DHM1520. HMS Pegasus by Ivan Berryman. The
last seaplane carrier built for the Admiralty, HMS Pegasus was launched
in 1917 and benefited from all the lessons learned from her
predecessors, possessing a flying-off platform forward, served by twin
derricks, and a hangar and cranes aft, capable of carrying up to nine
aircraft. She is shown here with one of her Short 184s (N9290)
about to take off, whilst a similar aircraft is preparing to be lowered
into the water in the background.
B0203.
HMS Theseus by Ivan Berryman. Two Fairey Firefly fighter-bombers of 810
Sqn, Fleet Air Arm, overfly
the carrier HMS Theseus during the Korean War.
DHM1175. HMS Illustrious and HMS Kenya at
Devonport by Ivan Berryman. HMS Illustrious slips quietly away from the docks at
Devonport, Plymouth with the Fiji class cruiser in the middle distance,
1941.
B0064. HMS Centaur Departing Devonport by Ivan Berryman.
DHM1245. NTG03 - Task Force to Iraq
by Ivan Berryman. Key ships of the British task Force
sail in close formation in the Mediterranean Sea during the build-up to
the coalition liberation of Iraq in march 2003. Ships pictured left to
right, include ATS Argus (A135), a Type 42 destroyer in the extreme
distance, the flagship HMS ark Royal (RO7), RFA Orangeleaf (A110), LSL
Sir Percival (L3036), the Commando and helicopter carrier HMS ocean
(L12) and the Type 42 destroyer HMS Liverpool (D92).
B0067.
HMS Ark Royal by Ivan Berryman. HMS Ark Royal after a recent refit, rejoins the fleet in 2001.
B0112.
NTG03 - Task Force to Iraq by Ivan Berryman. Key
ships of the British task force sail in close formation in the
Mediterranean sea during the build up to the coalition invasion of Iraq
in march 2003, nearest is the flagship HMS Ark Royal with the commando
carrier HMS ocean to her port side. other ships include a Type 42
destroyer , the Fleet Auxiliary Fort Victoria and an LSL.
B0052.
HMS Ark Royal (1970s Carrier) by Ivan Berryman. HMS Ark Royal was the fourth ship in the Royal Navy to bear this memorable
name. By far the most impressive, this mighty ship was built to include
the angled flight deck, a revolutionary development at the time, with
steam catapult. The end of fixed wing aircraft saw Ark Royal quickly
become obsolete, being paid of in 1978.
DHM1120.
HMS Ark Royal and HMS Sheffield off the Mole, Gibraltar
by Ivan Berryman. Having played a vital part in the battle for the Mediterranean for
over two years, HMS Ark Royal finally succumbed to a U-Boats torpedo in
November 1941. She is shown here with a pair of Swordfish Mk1s of 821
Sqn ranged on the deck, passing the cruiser HMS Sheffield off the Mole,
Gibraltar, earlier that same year.
HMS Ark
Royal (91) built by Cammell Laird, and launched 13th April
1937. and completed 16th November 1938. HMS Ark Royal was the first
Large Aircraft carrier designed and laid down as a carrier for the Royal
navy, she served in the Home Fleet and south Atlantic in1939 and The in
the home Fleet and Mediterranean in 1940./ and part of Force H in 1941.
on the 13th November 19141 she was hit by a single torpedo form the German
U-boat U81. the torpedo hit on the starboard side. near the Starboard
Boiler room causing a 130 ft by 30 ft. hole. water poured in causing a
10% list straight immediatly. The flooding spread quickly the
middle of the ship and then to the port Boiler room. Electric power
failed. and after 14 hours while in tow to Gibraltar she capsized and
sunk the following day.
Displacement
22, 000 tons, Speed 30.75 knots, Compliment 1575. Armament sixteen
4.5 inch AA guns in pairs. forty eight 2 pounder AA guns (in
eights) thirty two .5 inch Machine guns. and seventy two
aircraft.
DHM1351. Falklands Task Force by
Ivan Berryman. Spearheading the Falklands Task Force as it heads south in 1982, the
carrier HMS Hermes is shown in company with two Type 21 frigates, HMS
Arrow on the left and HMS Ardent in the near foreground. In the far
distance, HMS Glamorgan glints in the sun as Type 42 HMS Sheffield cuts
across behind Hermes. All pennant numbers were painted out and a
vertical black identification stripe applied to all the Type 42s to
distinguish them from their Argentine counterparts.
