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Warship Hms HoodHMS Hood, completed in 1920, was the worlds largest warship for more than two decades. She was finally sunk by the Bismarck in 1941 at the Battle of Denmark Strait
HMS Warspite, British battleship, WW1HMS Warspite, a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, launched 1913. She served during the First World War, taking part in the Battle of Jutland (1916), and also served throughout the Second World War
Royal Navy Battlecruiser HMS Hood, sunk by the German Battleship Bismarck at the Battle of Denmark Strait on 24th May 1941. Named after the 18th-century Admiral Samuel Hood (1724-1816)
Bismarck battleshipBismarck, German battleship Date: 1941
Britains Sea Power Is YoursWorld War Two propaganda poster - Britains Sea Power Is Yours - showing the might of a British King George V Class Battleship cutting a swathe through the ocean
The Sinking of the BismarckThe sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck. In response to sinking the HMS Hood, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the order to " Sink the Bismarck"
HMS Malaya, British battleship, WW1HMS Malaya, a Queen Elizabeth class British battleship, launched 1915, served during the First World War including the Battle of Jutland, also served in the Second World War, decommissioned 1944
HMS Valiant, British battleship, WW1HMS Valiant, a Queen Elizabeth class British battleship, launched 1914, served during the First World War including the Battle of Jutland, also served in the Second World War, decommissioned 1945
HMS Barham, British battleship, Scapa FlowHMS Barham, a Queen Elizabeth class battleship, launched 1914, served during the First and Second World Wars, sunk by a German U-boat 1941. Seen here with the Fleet in Scapa Flow, Scotland
HMS Duke of York firing a broadside; Second World WarPhotograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing her 14-inch guns, whilst heavy seas break over her bows, sometime during the Second World War
HMS Dreadnought, British battleship, launched 1906, served in the First World War, decommissioned 1919. Date: early 20th century
HMS Jervis Bay attacking the Admiral Scheer, Second WorlIllustration showing the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay (centre) steaming towards the German pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer, North Atlantic, November 1940
HMS DreadnoughtA fine forward view of the HMS Dreadnought - pride of the British fleet
HMS Thunderer at Dagenham, EssexHMS Thunderer (launched 1911) was the third Orion-class battleship built for the Royal Navy and the last vessel to be constructed by Thames Ironworks
HMS RODNEYBritish battleship whose finest hour will come in May 1941 when her accurate gunfire is the crucial factor in the sinking of the German warship Bismarck Date: 1927 - 1941
HMS Queen Elizabeth, British battleshipHMS Queen Elizabeth, British dreadnought battleship, launched 1913, served during the First and Second World Wars, decommissioned 1948. Date: 20th century
HMS Vengeance, British battleship, WW1HMS Vengeance, a predreadnought British Canopus-class battleship, launched 1899, served in various locations before and during the First World War, decommissioned 1920
British battleships at sea, including HMS Agincourt, WW1British battleships at sea during the First World War, including HMS Agincourt, a dreadnought, in the foreground. Date: 1914-1918
HMS Iron Duke, British battleship, launched 1912, served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, used as a base ship at Scapa Flow during the Second World War
HMS Albion, British battleship, WW1HMS Albion, a predreadnought British Canopus-class battleship, launched 1898, served in various locations before and during the First World War, decommissioned 1919. Date: 1914-1918
HMS Queen Elizabeth, British battleshipHMS Queen Elizabeth, British dreadnought battleship, launched 1913, served during the First and Second World Wars, decommissioned 1948. Date: early 20th century
British battleshipsIllustration of unidentified British battleships at sea during World War Two, with guns firing
German Seaman chatting up a Chinese girlGerman Seaman (with his battleship visible in the rear of the shot) chatting up a Chinese girl
HMS Royal Sovereign, British battleshipHMS Royal Sovereign, British Revenge class battleship, launched 1915, served in the First World War and part of the Second World War
SMS Bayern sinking after being scuttled, Scapa Flow, WW1The German battleship SMS Bayern sinking after being scuttled in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Scotland after the end of the First World War. Date: 21 June 1919
