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Cruisers of the Aeolus 2nd Class (also known as the Apollo Class)  History of the 2nd class cruisers of the Aeolus class includes HMS Melampus, HMS Retribution, HMS Brilliant, HMS Sybille, HMS Sappho, HMS Scylla, HMS Latona , HMS Intrepid and HMS Andromanche.

Displacement: 3400 Tons  (some of the class were wood and Copper sheathed for tropical service this increased weight to 3600 tons) Speed:  20 knots,  Crew: 273  Armament: Two 6 - inch Guns  Six 4.7-inch QF guns,  Eight 6 pounder and One 3 pdr Quick Firing Guns. Four machine Guns.  Four 14-inch Torpedo Tubes
HMS Aeolus 13th November 1891 Sold to breakers 1914.
HMS Andromanche 14th August 1890 Sold to breakers 1920.
HMS Apollo 10th February 1891 Sold to breakers 1920.
HMS Brilliant 24th June 1891 Sunk as blockship on 23rd April 1918.
HMS Indefatigable 12th March 1891 Sold to breakers 1913.
HMS Intrepid 20th June 1891 Sunk as blockship on 23rd April 1918.
HMS Iphigenia 19th November 1891 Sunk as blockship on 23rd April 1918.
HMS Latona 22nd May 1890 Sold to breakers 1920.
HMS Melampus 2nd August 1890 Sold to breakers 1910.
HMS Naiad 29th November 1890 Sold to breakers 1922.
HMS Pique 13th December 1890 Sold to breakers 1911.
HMS Rainbow 25th March 1891 Sold
HMS Retribution 6th August 1891 Sold to breakers 1911.
HMS Sappho 9th May 1891 Sold to breakers 1921.
HMS Scylla 17th October 1891 Sold to breakers 1914.
HMS Sirius 27th October 1890 Sunk as blockship on 23rd April 1918.
HMS Spartan 25th February 1891 Sold to breakers 1931.
HMS Sybille 27th December 1890 Wrecked on 16th January 1901.
HMS Terpsichore 30th October 1890 Sold to breakers 1914.
HMS Thetis 13th December 1890 Sunk as blockship on 23rd April 1918.
HMS Tribune 24th February 1891 Sold to breakers 1911.

HMS Aeolus

HMS Aeolus, April, 1896

HMS Aeolus pictured c.1909. 

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Crew member of HMS Aeolus.  Photo from West Indies c.1912.

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HMS Apollo

HMS Apollo - Name History

The sixth “Apollo” is an 8-gun twin-screw cruiser, launched at Devonport in 1891.  She is of 3400 tons, 9000 horsepower, and 20 knots speed.  Her length, beam, and draught were 300ft, 43ft, and 17ft. For some years the “Apollo” has acted as a special mine-laying vessel.

HMS Apollo.

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HMS Apollo. Sent in by George Needham

HMS Apollo.  Sent in by Geoff Francis

HMS Brilliant

HMS Brilliant

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HMS Brilliant crew members with Henry Albert Harper holding a banjo. Courtesy of Steven Harper

Shipmate on either HMS Brilliant or HMS Nerissa. Courtesy of Steven Harper
HMS Indefatigable

HMS Indefatigable.

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HMS Iphigenia

HMS Iphigenia.

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HMS Naiad

HMS Naiad after conversion to a minelayer.

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HMS Pique

HMS Pique.

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HMS Rainbow

HMS Rainbow, February, 1896

HMS Scylla

HMS Scylla pictured in May 1907. 

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HMS Sirius

HMS Sirius, 1898.

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HMS Sirius. (HMS 'Dog').

We think HMS 'Dog' was the nickname for HMS Sirius - from Dog Star.  Confirmation would be appreciated if you can!

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HMS Spartan

HMS Spartan, October 1903.

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HMS Thetis

The Vulcan, Royal Sovereign and Thetis at Plataea Harbour c.1900.

For a considerable portion of the year the Mediterranean Fleet cruised eastward. This work was not well liked as it did not present the social amenities found at Malta or some of the other Italian and Spanish ports, and after all life on board was sufficiently monotonous in 1900 for a little excitement to be needed. Greece was friendly to Great Britain and allowed the navy to make limited use of her ports and islands. Here torpedoes were run and gun practise was carried out. The British ships shown at anchor above are in the small port of Plataea.

