The history of the submarine. British Royal Naval submarines
in superb, great value
art prints by naval artist Robert Barbour, published by Cranston Fine
Arts, the naval print company.
HMS Vigilant by Ivan Berryman.
The third of the Royal Navy's Vanguard class submarines, HMS Vigilant (S30) entered service on 2nd November 1996. She is based at HMNB Clyde at Faslane and carries the UK's nuclear deterrent Trident ballistic missile. Manned by a crew of 14 officers and 121 men, her main power is supplied by one Rolls Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor driving two GEC turbines.
Item Code : B0486
HMS Vigilant by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
7th June 1915. HM Submarine E.11 has just surfaced off Cape Helles at the entrance to the Dardanelles Straits. She has just safely negotiated passage through various minefields from the sea of marmora where she destroyed nine Turkish ships, and reached as far as Constantinople. In the background is the destroyer HMS Grampus and the beached freighter SS River Clyde.
Item Code : DHM0762
Mission Completed by Robert Barbour. - Editions Available
On May 2nd 1945, Twenty-seven Mosquito aircraft from 143, 235, 248, 333 and 404 Squadrons on anti-submarine patrol around Kattegat sunk thte German minesweeper M293 and U-2359, a Type XXII U-Boat of 234 tons commanded by Oberleutnant Gustav Bischoff. The wreck of U-2359 was discovered in 2007. Another unknown u-boat was also damaged on this patrol on which none of the aircraft were lost. Depicted here, two Mosquitoes of No.248 Squadron make their attack on U-2359.
Item Code : B0391
Mosquito Attack on U-2359 by Jason Askew. (P) - Editions Available
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Original pencil drawing by Jason Askew, with original signatures. Full Item Details
Pencil drawing image area size 25.5 inches x 17 inches (65cm x 43cm) Surrounded by coloured border, making the total paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 63cm)
The Submariners. Life in British Submarines 1901 - 1999. by John Winton.
This is the first published selection of personal accounts of life aboard the Royal Navys submarines. From the Holland boats of 1901 to the giant Trident nuclear vessels of today, these vivid first-hand descriptions detail the tense patrols of the First and Second World Wars, the torpedo attacks on enemy warships, U-boats and merchant vessels, the horrors of depth-charging, the daring clandestine operations by bodies such as Force 136, and the midget submarine attacks on the Tirpitz. There are accounts of the deterrent patrols of the Cold War, and what happened in the controversial sinking of the General Belgrano during the Falklands War.
Item Code : BK2209
The Submariners. Life in British Submarines 1901 - 1999. by John Winton. - Editions Available
On Sunday October 25th 1992, HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navys first Trident equipped submarine, arrived off the Clyde Submarine Base, Faslane on the Gareloch. She was escorted by a Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet, the RN shore base at Prestwick Airport, and a mixed surface flotilla, including Defence Police and Royal Marines.
Built in Barrow-in-Furness and the 7th and last of the Trafalgar class of British submarines, HMS Triumph is one of the most modern and potent vessels of her kind. Selected in March 2011 to take part in the coalition suppression of Colonel Gadaffi's attacks against his own people, HMS Triumph fired a number of TLAMs (Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles) aimed at air defence targets on the Libyan mainland at the outset of coalition operations, helping to reduce the threat of air attacks by the Libyan Air Force.
Item Code : B0477
HMS Triumph by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
Launched on 1st July 1981, the SSN Fleet Submarine HMS Trafalgar (S107) entered service with the Royal Navy in May 1983 and enjoyed an active career until her retirement at the end of 2009 at her home base of HMNB Devonport, Plymouth.
Item Code : B0492
HMS Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
Lieutenant DOyly-Hughes Brought In To His Ship On His Return From His Exploit.
When he reached the beach, Lieutenant DOyly-Hughes plunged into the seas in his clothes and swam out to where he expected his ship to be. It had moved, however, and he was compelled to return and hide on the shore. At dawn he left everything behind and swam along the hopes of finding the ship, blowing his whistle at intervals to announce his whereabouts. On rounding a cliff he observed what he thought were Turkish boats making out from shore towards him. He immediately made for the beach again, where he discovered that the cause of his fears was his own ship. A last short swim, exhausted though he was, brought to safety among his men.
