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Submarine histories. Royal Navy Vampire class submarines. Submarine website dedicated to the history of Vampire, Veldt, Venturer, Vigorous, Viking, Virtue, Visigoth, Vox, Upshot, Urtica, Vagabond, Variance, Varne, Vengeful, Vineyard, Virulent, Vivid, Volatile, Voracious, Vortex, Votary and Vulpine from their launch to their participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of V Class submarines.
Submarines in class. HMS Vampire, HMS Veldt, HMS Venturer, HMS Vigorous, HMS Viking, HMS Virtue, HMS Visigoth, HMS Vox, HMS Upshot, HMS Urtica, HMS Vagabond, HMS Variance, HMS Varne, HMS Vengeful, HMS Vineyard, HMS Virulent, HMS Vivid, HMS Volatile, HMS Voracious, HMS Vortex, HMS Votary and HMS Vulpine.
Displacement: 545 tons    Compliment: 33.    Armament: 4 x 21 inch torpedo tubes ( bow; 8 torpedoes). One 3 inch gun.      Speed: surface speed 11.25 knots, submerged speed 10 knots
Upshot 24th February 1944 Scrapped in November 1949 at Preston.
Urtica 23rd March 1944 Scrapped in March 1950 at Milford Haven.
Vagabond 19th September 1944 Scrapped in January 1950 at Newport.
Vampire 20th July 1943 Scrapped in March 1950 at Gateshead.
Variance 22nd May 1944 Served with the Norwegian Navy as Utsira in 1944.
Varne 24th February 1944 Scrapped in September 1958 at Troon.
Veldt 19th July 1943 Served with the Hellenic Navy as Pipinos from 1943-57. Eventually scrapped in February 1958 at Dunston.
Vengeful 20th July 1944 Served with the Hellenic Navy as Delfin from 1944-57. Eventually scrapped in March 1958 at Gateshead.
Venturer 4th May 1943 Served with the Norwegian Navy as Utstein in 1946.
Vigorous 15th October 1943 Sold for scrapping on 23rd December 1949.
Viking 5th May 1943 Served with the Norwegian Navy as Utvaer in 1946.
Vineyard 8th May 1944 Served with the French Navy from 1944-47. Eventually scrapped in June 1950 at Charlestown.
Virtue 29th November 1943 Scrapped in May 1946 at Cochin.
Virulent 23rd May 1944 Served with the Hellenic Navy as Argonaftis from 1946-58. Eventually scrapped in April 1961 at Pasajes.
Visigoth 30th November 1943 Scrapped in April 1950 at Hayle.
Vivid 15th September 1943 Scrapped in October 1950 at Faslane.
Volatile 20th June 1944 Served with the Hellenic Navy as Triaina from 1946-58. Eventually scrapped in December 1958 at Dunston.
Voracious 11th November 1943 Scrapped in May 1946 at Cochin.
Vortex 19th August 1944 Served with the French Navy as Morse from 1944-47. Served with the Danish Navy as Saelen from 1947-58. Eventually scrapped in August 1958 at Faslane.
Votary  21st August 1944 Served with the Norwegian Navy as Uthaug in 1946.
Vox 28th September 1943 Scrapped in May 1946 at Cochin.
Vulpine 28th December 1943 Served with the Danish Navy as Storen from 1947-58. Eventually scrapped in June 1959 at Faslane.

HMS Vengeful

Delfin (ex - HMS Vengeful) ready for scrapping at Gateshead.

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Delfin (ex - HMS Vengeful) ready for scrapping at Gateshead, March 1958.

