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| HMS Apollo (later HMAS Hobart D63) light cruiser, Malta, 1938. |
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| HMS Revenge, the R-class battleship, 1941. |
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| HMS Revenge, the R-class battleship, 1942. |
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| HMS Hood. |
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| HMS Illustrious. |
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| HMS Danae, Royal Navy D class light cruiser, 1937. |
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| HMS Danae, Royal Navy D class light cruiser, 1943. |
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| HMS Rodney. |
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| HMS Rodney. |
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| HMS Rodney, 1937. |
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| A Gooseberry, a line of block ships laid off the beaches at Ouistreham to form a reef before the rest of the Mulberry was assembled. The Gooseberry includes the old HMS Durban and the Netherlands ship Sumatra. 9 June 1944. On 14 February 1951 her wreck was auctioned with other wrecks to be scrapped. |
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| Launching of HMS Ursula, 1938. |
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| HMS King George V, 1941. |
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| HMS Black Prince light cruiser. |
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| HMS Alisma K185, Flower class corvette. |
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| HMS Alisma K185, Flower class corvette. |
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| HMS Alisma K185, Flower class corvette. |
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| HMS Alisma K185, Flower class corvette. |
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| HMS Swale K217, River class frigate. |
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| HMS Urge. |
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| HMS Surf P239. |
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| HMS Spur P265, 1945. |
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| HMS Saracen P247. |
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| HMS Saracen P247. |
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| HMS Saracen P247. |
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| HMS Saracen P247, 1942. |
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| HMS Saracen P247, 1943. |
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| HMS Telemachus P321. |
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| HMS Telemachus P321. |
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| HMS Thorn, Triton class submarine. |
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| HMS Tabard P342. |
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| HMS Taku N38. |
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| HMS Thule P325, 1944. |
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| HMS Thule P325, 1944. |
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| HMS Thule. |
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| HMS Offa G29. |
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| HMS Impulsive D11, 1939. |
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| HMS Ithuriel H05, 1942. |
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| HMS Exeter off Sumatra, 1942. |
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| HMS Curacoa D41. |
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| HMS Curacoa, 1941. |
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| HMS Raider H15. |
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| HMS Faulknor H62. |
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| HMS King George V battleship. |
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| HMS King George V battleship, 1939. |
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| HMS King George V battleship, 1941. |
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| HMS King George V battleship, 1945. |
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| HMS Leander light cruiser. |
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| HMS Achilles light cruiser. |
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| HMS Hood. |
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| HMS Hood. |
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| HMS Hood. |
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| HMS Hood. |
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| Battlecruiser HMS Hood pre-war. |
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| HMS Nelson, 1940. |
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| HMS Renown. |
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| HMS Rodney. |
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| HMS Rodney and a replica of HMS Victory. |
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| HMS Nelson and a replica of HMS Victory in 1/4 scale, 1935. |
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| HMS Nelson. |
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| HMS Nelson. |
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| HMS Nelson, 17 May 1937. |
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| HMS Dainty H53. |
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| HMS Petard G56. |
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| HMS Jupiter F85. |
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| HMS Brilliant H84. |
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| HMS Exmouth H02. |
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| HMS Eclipse H08. |
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| HMS Encounter H10, 1938. |
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| HMS Encounter H10, 1938. |
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| HMS Exeter heavy cruiser. |
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| HMS Blankney L30. |
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| HMS Whitshed. |
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| HMS Whitshed D77, 1936. |
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| HMS Dauntless. |
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| HMS Danae D44. |
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| HMS Danae, 1937. |
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| HMS Gipsy H63. |
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| HMS Boreas H77. |
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| HMS Cornwall sinking after being dive bombed by Japanese carrier aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid. |
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| The sinking of the HMS Hermes. |
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| The Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Delhi D47 at San Diego, California, on 26 September 1932. The U.S. Navy battleship USS Arkansas BB-33 and the submarine USS Nautilus SS-168 are also present. |
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| The British liner HMT Nevasa in the Mediterranean Sea, accompanied by the battleship HMS Ramillies April 1940. HMT Nevasa launched on 12 December 1912 by Barclay Curle & Co Glasgow for the British India Steam Navigation Co, her Maiden voyage from London to East Africa and on to Calcutta on 22 March 1913, In August 1914 she was converted to a troopship , and from January 1915 to 1918 was fitted out with 660 beds as a hospital ship and used in East Africa and Persian Gulf, Salonika and Mesopotamia campaigns. Later in 1919 she became a troopship ferrying U.S. troops home and later repatriating Allied forces. In late 1919 she resumed her commercial service from the UK to East Africa and Calcutta. In 1925 she was rebuilt as a permanent troopship with a capacity for 1,000 men. In 1935/37 Nevasa carried out a series of off-season educational cruises for the School Journey Association,London. In 1937 Nevasa was at the Spithead Coronation Naval Review. Between 1939-1945 she was taking troops from the UK to India, Basra, Madagascar, and for the Normandy landings. She resumed her commercial service in 1946, but was still used as a troopship. In January 1948 she was laid up on the River Blackwater and then scrapped at B'oness in Scotland. |
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| HMS Glasgow light cruiser, 1937. |
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| British frigate Holmes attacking a suspected U-boat off Normandy. |
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| Polish Navy ORP Orzeł, Great Britain, 1940. |
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| Polish Navy ORP Orzeł, Great Britain, 1940. |
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| Polish Navy ORP Orzeł, Gdynia harbor, 1939. |
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| Polish Navy ORP Orzeł under construction. |
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| Polish Navy ORP Błyskawica H34. |
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| Polish Navy ORP Krakowiak L115, Royal Navy Hunt II class destroyer. |
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| Polish Navy ORP Krakowiak L115, Royal Navy Hunt II class destroyer. |
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| Polish Navy ORP Krakowiak L115, Royal Navy Hunt II class destroyer. |
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| The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Concord (CL-10) off Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, on 6 January 1943. USS Concord was assigned to the Southeast Pacific Force, escorted convoys, exercised in the Canal Zone, and cruised along the coast of South America and to the islands of the southeast Pacific, serving from time to time as flagship of her force. |
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| Aircraft, including the Northrop P-61 Black Widow and Martin B-26 Marauder, being transported on the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. |
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| Draft of a T5E1 105 mm gun on an M6 Heavy Tank, late July 1944. |
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| U.S. 105mm T5E1, the best gun available in 1944 to use against the Tiger II. |
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| The first M6A2E1 prototype, Aberdeen proving grounds, June 7, 1945. |
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| The first M6A2E1 prototype, Aberdeen proving grounds, June 7, 1945. |
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| The M6 wasn't particularly short, but the M6A2E1's height grew to almost 3.5 meters. |
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