Post-war (1950) postcard of Italian Condottieri-class cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli. The twin turret main guns are so close together that from a distance they look like a single barrel. #navalhistory

Namesake of the Soviet Kirov-class cruisers. Upheld the fine tradition of the Russian navy of getting a bit of kicking from countries it has been sent to pick fight with. In this case the Finnish, during the Winter War. Don't start what you can't finish... (I'm here all week...).

Regia Marina heavy cruisers Trento & Trieste with the funnels of the liner Conte de Savoia visible behind. Conte di Cavour-class battleship lurks in the background. #navalhistory

Kreigsmarine destroyers Paul Jakobi (21), Z7 Hermann Schoemann (23) & possibly Z6 Theodor Riedel. Background looks like it may be Ceuta, which the 2nd Destroyer Division visited in 1938. #navalhistory

Not a warship but loving the dazzle. SS Europa in wartime paint scheme. A liner with an 'interesting' history, including catching fire several times, a partial sinking, and making it through WW2 intact, it is incredible that she managed to have a 32 year career.

Who's a good boy? You're a good boy, yes you are. Go on, bite a Nazi. A German Shepherd sitting in front of the main 4.1" gun on a Type 1935 M-class minesweeper.

Shanghai, 1927. French armoured cruiser Jules Michelet, US armoured cruiser Pittsburgh, and Japanese protected cruiser Chikuma(?) flying their respective flags and trying to look menacing amid mounting tensions. Though how obsolete cruisers will menace anyone is beyond me. #navalhistory

Type 1935 M-class minesweepers M3 & M8 in harbour. Of interest is the rail turntable in the foreground. 69 built, 34 lost in WW2. #navalhistory

Hi! I'm back! Sorry for being a bit quiet of late. As a way of an apology, have a collection of Spica class torpedo boats at Naples. The closest two boats, Aldebaran and Altair, were both sunk 20/10/1940 by mines laid by mine-laying sub HMS Rorqual. What would the collective noun would be?

Nimitz-class carrier USS Abraham Lincoln looking the business and showing off her air wings. No source for this one, back of the photo is blank, so if anyone is able to advise, I'm all ears. #NavalHistory

Another Associated Press photo, sent by wire, of the rescue of British sailors in Norwegian waters. Possibly Glowworm crew? The press release is not short on hyperbole, but is rather short on accuracy, with some rather wild claims, including "...the biggest sea battle in history." #NavalHistory

Another photo of Glowworm survivors. Source Associated Press photo. #NavalHistory

On this day in 1940, off the Norwegian coast, a lone RN destroyer encountered the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper & her escorts. The outcome was predictable but HMS Glowworm didn't go down without a fight. After being severely mauled and set ablaze, Glowworm turned and rammed the Hipper. 1/2

A postcard of U-boat tender Saar. Launched in 1934, she survived the war, was captured by the US, transferred to the French navy, and served until the 70's. Eventually sunk as a target in 1976. #NavalHistory

A brace of Didos / Bellonas. Possibly post-war? Anyone able to ID? Looks like the left one has qty 2 x 5.25" forward turrets, and the right one has qty 3. #NavalHistory

The wounded are brought aboard one of the Scharnhorsts. My guess is that this was taken during Operation Berlin, a successful Atlantic raiding sortie carried out by the sisters from January to March 1941, judging by the date of the press release. Anyone able to shed more light?

"Surely you can't be Sirius?" "I am Sirius - and don't call me Shirley.' Leander-class frigate pre-1975 Exocet conversion. Photos from someone's harbour tour perhaps? #NavalHistory

G'day sports. HMS Vengeance in the Captain Cook Engraving Dock, Sydney, sometime in 1945. She was loaned to the Australian Navy from November 1952 to October 1955. She was then sold to Brazil in 1956, where she served as Minas Gerias until 2001. #NavalHistory

Double Dutch... HNLMS Limburg motoring past HMS Tiger. Just look at those twin Bofors 120 mm L/50 turrets. And the large number of crew casually milling about on deck. Source; from a private photo album. #NavalHistory

USS America makes a hard turn to starboard. She holds the distinction of being the largest warship ever sunk, albeit deliberately. She was used as to investigate the survivability of supercarriers in live-fire situations, after which she was sunk in a controlled scuttling. #NavalHistory

Who doesn't love a Leander? HMS Hermione, in pre-1980 layout, ploughing through some chop. No idea as to the source as nowt scribbled on the back of the photo. #NavalHistory

What does this photo and Lizard Point have in common? They're both the arse end of Cornwall. HMS Cornwall was the last Type 22 to be retired from service in 2011. Here she passes RMAS Rollicker, a superb name for an ocean-going tug, which dates the photo somewhere between 1988 - 1997. #NavalHistory

I love big butts... A Fairey III floatplane sits on a catapult mounted on the aft deck of HMS Hood. Installed during 1929-31 refit, it proved unsuccessful due to the low freeboard, making catapult operation difficult unless in very calm seas. Consequently removed during 1932. #NavalHistory

Follow-up to previous photo of a misaligned Seafire. Here the deck crew are moving it to the wet and wobbly permanent storage facility found a short distance off the stern. #NavalHistory

