Training aircraft carrier "Albatross", transferred from the Australian navy.

The aircraft carrier "Argus", a converted liner. Scrapped 1946.

Aircraft carrier HMS "Ark Royal". Lost 1941.

Diagram of the "Ark Royal".

The aircraft carrier "Eagle". Lost 1942.

Aerial view of the "Eagle".

Diagram of the "Eagle"

The carrier HMS "Formidable" at sea. Scrapped 1953.

Aircraft carrier "Furious". Scrapped 1948.

Bow view of the "Furious".

Diagram of the "Furious".

The aircraft carrier "Glorious". Lost 1940.

Bow view of HMS "Glorious" at sea.

Diagram of the "Glorious".

Aircraft carrier "Hermes" of 1919. Lost 1942.

Diagram of the "Hermes"

Painting of the "Illustrious". Scrapped 1956.

The carrier "Indomitable" (scrapped 1955) along with the "Indefatigable" (scrapped 1956), "Unicorn" (scrapped 1959), "Formidable" (scrapped 1953) and "Victorious" (scrapped 1969).

The battle-cruiser HMS "Hood". Lost 1941.

HMS "Barham", flagship of the fifth battle squadron at Jutland. Lost 1941.

Another view of HMS "Barham".

Diagram of the "Barham".

Aerial view of the "Hood". Lost 1941.

Diagram of the "Hood".

35,000 ton battleship HMS "King George V". Painting by Oscar Parkes. Scrapped 1957.

The battleship HMS "Malaya". Scrapped 1948.

Battle cruiser HMS "Nelson". Scrapped 1948.

HMS "Nelson" at sea.

Forward guns on HMS "Nelson".

Diagram of the "Nelson".

Forward view from HMS "Neptune".

The battleship HMS "Queen Elizabeth". Scrapped 1948.

Another view of the "Queen Elizabeth" at sea.

HMS "Queen Elizabeth" seen from on board HMS "Royal Sovereign".

Royal Sovereign class battleship HMS "Ramillies". Scrapped 1948.

Guns on the battleship HMS "Renown". Scrapped 1948.

Royal Sovereign class battleship HMS "Repulse". Lost 1941.

Royal Sovereign class battleship HMS "Resolution". Scrapped 1948.

Another view of "Resolution" at sea.

Royal Sovereign class battleship HMS "Revenge". Scrapped 1948.

Another view of HMS "Revenge".

A bow view of the battleship HMS "Rodney". Scrapped 1948.

Deck view on the "Rodney".

Battleship HMS "Royal Sovereign". Scrapped 1949.

Diagram of the "Royal Sovereign".

The battleship HMS "Valiant". Scrapped 1948.

Battleship HMS "Warspite". Scrapped 1946.

Aerial view of the "Warspite".

Diagram of the "Warspite".

HMS "Achilles", one of the cruisers which defeated the "Admiral Graf Spee". Sold to India 1948.

Diagram of the HMS "Adventure". Scrapped 1947.

HMS "Ajax", the first cruiser in history to launch an aeroplane in action. Scrapped 1949.

Another view of HMS "Ajax".

HMS "Apollo", which later became HMAS "Hobart". Scrapped 1962.

The cruiser HMS "Arethusa". Scrapped 1950.

Arethusa class cruiser HMS "Aurora". Sold to China 1948.

HMAS "Australia" of the same type as the British Kent class cruiser. Scrapped 1955.

Edinburgh class cruiser HMS "Belfast". Now preserved on the Thames.

The cruiser HMS "Berwick". Scrapped 1948.

Diagram of the "Berwick".

Port side view of the light cruiser HMS "Birmingham". Scrapped 1950.

Anti-aircraft cruiser HMS "Cairo". Lost 1942.

Diagram of the "Cairo".

Anti-aircraft cruiser HMS "Calcutta". Lost 1941.

Criuser HMS "Caledon". Scrapped 1948.

Diagram of the "Caledon".

HMS "Calypso". Lost 1940.

HMAS "Canberra", sister ship of the "Australia". Lost 1942.

Anti-aircraft cruiser HMS "Capetown". Scrapped 1946.

C class cruiser "Caradoc". Scrapped 1946.

Cruiser HMS "Cardiff". Scrapped 1946.

Diagram of the "Cardiff".

Cruiser HMS "Carlisle" before conversion into an anti-aircraft ship. Lost 1943.

C class cruiser HMS "Ceres". Scrapped 1946.

Cruiser HMS "Columbo" before rearming as an anti-aircraft ship. Scrapped 1948.

The cruiser HMS "Cornwall". Lost 1942.

Ceres class cruiser HMS "Coventry". Lost 1942.

Another view of HMS "Coventry".

Diagram of the "Coventry"

Kent class cruiser HMS "Cumberland". Scrapped 1959.

Cruiser HMS "Curacoa" before conversion into an anti-aircraft ship. Lost 1941.

The anti-aircfaft ship HMS "Curlew", a converted cruiser. Lost 1940.

D class cruiser HMS "Danae". This vessel carried a name first given to a frigate in 1759. Scrapped 1948.

D class cruiser HMS "Dauntless", seen here at Vancouver. Scrapped 1946.

Cruiser HMS "Delhi". Scrapped 1948.

Stern view of the "Delhi"

D class cruiser HMS "Despatch". Scrapped 1946.

The cruiser HMS "Devonshire". Scrapped 1954.

Diagram of the "Devonshire".

Small cruiser HMS "Dido". Scrapped 1958.

Cruiser HMS "Diomede". Scrapped 1946.

County class cruiser HMS "Dorsetshire". Lost 1942.

Diagram of the "Dorsetshire".

D class cruiser "Dunedin", built at the end of World War 1. Lost 1941.

Diagram of the "Dunedin".

D class cruiser HMS "Durban". Lost 1944.

HMS "Effingham", a cruiser dating from the end of World War 1. Lost 1940.

E class cruiser HMS "Emerald". Scrapped 1948.

Emerald class cruiser HMS "Enterprise", the first British ship since 1900 to have a twin 6-in gun turret. Scrapped 1946.

Cruiser HMS "Exeter". Lost 1942.

Another view of the "Exeter" at sea.

Diagram of the "Exeter".

Diagram of the "Fiji". Lost 1941.

Arethusa class cruiser HMS "Galatea". Lost 1941.

Stern view of the cruiser HMS "Glasgow". Scrapped 1958.

The cruiser HMS "Gloucester". Lost 1941.

Australian cruiser HMAS "Hobart". Scrapped 1962.

The cruiser HMS "Kent". Scrapped 1948.

Cruiser HMS "Leander" of 1930. Scrapped 1949.

Diagram of the "Leander".

Starboard view of the cruiser HMS "Liverpool". Scrapped 1958.

Stern view of the cruiser HMS "Manchester". Lost 1942.

Leander class cruiser HMS "Neptune". Lost 1941.

Southampton class cruiser HMS "Newcastle" about to hoist a sea plane aboard. Scrapped 1959.

The cruiser HMS "Norfolk". Scrapped 1950.

Leander class cruiser HMS "Orion". Scrapped 1949.

Arethusa class cruiser HMS "Penelope". Lost 1944.

HMAS "Perth" (lost 1942) and HMAS "Sydney" (lost 1941) of the Australian Navy.

The cruiser HMS "Sheffield" of 1937. Scrapped 1967.

HMS "Southampton", name-ship of its class. Lost 1941.