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• Coastal Defences

  (art) Made by: Ravilious, Eric 1940

  image: a view looking down into a wide bay from the cliff tops. The curve of the land stretches along the left side of the composition, and a searchlight beams up into the sky further along the coast. Several small boats are seen motoring out to sea from...

• Wings Over Scotland

  (art) Made by: Henderson, Keith (OBE) 1940

  image: An aerial view of the Scottish landscape from an aircraft, with one of the plane's wings in the left foreground. Below are a few buildings clustered together, a few fields, a curved and narrow wood and what appears to be a river.

• RUM RATION ABOARD HMS KING GEORGE V, 1940

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Beadell, S J (Lt)

  Below deck, a line of seamen queue to collect the daily rum ration for their mess. Each man is holding a jug or bucket. The rum is being issued from a large barrel with 'THE KING - GOD BLESS HIM' on it. Royal Marines issue the rum with measuring jugs...

• SCENES ON BOARD THE BATTLESHIP HMS RODNEY AT SEA

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Coote, R G G (Lt)

  A group of 'Hostilities Only' Royal Navy seamen sit at a mess table eating breakfast of porridge marmalade and fish. Crockery, bottles and cans of food are on the table.

• THE SINKING OF ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI BY HMAS SYDNEY, JULY 1940

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

  The Italian light-cruiser BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI with smoke pouring from her superstructure. She is on fire and her bow has been destroyed after receiving several hits during an encounter with HMAS SYDNEY on 19 July 1940

• THE SINKING OF ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI BY HMAS SYDNEY, JULY 1940

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

  The Italian light-cruiser BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI with smoke pouring from her superstructure. She is on fire and her bow has been destroyed after receiving several hits during an encounter with HMAS SYDNEY on 19 July 1940

• Hitler's Yacht 'Grille' in Asenfjord, near Trondheim

  (art) Made by: Bone, Stephen 1945

  image: Side view of Hitler's yacht with two tenders alongside, moored in a wooded fjord.

• Grand Harbour, Malta, October 1943

  (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1943

  image: a view of the harbour with a battleship in the foreground. To the left of the battleship is another large naval vessel, a monitor, which is positioned behind a tug boat.

• Lieutenant-Commander N K Tod, DSC, RN : "HMS Norfolk"

  (art) Made by: Dring, William (RA) 1942

  image: A head and shoulder portrait of Lieutenant-Commander N K Tod in civilian clothing, looking down to the right.

• Lieutenant-Commander E Mack, DSO, DSC, RN : "HMS Eclipse"

  (art) Made by: Dring, William (RA) 1942

  image: A full length portrait of Lieutenant-Commander E Mack sitting in an arm chair reading and smoking a pipe.