Unhabitable by Charles PearsPainting by maritime artist, Charles Pears of a warship, visible sailing over the horizon under a dramatic sky of billowing clouds. Presumably the ship is named Unhabitable
Anti-Aircraft Gun on USS Texas, 1916Photograph showing American seamen climbing up the tower of the new anti-aircraft gun on the US battleship Texas, 1916
Magazine cover, Automobilia and FlightMagazine cover of the De Havilland Aircraft Company, Automobilia and Flight, Special Aviation Number. Depicting a battle at sea, with battleships, a submarine and aircraft. February 1909
Dreadnought at SpeedThe innovative battleship undergoing trials at sea. Her combination of high speed and heavy gunpower will be copied worldwide. Date: circa 1906
British battleship HMS King Edward VII sinking, WW1The British battleship HMS King Edward VII with her stern down during the First World War. She struck a mine off Cape Wrath, off the northern Scottish coast
The HMS Collingwood and seaplaneThe HMS Collingwood with a seaplane flying overhead. A St Vincent Class Dreadnought Battleship, launched in 1908, commissioned in 1910 and scrapped in 1922
HMS Victorious, 1907Photograph of the First-class battleship, HMS Victorious, 1907. Built in 1895, Victorious was a 15, 000 ton Majestic Class battleship. She was sold off in 1923
Steamship / MikasaThe Japanese battleship Mikasa. Date: Circa 1895
Turkish Warship - Sultan Selim I
George V / Postcard SailorGEORGE V " Our Sailor King", with a picture of the battleship HMS King George V below
NIOBE WARSHIPBattleship built in Britain for the Royal Canadian Navy
Russian battleship Slava, WW1The Russian pre-dreadnought Borodino-class battleship Slava, launched 1903, served in the Baltic Sea during the First World War, sunk October 1917. Seen here flying the Russian Navy Jack flag
Sinking of SMS Szent Istvan, Austrian battleship, WW1The sinking of SMS Szent Istvan, an Austro-Hungarian Tegetthoff-class dreadnought battleship (launched 1914), torpedoed by the Italian navy off the Dalmatian coast during the First World War
Shell-fire hitting a Battleship, Second World War, 1941Illustration showing how a steeply plunging shell, dropping almost vertically from very long range, might penetrate a gun turret and explode the cordite magazine
HMS Nelson, 1930Illustration showing a cross section of the battleship HMS Nelson, 1930. Launched in 1925 at the Armstrong yard, Newcastle, HMS Nelson served in World War II and was scrapped in 1949
Lieutenant Emil Jahreis, turbine engineer on the Bismarck battleship and during Exercise Rhine first damage control officer. Known to his friends as Seppel
HMS Redoubtable bombarding off coast of Flanders, WW1The British battleship HMS Redoubtable (the renamed HMS Revenge) carrying out bombardment duties on German positions off the coast of Flanders during the First World War. Date: 7 September 1915
HMS MonmouthBuilt in 1901, the sixth HMS Monmouth of the British Royal Navy was the lead ship of a class of armoured cruisers of 9, 800 tons displacement. She was sunk at the Battle of Coronel in 1914
WW1 - The Allied leadersFrench Propaganda postcard from the early years of WW1 - The Allied leaders. King George V, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Albert I of Belgium and French President Raymond Poincare
Italian battleship Benedetto BrinThe Italian battleship Benedetto Brin, a Regina Margherita class ship, designed by the naval administrator and politician of the same name
HMS Dreadnought, British battleship, WW1HMS Dreadnought, British battleship, launched 1906, served in the First World War, decommissioned 1919. Date: 1914-1918
HMS Audacious, British battleship, WW1HMS Audacious, British King George V-class battleship, launched 1912. She saw no action during the First World War, as she was sunk by a German mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland
Ships of the British Grand Fleet, Scottish coast, WW1Ships of the British Grand Fleet (the main fleet of the Royal Navy) at sea off the Scottish coast during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918
Deutschland Pocket Battleship, 1931Cut-away diagram showing the main features of the German Navys Deutschland pocket battleship, drawn shortly after her launch in 1931
USS Missouri; Second World War, 1945Photograph of the U.S. Iowa class battleship, Missouri, pictured in 1945. This 45, 000 ton battleship was used for the formal surrender of the Japanese Empire on 2nd September 1945
The Battleship Strasbourg in Toulon Harbour, France; SeconPhotograph showing the deck of the scuttled French battleship Strasbourg in Toulon harbour, 1944. An American soldier is shown standing on the deck looking at the forward turret
HMS Duke of York, 1943Photograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing a salvo from her after turret in 1943. The Duke of York, launched in 1940