B0137. HMS Hermes by Ivan Berryman. Spearheading the Falklands Task Force as it heads south in 1982, the
carrier HMS Hermes is shown in company with two Type 21 frigates, HMS
Arrow on the left and HMS Ardent in the near foreground. In the far
distance, HMS Glamorgan glints in the sun as Type 42 HMS Sheffield cuts
across behind Hermes.
HMS Hermes was laid down before
the end of WWII but was only completed in 1959 after many changes in
design to accommodate the new jet aircraft. When the new Sea Harrier came
into operation she was given a special ramp to allow her to operate the
new aircraft. She was flagship in the Falkland's conflict in 1982 and only
two years later put into reserve and subsequently sold to India.
Displacement: 24, 900 tons. Draught: 27ft 10ins.
Compliment: 2,100. Length:
774 ft. Beam: 147ft 11ins. Speed:
28
Knots. Armament: Ten 40mm AA guns and
eight SAM missile launchers arranged in two sets of four.
Aircraft: 28.
B0057. HMS Victorious by Ivan Berryman. Completed in May 1941, HMS Victorious had been in commission just nine
days when her pilots encountered and attacked the Bismarck. She is seen
here in August 1942 with HMS Eagle astern of her.
B0110. Safe Return by Ivan Berryman. The pilot of a Fairey Swordfish MKII guides his aircraft towards the
landing ramp of HMS Victorious following a sortie in the Mediterranean Sea
1940.
HMS Victorious built
by Vickers Armstrong on the Tyne laid down 4th of May 1937 Launched 14
Sept 1939 and completed 15th May 1941 Served in the Home Fleet 1941 -
43 moved to the South Pacific in 1943 and in 1944 to Home and
Eastern Fleets and rejoined the Pacific fleet in 1945. While in the
Pacific was twice hit by KAMIKAZES. Finally scraped in June 1969 at
Faslane on the Clyde.
DHM0983. HMS Glorious by Ivan Berryman. HMS Glorious flying off a Fairey Swordfish at sunset with HMS Ardent
off to Starboard.
HMS Glorious started life as a light battle-cruiser. Laid down on
the 1st May 1915 at the Harland and Wolff shipyards. She was
launched on the 20th April 1916 and completed on the 14th October 1916.
This Battle Cruiser only saw one action during world war one at
Heligoland bight on the 17th November 1917. It was then that a weakness
to the ships decking was found when HMS Glorious had fired its main
armament of four 15-inch guns (mounted in pairs ) one pair forward and
pair aft. The firing actually caused the structural damage.
Probably due to this weakness HMS Glorious and her sister ship HMS
Courageous were placed in the Royal naval reserve fleet in February
1919, at Devonport, Plymouth.
B0202. HMS Kelly by Ivan Berryman. The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the old carrier HMS Eagle as
she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean early in 1941.
DHM1003.
HMS Barham with HMS Eagle in Valetta Harbour in Malta during the
1930s by Ivan Berryman. The Battle ship HMS Barham in company with the aircraft carrier HMS
Eagle between the two World Wars. Both fell victim to German U-Boats
during World War Two.
DHM1223. HMS Eagle and HMS Albion by Ivan Berryman.
HMS Eagle steams past the commando carrier HMS Albion during the
withdrawal from Aden in November 1967. Gathered on Eagles flightdeck
are an assortment of contemporary types including Sea Vixens, Scimitars,
a Buccaneer and a Fairey Gannet. One of Albions Westland Wessex
helicopters is passing overhead and RFA Stromness is at anchor in the
distance.
Capable of carrying 40 planes she was originally destined to be a
battleship for Chile but was bought back and altered. The crane which
can be seen was used to hoist aircraft from the hangars onto the flight
deck.
Displacement: 22,600 tons. Speed: 23
knots. Armament: twelve 6 ins guns, four 4 ins AA
guns, four 3 pdr guns and six 21in torpedo tubes.
Complement: 950.
