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Raid on Taranto by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


Raid on Taranto by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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Pedestal Convoy by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


Pedestal Convoy by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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Battle of the Nile by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


Battle of the Nile by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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Hotspur by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


Hotspur by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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Dawn Enterprise by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


Dawn Enterprise by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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HMS Ramillies and HMS Warspite at Normandy by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


HMS Ramillies and HMS Warspite at Normandy by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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SMS Lutzow at the Opening of the Battle of Jutland by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


SMS Lutzow at the Opening of the Battle of Jutland by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders (PC)


Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders (PC)
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The Arctic Run  by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


The Arctic Run by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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Okinawa Landing - USS Colorado by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


Okinawa Landing - USS Colorado by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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USS Indiana, First Tour of Duty by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


USS Indiana, First Tour of Duty by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway by Anthony Saunders  (PC)


USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway by Anthony Saunders (PC)
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Escort for the Troops - USS New York by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


Escort for the Troops - USS New York by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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USS North Carolina ,Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


USS North Carolina ,Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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The Mighty Intrepid by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


The Mighty Intrepid by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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Dawn Rendezvous by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


Dawn Rendezvous by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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Nelsons Victory at Trafalgar by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


Nelsons Victory at Trafalgar by Anthony Saunders. (PC)
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Das Boote by Anthony Saunders. (PC)


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Raid on Taranto by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

The balance of maritime power in the Mediterranean was transformed at a stroke by the British air attack which disabled three Italian battleships in a few minutes. The target was the core of Mussolinis fleet, tucked away in Taranto Harbour, in southern Italy. The attack, codenamed Operation Judgement, took place in bright moonlight by twenty-one Swordfish from the British carrier HMS Illustrious. In the confined space of the harbour, their torpedoes had a devastating impact, at least nine torpedoes struck their targets. In all, seven ships were severely damaged, including the battleship Caio Duilio (left), Littorio (right) and Conte Di Cavour.


Pedestal Convoy by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

The Pedestal Convoy of August 1942 was one of the most heavily protected convoys in the history of sea warfare. Fourteen of the fastest cargo ships of the time were protected by 4 carriers, 2 battleships, 7 cruisers and 32 destroyers. The destroyer HMS Ashanti is in the foreground of the painting. Also depicted are the carrier HMS Indomitable, with her Hurricanes cirling the convoy overhead, and the cargoe ship Port Chalmers to the right of the picture.


Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

One of the finest battleships of all time, Bismarck was built by the Blohm and Voss shipyard in Hamburg and launched in February 1939. Her first duty was for commerce raiding in the north Atlantic. Together with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, the destroyers Z10, Z16 and Z23 and a minesweeper. The Bismarck, commanded by Vice Admiral Gunther Lutjens, left her last anchorage at Grimstadt Fjord in Norway. Once Bismarcks departure was confirmed all available British forces were deployed to meet the threat. On the 24th of May 1941 the Bismarck sailed into naval history - sinking the battlescruiser and pride of the British fleet - HMS Hood. But Bismarck would have little time to celebrate, she was sunk by a scorned British fleet three days later. Here Bismarck is depicted on the evening of the 21st May 1941 entering the open sea on her fateful final voyage.


Battle of the Nile by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

On the 1st of August 1798, thirteen French ships of the line sat anchored in Aboukir Bay off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, in support of Napoleon who was inland with his troops attempting to conquer the country. As nighttime approached so did Lord Horatio Nelson and the British fleet. Nelson had been hunting Napoleon at sea for months; at Aboukir Bay he had found the French fleet, trapped and unprepared for battle. Nelsons audacious plan was to attack the French on their unprotected prot side, the plan had its risks; the whole of the British fleet could run aground in the shallows - but Nelson knew the waters too well. The Battle of the Nile was one of the most decisive in the history of naval warfare. By the end of the battle nearly all the French ships were sunk or captured. The 124-gun flagship - and the pride of the French navy - LOrient, had exploded with such ferocity that it halted the battle for over ten minutes. Napoleons ability to dominate the region had been crushed, whilst Nelson was to become a hero throughout the whole of Britain.


