Scotland 1917

January 1917: A group of women in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland paint the hull of a Royal Navy Motor Launch with anti-fouling paint on a snowy day. First World War.

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Christmas 1941

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Christmas dinner celebrations on board HMS Westminster on the 25th of December, 1941, while the warship was docked at Rosyth, Scotland. The ship served in – and survived – both the First and Second World Wars, and was then sold for scrap in 1947.

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6th December 1943: Ordinary Seaman P S Buckingham of Norwich updates the U-boat kills on the HMS Hesperus while it is docked at Liverpool, England. Second World War.

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On this day: the Admiralty Barge

The Royal Navy’s Admiralty Barge is photographed here in Chatham, Kent, England on the 1st of August, 1919.

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On this day: a Royal Navy ship under construction

The Royal Navy’s HMS Ark Royal is photographed here under construction in Wallsend, England on the 10th of March, 1981.

The ship was launched in June of the same year.

 

On this day: The HMS Hood in 1924

HMS Hood, the largest battlecruiser ever built, in Australia on 17th March 1924. Commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1920, and named for an 18th century admiral by the name of Samuel Hood, the Hood was in service from 1920 to 1941.