Item Code : DTE0016
Lieutenant DOyly-Hughes Brought In To His Ship On His Return From His Exploit. - Editions Available
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First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Full Item Details
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HMS Cyclops Prepares to Receive HMS Sceptre by Ivan Berryman
Originally constructed as a Home Fleet Repair Ship, HMS Cyclops was later converted into a submarine depot ship and enjoyed a long career, both in the Mediterranean and in home waters. Here she prepares to receive HMS Sceptre. Another S-class submarine is already tethered alongside.
Item Code : B0214
HMS Cyclops Prepares to Receive HMS Sceptre by Ivan Berryman - Editions Available
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HMS Unrivalled enters Valetta Harbour, Malta, under the command of Lt. Turner, flying the Jolly Roger signifying completion of another successful patrol.
Item Code : DHM0749
The Malta Station by Robert Barbour. - Editions Available
The British submarine B11 leaving her parent ship to attempt the passage of the Dardanelles.
At three oclock on the morning of December 13th 1914, the B11, commanded by Lieutenant Norman Douglas Holbrook, left her parent ship to attempt the passage of the Dardenelles. She proceeded on the surface at first, but sank and lower on creeping along between the hostile shores. Dropping down to sixty feet she groped her way, and at length crept under five rows of submerged mines, which the Turks had laid for the defence of the Straits.
Item Code : DTE0463
The British submarine B11 leaving her parent ship to attempt the passage of the Dardanelles. - Editions Available
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First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Full Item Details
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E11 Working Havoc In Constantinople Harbour.
The crowning moment of E11s adventure was her sudden appearance in the harbour of Constantinople, to the utter consternation of the inhabitants. Lieutenant0Commander Nasmith fired two torpedoes, his objective being some transports, which were moored at the quayside. Unfortunately, strong currents deflected the torpedoes. The first blew up a barge with such force that it damaged a neighbouring transport, which had to be run ashore to avoid sinking. The second hit the quay itself and destroyed a great length of it. Immediately, every Turkish battery set up a fierce bark of protest, but too late. E11 had disappeared. It was a long time before the good citizens of Constantinople recovered their nerves.
Item Code : DTE0094
E11 Working Havoc In Constantinople Harbour. - Editions Available
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First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Full Item Details
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The Rendezvous by Robert Barbour.
RFA Fort Austin makes a leisurely rendezvous at sunset with the Polaris submarine HMS Renown on patrol somewhere in mid ocean. Soon a rubber inflatable will be launched from the Fort, and mail and fresh fruit and vegetables will be transferred before darkness sets in and makes the operation more hazardous.
Item Code : DHM0744
The Rendezvous by Robert Barbour. - Editions Available
Nimrod MR2P from 201 squadron based at RAF Kinloss, climbs away under full power during NATO exercises off the west coast of Scotland. The Nimrod has just completed simulated depth charge attacks on the fleet submarine HMS Spartan and is returning to Kinloss for breakfast. Spartan turns and heads for the Clyde Submarine Base at Faslane on the Gareloch.
Item Code : DHM0743
Good Morning, Spartan by Robert Barbour. - Editions Available
A class submarine, HMS Anchorite, swings away from the depot ship Adamant during work up exercises in the Firth of Clyde. In the mid fifties the depot ship was moored in Rothesay Bay providing a base for the 3rd Submarine Squadron. Leaving the moorings ahead of Anchorite is the frigate HMS Termagant which will day part in the days exercise.
