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1940 War Ship Stock Photos

Browse 810 1940 war ship photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

The Royal Navy Town-class Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield from the 18th Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet armed with 12 × 6-inch Mk XXIII guns mounted...

World War Two: War at Sea 1940

Norway, 1940, Sheffield

The Royal Italian Navy Conte di Cavour-class battleship Conte di Cavour of the 1st Battle Squadron armed with three triple and two twin turreted 305...

World War Two: War at Sea 1939

Italy, World War II, 1940

The Cunard White Star Line ocean liner passenger ship RMS Queen Elizabeth painted in grey camouflage and converted to a troopship at sea on the...

World War Two: War at Sea 1940

Warship, World War II, USA

Crew members of the French destroyer Bourrasque, sunk by mine off Nieuwpoort during the Dunkirk evacuation, are hauled aboard a British vessel from...

Rescue At Dunkirk

Dunkirk Evacuation, World War II, 1940

Photograph of the IJN Yamato the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Dated...

The IJN Yamato.

Ship, Battleship, Imperial Japanese Navy

The British Army In The UK: Evacuation From Dunkirk, May - June 1940, Destroyers filled with evacuated British troops berthing at Dover, 31 May 1940.

The British Army In The UK: Evacuation From Dunkirk, May - June 1940

Dunkirk Evacuation, 1940, Destroyer

world war ii navy ship sailing towards the dunkirk movie set - 1940 war ship stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

World War II navy ship sailing towards the Dunkirk movie set

Le porte-avions américain 'The Hornet', circa 1940.

Le Porte-Avions Américain 'The Hornet'

Porte-avions américain en exercice dans le Pacifique, circa 1940.

Porte-Avions Américain Dans Le Pacifique

Battleship 'West Virginia' - undated - Vintage property of ullstein bild

USA : US battleship 'West Virginia' - undated (before 1941) - Vintage property of ullstein bild

World War II, USA, Warship

Yamato battleship Japan, drawing.

Yamato battleship

An American destroyer ploughing through the sea on her way to Iceland.

American Destroyer

World War II, USA, Iceland

Royal Navy sailor armourers prepare belts of ammunition for the quad mount Vickers MkIII 50-caliber naval anti-aircraft heavy machine gun aboard a...

World War Two: War at Sea 1940

French Marine Nationale L'Adroit-class Destroyers Basque, Forbin and Le Fortune from the French squadron of Force X on station to deter Italy from...

World War Two: War at Sea 1940

World War II, French Navy, 1940

The British battleship the Valiant with a seaplane on board, photograph from Illustrazione Italiana, July 21 20th century.

British battleship Valiant with seaplane on board

Sinking of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, during the Battle of Cape Spada between the British and Italians, 19 July, 1940. World War II,...

Sinking of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni

The Cunard White Star Line ocean liner passenger ship RMS Queen Elizabeth painted in grey camouflage and converted to a troopship is positioned by...

World War Two: War at Sea 1940

Shipyard, 1940, RMS Queen Mary

Benson-class Destroyer USS Madison , Built by Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, Completed October 1940

WW II Ships / World War II Ships - Benson-class Destroyer USS Madison (DD-425), Built by Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, Completed October 1940

Destroyer, World War II, Navy

1940s USS MISSOURI BB-63 USN WORLD WAR II IOWA-CLASS BATTLESHIP AT SEA JUNE 1944 WEARING RAZZLE DAZZLE CAMOUFLAGE PAINT SCHEME

1940sS MISSOURI BB-63...

World War II, Camouflage, USS Missouri

Aerial view of Tower bridge over the Thames, London, United Kingdom, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVII, No 37, September 15, 1940.

Aerial view of Tower bridge over Thames, London

London - England, 1940

Japan, Yamato class battleship, 1940. Illustration

Japan, Yamato class battleship, 1940. illustration

Navy, Japan, Ship

Germany at war, Signal magazine, 1940. Battle of the Atlantic. A cargo ship sinking in flames after being hit by torpedoes from a German submarine...

Germany at war.

Nazism, Battle of the Atlantic

Some of the the crew of the British Royal Navy Leander-class light cruiser, HMS Ajax, in Plymouth on their return from the Battle of the River Plate...

HMS Ajax Crew Return

World War II, Warship, UK

Pedestrians walk past the Greek navy frigate "Kimon", parked ahead of celebrations marking the national "Oxi" Day at the port of Thessaloniki on...

GREECE-POLITICS-HISTORY-WWII

Royal Navy sailors training on a QF 12-pounder 12 cwt calibre naval gun mounted on the forecastle of a converted armed trawler mine sweeper on 11th...

World War Two: Home Front 1940

World War II, Warship, Portsmouth - England

Saratoga, Aircraft Carrier at Sea, Office of War Information, early 1940's.

USS Saratoga, Aircraft Carrier at Sea, early 1940's

USS Saratoga, USA, Aircraft Carrier

Navy Sailor on Naval Vessel Keeping Alert Watch over Merchant Ships Delivering Vital Supplies to U.S. And Allied Forces in Europe, Atlantic Ocean,...

