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Wide angle image looking towards HMS Caroline, the remarkable First World War ship. HMS Caroline is located at Alexandra Dock, Queens Rd, Belfast in the heart of Titanic Quarter.
Taken a few months ago. The tide was just at the right height (by more luck than anything!) to keep the foreground boat beached and still, whilst filling the foreground with water. Thanks very much for viewing.
Launched in 1824 HMS Unicorn is the oldest ship in Scotland and one of the six oldest ships in the world. It was originally constructed as a 46 gun frigate at Chatham Royal Dockyard in England and arrived in Dundee in 1873 as a training ship for the Royal Naval Reserves, a role she carried out until the 1960s.
The Unicorn was handed over to the Unicorn Preservation Society in 1968 and opened to the public in 1975.
There are plans to move the ship to dry dock for necessary restoration and preservation after £1.11m in funding was very recently secured.
It would be nice if this work could be completed in time for HMS Unicorn's 200th birthday in 2024.
HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy. Warrior was Britain’s first iron-hulled, armoured battleship and was launched in 1860 at a time of empire and Britain’s dominance in trade and industry. Warrior was the pride of Queen Victoria’s fleet.
Powered by steam and sail, she was the largest, fastest and most powerful warship of her day and had a lasting influence on naval architecture and design.
30th November 2015 - The Royal Navy's type 23 frigate 'HMS Sutherland' prepares to cast off and depart a very unsteady floating cruise liner terminal at Liverpools waterfront.
HMS Belfast is a museum ship, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser, permanently moored in London on the River Thames and operated by the Imperial War Museum.
A Good friend of nearly 40 years got married on Aug 29th and this was his reception venue !!
HMS Warrior was the name ship of her class of two 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigates built for the Royal Navy in 1859–61. She and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship,
Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, Warrior has been based in Portsmouth since 1987.
This morning I headed out for sunrise along the Thames but didn’t really have a shot in mind. As I was wandering I saw HMS Belfast and thought it would make a good photo.
This was taken about 30 minutes before sunrise, I made a rookie mistake by leaving the location and heading somewhere else as I didn’t think the clouds would catch and produce some colour, I was wrong. I tried to make a mad rush back but didn’t make it in time.
I still ended up with a photo I’m happy with though and there’ll always be another sunrise. I hope you like it.
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HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Taken outside the Historic Boatyard, Portsmouth.
From London Bridge with Tower Bridge in the background. Apparently its guns are trained on Newport Pagnell service station on the M1 motorway. Maybe they had a dodgy sausage roll there once.
Aquest fou, en el seu moment (1861), el vaixell més modern del mon: el primer amb blindatge d'un pam d'acer, canons de retrocarrega i motor a vapor. Afortunadament ha estat conservat com a museu, tot i va estar a punt de ser desballestat com a ferralla.
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The HMS Warrior was in 1861, the most modern and powerful warship in the world: ironclad, with breech-loading guns and steam engines. Fortunately, it has survived to be a floating museum.
Bow on view of the light cruiser HMS Caroline in Belfast. The last survivpr of the battle of Jutland.
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HMS Belfast, Tower Bridge and The Tower of London - Three world famous attractions along the River Thames split-toned and desaturated in LR6 to give the image a slight yesteryear feel.
Warrior is part of the National Historic Fleet,[77] and is berthed in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard complex, which is also the home of Nelson's flagship HMS Victory and the Tudor warship Mary Rose.[78] In 1995 she received over 280,000 visitors, and the whole dockyard receives between 400,000 and 500,000 visitors annually.[79] Warrior is still managed by the Warrior Preservation Trust[80] and is used as a venue for weddings and functions to generate funds for her maintenance.[81][82] The trust also has a collection of material related to the ship and an archive; the latter is not yet open to the public.
Taken from Wikipedia
HMS Justice (W-140) or also called "St. Christopher" was built in the United States as U.S. Navy ATR-1-class rescue tug USS ATR-20 by Camden Shipbuilding & Marine Railway Co. in Maine in 1943. After suffering engine trouble and rudder damage in 1954, she was laid up at Ushuaia, Argentina, beached and abandoned there.
HMS Warrior was built for the Royal Navy between 1859 and 1861 and the first British iron clad warship. It was seen as a deterrent to the British governments concern over possible war with France and Spain.
Today, she is a tourist attraction moored in Portsmouth, Hampshire and part of the Historic Naval Dockyard which also includes Lord Nelson’s HMS Victory and King Henry VIII’s Mary Rose.
HMS Warrior was a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–61. Equipped with steam power propulsion , she could sail with the propeller raised in the hull and the funnels lowered to reduce drag. With a crew of 706 officers and enlisted men. Weighting 9210 tons with her sails measuring 37,546 feet she once made a top speed of 17.5 knots
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6th July 2016 - HMS Pembroke (M107) a Sandown-class minehunter of the Royal Navy leaves the Canning Dock in Liverpool.
As you know, I was on a little jolly last weekend, and after visiting Winchester on Saturday I headed to Chichester and Portsmouth on Sunday.
We started the day off in Chichester so I could get a few shots of the cathedral, then headed to Portsmouth for sunset and a wander around. I'll post my cathedral shots later as I've just bored you with the ones from Winchester.
I was based in Portsmouth for a while while I was in the Navy, but I've not been there for over 15 years and it's changed a great deal. It was strange being back there and seeing how much it had changed!!
My first stop was HMS Warrior, I wanted to get a shot of this at sunset but as the cloud was moving away from the ship I changed location. Still, I got one shot of it with some moody cloud and light behind it.
HMS Warrior was Britain's first Iron hulled armoured battleship, built in 1860 it was the largest, fastest and most powerful warship of her day and had a lasting influence on naval architecture and design. Warrior was the pride of Queen Victoria's fleet.
Entering HM Naval Base Plymouth. Taken from Mount Wise, Devonport.
Based in Plymouth, HMS Argyll is the longest-serving Type 23 frigate in the Royal Navy. Built in the late 1980s at the Yarrow Yard in Scotstoun on the Clyde (now BAE Systems), she was commissioned in 1991.
HMS Caroline is the only ship remaining from the Grand and High Seas Fleet of some 250 vessels and the last floating survivor of the Battle of Jutland, May 31 1916.
HMS Forth. one of the Royal Navy's new River Class patrol ships ...
... off to the South Atlantic soon ..
A sloop of the Victorian Royal Navy, HMS Gannet was built on the River Medway at Sheerness in 1878. Designed to patrol the world’s oceans, she ‘flew the flag’ protecting British interests around the world. She saw service in the South Pacific, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
Powered by both sail and steam, with a hull constructed from stout teak planking on a strong iron frame, this highly significant vessel forms part of the United Kingdom’s core national collection of historic ships.
HMS Belfast moored on the Thames near Tower Bridge.
“HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.”
The HMS Wellington is a former Royal Navy Grimsby-Class anti submarine sloop moored on the Thames River at Temple Pier, London, England, UK. The ship dates to 1934 and saw service in WWII as a convoy escort. The ship is 81.1 metres (266 ft.) in length.
HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum. Construction of Belfast, the first ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the capital of Northern Ireland and one of ten Town-class cruisers, began in December 1936. She was launched on Saint Patrick's Day 1938. Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast was initially part of the British naval blockade against Germany. In November 1939, Belfast triggered a German mine and, in spite of fears that she would be scrapped, spent more than two years undergoing extensive repairs.
HMS Caroline is a decommissioned C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw combat service in the First World War and served as an administrative centre in the Second World War. Caroline was launched and commissioned in 1914.