HMS NAVY ( British )

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HMS Duke of York was one of Britain's five 14 in King George V class battleships, designed in the 1930s to 35000 ton Washington Treaty tonnage limits. She was flagship of the force that sank German battleship Scharnhorst on Boxing Day 1943 in a purely surface action, with no air involvement. Of the class only Prince of Wales (sunk by Japanese aircraft in December 1941) did not survive WW2.

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HMS Illustrious (R06) was a light aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy and the second of three Invincible-class ships constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious. (wikipedia.info) #30B

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HMS Hood, 1926. The largest battle-cruiser ever built, she famously confirmed the fundamental flaw in the concept when she came up against the modern German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, being fatally vulnerable to heavy caliber plunging fire. There were only 3 survivors.

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HMS Vanessa (I49) HMS Gallant (H59) were escorting Convoy CW 6 in the English Channel on 13 July 1940 when it came under German air attack shortly after leaving Dover,

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HMS Ocean

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HMS Magnificent (1894) HMS Magnificent was one of the nine Majestic-classbattleships of the Royal Navy.

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A recently discovered rare photo of HMS Hood

HMS Hood, Hawaii. by umbry101

HMS "Hood," . The largest battlecruiser ever built . Photo 1926

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HMS Lively was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War, and was sunk in the Mediterranean in an air attack on 11 May 1942. Commissioned in 1941, she was briefly active in home waters, sailing in the North Sea, but was soon reassigned to the Mediterranean, where she was active as part of the Mediterranean Fleet, and Force K, based at Malta. Lively took part in escorting several convoys to and from the island, as well as intercepting enemy supply convoys.

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