B0155. HMS Royal Sovereign by Ivan Berryman.  Admiral Cuthbert Collingwoods flagship the Royal Sovereign comes under intense fire from the black-painted Spanish 3-decker, Santa Ana, and the French 74 Fougueux, just prior to breaking through the Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar.

B0219. Deutschland Passing Through the Kiel Canal by Ivan Berryman.

B0218. HMS Thunderbolt by Ivan Berryman.  The submarine HMS Thunderbolt moves away from the depot ship Montcalm.  Another submarine, HMS Swordfish is alongside for resupply.

B0221. HMS Dolphin by Ivan Berryman.  The nuclear-powered submarine HMS Repulse (S23) manoeuvres in preparation to berth at HMS Dolphin in Portsmouth harbour in the late 1970s.

B0220. Trafalgar Aftermath by Ivan Berryman.  Ravaged by the combined guns of the allied French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar and by the great storm that followed the battle, a weary battered HMS Victory enjoys the relative calm as crew from HMS Neptune are dispatched to take up the tow from the 3rd rater HMS Polyphemus for the final leg of her journey to the safety of Gibraltar, the flagship still bearing the body of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson.

B0216. HMS Colossus by Ivan Berryman. Together with her sister ship, Hercules, HMS Colossus acquitted herself well at the Battle of Jutland where she fired 93 12in rounds, but received only two hits from enemy fire which caused minor damage and left nine crew injured.  She was sold for scrap in 1928.

B0215. USS Langley by Ivan Berryman.  Americas first true aircraft carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1) is pictured making way at sea as a pair of Douglas DT-2s pass overhead.

B0214. HMS Cyclops by Ivan Berryman.  Originally constructed as a Home Fleet Repair Ship, HMS Cyclops was later converted into a submarine depot ship and enjoyed a long career, both in the Mediterranean and in home waters.  Here she prepares to receive HMS Sceptre.  Another S-class submarine is already tethered alongside.

B0153. The Battle of Trafalgar 2:30pm by Ivan Berryman.  Dominating the centre foreground, the wreck of the huge Spanish 4- decker Santisima Trinidad (130 guns) comes under further attack from HMS Neptune (98 guns).  Her only remaining mast is about to fall, rendering the Spanish giant an unmanageable hulk.  In the distance at left, Temeraire (98 guns) and Victory (100 guns) are breaking away from the French Redoutable (74 guns), whilst to the right, the shattered, drifting remains of Villeneuves Bucentaure (80 guns) is approached by the Mars (74 guns).  Conqueror (74 guns), off the Satisima Trinidads port quarter is keeping up a distant fire to assist the Neptune.

B0152. HMS Orion by Ivan Berryman.  The Leander class cruiser HMS Orion is shown departing Grand Harbour Malta late in 1945.

B0151. HMS Durban Escorts the Troopship RMS Queen Mary by Ivan Berryman.

B0139. HMS Royal Oak by Ivan Berryman.  The R-class battleship Royal Oak lies at anchor in Scapa Flow between the wars ahead of her sisters Royal Sovereign and Revenge.  HMS Repulse is passing the line on the left of the picture.

B0140. Around the World by Ivan Berryman.  Type 42 HMS Southampton (D90), Type 22 Beaver (F93), Type 42 Manchester (D95) and Type 21 Amazon (F169) formate during a World cruise on which they visited 17 countries in 9 months.

B0142. HMS Active, RFA Olna,  and HMS Coventry by Ivan Berryman.  Royal Fleet Auxiliary Olna prepares to receive HMS Active (F171) during the Falklands campaign of 1982.  HMS Coventry (D118) is in the background.

B0143. HMS Amuscade by Ivan Berryman.  Type 21 frigate HMS Ambuscade (F172) is shown passing the swing bridge as she enters Taranto Harbour.

B0107. HMS Glowworm's Attack on the Admiral Hipper by Ivan Berryman.  HMS Glowworm, burning severely after receiving hits from the mighty Admiral Hipper, is 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.

B0205. The attack on the Admiral Hipper by HMS Glowworm by Ivan Berryman.  

B0141. HMS Intrepid by Ivan Berryman.  HMS Intrepid embarks some of her landing craft during the Falklands conflict of 1982.

B0138. Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman.  Swordfish of 825 Sqn led by Lt-Cdr Esmonde begin their heroic attack on the battlescruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen as they make their way up the English Channel from Brest during Operation Cerberus on 12th February 1942.  Although all the aircraft were lost and no significant damage was done to the German fleet, all the pilots were decorated for their bravery and Lt-Cdr Esmonde received the first Fleet Air Arm VC to be awarded, albeit posthumously.

B0137. HMS Hermes by Ivan Berryman.  Spearheading the Falklands Task Force as it heads south in 1982, the carrier HMS Hermes is shown in company with two Type 21 frigates, HMS Arrow on the left and HMS Ardent in the near foreground.  In the far distance, HMS Glamorgan glints in the sun as Type 42 HMS Sheffield cuts across behind Hermes.

B0133. HMS Maidstone by Ivan Berryman.  The submarine depot ship HMS Maidstone is pictured off Hong Kong with a quintet of British submarines alongside for replenishment, namely (left to right) an S-class, a U-class, a T-class and two more U-class.

B0136. HMS Medway by Ivan Berryman.  HMS Medway was the first Royal navy submarine Depot ship that was designed for the purpose from the outset. She is shown here with a quintet of T-class submarines on her starboard side, whilst an elderly L-Class begins  to move away having completed replenishment. HMS Medway was sunk on 30th June 1940 having been torpedoed by U-372 off Alexandria.