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HMS VAMPIRE.. ERNEST FREDERICK BALL.. My father-in-law served on HMS Vampire during the war, he is now 93 and would like to hear from anybody else who served on Vampire or share information about her. Contact me at m@saunders955.fsnet.co.uk 

HMS VORACIOUS.  STANLEY MOSS.  My Father was a crew member on board HMS Voracious. He settled in Sydney Australia at the end of the war. He is now 77 and he would love to hear any information regarding the submarine and its ex crew and would gladly pass on information. he would love to hear from any old shipmates. contact Darren Moss at darren@boomproductions.com.au 

HMS VISIGOTH.   I would like to know more about the activities of HMS Visigoth during WW2. My father was not a crew member but was involved in the outfitting the ship. I have a cast Iron ashtray with the image of the submarine and the name of HMS Visigoth cast into the rim. it was given to my father as a souvenir. My father was a electrical engineer with English Electric in Stafford his name was Albert E "Jim" Jameson. any info on HMS Visigoth would be appreciated. contact Dave Jameson at     davejameson@home.com 

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AVIATION PRINTS

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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.
Catalina Attack by John Wynne Hopkins (B)
Half Price! - £80.00 		DHM263. Mustang by Geoff Lea.

Mustang by Geoff Lea.
Half Price! - £20.00 		Paratroopers of the 1st Battalion sort their kit out and get ready to enplane the waiting American Dakota C-47s of the 14 and 59 Squadrons/61st Troop Carrier Group. The paratroops took off simultaneously from Saltby and Barkston, commencing at 1121. All planes were in the air by 1155. A relatively uneventful trip over the northern route to the Netherlands resulted in not a plane being shot down; only five were slightly damaged. The 1st Battalion were dropped at 1403, 2nd Battalion at 1353 and the 3rd Battalion at 1356, all at DZ-X, west of Wolfhezen some eight miles west of Arnhem. The Battalion orders were for three different routes to the Arnhem Bridge. 1st Battalion took the Leopard route, 2nd Battalion Tiger route and the 3rd Battalion Lion route. Only the 2nd Battalion, commanded by Lt colonel John Frost managed to fight their way to the bridge.

Market Garden. Arnhem by Graeme Lothian. (P)
Half Price! - £1800.00 		Australian Ace Dick Cresswell tangles with a Japanese Zero in the humid air of the tropics over New Guinea during an encounter in 1942. Flying a P-40E Kittyhawk with the insignia of 77 Squadron, RAAF blazoned on his aircraft, Cresswell makes a head-on pass leaving the enemy aircraft streaming smoke. Immortalised by the Flying Tigers, the P-40 was a fine combat aircraft that operated in the Pacific, European and Middle East theaters.

Combat Over New Guinea by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y)
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It was in 1941 that the remarkable Focke-Wulfe FW190 first appeared in the skies of Europe, quickly establishing itself as a most formidable adversary. It proved to be the supreme weapon against all allied bomber forces. Here FW190A-8 of 1 Gruppe, Jagdgesschwader 1 is shown attacking a B17G of 381st Bomb Group during a critical defence of the Reich in 1944.

Cat Among the Pigeons (FW190) by Ivan Berryman.
Half Price! - £60.00 		Shown in the colours of Jasta Boelke and carrying Baumers personal red / white / black flash on the fuselage, Fokker DR.1 204/17 was the aircraft in which he scored many of his 43 victories. Although the Sopwith Triplane had been withdrawn from service, German pilots frequently found their DR.1s being mistakenly attacked by their own flak batteries and, sometimes, by other pilots. For this reason, in march 1918, Baumers aircraft bore additional crosses on the centre of the tailplane and on the lower wings to aid identification. For some reason, his rudder displayed what appeared to be an incomplete border to the national marking. Nicknamed Der Eiserne Adler – The Iron Eagle – Paul Baumer survived the war, but died in a flying accident near Copenhagen whilst testing the Rohrbach Rofix fighter. He is shown in action having just downed an RE.8 while, above him, Leutnant Otto Lofflers DR.1 190/17 banks into the sun to begin another attack.

Leutnant Paul Baumer by Ivan Berryman.
Half Price! - £40.00 		A pair of Focke Wulf 190A4s of 9./JG2 Richthofen based at Vannes, France during February 1943. The nearest aircraft is that of Staffelkapitan Siegfried Schnell. The badge on the nose is the rooster emblem of III./JG2 and the decoration on Schnells rudder shows 70 of his eventual total of 93 kills.