Item Code : DHM0747
Group Up- Half Ahead Starboard by Robert Barbour. - Editions Available
Submariners are a special breed of sailor. Their environment, operating deep beneath the surface of the waves, is both unnatural and dangerous, and demands men of cool courage and exceptional quality. Prowling the depths like a mammoth shark, sometimes hunted, submarine crews live and fight, and sometimes die together, alone in the remote expanses of the worlds great oceans. Regardless of national flag under which they sail, this small elite Silent Service is both feared and admired by all who sail the seas. Plying their deadly trade in World War Two, the German U-boats posed such threat to the vital Atlantic convoys; Winston Churchill feared the submarine threat more than anything Hitler had at his disposal. Hunting in wolf packs, roaming the shipping lanes far beyond the reach of protective aircraft, they decimated the Allied merchant vessels during the Battle of the Atlantic. Manned entirely by volunteers, British and American submarines saw action in every maritime theatre during.........
The first submarine to carry the name, HMS Vengeance (S31) is the fourth and last of the Vanguard class, entering service with the Royal Navy on 27th November 1999. This nuclear-powered vessel has 16 tubes for launching the Trident D5 missile and four tubes in her bow, firing Spearfish Torpedoes.
Item Code : B0485
HMS Vengeance by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
German destroyers come to the rescue of the crew of the sinking German cruiser Hela torpedoed by the British Submarine E9.
Early on the morning of Sunday September 13th 1914, while cruising with another submarine. Lieutenant commander Max Kennedy Horton sighted a German cruiser Hela steaming out from Wilhelmshaven. As she came nearer, the two submarines dived right down. Presently the E9 came up again, and Lieutenant commander Horton took his bearings, and in quick succession gave the orders to dive and to release the two bow torpedoes. A muffled report and slight roll of the submarine told that one of the torpedoes had found its mark. The E9 promptly dived and waited below for fifteen minutes. On coming up again the Hela was seen with a heavy list to starboard, and a number of ships had arrived to take off the crew and hunt for her assailant.
Item Code : DTE0395
German destroyers come to the rescue of the crew of the sinking German cruiser Hela torpedoed by the British Submarine E9. - Editions Available
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First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Full Item Details
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HMS Victorious Departing Faslane by Ivan Berryman.
The second of the Royal Navy's Vanguard Class SSBNs, HMS Victorious is shown in the Gareloch, with the naval base of Faslane in the background.
Item Code : B0460
HMS Victorious Departing Faslane by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
HMS Birmingham Commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, Hitting the Conning Tower of the German Submarine U15.
Item Code : DTE0210
HMS Birmingham Commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, Hitting the Conning Tower of the German Submarine U15. - Editions Available
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First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Full Item Details
Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm)
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HMS/M Thrasher by John Pettitt.
HMS Thrasher returning from patrol off Crete in March 1942.
Item Code : DHM6106
HMS/M Thrasher by John Pettitt. - Editions Available
D for Donald of 270 squadron, Royal Air Force, out of Freetown, West Africa operating in the Atlantic Ocean. It was during routine operation search that D for Donald surprised U515 on the surface and immediately attacked the submarine. U515 in putting up stiff resistance blew a large hole in the hull of D for Donald and the magazine of the starboard side 0.5 twin Browning was hit and the subsequent shrapnel wounded both blister gunners. U515 escaped but was sunk by an American naval hunter group a year later. D for Donald limped back to base and managed to make the beach before it would sink completely.
Item Code : DHM0849
Catalina Attack by John Wynne Hopkins. - Editions Available
17th February 1943, U-201 with U-69 were ordered to intercept the westbound convoy ONS165. With fuel low U-201 was eventually forced to surface following a depth charge attack and rammed by the Destroyer HMS Fame.
Item Code : DHM0969
U-201 Deadly Chase by Anthony Saunders. - Editions Available
Launched in March 1984 and commissioned into the Royal Navy in October the following year, HMS Tireless (S88) was the third of seven Trafalgar Class SSN submarines and is depicted in the Arctic waters near the polar ice cap in 1991.
Item Code : B0490
HMS Tireless by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
A freezing winter dawn breaks over the Gareloch as HMS Repulse heads out on another Atlantic Patrol. She is escorted as far as the deeper waters of the Firth of Clyde by assorted craft from Faslane base, including a Police launch and an inflatable.
Item Code : DHM0745
Dawn Departure by Robert Barbour. - Editions Available
