Photos Navies Of All Nations

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RN:
Danae class light cruiser HMS Dunedin (D93) at Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, on a goodwill visit, February 11th 1927

 

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USN:
Bogue-class escort carrier USS Card (CVE-11) approaches New York Harbor in March 1944

Wickes class destroyer converted to a fast transport USS Ward (APD-16) burning in Ormoc Bay during the Battle of Leyte after being struck by a Japanese kamikaze, 7 December 1944.
She was later sunk by gunfire from USS O’Brien to prevent capture

 

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Australia:
Adelaide class (OHP variant) HMAS Melbourne ( FFG05 ) during Talisman Sabre 2019. July 11, 2019

 

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RN:
F-class destroyer HMS Fury (H76) leads destroyers of the 8th Destroyer Flotilla out to sea from Scapa Flow, June 1942.

Severe bomb damage to the stern of Danae-class light cruiser HMS Delhi )D47). The anti aircraft cruiser suffered bomb damage during North African operations on November 20th 1942

 

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Australia:
The bridge and forward superstructure of County class heavy cruiser HMAS Australia (D84) in September 1944.

This area was damaged when a Japanese bomber collided with the ship on 21 October 1944. Captain Emile Dechaineux (white uniform, facing right), was among those killed’
At around 06:00 hours on October 21st 1944 Japanese aircraft attacked and attempted to bomb the Allied ships in Leyte Bay. A Aichi D3A dive-bomber dove for HMAS Shropshire, but broke away after heavy anti aircraft fire was directed at it. The Aichi, damaged by Bofors fire, turned and flew at low level up the port side of the nearby cruiser HMAS Australia, before striking the cruiser's foremast with its wingroot. Although the bulk of the aircraft fell overboard, the bridge and forward superstructure were showered with debris and burning fuel. Seven officers including Captain Dechaineux and twenty three ratings were killed by the collision, while another nine officers, fifty two ratings with a AIF gunner were wounded.
Observers aboard Australia and nearby Allied ships differed in their opinions of the collision; some thought that it was an accident, while the majority considered it to be a deliberate ramming aimed at the bridge. Historian Commander George Hermon Gill, MBE, VD retired claims in the official war history of the RAN that Australia was the first Allied ship hit by a kamikaze attack.

 

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USN:
USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) San Antonio-class Flight I (Transitional) amphibious transport dock moving from her 8-month stay at BAE Shipyard to her pier in Norfolk, Virginia - October 27, 2025

 

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Netherlands
Cruiser HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (C802)

 

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Italian LHD Trieste (L 9890) at Livorno in 2024.

Photo: Edoardo Govoni

 

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Frigate Hermenegildo Capelo
October 1976

 

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HNoMS Roald Amundsen during exercise Bahr Guardian in the Arabian Sea. Oct 2025

 

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Frigate Dom Francisco de Almeida leaving Lisboa last monday
Photo by Francisco Santos

 

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FRG
SS S183 (1962-1974)
Type 205 Class 1962

 

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Ins Ranvijay D-55 Guided missile destroyer,modified versions of Soviet Kashin-class destroyer

 

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Indian navy's latest 4th Visakhapatnam class destroyer INS SURAT D-69

 

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Austria - Hungary
SMS Dresden at a fleet parade in New York in 1909.

 

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Vietnam:
Project 11661E Batch II Gepard-class frigate 'Quang Trung' (016) arrives in Visakhapatnam, India for Ex Milan 2022. 24 Feb 2022

 

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RN:
Batch I sheffield class (Type 42) destroyer HMS Cardiff (D108) leaving Portsmouth. 4th Sept 1989

 

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RN & USN:
Audacious class aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (R09) operating with lead carrier of her class USS Forrestal (CV-59) in the Med, Nov 1972.

 

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Japan:
Izumo-class multirole cruiser JS Kaga (CVM-184) coming into Yokosuka, Japan - October 31, 2025