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• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt) 1945-02-20

  On board HMS BAYNTUN, a Captain class frigate of the 10th Escort Group as she returns to Londonderry, Northern Ireland after a succesfull patrol. U-Boat wreckage being carried ashore from HMS BAYNTUN in mail bags at Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt) 1945-02-20

  Commodore (D) C W G Simpson, CBE, addressing the company after reading a congratulatory signal from the Commander in Chief Western Approaches to men of the 10th Escort Group on their return to Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The group had accounted for...

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt)

  HM Submarine SPUR leaving the Cammel Laird shipyard on her acceptance trials, River Mersey, Liverpool.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt)

  Lady Weeks, wife of Lieutenant General Sir Ronald Weeks, Deputy Chief of Imperial Staff, walking with Commander E R Micklem, CBE, Managing Director of Vickers Armstrong, at the Vickers Armstrong Yard in Barrow-in-Furness.

• SIDELIGHTS ON THE BRITISH SUBMARINE SERVICE: MEN AND SHIPS OF THE BRITISH SUBMARINE SERVICE, ALGIERS, 7 TO 10 FEBRUARY 1943,

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt)

  Officers of HM SUBMARINE URSULA stand in front of the conning tower, which has been draped with the Jolly Roger. Left to right, they are: Sub-Lieutenant W Burley, RNVR; Lieutenant A R Profit, DSC, RN; and Lieutenant A R Marshal, RN. Lt Profit is...

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt)

  British officer and rating instructors watching a French Naval gunnery officer fire a burst with a 20 mm Oerlikon.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt)

  Bren Gun Carriers being loaded at Bone Harbour through the bow doors of HMS BACHAQUERO, an LST specially constructed for the task. Over a hundred were taken in one trip in addition to the rank and file who man them. A truck loaded with supplies can be...

• AT A COASTAL FORCES BASE, HMS HORNET, GOSPORT, 4 JUNE 1944.

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt)

  Ships with "a bite". Clever camouflage on the bows of MTB's at HMS HORNET, Gosport.

• THE GREEK NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt)

  Anti-Submarine Weapons: Hedgehog, a 24 spigot anti-submarine mortar. Sailors loading the Hedgehog on board HHMS TOMPAZIS whilst others watch. This spigot mortar hurls as many as 24 bombs into the air at once towards the spot where the U-boat is lurking.

• THE GREEK NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt)

  Anti-Submarine Weapons: Hedgehog, a 24 spigot anti-submarine mortar. On the target. A full Twenty Four Pattern just fired from the Greek Corvette HHMS TOMPAZIS, seven of the bombs have already hit the water, while seventeen more can be counted in mid-air...