Photos Navies Of All Nations

Russia:
Project 667M "Yankee Sidecar," K-420 a Yankee-class SSBN converted to an SSGN

The Project 667M was intended to carry 12 Kh-80 supersonic cruise missiles in the massive bulge (the eponymous "sidecar") which was installed in place of the ballistic missiles amidships. Ultimately, the Kh-80 was cancelled in development.

K-420 was modernized in the early 80s to carry experimental 3M25N/SS-NX-24 Scorpion hypersonic SLCMs. Apart from the missiles the submarine received also new sonar system MGK-400 Rubikon replacing the old MGK-100 Kerch as well as other electronics upgrades. Torpedo tubes were modernized to launch URPK-6 Vodopad-PL/SS-N-16 Stallion anti-submarine guided missiles.

Russia:
"Kommuna" rescue ship-catamaran. Builtin 1911-1913 and launched in 1913. Used in in Russian, Soviet and now Russian Navy since 1915. It is the oldest vessel in Russian navy service. Photo taken in the Sevastopol bay, in Ukraine. 2009


Project 11356Р/М (NATO Krivak IV class) frigate Admiral Essen frigate off the coast of Syria in the Mediterranean, 2017


Project 11356Р/М Admiral Grigorovich (NATO Krivak IV class) frigate with Tor-M2KM AA system

Germany:
The wrecked heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in Kiel, May 1945.

USN:
Battleship USS Massachusetts, 1943


USS Iowa (BB-61) along side her sister-ship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in Philadelphia Navy Yard, September 1993.

Norway:
HNoMS Maud, a logistics ship based on the Tide class tanker, and Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl, 2019

Italy:
Heavy cruiser Zara, photographed in 1938 while conducting gunnery firing to port with her 8" Ansaldo model 1927 main battery guns.


Littorio (also known as Vittorio Veneto)-class battleship 'Roma'

22 December 1941, after battleship Conte di Cavour had finally ended the first round of repairs, that would allow her to be transferred to Trieste and the CRDA shipyard for a full refit (and minor modernization, with new secondaries and AA), and she was about to finally leave Taranto.

This transfer took place with a delay of some three months , because it took more time than planned to repair and return to operational state the machinery, that, although not touched by the torpedo that had struck her on 11 November 1940, had remained submerged for eight months.

USN:
USS Litchfield (DD-336) 1930's.


USS Raleigh CL-7 July 6, 1942

Turkey:
Oiler TCG AKAR

Canada:
HMCS Fredericton in Halifax harbour this morning.

RN:
HMS ARDENT on fire, with HMS YARMOUTH alongside, after being attacked for the first time in San Carlos Water by the Argentine Air Force on 21 May 1982. The ship had been struck by two 1,000lb bombs and 22 lives lost. HMS YARMOUTH attempted to assist with firefighting and then evacuated the crew (who can be seen lining the side of the ship.

21st May, 1982 HMS Ardent, a Type 21 Amazon-class frigate, was supporting Operation Sutton - the landing of troops at San Carlos Water. Ardent was bombarding the Argentine-held airstrip at Goose Green with naval gunfire when she was attacked by three waves of Argentine aircraft.

HMS Ardent was on station in Falkland Sound when she came under air attack from Argentine A-4 Skyhawks and IAI Daggers. Armed with 1,000lb bombs, the Skyhawks attacked Ardent and another frigate, HMS Yarmouth, an older Type 12 frigate. Ardent’s Sea Cat anti-aircraft missile system failed to lock on to the attacking aircraft and they were able to score several hits on the frigate, destroying the Sea Cat launcher in the process. Ardent’s 4.5in gun proved ineffective against the attacking aircraft and in a desperate effort to defend the ship Lieutenant Commander John Murray Sephton, commander of Ardent’s helicopter crew, organised the use of small arms, directing fire against the Skyhawks.

A final wave of Argentine Navy Skyhawks attacked at around 1500 hrs scoring two more direct hits, with 500lb bombs, on the stern of Ardent, and it was this wave that Lieutenant Commander Sephton and his men engaged with small arms in an attempt to defend the ship. Reportedly, Sephton stood on Ardent’s flight deck firing a Sterling L2A3 submachine gun at a Skyhawk as it flew overhead. The bomb that this aircraft dropped struck the flight deck, killing Sephton and three other members of the crew. For his actions Sephton was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Ardent’s captain, Commander Alan West, was also subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Able Seaman John Dillon was awarded the George Medal for rescuing a wounded shipmate, despite his own wounds.

Ardent was heavily damaged, on fire, listing and not answering to helm it was decided to abandon ship and the surviving crew were evacuated aboard Yarmouth before she sank the next day.

France:
Le Fantasque-class destroyer Le Malin at Narvik, 1946

RN:
September 15, 1950: HMS Indefatigable

USN & South Korea:
USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) with the patrol frigate ROKS Apnok (PF 62) (ex USS Rockford (PF-48)) after it was damaged in collision with ammunition ship USS Mount Baker (AE-4), May 21, 1952

Apnok was escorting the ammunition ship USS Mount Baker. While typing to manoeuvre in reference with the Mount Baker, Apnok collided with the ammunition ship. Mount Baker hit the frigate amidships on the port side. This caused extensive damage to the smaller Apnok. The collision killed 25 crewmen and wounded a further 21. In this photo, the destroyer USS Brinkley Bass stands by Apnok. The hole in Apnok’s side is clearly visible. After returning to port it was deemed that Apnok was damaged beyond economical repair. Apnok was transferred back to the United States on September 3, 1952 and struck from the naval register on May 26, 1953. The ship was finally sunk as a torpedo target on September 30, 1953.

Algeria:
Flagship, improved San Giorgio-class LPD, Kalaat Béni Abbès, 2014

Netherlands:
Spring 1918, Naval base Willemsoord, Den Helder, Netherlands. Torpedo tube crew drills take place on board Dutch coastal defence ship Hr.Ms. Hertog Hendrik.

HMS King George V underway circa 1914-18

RN & USN:
RFA Wave Knight simultaneously resupplies two USN Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

Russia:
Project 11442 Kirov-class battlecruiser RFS Pyotr Velikiy (099) in Severomorsk, Russia heading for the Barents Sea - May 23, 2021

Poland:
ORP Gen K Pulaski departing the Clyde this morning.





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RN:
1920: The submarine HMS J1 at the industrialised entrance to Melbourne's Yarra River - Allan C. Green [1878-1954],