HMS Colossus by Ivan
Berryman. Together with her sister ship, Hercules, HMS Colossus acquitted
herself well at the Battle of Jutland where she fired 93 12in rounds,
but received only two hits from enemy fire which caused minor damage and
left nine crew injured. She was sold for scrap in 1928.
HMS Royal Oak by Ivan Berryman The
R-class battleship Royal Oak lies at anchor in Scapa Flow between the
wars ahead of her sisters Royal Sovereign and Revenge. HMS Repulse
is passing the line on the left of the picture
HMS Glowworm's Attack on the
Admiral Hipper by Ivan Berryman HMS Glowworm, burning severely after receiving hits
from the mighty Admiral Hipper, is depicted turning to begin her heroic
sacrifice off the Norwegian coast on 8th April 1940. Hugely out-gunned
and already crippled, Glowworm's captain, Lieutenant-Commander Roope
rammed his destroyer into the side of the Admiral Hipper, inflicting a
40 metre rip in its armour belt before drifting away and exploding. 38
British sailors were rescued from the sea and Roope was awarded a
posthumous VC for his bravery, the first earned by the Royal Navy in
WWII.
Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman Swordfish of 825 Sqn led by Lt-Cdr Esmonde begin their heroic
attack on the battlescruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy
cruiser Prinz Eugen as they make their way up the English Channel from
Brest during Operation Cerberus on 12th February 1942. Although
all the aircraft were lost and no significant damage was done to the
German fleet, all the pilots were decorated for their bravery and Lt-Cdr
Esmonde received the first Fleet Air Arm VC to be awarded, albeit
posthumously. The painting depicts the first wave of Swordfish attacking the
Scharnhorst with Gneisenau taking avoiding action in the distance.
A German torpedo boat has turned to confront the attacking aircraft.
Operation Neptune by
Ivan Berryman Forming part of the Eastern Task Force covering the landings at
Normandy in June 1944, the cruiser HMS Mauritius is shown in company
with the monitor HMS Roberts and the cruiser HMS Frobisher shelling
German batteries at Merville, Houlgate and Benerville as the combined
British and American forces embark upon what would become known forever
as D-Day.
Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman Between 24th may and 4th June 1940 an extraordinary armada of
craft, large and small, naval and civilian, embarked on one of the
greatest rescue missions in history. the evacuation of 330,000 British
and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in northern France. the destroyer
HMS Wakeful dominates the foreground here as troops pour onto the beaches
and harbour moles in search of salvation. Both Wakeful and distant HMS
Grafton were lost during the evacuation.
HMS Naiad by Ivan Berryman The Dido class cruiser HMS Naiad is pictured together with the
cruiser HMS Leander during the encounter with the French Guepard in 1941
whilst they were both engaged in operations against the Vichy-French
forces in Syria.
HMS Tiger by Ivan Berryman The largest and fastest of all the ships that took part in the
Battle of Jutland, the elegant battle cruiser HMS Tiger was launched in
1913 and is easily recognisable by the unusual position of Q turret just
aft of the third funnel, She is shown about to pass beneath the
Forth Bridge as she departs Rosyth for a sea trial
Concorde Farewell by Ivan Berryman A sad, but magnificent sight on 24th October 2003 as the last three
British Airways Concordes bring commercial supersonic travel to a close,
as they taxi together to their final dispersal at Heathrow.
Final Touchdown by Ivan Berryman The end of
an era. British Airways Concorde G-BOAG moments before touching down
at Heathrow for the very last time.
HMS Dorsetshire (The End
of the Bismarck) The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing
wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10:30 hours on the morning
of May 27th 1941. The once proud German ship had been ruthlessly
pounded into a twisted and burning wreck by the British battleships Rodney
and King George V. HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Maori combed the area of
the sinking for survivors, between them picking up a total of 110 out of
an original complement of 2,300.
HMS Carmania sinking the German armed liner
SS Cap Trafalgar off Ilha da Trindade; South Atlantic. 14th September
1914. By Ivan Berryman.
HMS Coventry by Ivan
Berryman The anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Coventry comes under
intense air attack off Tobruk on 14th September 1942 in company with the
Type 2 Hunt class destroyer HMS Beaufort. Coventry was repeatedly
bombed both by Italian and German aircraft during the raids and was
eventually lost.
HMS Kelly by Ivan Berryman The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the old carrier HMS Eagle as
she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean early in 1941.
HMS
Hood Engages Bismarck by Ivan Berryman The moment shortly
after dawn on 24th May 1941 when HMS Hood, in company with HMS Prince of
Wales, opens fire on the Bismarck, setting in motion one of the greatest
sea dramas the world had seen.
HMS Hood During the Fleet
Review of 1935 by Ivan Berryman
(matted)