As promised to @jerijerod14.bsky.social, one bent Seafire. Going to take more than gaffer tape and WD40 to sort this one. Rear of photo states that this is off NE Scotland, March '47, so possibly aboard Vengeance which was operating as a Scotland-based training carrier at this time. #NavalHistory

The sun is out, the sky is blue, sailors have swabbing to do. Including cleaning out a Scharnhorst-class main gun with the world's largest cotton-bud. Anyone able to work out which of the two this one is? #NavalHistory

Going nowhere and doing nothing, incomplete Italian aircraft carrier Aquila, at Genoa. Later sunk by her own countrymen to stop the Nazis using her as a blockship. #NavalHistory

Aren't warships brilliant? This one certainly is. HMS Brilliant heading into Devonport in 1981. Photo by PO Mick Cunningham. A few interesting points; civvies on the flightdeck, there's a dark-coloured ensign flown at the rear, and a flag with text flown from the mainmast. Sea trials? #NavalHistory

The alt text are works of art.

Centaur-class HMS Bulwark, March 1960, after recommissioning as a commando carrier, with Wessex Whirlwinds from 848 Squadron. Photo by Charles E. Brown, better known for his aviation photography en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles.... Rear of photo includes editing instructions. #NavalHistory

When in Roma... She had a very short career but she was a very fine looking ship. Littorio-class battleship Roma. #NavalHistory

Giving it some beans, Abdiel-class minelayer HMS Manxman makes a sharp turn to port. I don't have much in the way of info for this photo but I'm guessing it is post-WW2 as two of her three twin QF 4" gun turrets have been removed. #NavalHistory

It's a horrible day out and I really fancy a Danish...so here's the coastal defence ship Herluf Trolle. #NavalHistory

Apologies for not posting for a while. Got dragged in to help out with the village panto; oh yes I did! To make up for lack of posts, here's probably my favourite from my collection, HMS Repulse, from an Admiralty photo published January 1941. See alt text for more info. 1/2 #NavalHistory

In-flight refuelling of a Westland Wessex from HMS Rothesay...or is it the other way around? Fleet Air Arm publicity photo from January 1969. Rothesay's Wasp hovers alongside. #NavalHistory

Who doesn't love a big cat? Especially a big cat with sharp teeth...admittedly teeth that tended to frequently malfunction. Class namesake HMS Tiger making leisurely progress a few days after commissioning in March 1959. #NavalHistory

Ise-class battleship Hyũga. This photo has passed through many hands as it is interesting to see notes made on the rear in four different handwritings. #NavalHistory

An "unreliability" of Counties. First batch were notorious for time alongside FLJ Pompey. Also they had rubbish mk1 Seaslug & could not be converted to mk2 standard

HMS Vanguard letting fly a salvo from the left-hand gun on each main turret. Presumably taken 16/05/45 along with IWM photo A31505, but rather oddly does not appear in their collection. #NavalHistory

Centaur-class carrier HMS Albion with two Westland Wessex choppers, 1965. Source Bippa press photo. #NavalHistory

Broadsword-class frigate HMS Brilliant arriving in Portsmouth Harbour, with the SETT tower at Fort Blockhouse, Gosport in the background. Nothing on the back of this photo, so if anyone has source details please do let me know. #NavalHistory

I like big butts and I cannot lie... USN 3rd Fleet, July 1945, somewhere off the Japanese coast. Not sure of the photo source. Press release on rear of photo talks things up for the folks back home. #NavalHistory

Submarine Sunday: HMS Warspite & Westland Wessex helicopter, November 1967, a few months after she was commissioned. Rear of photo appears to include photo editing instructions, along with source details. #NavalHistory

Battleship? Check. Gunfire? Check. Vanguard letting loose from Y turret. Admiralty photo A31509. IWM title "HMS VANGUARD AT SEA. 16 MAY 1949, WITH THE LION CLASS BATTLESHIP HMS VANGUARD AT MALTA AND AT SEA." #NavalHistory

Keeping Friday French; class namesake Richelieu getting a steam on. Anyone able to translate the info on the rear of the photo. #NavalHistory

Who doesn't love a big bang? Nelson-class battleship...er HMS Nelson certainly does. A much-published photo of her giving it large. Admiralty photo A.9283. #NavalHistory

For New Year's Eve, let's have some fireworks. Photo taken from HMS Mauritius of anti-aircraft tracer fire put up by the invasion fleet anchored of Ouistreham (near Sword beach), June 1944. Taken by Lt W. E. Rolfe. Official Admiralty photo and part of IWM collection A24427. #NavalHistory

C-class destroyer HMS Chieftain, March 1946. Built in Scotland, spent a lot of time in the Mediterranean. Decommissioned after the Suez Crisis, she was scrapped a few years later. Source: official Admiralty photo. #NavalHistory

Apologies; a little behind with postings. I present for your delectation HMS Plym, River class frigate & atomic bomb test platform. A busy and brief career that ended with a bang. A very big bang. About as big a bang as you're going to get. Source: Admiralty photo #NavalHistory

Hunt-class destroyer HMS Albrighton, 1943. She had quite an active wartime career, supporting the Dieppe Raid and Normandy Landings. Sold to West Germany in 1957. Source: Admiralty photo #NavalHistory