The Cruel Sea (Gaumont/Rank, 1953) Belgian movie poster The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers. (imdb) Starring Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, John Warner, Stanley Baker, Bruce Seton, Liam Redmond, Virginia McKenna, Moira Lister, June Thorburn, Megs Jenkins Directed by Charles Frend

The Cruel Sea (Gaumont/Rank, 1953) Belgian movie poster

The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers. (imdb)

Starring Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, John Warner, Stanley Baker, Bruce Seton, Liam Redmond, Virginia McKenna, Moira Lister, June Thorburn, Megs Jenkins

Directed by Charles Frend

dansles voor Engelse Matrozen 1925 (dance of the English sailors)  still though…   wut

dansles voor Engelse Matrozen 1925

(dance of the English sailors) 
still though…   wut

Illustration by Fortunino Matania of King George VI From The Tatler magazine (Coronation number), 19th May 1937. Original (2479 x 1926)

Illustration by Fortunino Matania of King George VI

From The Tatler magazine (Coronation number), 19th May 1937.

Original (2479 x 1926)

1810: The Naval Battle of Grand Port From left to right: French frigate Bellone, French frigate Minerve, Victor (background) and Ceylon artist: Pierre-Julien Gilbert (1783–1860) Fought between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the Royal Navy from 20-27 August, in the island of Mauritius, SW Indian Ocean, ends. The battle was a disaster for the British; one ship was captured after suffering irreparable damage, the grounded ships were set on fire to prevent their capture by French boarding parties and the third vessel was seized as it left the harbour by the main French squadron from Port Napoleon, Mauritius, under Commodore Jacques Hamelin. The British defeat was the worst the Royal Navy suffered during the entire Napoleonic war, and it left the Indian Ocean and its vital trade convoys exposed to attack from French frigates.

1810: The Naval Battle of Grand Port

From left to right: French frigate Bellone, French frigate Minerve, Victor (background) and Ceylon

artist: Pierre-Julien Gilbert (1783–1860)

Fought between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the Royal Navy from 20-27 August, in the island of Mauritius, SW Indian Ocean, ends. The battle was a disaster for the British; one ship was captured after suffering irreparable damage, the grounded ships were set on fire to prevent their capture by French boarding parties and the third vessel was seized as it left the harbour by the main French squadron from Port Napoleon, Mauritius, under Commodore Jacques Hamelin. The British defeat was the worst the Royal Navy suffered during the entire Napoleonic war, and it left the Indian Ocean and its vital trade convoys exposed to attack from French frigates.

Postcard published after the loss of the submarine M1 in 1925 and the cost in human life HMS M1 sank with all 69 hands on 12 November 1925 while on an exercise in the English Channel. A Swedish ship, SS Vidar, struck the submerged M1 and sank her in 70 m of water. The collision tore the forward gun (below) from the hull and water flooded the interior through the open loading hole. The crew members appear to have tried to escape by flooding the interior and opening the escape hatch, but their bodies were never found. Wreckage was discovered by a diving team in 1999. +

Postcard published after the loss of the submarine M1 in 1925 and the cost in human life

HMS M1 sank with all 69 hands on 12 November 1925 while on an exercise in the English Channel. A Swedish ship, SS Vidar, struck the submerged M1 and sank her in 70 m of water.

The collision tore the forward gun (below) from the hull and water flooded the interior through the open loading hole. The crew members appear to have tried to escape by flooding the interior and opening the escape hatch, but their bodies were never found.

Wreckage was discovered by a diving team in 1999. +

HMS Duncan HMS Duncan was the lead ship of the Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleships. Commissioned in 1903, she served with the Mediterranean Fleet until 1905, at which she was transferred to the Channel Fleet. Damaged in a collision with HMS Albion in late 1905, she was damaged again when she ran aground off Lundy Island. After a further stint with the Mediterranean Fleet, in 1913 she was assigned to the 6th Battle Squadron and based at Portsmouth, where she served as a gunnery training ship. Decommissioned March 1919.

HMS Duncan

HMS Duncan was the lead ship of the Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleships. Commissioned in 1903, she served with the Mediterranean Fleet until 1905, at which she was transferred to the Channel Fleet.

Damaged in a collision with HMS Albion in late 1905, she was damaged again when she ran aground off Lundy Island. After a further stint with the Mediterranean Fleet, in 1913 she was assigned to the 6th Battle Squadron and based at Portsmouth, where she served as a gunnery training ship.

Decommissioned March 1919.

H.M.S. Pinafore HMS Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London, England, on 25 May 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time. HMS Pinafore was Gilbert and Sullivan’s fourth operatic collaboration and their first international sensation. The story takes place aboard the British ship HMS Pinafore. The captain’s daughter, Josephine, is in love with a lower-class sailor, Ralph Rackstraw, although her father intends her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. —HMS Pinafore on wikipedia

H.M.S. Pinafore

HMS Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London, England, on 25 May 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time. HMS Pinafore was Gilbert and Sullivan’s fourth operatic collaboration and their first international sensation.

The story takes place aboard the British ship HMS Pinafore. The captain’s daughter, Josephine, is in love with a lower-class sailor, Ralph Rackstraw, although her father intends her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty.

