1935. HMS Hood is followed by the destroyer HMS Express. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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