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• HMS HERMES, DURING "PRE-WETTING". JUNE 1961, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH.

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  HMS HERMES, with its array of water jets spraying in a Pre-wetting operation. The system of spraying exterior surfaces is used in HM Ships to free them of the effects of fallout which in wartime might be encountered on the fringe of a nuclear explosion.

• NATO NAVAL AND AIR EXERCISE "SHARP SQUALL FIVE". OCTOBER 1961, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH AT SEA IN THE NORTHERN APPROACHES TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. BRITISH, FRENCH, NETHERLANDS, AND PORTUGUESE FORCES TAKING PART IN A SMALL-SCALE NATO NAVAL AND AIR EXERCISE.

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Royal Netherlands destroyer GRONINGEN (left) and HMS SAINTES (right) preparing to refuel from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary WAVE CHIEF during the exercise.

• ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINES IN NATO EXERCISE. OCTOBER 1961, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA NAVAL BASE, USA.

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  British Navy Submarine Depot Ship HMS FORTH, with four British Submarines alongside at the Norfolk Naval Base at the completion of NATO Exercise "Fishplay Six".

• BURIALS AT SEA

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Scene on board the coastal minelayer HMS PLOVER as she departs for sea carrying the body of Captain J G Bickford DSO, who was killed on board HMS EXPRESS, in preparation for a traditional burial at sea.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Allen E E (Lt)

  The Battle for Normandy: HMS RODNEY shelling enemy shore positions prior to the British and Canadian attack on Caen, which was launched successfully on 8 July 1944.

• ROYAL NAVY CONVOY FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MALTA MEETS AND ENGAGES ITALIAN WARSHIPS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 22 MARCH 1942

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  HMS CLEOPATRA throws out smoke to shield the convoy as HMS EURYALUS elevates her forward 5.25 inch guns to shell the Italian Fleet.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Norway (Lt Cdr)

  D-Day, 6 June 1944: The White Ensign of a Naval Beach Party flying on the Normandy Coast as British troops move inland from the beached landing craft.

• ROYAL NAVY DESTROYER MANOEUVRES AT SCAPA FLOW, 1942

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  A flotilla of destroyers led by HMS FURY at Scapa Flow.

• THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Adams, W L G (Captain)

  The Japanese Campaign and Victory 8 December 1941 - 15 February 1942: The battleship HMS PRINCE OF WALES leaves Singapore in search of a Japanese convoy. With no fighter protection the battleship and her companion HMS REPULSE were vulnerable to Japanese...

• THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Liberation and Repatriation August - September 1945: The Union Jack is raised at Stanley Civil Internment Camp, Hong Kong, watched by the internees.