Destroyer Collection

H. M. S. Glowworm ramming the Admiral Hipper
The 1345-ton destroyer Glowworm ramming the 10, 000-ton German cruiser Hipper after a single-handed duel at point-blank range

Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead) - The Judgement
(Above) -Twelve Gods seated in Order, as judges before a table of offerings. (Below) - The Psychostasia of Weighing of the Conscience of Ani

Britains Sea Power Is Yours
World War Two propaganda poster for the Royal Navy - Britains Sea Power Is Yours - showing destroyers in line ahead

HMS Tipperary, British destroyer leader, WW1
HMS Tipperary, British Faulknor-class torpedo boat destroyer leader, launched 1915, served briefly during the First World War, sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Date: 1915-1916

Fairey Swordfish Torpedo-Bomber; Second World War, 1941
Painting showing a Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bomber-reconnaissance airplane flying over a British destroyer (bottom centre) and the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (back right), 1941

British Royal Navy Fleet
The British Empire on the Sea - the Royal Navy depicted en masse during the reign of King George V (1910-1936). Date: circa 1912

HMS Ulster, British destroyer, WW2
HMS Ulster (R83), British U-class destroyer. Date: circa 1940s

HMS Lion hit, Battle of Jutland, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing the British battlecruiser HMS Lion being hit on the Q turret

HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, with destroyers, WW1
HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, launched 1913, served in various locations during the early part of the First World War, damaged by a mine off Felixstowe and wrecked 1916

HMS Swift, British destroyer leader, WW1
HMS Lord Nelson, British predreadnought battleship, launched 1906, served in the First World War, decommissioned 1919. Date: early 20th century

HMS Onslow at the Battle of the Barents Sea, Second World
Illustration showing the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Onslow attacking superior German forces during the Battle of the Barents Sea, December 1942

HMS Tartar - Tribal Class Destroyer of the Royal Navy
HMS Tartar (F43) - Tribal Class Destroyer of the Royal Navy, completed 1939. Date: circa 1944

HMS Jervis, British destroyer
HMS Jervis (F00), British J-class destroyer and flotilla leader. Date: 1939

Otto Kretschmer, German submarine commander and U-boat " ace" called " The Wolf of the Atlantic" coming ashore British destroyer following capture of U-99

HMS Echo, British destroyer, WW2
HMS Echo (H23), British E-class destroyer. Date: circa 1940s

HMS Vega, British destroyer
HMS Vega (L41, changed to D52 during interwar period), British V-class destroyer. Date: circa 1920

HMS Keith, British destroyer
HMS Keith, British B-class destroyer and flotilla leader. Date: circa 1930

HMS Walker, British destroyer, WW1 and WW2
HMS Walker, British V & W class destroyer, launched 1917, served briefly during the First World War and throughout the Second World War, decommissioned 1946. Date: 20th century

HMS Shakespeare, British destroyer at sea, WW1
HMS Shakespeare, British Thornycroft-type destroyer leader, launched 1917, badly damaged by a mine towards the end of the First World War, decommissioned 1936. Date: 1917-1918

HMS Broke, British destroyer, WW1
HMS Broke, British Faulknor-class destroyer leader, launched 1914, served during the First World War, sold to Chilean Navy 1920, scrapped 1933. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Lysander, Laforey class destroyer. Date: circa 1914

Battleship and destroyer in a heavy sea. Date: circa 1913

Dolmabahce Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, with warships of the Turkish navy on the Bosphorus in the background. 1930s

USS Osborn, American destroyer
USS Osborn (DD295), American destroyer. Date: 1926

Douglas RB-66B Destroyer, 53-435

Blenheims and Messerschmitts by G. H. Davis
The fight between Bristol Blenheims and Messerschmitt 110 destroyer planes over the North Sea during the Second World War

WW2 Destroyer crew relaxing
Relaxations of the lower deck: sailors playing tombola in a destroyer escorting a convoy. One of the rare periods of leisure for the crew of a destroyer; Royal Navy sailors play the game of tombola

American Destroyer
A destroyer of the United States Navy at high speed

Badger Rams U-Boat 1914
British destroyer Badger rams and damages a U-boat off the Dutch coast

German tank destroyer Jagdtiger 1946
German tank on its way to England for technical examination, post-World War Two: a monster tank destroyer, the Jagdtiger (Jugd Tiger tank), mounted with a 125mm gun, and weighing 69 tons complete

HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer
Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Yarra / HMS Yarra, a River-Class Torpedo Destroyer, making way at speed, on the River Clyde during manufacturers trials in 1910. Yarra was built by William Denny & Bros

A torpedo fired from HMS Afridi - British Destroyer
A torpedo fired from HMS Afridi - Britains Biggest Destroyer (at this time). Date: circa 1939

WW1 - Return of the body of Heroine Nurse Edith Cavell into Dover Harbour on the R class destroyer HMS Rowena on 14th May 1919. Date: 1919

HMS Derwent, First Class Destroyer, Royal Navy Date: circa 1916

HMS Derwent probably during WW1 Date: circa 1916

British salvage party on a German destroyer, Scapa Flow, Orkney, June 1919

Scapa Flow, Salvage party on German destroyer

Scapa Flow, Crew of German destroyer taking to the boats on 21st June 1919

Crew of a German Destroyer taking to the boats, Scapa Flow, Orkney, 21st June 1919

Salvaging German Destroyer G102, Scapa Flow, Orkney, June 1919

Scapa Flow, Salvaging destroyer G102

Scapa Flow, British boarding party alongside German destroyer, 21st June 1919

Royal Navy Beagle Class Destroyer HMS Boadicea in 1930

HMS Boadicea A Royal Navy Beagle Class Destroyer probably 1930s

Beginning of World War Two, where sailors are relaxing in a destroyer escorting a Convoy. Date: 1939

H. M. S. Tumult (F121) - Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate
H.M.S. Tumult (F121) - Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate - Commissioned in 1943 (as a T-class destroyer), built by John Brown & Company. Date: circa 1950s

H. M. S. Tyrian (F67) - S-class destroyer
H.M.S. Tyrian (F67) - S-class destroyer. Commissioned in 1943, built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend. Date: circa 1950s

HMS Whirlwind - W-Class Destroyer - commissioned in 1944. Date: circa 1945

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