U.S. Navy Sailor Keeping Alert Watch over Merchant Ships Delivering Vital Supplies to U.S. and Allied Forces, 1940's

World War II, US Navy, Atlantic Ocean

Le Prince de Galles débarque du navire anglais 'Whitehall' pour visiter les bâtiments de guerre alliés, circa 1940 à Cannes, France.

Le Prince de Galles débarquant du 'Whitehall'

frigate elli ww2 memorial - 1940 war ship stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Frigate Elli WW2 Memorial

frigate elli ww2 memorial - 1940 war ship stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Frigate Elli WW2 Memorial

frigate elli ww2 memorial - 1940 war ship stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Frigate Elli WW2 Memorial

frigate elli ww2 memorial - 1940 war ship stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Frigate Elli WW2 Memorial

frigate elli ww2 memorial - 1940 war ship stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Frigate Elli WW2 Memorial

An undated picture shows the Tirpitz, Germany's biggest battleship and a bete noir of Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill, which sinked on...

GERMANY-SCIENCE-BOTANY-WWII-TREES

Tirpitz, Norway

1910s 1940s LAUNCHING BATTLESHIP ARIZONA JUNE 1915 SHIP SUNK PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7 1941 BROOKLYN NAVY YARDS NEW YORK CITY USA

1910s 1940s LAUNCHING...

New York City, Harbor, 1900-1909

Sir Kingsley Wood , the Secretary of State for Air, is met by Northern Irish President James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon upon his arrival at...

Kingsley Wood And Craigavon

John Harrison aged 104, sits on the foredeck of HMS Belfast in front of gun turret A, which he commanded during the Second World War, as veterans who...

HMS Belfast turns 80

John Harrison aged 104, sits on the foredeck of HMS Belfast in front of gun turret A, which he commanded during the Second World War, as veterans who...

HMS Belfast turns 80

Veterans who served on HMS Belfast in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s meet aboard the historic warship on the River Thames in London to mark its 80th...

HMS Belfast turns 80

John Harrison aged 104, sits on the foredeck of HMS Belfast in front of gun turret A, which he commanded during the Second World War, as veterans who...

HMS Belfast turns 80

John Harrison aged 104, sits on the foredeck of HMS Belfast in front of gun turret A, which he commanded during the Second World War, as veterans who...

HMS Belfast turns 80

John Harrison aged 104, sits on the foredeck of HMS Belfast in front of gun turret A, which he commanded during the Second World War, as veterans who...

HMS Belfast turns 80

John Harrison aged 104, sits on the foredeck of HMS Belfast in front of gun turret A, which he commanded during the Second World War, as veterans who...

HMS Belfast turns 80

World War II. English sailors in front of their battery in the harbour of Alexandria . May 1940.

World War II. English sailors

World War II. Defence of the coasts. Surveillance by the Navy on a French warship, 1940.

World War II. Defence of

Poster produced by the Bethlehem Steel Company entitled 'The Navy Needs To Avenge Pearl Harbor; Let's Go' features an image of a battleship as it...

'The Navy Needs To Avenge Pearl Harbor'

Poster, World War II, Pearl Harbor Attack

Photomontage features a squadron of aircraft as it flies in a 'V' formation, which is mirrored on the water below by sunlight from behind battleship,...

World War II, Sea

Avro Anson of Coastal Command working in cooperation with two convoy escorts hunt down a German U-Boat in the Western Approaches in the spring of...

Battle of the Atlantic

Battle of the Atlantic, Royal Navy, World War II

British seaman Frank Laskier makes one of his popular broadcasts during World War II, circa 1942. A gunner in the Merchant Navy, Laskier's ship was...

My Name Is Frank

Oil painting by Norman Wilkinson, showing survivors leaving the sinking London, Midland & Scottish railway steam ship Scotia. The Scotia was sunk,...

Sinking of the LMS steamer SS Scotia off Dunkirk, France, 1940.

Dunkirk Evacuation, War, Lifeboat

Anti-aircraft gun on an Italian destroyer providing cover during the Battle of Calabria, Italy, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year...

Anti-aircraft gun on Italian destroyer

Loading torpedoes on an Italian military ship before the Battle of Calabria , Italy, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVII, No 29,...

Loading torpedoes on Italian military ship

Torpedo - Weapon, Italy, Military

An English merchant ship being attacked by a Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber on the English Channel, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year...

English merchant ship being attacked

French three prong plan for invasion that would allow Napoleon to attack England with balloons, ships and a tunnel under the channel, engraving from...

French three prong plan for invasion

Subsidio al Combatiente

Subsidio al Combatiente

Spain, Patriotism

Aerial view shows the American aircraft carrier USS Yorktown landing her planes on the flight deck, ca.1940s.

The Fighting Lady

Navy recruitment poster, for the 'Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service' program, features two uniformed women in dress whites as they walk...

'Don't Miss Your Great Opportunity...'

US Navy, Poster, World War II

Belgian Navy frigate Artevelde, August 1940, illustration

Belgian Navy frigate Artevelde, August 1940, illustration

Poster entitled 'Avenge December 7' depicts a man with his fist outstretched above the sihouette of an exploding battleship, early 1940s.

'Avenge December 7'

The French Bretagne-class battleship Provence is bombarded by the British fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, 3rd July 1940.

World War II, French Culture

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