HMS Achilles engaging the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman

Viewed from beneath the wrecked X and Y turrets of her sister HMS Ajax, Achilles comes under fire from the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee

The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman

Viewed from beneath the blistered guns of the damaged X and Y turrets of her sister HMS Ajax

HMS Ajax by Ivan Berryman

HMS Ajax was built as a light cruiser at Barrow and launched in 1935.

HMS Belfast by Robert Taylor

Shown with the British fleet in Scapa Flow early in the war.

HMS Belfast During the Battle of North Cape by Randall Wilson

Under lowering arctic skies HMS Belfast (Admiral Burnets Flagship) leads HMS Sheffield and HMS Norfolk in the race to protect convoy JW55B from Scharnhorst.

HMS Blenheim by W Fred Mitchell

Royal naval cruiser.

HMS Coventry by Ivan Berryman

The anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Coventry comes under intense air attack off Tobruk on 14th September 1942

The Flagship Crescent at Bar Harbour 1900 by Charles Dixon

Crescent, cruiser, 7,700 tons. Launched Portsmouth, March 30th 1892. Heaviest gun 9.2 in, 22 tons.

Richelieu and HMS Cumberland 1945 by Ivan Berryman

The French battleship Richelieu with the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Cumberland, shown during Operation Crimson

HMS Dido by Ivan Berryman

HMS Dido was launched on 18th July 1939, she took part in the evacuation of troops and defense of Crete, where she was damaged on B gun, killing 46 men.

HMS Dorsetshire (The End of the Bismarck)

The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck

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.

HMS Emerald by Ivan Berryman

The E-class light cruiser HMS Emerald is shown off the Newfoundland coast in company with a Flower class corvette.

HMS Euryalus by Ivan Berryman

HMS Euryalus, a Dido class cruiser, shown off the Bay of Naples.

The Good Hope in Table Bay by Charles Dixon

The Good Hope, armoured cruiser, 14,100 tons displacement. Launched Feb 21 1901. Heaviest gun, 9.2 in, BL.

HMS Jamaica by Ivan Berryman

Nürnberg Sinking by W L Wyllie

HMS Kent and a sailing ship in the background.

HMS Kent Passing South Sand Lightship by Charles Dixon

Kent Armoured Cruiser, 9,800 tons. Launched Portsmouth March 6 1901. Heaviest gun, 6 in quick firing.

HMS Illustrious and HMS Kenya at Devonport by Ivan Berryman

HMS Illustrious slips quietly away from the docks at Devonport, Plymouth with the Fiji class cruiser in the middle distance, 1941.

HMS Naiad by Ivan Berryman

The Dido class cruiser HMS Naiad is pictured together with the cruiser HMS Leander

Night Attack on the Newcastle by Robert Taylor

During the night of 14/15th June 1942 German E-Boats of the 3rd Flotilla left their base at Derna to intercept an Allied convoy bound for Malta

HMS Norfolk at the Battle of the North Cape by Ivan Berryman

HMS Norfolk and HMS Belfast of Force I are shown engaging the Scharnhorst

HMS Powerful Steaming up Channel on her Return from South Africa by Charles Dixon

Powerful, First Class Cruiser. Launched Barrow, 24th July 1895. Displacement 14,200 tons. Heaviest gun 9.2 in, 22 ton.

HMS Valiant and HMS Phoebe at Alexandria, 1941 by Ivan Berryman

A pair of 272 Squadron Bristol Beaufighters roar over the extensively rebuilt battleship HMS Valiant as she lies at anchor at Alexandria late in 1941, accompanied by the cruiser HMS Phoebe and Valiants sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth (in the extreme distance).