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*HMS REPULSE -Repulse was under going a refit Jan – Feb 1939 and was selected for conversion to suit use for taking HM King George VI and HM Queen Elizabeth to Canada with the Royal Family. This was later changed because of the increased possibility of war with Germany as all major warships were to remain in Home waters >

Notes on rear of photo HMS Repulse being prepared at Portsmouth to take the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth across the Atlantic in May for a Royal visit to Canada and the United States. The royal quarters are in the stern under the quarterdeck. These are usually the Admirals quarters when aboard. The cabinsContinue reading “*HMS REPULSE -Repulse was under going a refit Jan – Feb 1939 and was selected for conversion to suit use for taking HM King George VI and HM Queen Elizabeth to Canada with the Royal Family. This was later changed because of the increased possibility of war with Germany as all major warships were to remain in Home waters >”

AIRCRAFT CARRIER RETURNS TO GLASGOW AFTER ABSENCE OF TWO YEARS ……..1/APRIL/1949 With crews and aircraft lining the deck – the aircraft carrier HMS TRIUMPH is escorted into the King George V Docks Glasgow after an absence of two years

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Three Polar bears approach the starboard bow of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718) while surfaced 280 miles from the North Pole. US Navy Photo.

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USS Iowa and USS Maryland moored at Pier 91 in Seattle Washington on October 17th, 1945. This photo offers a stark contrast between the ultimate expression of the American “Battlewagon” across two eras; the Standard Type and the Fast Battleship – From the National Museum of the US Navy

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Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships HMCS Margaret Brooke and HMCS Max Bernays at their official naming ceremony today, Halifax, NS.

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