Historic British Naval Vessels

Collection of black and white images depicting various British naval vessels from the Battle of the Atlantic, showcasing corvettes and armed trawlers in action.

Fort St. Paul. 7137 tons, British freighter, owned by houlder Bros. and Co.Ltd, photo graphed in Sydney Harbor, Jan, 1951. January 31, 1951

The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945 British Forces: HMS AZALEA, a Flower class corvette built in 1940. The Flower class were the first type of mass produced escort vessels.

Lse 1 Underway on completion.

Hmt Rousay Underway.

British armed trawler HMT Islay.

Hmt Darnett Ness Stationary.

Anefo photo collection. Transfer of the Tug White Sea III to shipping company L. Smit & Co's International Sleeping Service in Rotterdam. Transfers, tug boats, water. October 3, 1966. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Marvo 490006. January 15, 1949

Fort St. Paul. 7137 tons, British freighter, owned by houlder Bros. and Co.Ltd, photo graphed in Sydney Harbor, Jan, 1951. January 31, 1951

Anefo photo collection. Dutch merchant fleet. MS "Street Malacca". 1940

DD-841 Noa , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

The Italian cruiser Lombardia, photograph by U Conti-Vecchi, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXIII, No 11, March 15, 1896.

Arholma (depicted - name).Arholma (depicted - name)

Hmt Rugby At anchor.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A standard 1,000 ihp tug, underway. New 'Tid' tugs, short for tiddlers, so called because of their size, were vessels of straight line form, pre-fabricated by construction firms and then taken to a shipyard for assembly. They were usually assembled and launched in 4 1/2 days.

Vierge De Loures Underway possibly in the Clyde.

HMS Violet At a buoy.

HMS Orissa Underway.

AMS-83 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

HMS Bullhead Under tow on the Tyne.

Hmt Benbecula Underway, coastal waters.

Germany Before the First World War 1890 - 1914 Opening of the Kiel Canal, 21 June 1895. The German Aviso SMS JAGD passes through the Holtenau Lock near Kiel. The opening ceremony spanned two days. On 20 June 1895, the German Imperial Yacht SMY HOHENZOLLERN, with Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Kaiserin on board, entered the lock at Brunsbüttel. The Kaiser cut a ribbon and officially opened this end of the Canal. The HOHENZOLLERN then led a convoy of 24 ships down the Canal to Holtenau. On 21 June, the Kaiser laid the final stone and named the new waterway the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal in a lavishly decorated ceremonial arena at Holtenau, Germany. The Kiel Canal, a 61 mile long waterway linking the North Sea at Brunsbüttel, Germany to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau, Germany was source of international tension from its inception. Its construction allowed the increasingly powerful German Imperial Navy to move rapidly from its Baltic ports to open sea without travelling through the waters of other c

Arholma (depicted - name).Arholma (depicted - name)

AMCU-42 Sparrow , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Visit of the heavy American Cruiser USS Canberra (CAG 2, Boston Class, 1943-1970) at the port of Amsterdam, July 1958.

AMS-112 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Anefo photo collection. Arrival "Van Kinsbergen" in Rotterdam. August 9, 1948. Rotterdam, South Holland

HMS Troubridge Underway

Hmt Ben Torc Underway.

Queen Reviews Her Fleet -- Sailors line decks of British warships as the royal yacht Surprise with Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh aboard cruises through their lines at coronation review of fleet and visiting warships at Spithead, England, Monday. Arrow points to the queen and the duke in small glass superstructure forward of the bridge. Nearly 300 craft of the Royal and foreign navies participated in the review. June 16, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Yard Minesweeper J 811 Underway on completion

HMS Saucy. Rescue tug of the Assurance class. Underway on the River Humber.

V 5797. Thule (depicted - name)

HMS Derwent Underway.

The Hospital ship "Centaur". March 12, 1943.

AMS-195 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

HMS Parrsboro Underway.

HMS Spanker Underway.

AOG-68 Peconic , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

British Warships of the Second World War Broadside view of HMS SKATE, an R Class destroyer of the First World War, built in 1917 and the oldest destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. Photograph taken at Liverpool.

Anefo photo collection. American cruiser "Canberra" in the Turkish port Izmir. October 25, 1957. Turkey

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Hmt Ruskholm Stationary with some of the crew lining the deck.

Coast Guard plane landing to remove seriously burned man for hospitalization ashore.