HMS Thetis.

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HMS Latona by W Fred Mitchell (P)


HMS Latona by W Fred Mitchell (P)

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Flying Officer Eric Loveland and his navigator Sergeant Jack Duffy of No.68 Squadron intercept a German Ju88 intruder on the night of March 17th 1945.

Moonlight Serenade by Troy White.
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Distant Dispersal by Graeme Lothian. (P)
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Boeing 737 by David Pentland.
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Harrier in a Hyde by Geoff Lea (P)
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Falling Angels by Tim Fisher.
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A Dunkirk Encounter by Ivan Berryman. (P)
Half Price! - £270.00 		During a patrol on 6th July 1918, Christiansen spotted a British submarine on the surface of the Thames Estuary. He immediately turned and put his Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 floatplane into an attacking dive, raking the submarine C.25 with machine gun fire, killing the captain and five other crewmen. This victory was added to his personal tally, bringing his score to 13 kills by the end of the war, even though the submarine managed to limp back to safety. Christiansen survived the war and went on to work as a pilot for the Dornier company, notably flying the giant Dornier Do.X on its inaugural flight to New York in 1930. He died in 1972, aged 93.

Kapitanleutnant zur See Friedrich Christiansen by Ivan Berryman. (Y)
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The view across Battleship Row, viewed from above Ford Island as the USS Nevada gallantly makes her break for the open sea, coming under heavy attack from Japanese A6M2s from the carrier Hiryu. The Nevada was eventually too badly damaged to continue and was beached to avoid blocking the harbour entrance. In the immediate foreground, the lightly damaged USS Tennessee is trapped inboard of USS West Virginia which has sunk at her moorings, leaking burning oil and hampering the daring operations to pluck trapped crew members from her decks, while just visible to the right is the stern of the USS Maryland and the capsized Oklahoma.
Attack on Pearl Harbor by Ivan Berryman
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HMS Fearless by Ivan Berryman (P)
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Battle of the Falkland Islands by Randall Wilson (P)
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Arguably the most iconic moment in British naval history, <i>HMS Victory</i> is depicted just moments from firing her devastating opening salvo into the stern galleries of the French flagship </i>Bucentaure</i> at Trafalgar as Nelson's flagship enters the fray at approximately 12.30pm on October 21st 1805. Beyond <i>Victory</i>, in the extreme distance through the gun smoke, Collingwood's <i>Royal Sovereign</i>is engaging the <i>Santa Ana</i>. To the left of the painting, the French <i>Neptune</i> and Spanish <i>San Justo</i> can be seen with <i>Redoutable</i> immediately beyond <i>Victory</i>, trying vainly to close the gap. <i>Victory</i>, already shot to pieces, is about to wreak her terrible revenge on the <i>Bucentaure</i> in the foreground where Vice-Admiral Villeneuve can be seen on the poop deck - wearing the green corduroy pantaloons. Nelson was surely the nemesis of Villeneuve, who had been summarily humiliated some seven years earlier at the Battle of the Nile and Nelson's tactics would again win the day for His Majesty's navy, albeit at the tragic cost of Nelson himself.

Nemesis by Ivan Berryman. (P)
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HMS King George V by Ivan Berryman (AP)
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Bonaparte au Pont DArcole by Antoine-Jean Gros.
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The Surrender of York to the Roundheads, by Ernest Crofts.
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Road to Mandalay, Burma, February 1945 by David Pentland. (P)
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Battle for Wireless Ridge, Falklands, 13th June 1982 by David Pentland. (Y)
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Capemounted Rifles against Shakas Zulu Impis c.1827 by Chris Collingwood. (Y)
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The Cameron Highlanders at Waterloo by Brian Palmer.
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From behind 17th green looking back to hotel, clubhouse and 18th hole.

Gleneagles - Kings Course by Mark Chadwick
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Johnny Herbert/ Benetton B.195 by Ivan Berryman
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DHM1480. Jenson Button 2004 BAR 006 by Ivan Berryman.
Jenson Button 2004 BAR 006 by Ivan Berryman.
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Eddie Irvine by Michael Thompson.
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Matt le Tissier by Gary Brandham. (AP)
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