—HMS Pinafore on wikipedia

HMS Russell commissioned at Chatham Dockyard on 19 February 1903 for service in the Mediterranean Fleet, in which she served until April 1904.

HMS Russell commissioned at Chatham Dockyard on 19 February 1903 for service in the Mediterranean Fleet, in which she served until April 1904.

Peter Jackson Cigarettes “Life in the Navy” (series of 28 large cards, issued in 1937) #18 a destroyer ~ HMS Sturdy

Peter Jackson Cigarettes “Life in the Navy” (series of 28 large cards, issued in 1937) #18 a destroyer ~ HMS Sturdy

Peter Jackson Cigarettes “Life in the Navy” (series of 28 large cards, issued in 1937) #16 the Fleet Air Arm ~ two Supermarine “Walrus”

Peter Jackson Cigarettes “Life in the Navy” (series of 28 large cards, issued in 1937) #16 the Fleet Air Arm ~ two Supermarine “Walrus”

Edwardian sailor / Found image Photographed by Preston & Sons in Penzance

Edwardian sailor / Found image

Photographed by Preston & Sons in Penzance

HMS Montrose“Boy’s Own Annual” - (1923-1924).Badges Of Some Of His Majesty’s Ships The first HMS Montrose was one of eight Admiralty-type destroyer leaders, sometimes known as the Scott class. They were named after figures from Scottish history and were ordered under the Wartime Emergency Construction Programme. She was laid down at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 17 September 1917, launched in June 1918, Home Fleet from 1930 to 1932,  1939 she was made leader of the 17th Destroyer Flotilla, stationed with the Western Approaches Command, and for the first few months back in active service was tasked with anti-submarine patrols in the East Atlantic. 27 May 1940 assisted in the legendary Evacuation of Dunkirk, escorted convoys to North Russia before resuming coastal patrols off Britain, also covering east coast convoys. Her last action of the war came about supporting the Normandy Landings. Decommissioned and scrapped in 1946.

HMS Montrose

“Boy’s Own Annual” - (1923-1924).
Badges Of Some Of His Majesty’s Ships

The first HMS Montrose was one of eight Admiralty-type destroyer leaders, sometimes known as the Scott class. They were named after figures from Scottish history and were ordered under the Wartime Emergency Construction Programme.

She was laid down at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 17 September 1917, launched in June 1918, Home Fleet from 1930 to 1932,  1939 she was made leader of the 17th Destroyer Flotilla, stationed with the Western Approaches Command, and for the first few months back in active service was tasked with anti-submarine patrols in the East Atlantic.

27 May 1940 assisted in the legendary Evacuation of Dunkirk, escorted convoys to North Russia before resuming coastal patrols off Britain, also covering east coast convoys. Her last action of the war came about supporting the Normandy Landings. Decommissioned and scrapped in 1946.

#9 British Light Cruiser ~ Chatham Class #6 British Battle-Cruiser ~ Tiger Class #4 British Dreadnought Churchman’s Cigarettes “Silhouettes of Warships” (series of 50 issued in 1915)

#9 British Light Cruiser ~ Chatham Class

#6 British Battle-Cruiser ~ Tiger Class

#4 British Dreadnought

Churchman’s Cigarettes “Silhouettes of Warships” (series of 50 issued in 1915)

HMS Devonshire leaving Simonstown 2 Feb 1941 ADMIRALTY WAR DIARIES of WORLD WAR 2SOUTH AFRICA, CAPETOWN - January to June  1941 HMS Devonshire was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. Constructed at Devonport Dockyard and launched in 1927, she saw service throughout the Second World War. She was part of the force for the raid on Dakar in August 1940 (Operation Menace), when she shelled ships and batteries in and around the port. When the attack was abandoned she was employed in operations against Vichy French territories on the coast of equatorial Africa, blockading the Cameroons and Gabon. During her time off South Africa, she captured an entire Vichy French convoy east of the Cape of Good Hope, on 2 November 1941. After the war, she was converted to the Royal Navy’s cadet training ship in 1947, in which role she served until 1953. Life aboard her during her service in this role was chronicled in John Winton’s We Joined the Navy. Devonshire was sold for scrap on 16 June 1954. wikipedia

HMS Devonshire leaving Simonstown 2 Feb 1941

ADMIRALTY WAR DIARIES of WORLD WAR 2
SOUTH AFRICA, CAPETOWN - January to June  1941

HMS Devonshire was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. Constructed at Devonport Dockyard and launched in 1927, she saw service throughout the Second World War.

She was part of the force for the raid on Dakar in August 1940 (Operation Menace), when she shelled ships and batteries in and around the port. When the attack was abandoned she was employed in operations against Vichy French territories on the coast of equatorial Africa, blockading the Cameroons and Gabon.

During her time off South Africa, she captured an entire Vichy French convoy east of the Cape of Good Hope, on 2 November 1941.

After the war, she was converted to the Royal Navy’s cadet training ship in 1947, in which role she served until 1953. Life aboard her during her service in this role was chronicled in John Winton’s We Joined the Navy. Devonshire was sold for scrap on 16 June 1954.

wikipedia

generallynautical: Two boys are boxing on the deck of the ‘Lion’ National Maritime Museum

generallynautical:

Two boys are boxing on the deck of the ‘Lion’

National Maritime Museum