AKL-398 Redbud , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

AM-37 Sanderling , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Mtb 89 Underway in the Solent.

HR.MS hydrographic pickup vessel. Blommendaal (1973-1999) (Boele / Bolnes). Original photo in color

Ehrenköld (depicted name).Ehrenköld (depicted name)

Hmt Revello Underway.

Salvigil Underway.

Hmt Buccaneer Secured to a buoy.

Anefo photo collection. Cuban Frigate in Amsterdam. August 9, 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. CA-BANCK in Amsterdam. July 29, 1949. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

AOG-68 Peconic , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Cruiser "Mauritius" To Abadan -- The cruiser H.M.S. Mauritius, which has been ordered to sail for Abadan, according to announcement made by Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison in the House of Commons today (Tuesday). Abadan, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's Parsian refinery, is the gathering point for remaining British officials from various Persian oil fields. Persian Government's nationalisation board have been applying pressure to Oil Company in their activities. Despatch of cruiser is underlining Britain's pledge to protect company employer. June 26, 1951. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

ARL-23 Satyr , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

APA-188 Olmsted , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

HMS ARDENT, 1930. At a buoy on completion. Pennant No H41

HMS Blenheim At anchor.

Anefo photo collection. Den Helder, HR. Ms. Frigate from Zijll departure to KORE. July 14, 1954. Den Helder

British sloop HMS Falmouth.

HMS Wanderer (D74) unknown date (launched in 1919).

British destroyer HMS Rapid (H32) underway on the River Mersey.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch merchant fleet. SS "Keilehaven". 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Country day Aid legal authority in Dordrecht Batjan. September 2, 1950. Dordrecht

APA-249 Francis Marion 19-NN-APA-249 Francis Marion-163121 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

World Largest Tanker Arrives In the Thames -- A general view of the "Tina Onassis" at her borth at Purfleet, Essex. The 43,000-ton tanker "Tina Onassis" has arrived in the Thames and is berthed at Purfleet, Essex. Over 750ft. long, she is the largest tanker in the world and is named after the daughter of a Greek shipowner. The ship, which was built in Germany, has brought a cargo of oil from the Persian Gulf and is now on loan to a British oil company. The "Tina Onassis", which took 15 months to build, is also the largest vessel over to come up the Thames - the previous largest being the "Dominion Monarch" - 27,000 tons. January 11, 1954. (Photo by Fox Photos).

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The tug HMS DIRECTOR at Greenock.

Mtb 385 Underway at speed coastal waters.

HMS Shikari At a buoy in the Firth of Forth.

Anefo photo collection. Argentinian Marine Training ship "Bahia Fetis" in Amsterdam. July 17, 1959

Hmt Sandray Underway.

Hmt Rosevean Underway.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival in Den Helder from HR. Ms. Frigate Van Speijk. August 19, 1959. Marine base Den Helder

HMS Reading (G71) Underway.

APA-31 Monrovia , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Uplifter Operating in coastal waters.

AMS-110 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Anefo photo collection. Mijnenveger Venlo in Rotterdam at Wilton-Fijenoord. April 27, 1956. Rotterdam, South Holland

Hmt Pierre Gustave Underway in the English Channel.

DDE-861 Harwood , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Anefo photo collection. Ship "Deneb". July 29, 1949

AO-145 Hassayampa , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Poll photo collection. MS Colombia. The port of Amsterdam with the MS cottics, starboard side. 1934. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Karel Doorman in Hoek van Holland. Radartoren. June 3, 1948. Hoek van Holland

The wolf (depicted name).The wolf (depicted name)

Hmt Imersay Underway on the Humber

Coastal passenger steamer "Kaiser" of Hapag Hamburg

British sloop HMS Fleetwood.

Hmt Valesca Underway.

Anefo photo collection. Departure Karel Doorman in Hoek van Holland to Maneuvres. May 16, 1950. Hoek van Holland

Arrival of the German training ships Eider and TRAVE in the port of Rotterdam, December 1957.

HMS Blankney Underway. L.30.

AK-259 Alcor , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Anefo photo collection. Reproduction Marvo torpedo boat. March 10, 1950

Vintage photograph. "Northwind" at anchor at Unga, in the Aleutians.

AMS-190 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

AS-11 Fulton , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

HMS Kuroki Moored.

Anefo photo collection. Russian setup vessel A. Vilkitsky arrives in Amsterdam; the ship. November 16, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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