B0134. Operation Neptune by Ivan Berryman.  Forming part of the Eastern Task Force covering the landings at Normandy in June 1944, the cruiser HMS Mauritius is shown in company with the monitor HMS Roberts and the cruiser HMS Frobisher shelling German batteries at Merville, Houlgate and Benerville as the combined British and American forces embark upon what would become known forever as D-Day.

B0135. Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman.  Between 24th may and 4th June 1940 an extraordinary armada of craft, large and small, naval and civilian, embarked on one of the greatest rescue missions in history. the evacuation of 330,000 British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in northern France. the destroyer HMS Wakeful dominates the foreground here as troops pour onto the beaches and harbour moles in search of salvation. Both Wakeful and distant HMS Grafton were lost during the evacuation.

B0132. HMS Naiad by Ivan Berryman.  The Dido class cruiser HMS Naiad is pictured together with the cruiser HMS Leander during the encounter with the French Guepard in 1941 whilst they were both engaged in operations against the Vichy-French forces in Syria.

B0130. HMS Tiger by Ivan Berryman.  The largest and fastest of all the ships that took part in the Battle of Jutland, the elegant battle cruiser HMS Tiger was launched in 1913 and is easily recognisable by the unusual position of Q turret just aft of the third funnel, She is shown about  to pass beneath the Forth Bridge as she departs Rosyth for a sea trial.

B0128. Concorde Farewell  by Ivan Berryman.  A sad, but magnificent sight on 24th October 2003 as the last three British Airways Concordes bring commercial supersonic travel to a close, as they taxi together to their final dispersal at Heathrow.

B0126. Final Touchdown by Ivan Berryman.  The end of an era.  British Airways Concorde G-BOAG moments before touching down at Heathrow for the very last time.

B0125. HMS Captain at the Battle of Cape St Vincent by Ivan Berryman.  Viewed across the damaged stern of the 80-gun San Nicholas, 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 Nicholas then fouled the Spanish three decker San Joseph (112), allowing Nelson and his men to take both ships as prizes in a single manoeuvre.  A British frigate is moving into a supporting position in the middle distance.

B0123. HMS Dorsetshire (The End of the Bismarck).  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.

B0114. HMS Carmania sinking the German armed liner SS Cap Trafalgar off Ilha da Trindade; South Atlantic. 14th September 1914 by Ivan Berryman.

B0118. HMS Coventry by Ivan Berryman.  The anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Coventry comes under intense air attack off Tobruk on 14th September 1942 in company with the Type 2 Hunt class destroyer HMS Beaufort.  Coventry was repeatedly bombed both by Italian and German aircraft during the raids and was eventually lost.

B0204. The Battle of the Nile by Ivan Berryman.  Sunset over Aboukir Bay on 1st August 1798 as ships of the Royal Navy, led by Nelson, conduct their ruthless destruction of the anchored French fleet. To the left Saumarez's HMS Orion is moving into position on the Peuple Souvrain, while her starboard guns rake one of the French frigates inshore. Orion, like the Goliath, Zealous and Audacious, had slipped inside the line of the unprepared French fleet, while Nelson in the  Vanguard directed a further eight ships to attack the outside, resulting in one of the most decisive naval victories ever. The French ships seen at anchor include Spartiate and Aquilon, whilst through the gap between Peuple Souvrain and the bowsprit of the Franklin, the British ships Defence and Minotaur can be seen approaching.

B0202. HMS Kelly by Ivan Berryman.  The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the old carrier HMS Eagle as she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean early in 1941.

B0105. HMS Fearless by Ivan Berryman.  The assault ship HMS Fearless is shown dispatching her assault craft in San Carlos Water during the Falklands conflict of 1982. HMS Argonaut lies at anchor to her starboard with HMS Antrim in the extreme distance.

B0104. HMS Royal Sovereign at the Battle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman.  Midday, 21st October 1805, and Admiral Collingwood's flagship, the 100-gun HMS Royal Sovereign, breaks the allied line and delivers a shattering broadside on the Spanish flagship Santa Anna. Making great speed, Collingwood's ship had breached the Franco-Spanish line some distance ahead of the rest of his van and the Royal Sovereign suffered heavily as she quickly drew the attentions of three French and three Spanish ships. To her starboard, the French Indomitable can be seen firing into the British flagship while, astern of the Santa Anna, Belleisle and Fougueux are engaging ahead of Mars, Monarca and Pluton.

B0103. HMS Royal Sovereign and HMS Warspite departing Malta by Ivan Berryman.  

B0067. HMS Ark Royal by Ivan Berryman.  HMS Ark Royal after a recent refit, rejoins the fleet in 2001.

B0112. NTG03 - Task Force to Iraq by Ivan Berryman.  Key ships of the British task force sail in close formation in the Mediterranean sea during the build up to the coalition invasion of Iraq in march 2003, nearest is the flagship HMS Ark Royal with the commando carrier HMS ocean to her port side. other ships include a Type 42 destroyer , the Fleet Auxiliary Fort Victoria and an LSL

B0115. HMS Hood Engages Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. The moment shortly after dawn on 24th May 1941 when HMS Hood, in company with HMS Prince of Wales, opens fire on the Bismarck, setting in motion one of the greatest sea dramas the world had seen.

B0108. HMS Hood During the Fleet Review of 1935 by Ivan Berryman.  Fully dressed and resplendent, HMS Hood is pictured preparing for King George Vs review of the Fleet in July 1935 as other capital ships take up their positions around her. Ramillies can be seen off Hoods port bow, Resolution astern, whilst just beyond her boat deck, the mighty Nelson gently nudges into position.

B0300. Tokyo Raid, Doolittle's B25 Launch from USS Hornet by Ivan Berryman.