Looking for Business by Ivan Berryman. (C)
Half Price! - £80.00 		In a 40 knot gale, Lt Col. Doolittles B25 hauls itself into the air. The first of a 16 strong strike force en route to Tokyo.

USS Hornet. Doolittles Raiders by Ivan Berryman (P)
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NAVAL PRINTS

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The pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, passes Gibraltar on her way to join HMS Prince of Wales at Scapa Flow and onto her short and tragic engagement with the German battleship Bismarck.

HMS Hood Passing Gibraltar by Brian Wood (B)
Half Price! - £30.00 		B0344P. Bismarck Leaving Port by Jason Askew.
Bismarck Leaving Port by Jason Askew. (P)
Half Price! - £340.00 		HMS Vanguard in company with HMS Indefatigable.

HMS Vanguard by Ivan Berryman. (P)
Half Price! - £500.00 		B111AP. The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman.

The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman (AP)
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DHM1307. Queen Elizabeth at Southampton by Ivan Berryman.

Queen Elizabeth at Southampton by Ivan Berryman.
Half Price! - £50.00 		Wearing her unusual black and white disruptive colour scheme, HMS Repulse is pictured as part of Force Z in company with HMS Prince of Wales and the destroyer Vampire. These two mighty battleships were to be lost within hours of each other, the victims of intense Japanese air strikes. Vampire and the destroyer Electra were on hand to pick up survivors from both ships.

HMS Repulse by Ivan Berryman (P)
Half Price! - £2800.00 		B114AP. HMS Carmania sinking the German armed liner SS Cap Trafalgar off Ilha da Trindade, South Atlantic. 14th September 1914. By Ivan Berryman.
HMS Carmania sinking the German armed liner SS Cap Trafalgar off Ilha da Trindade, South Atlantic. 14th September 1914. By Ivan Berryman. (AP)
Half Price! - £25.00 		USS Yorktown seen accompanied by her destroyers including USS Hammann shown under attack by Japanese Torpedo Bombers (Kates) during the battle of Midway. It was in this action that USS Yorktown was lost.

USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway by Anthony Saunders (P)
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MILITARY PRINTS

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The picture shows Prussian troops cheering the arrival of General von Bulow after they had routed the French army.

The Arrival of General von Bulow by Richard Knotel.
Half Price! - £20.00 		Fought at Bouvines a village in Flanders (now part of France) Between the French army led by King Philip Augustus of France, against the combined forces of King John of England, The Holy Roman Emperor Otti IV, and Ferdinand Count of Flanders. Due to this French victory, Frederick of Hohenstaufen became Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1215. and King John of England who could not wage war against France because of dwindling support was forced to sign the Magna Charter on June 15th 1215.

The Bataille de Bouvines 27th July 1214 by Horace Vernet. (Y)
Half Price! - £30.00 		Alfred was born in 849 at Wantage, Oxfordshire He was the youngest son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex, he became King of the Anglo Saxon Kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is known for his great defence of the Kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings. Eventually in 871 he made peace with the Vikings who agreed to a withdrawal out of his kingdom. It is likely a large payment of gold was made. Alfred was awarded the epithet The Great, and was the only king to be awarded this title. Alfred the Great was a learned man and improved the education and legal and military systems and structure. Alfred died on the 26th October 899.

Alfred The Great by Chris Collingwood. (Y)
Half Price! - £50.00 		Defending the barracades, men of the 24th of Foot, or 2nd Warwickshire regiment (later in 1881 to become the South Wales Borderers) repel the massed Zulus attempting to smash through the mealie bag entrenchment. At the end of the battle, hundreds of the Zulu warriors of the uThulwans, iNdlondo and uDloko regiments lay dead. According to official figures the British lost 25 men, 11 Victoria crosses were awarded for the defence of Rorkes Drift.
Rorkes Drift January 22nd, 1879 by Stuart Liptrot
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The Jacobite army led by Lord George Murray having fired their first devastating volley, cast down their muskets and pistols to engage Cobhams Dragoons in fierce close quarter combat.

