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Album of black and white prints, many of them low oblique aerials, of a range of British Royal Naval ships of the Second World War. Ships featured include HMS NELSON, DUKE OF YORK, KING GEORGE V, RODNEY, VALIANT, WARSPITE, REPULSE, RENOWN, HOOD, VICTORIOUS, BITER, AVENGER, FORMIDABLE, GLORIOUS, KENT, EXETER, YORK, LONDON, GLASGOW, SOUTHAMPTON, JAMAICA, SWIFTSURE, BERMUDA, ROYALIST, DIDO, SCYLLA, SIRIUS, ORION, OAKLEY, JERSEY, JERVIS, KELLY, ECHO, WENSLEYDALE, CHARLESTOWN, KIT, WOODCOCK, REDPOLE, WOODPECKER, UPROAR, SATYR, MANXMAN TERROR and Ranger Class Tankers. US navy ships featured include USS SOUTH DAKOTA, ALABAMA, WASHINGTON, WICHITA, TUSCALOOSA and MINNEAPOLIS. German battleship GRAF SPEE and the Italian ship CONTE DI CAVOUR also feature.