Hotspur by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

HMS Hotspur is shown on Convoy protection duties during 1942 / 1943. HMS Hotspur, the H class destroyer, was built by Scotts at Greenock and launched 23rd March 1936. Participated in the first Battle of Narvik, April 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. In April 1941 took part in the evacuation of Greece and sank the German U-Boat U79 in the Mediterranean north of Sollum on 23rd December 1941. Sold to the Dominican Republic on 23rd November 1948 and renamed Trujillo.


Dawn Enterprise by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

The first light of dawn silhouettes the massive outline of the Yorktown class carrier USS Enterprise, in mid April 1944 she was partnered by the new Essex Class carrier USS Lexington.


HMS Ramillies and HMS Warspite at Normandy by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

HMS Ramillies and Warspite manoeuvre into position off the coast of Normandy. The major battleships of the Home Fleet, with their massive guns which could deliver gunfire with pinpoint accuracy to 17 miles. they proved invaluable on the day of the biggest seaborne land invasion in history.


The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

HMS Hood readies to fire off a what proved to be the final salvo against the Bismarck before a shell from the German battleship penetrated the magazine of HMS Hood, tearing apart the British ship in an enormous explosion.


SMS Lutzow at the Opening of the Battle of Jutland by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

Admiral Hippers flagship SMS Lutzow followed by Derfflinger and Seydlitz. Also seen in the painting are Moltke and Von der Tann.


Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders (PC)

The entry of the United States into the war opened up vast new hunting grounds for the German u-boat fleet. Operation Paukenschlag (Drumbeat in English) began in January 1942, bringing the U-boats their easiest pickings of the war. Over 300 allied vessels were sunk during the Paukenschlag along the US coastline, ranging from New York harbor, to the Straits of Florida. This period, also known as the second Happy Times to the men of the U-boats, was only brought to an end in mid 1942 by the formation of allied convoy systems. On the evening of April 5th 1942, U552, commanded by Kapitanleutnant Erich Topp, sealed the fate of the British tanker MV British Splendour east of Cape Hatteras. The U-boat was part of the fourth wave of boats of Operation Paukenschlag, she returned to Saint Nazaire on April 27th 1942 having sunk seven ships during the patrol.


The Arctic Run by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

Artic Convoy. Forcing their way through adverse conditions bordering on the limitations of human endurance, The Allied convoys faced appalling odds of survival in the endeavour to supply raw materials to Russias only ice free port of Murmansk.


Okinawa Landing - USS Colorado by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

The USS Colorado holds the all time record of 37 consecutive days of firing at an enemy and the record of 24 direct enemy air attacks in 62 days both while at Okinawa.


USS Indiana, First Tour of Duty by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

To increase the strength of the US fleet in the Pacific during the critical early months of the war, USS Indiana went through the Panama Canal. On the 28th of November 1942 USS Indiana joined Rear Admiral Lee's aircraft carrier screening force. For the next 11 months, USS Indiana helped protect USS Enterprise and USS Saratoga, which had been supporting the US invasion on the Solomon Islands. On the 21st of October 1943 USS Indiana went to Pearl Harbor, but after only a couple of weeks left to support forces designated for the invasion of the Gilbert Islands. The battleship protected the carriers which supported the Marines during the bloody fight for Tarawa atoll. Then, in late January 1944, she bombarded Kwajalein for eight days prior to the Marshall Island landings on 1st February 1944. USS Indiana collided with the battleship USS Washington while refuelling destroyers, killing several men. Temporary repairs to her starboard side were made at Majuro and USS Indiana returned to Pearl Harbor on 13th February 1944 for additional repair work. The painting shows USS Indiana with one of the two carriers she protected.


The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

The Battle of Jutland was fought in the North Sea between the 31st May and the 1st of June 1916. The British Grand Fleet had been virtually unopposed for nearly a century but now there was a challenge to the throne; the German Navy. Although smaller, it had caught up fast and by the time of Jutland, had some telling advantages over the British Fleet. the plan for the battle was to lure the British Grand Fleet into a lethal trap in German waters. In the event although desperately fought by both sides, the battle was a stale mate. the confused conflict was hampered on both sides by bad luck, bad weather and poor communications. at the end of the battle, the Royal navy had suffered higher losses in men and ships, but the German fleet never ventured out of harbour to seek battle again.


USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway by Anthony Saunders (PC)

USS Yorktown seen accompanied by her destroyers including USS Hammann shown under attack by Japanese Torpedo Bombers (Kates) during the battle of Midway. It was in this action that USS Yorktown was lost.


Escort for the Troops - USS New York by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

The Atlantic ocean was the lifeline between Britain and America, as well as millions of tons of raw materials, GIs were also transported over in all manor of hastily converted liners. Protecting the troops from marauding u-boats and German surface ships was of paramount importance to the allied fleets. Although USS New York spent a good deal of the war in the Atlantic, she also participated in the Torch landings off North Africa and took part in the Pacific campaign, seeing action at both Iwo Jima and Okinowa.


USS North Carolina ,Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

By June 1944 the US Fleet had made a huge leap across the Pacific to the Marianas, a small group of Japanese held islands of which Saipan would prove the most difficult to overcome. The landing were supported by the US 5th Fleet, which included USS North Carolina together with an increasingly powerful armada of battle hardened warships.


The Mighty Intrepid by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

USS Intrepid was laid down in 1941 and was one of a class of 24 ships of the Essex class. This was the largest fleet of aircraft carriers ever constructed and proved the industrial might of the United States beyond doubt. Carrying 90 aircraft each, they formed the main air strength and striking power of the US Pacific Fleet against the Japanese. The Intrepid saw her first action in January 1944 supporting operations at Kwajalein. While operating in raids on Truk in February 1944 Intrepid was hit by a torpedo which damaged her steering gear, requiring repairs which kept her from the war zone until June. She then took part in operations off the Palaus, the Philippines, Okinawa and Formosa. She was struck twice by kamikazes in late 1944. Returning to action in March 1945, she participated in strikes against the Japanese home islands and Okinawa, suffering another kamikaze hit in April of 1945 - she survived the most hits of any other US carrier in the war. Here the Intrepid is seen in October 1944 whilst with TG38.2 flanked by the cruiser USS Vincennes and the destroyer USS The Sullivans.


Dawn Rendezvous by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

Germanys U-boat fleet had almost brought Britain to its knees in the First World war, twenty years later the story was very similar. the German U-boat arm came perilously close to cutting the lifeline that crossed the Atlantic between North America and Britain. in the early years of the war Donitz realised that keeping his U-boats at sea for as long as possible would greatly increase their chances of success. here U-93 (left) and U-94 take fuel from the auxiliary cruiser Kormoran whilst in the mid-Atlantic during 1941


Nelsons Victory at Trafalgar by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

Undoubtedly the most famous and decisive battle in the history of naval warfare. The battle of Trafalgar was fought on a calm, almost windless day, on 21st October 1805. Nelsons revolutionary battle plan was to cut apart the larger Franco-Spanish fleet of Vice-Admiral Villeneuve by sailing in two single column divisions directly at right angles into the combined fleet and thus rendering almost half of the leading ships useless until they could turn and join the fight, which in such calm conditions could take hours. The battle raged for five hours in which time not one British ship was lost, however, Nelson would tragically lose his life at the very moment of his triumph, a triumph which rendered the British Navy unchallenged in supremacy for over a century. Here, Nelsons flagship, HMS Victory, followed by HMS Temeraire is seen breaking the Franco-Spanish line and commencing her murderous hail of gun fire into the stern of Villeneuves flagship, Bucentaure. Meanwhile the Victory herself is being fired upon by the French Neptune. Redoutable can be seen at the far right.


Das Boote by Anthony Saunders. (PC)

Lother Gunther Buchheim based his famous novel The Boat on his voyage aboard U96 in the early days of World War Two. During this operation on 13th February 1941, U96 sank the straggling tanker, Arthur F Conwin, which had dropped back from the westbound convoy, HX106, after being hit by another U-boat, U103.

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