Battle of Falkirk by Chris Collingwood. (Y)
Half Price! - £50.00 		Depicting the 4th and13th Light Dragoons during the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Balaclava by John Charlton.
Half Price! - £20.00 		Probably the best known painting of the gallant charge of the Royal North Dragoons, The Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo. According to an eyewitness Alexander Armour at the start of the charge of the greys had to pass through the ranks of the Highland Brigade and armour recalled The highlanders were then ordered to wheel back, when they did so we rushed through them at the same time they heard us calling Now my boys Scotland Forever.

Scotland Forever by Lady Elizabeth Butler. (Y)
Half Price! - £31.00 		First China War.

The Madras Foot Artillery at the Assault on Chin-Kiang-Foo, 21st July 1842 by David Rowlands. (B)
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SPORT PRINTS

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Valentino Rossi on his way to a seventh Moto GP World Championship in the 2009 season on his Yamaha, scoring thirteen podium finishes, including six race wins, leaving him 45 points clear of his nearest rival.

Valentino Rossi by Ivan Berryman. (P)
Half Price! - £525.00 		A product of United's magnificent youth policy, Nicky Butt has become an invaluable player in the most successful side in the club's history. Gary Keane's portrayal of Nicky Butt captures the tenacity, determination and power of one of the country's leading midfield players.

Nicky Butt by Gary Keane.
Half Price! - £50.00 		MC0041P. Blitzkrieg by Mark Churms.

Blitzkrieg by Mark Churms. (P)
Half Price! - £1250.00 		Rothmans Williams Renault FW18. World Champion 1996.
Damon Hill by Michael Thompson.
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SPC5001. Patrick Vieira by Gary Brandham.

Patrick Vieira by Gary Brandham.
Half Price! - £46.00 		In 1992 Matthew graduated in Geography from St. Catherine's College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Rowing Club. He took part in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race in 1990 and 1991, when Oxford beat Cambridge by substantial distances. Also in 1992, at the age of only 21, Matthew had his first taste of Olympic success, when in a coxless pair with partner Sir Steve Redgrave, he won the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics. Prior to that Olympic win he and Redgrave had enjoyed an unbeaten international season, and it was already obvious that Matthew was developing to become one of the world's greatest oarsmen. At the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 the Pinsent / Redgrave duo won another gold medal and throughout the nineties their outstanding combination also brought them seven world championship golds. Their unbroken run of success continued through to the millennium Olympic games in Sydney when Pinsent, again with Redgrave (now in a coxless four with James Cracknell and Tim Foster) again triumphed earning Pinsent his third Olympic gold medal. The race in which he did it was voted Britain's greatest sporting moment and the crew secured themselves a very special place in the heart of the nation. After Sydney, Matthew formed a seemingly invincible coxless pair partnership with James Cracknell MBE. Undefeated throughout 2001, they went on to complete a unique feat in the history of rowing, by winning the coxless pair at the world championships in Lucerne, a mere two hours after winning the coxed pairs. In the 2002 world championships in Seville they defended their coxless pairs title, beating an experienced Australian crew who had beaten them in Lucerne earlier in the year and breaking the world record by 4 seconds in the process. On Saturday 21st August 2004 at the Athens Olympic games, Matthew Pinsent CBE entered Olympic history. In one of the classic sporting moments of all time, he led the Great Britain coxless four to victory over the Canadian world champions by only eight hundredths of a second. Matthew was awarded the MBE in the 1993 New Year's Honours List and the CBE in the New Year's Honours List 2003. In the 2005 New Year's Honours List he was awarded a knighthood.

Sir Matthew Pinsent CBE by James Owen.
Half Price! - £70.00 		Passing the stand in the Galway Plate.

With a Circuit To Go by Chris Howells.
Half Price! - £70.00 		B45. David Coulthard/ Williams FW.17 by Ivan Berryman

David Coulthard/ Williams FW.17 by Ivan Berryman
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