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Naval technology and life on board

The aim of this site is to present our collection of photographs of the Navy and naval warfare in a novel way. Instead of arranging topics by type of ship or by nation, we have chosen to illustrate selected themes with photographs of ships, weapons, naval personnel and life on board from the different navies - mainly the Royal Navy, la Marine Nationale, the Imperial German Navy and the Kriegsmarine as well as the United States Navy. New topics are added regularly and existing topics are updated with new photographs (see What's New?).

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What's New ?

The Ships

  • Brest Arsenal

  • Aircraft carriers doing other things

  • German cruiser Emden World cruise

  • Aerial View

  • Emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy

  • Canal and Fluvial Armed Barges and Gunboats

  • Lesser Known Navies: Denmark, Sweden and Norway

  • Submarine Depot ships and Submarine Rescue ships

  • Wooden walls: the ship of the line

  • Steam pinnacles, Pickets and Tenders

  • Battle Damage

  • River Gunboats

  • On the Bridge

  • Sail and Steam

  • Fast and Furious!

  • The Raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend, April 1918

  • Armistice 1918: Surrendered German Submarines

  • The Naval Origins of the Great War

  • Submarine Surcouf and cruiser submarines of the Inter-war period

  • Submarines and Submariners

  • Naval Construction and Propulsion

  • H.M.S. Hood: construction

    • Ship's Company

  • Navy Cups and Trophies

  • Royalty, Presidents and Dignities at sea

  • Recreation in the navy

  • Prangs, bangs and other mishaps

  • Ship's Music

  • Life on board: eating and sleeping

  • Visitors: at home and abroad

  • Women in the Navy: WRNS and WAVES

  • Religion in the Navy

  • The Royal Marines and other Marine Corps

  • The Navy Landing Party

  • Naval Ceremony

  • Britannia and Dartmouth: the training of Royal Navy officers

  • Coaling

  • Taking on ammunition

  • Boxing on board

  • Keep fit !

  • Training in Fire Control: the "Dotter"

  • Animals on board

    • Weapons

  • The Rise of the Big Gun

  • Naval Guns: manufacture and mountings

  • Naval Guns: manning and working

  • Naval Automatic guns: Part 1 Vickers Maxim guns

  • Naval Automatic guns: Part 2 Bofors, Oelikon and similar calibre guns

  • Naval Automatic guns: Part 3 Light machine guns

  • The Torpedo and Torpedo Damage

  • Mine Warfare: Mines, Minelayers, Minesweepers

    • Naval Aviation

  • Naval Aviation

  • Naval Aviation. II

  • Naval Aviation III

  • Helicopters at sea

  • Airborne Lifeboats

  • Landing on and taking off

  • Naval Balloons and Airships