http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-c..._Melbourne.jpg
HMAS Melbourne (I believe TarJaks father served on her).

In action in November 1940 HMS Javelin had both bow

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...nDamageBow.jpg


and stern

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...amageStern.jpg

wrecked by German torpedoes and shellfire. With only 155 of her original 353 feet left intact, Javelin was towed back to base. A year later she was back in action.


Javelin following repairs.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...M_FL_10524.jpg

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July 26, 1945: USS Indianapolis at Tinian Island where she delivered the components for the atomic
bombs Fat Man and Little Boy which would be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August.

Built just four mile from my place of abode...

HMS Kelly (pennant number F01) was a K-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, and flotilla leader of her class. She served through the early years of the Second World War; in Home Waters, off Norway and in the Mediterranean. Throughout her service, Kelly was commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten. She was lost in action in 1941 during the Battle of Crete. In addition, Mountbatten served as commander (Captain (D)) of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla.
Kelly was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company at Hebburn on the River Tyne. She was laid down on 26 August 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 23 August 1939, just 11 days before commencement of hostilities. She was named after Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Kelly.

http://www.militaryimages.net/photop..._Hms_Kelly.jpg

Excuse the spam feller's, but I gotta say: these are some damn fine pics, whish I'd followed this thread a little earlier! Cheers!

It'd be remiss of me not to mention HMAS Australia; our one and only (light carriers aside) capital ship :oops:!


http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1...tralia1914.jpg

Even if she didn't do a whole lot and met a rather inglorious end, she's still gotta be worth a mention I reckon!

EDIT: She did manage to launch a plane or two, and had a muntiny, so it wasn't all dull!

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November 25, 1944: A Kamikaze crashing the USS Essex off the northern Philippines, 15 crewmen were
killed in the attack.

Kamikaze...up real close...

http://online.sfsu.edu/amkerner/Kait...-hit-USS-M.jpg

Looks like a fine ship. On her way back, she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, but luckily the majority of her crew escaped. Unluckily, a large number of them were killed by sharks before they were finally picked up. It was the largest shark attack in history.


R.I.P.

Made into a film:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102455/

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1943: HMS Duke of York on the hunt for the German battleship Scharnhorst.

Atlantic fleet led by HMS Rodney

http://lowres-picturecabinet.com.s3-.../24/103229.jpg

^Wow, now that is a show of strength :o!


Of course the RAN has had its moments too ya know:

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/1...stockshill.jpg

Attack class at stokes hill warf circa '75! :D

Ah...armed lifeboats :O:

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...psca00fdb4.jpg
HMS Belfast seen in the 1940's.