German battleship with two officers in white uniformAn unidentified German battleship with two naval officers in white uniform coming ashore
Deck of a German battleshipPart of the deck of an unidentified German battleship
HMS Victoria sinkingSinking of HMS Victoria off Tripoli, after collision with HMS Camperdown during manoeuvres, 22 June 1893 Date: 22nd June 1893
Russian battleship casualties
Human figure with Russian battleship for a head being operated on by Japanese surgeons. Date 1904
Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tethered to a Russian battleship, the balloon has burst revealing the head of a Russian admiral or czar
Debris from Russian battleship falling to the bottom of the sea where it is being salvaged by fish wearing kimonos. Date 1904
Japanese sailor, with his bare hands, is fighting with two R
Russian doctor and nurse attending to a man with a Russian battleship for a head lying in bed. Date 1904
Russian businessman talking to two workmen attempting to repair a damaged Russian battleship. Date 1904
Destruction of the U. S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor FeDestruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1898. Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, with inserts of location of the Maine-Havana Habor
HMS Camperdown with three submarines moored alongside. HMS Camperdown was an Admiral-class battleship of the Royal Navy
Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the U. S. battleship MCapt. Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the U.S. battleship Maine. Date 1898
The U. S. Battleship MaineThe U.S. Battleship Maine. Twin Screw; Length, 318 Feet; Breadth, 57 Feet; Displacement, 6, 682 Tons. Destroyed in the Harbor of Havana, February 15th, 1898
Funeral of Commander Gathorne-HardyScene at the funeral of Commander the Hon Ralph Cecil North Gathorne-Hardy RN (1876-1911), a younger son of the late 2nd Earl of Cranbrook. He was buried at Benenden Church, Kent
Britiannia Bides Her Time" Britiannia Bides Her Time.", Alick P. F. ritchie, The Bystander front cover, 19th August 1914. In 1914, Britannia really did rule the waves
Ottoman Naval ship the Abdul Medgid Date: circa 1910s
Villefrance-sur-Mer toward Cap FerratVillefrance-sur-Mer, France, looking past the moored French fleet toward Cap Ferrat Date: circa 1920s
Villefrance-sur-Mer - La Rade (The Harbour)Villefrance-sur-Mer - La Rade (The Harbour with French Warships) Date: circa 1920s
Floating Dock at GalatiA view of the battleship Elisabeta in a floating dock at Galati, Romania - the largest seaport on the River Danube. The handwritten message states that the cards recipient will recognise the dock
HMS SheffieldSplinter damage to HMS Sheffield. The light cruiser had been shadowing the Bismarck at the time of the Ark Royals last air attack
Dreadnought PhotoThe battleship which has set the pattern for warships combining heavy gunpower with high speed. Date: 1906
Hms BellerophonThe fourth vessel of this name to serve in the Royal Navy, this Dreadnought-style battleship will take part in the battle of Jutland 1916, and be sold for scrap in 1921. Date: launched 1907
Austrian battleships after Otranto Barrage, Adriatic, WW1Austro-Hungarian battleships after the Otranto Barrage (Battle of the Otranto Straits) in the Adriatic, First World War. Here, the damaged SMS Novara limps back, helped by SMS Sankt Georg
SMS Wien, Austrian battleship, WW1SMS Wien, an Austrian pre-dreadnought Monarch class battleship and coastal defence ship, launched 1895, named after the capital city, Vienna
Crew of HMS Swift in group photo on deck, WW1The happy crew of HMS Swift, a British high speed destroyer, in a group photo on deck during the First World War. The ship was launched in 1907. Date: 1914-1918
HMS Implacable - a Formidable-class battleship. She served in World War I and fought at the Dardanelles Date: 1917
Italian dreadnought battleship Dante AlighieriThe Italian dreadnought battleship Dante Alighieri, launched 1910, completed 1913, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1928. Date: early 20th century
Russian battleship, the PetropavlovskThe Russian battleship, the Petropavlovsk, launched in 1894, sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, Manchuria, in 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. Date: early 20th century
Odessa HarbourThe harbour, round about the time that Eisenstein filmed his classic Battleship Potemkin with its famous Odessa Steps sequence. Date: 1909
Boxing on board a battleshipSailors and other crew members clamber for a better view of the boxing on the portside of a battle cruiser. Date: 1916
St. Johns - Newfoundland - View of the Harbour Date: circa 1910s
