The Wreck of the Birkenhead 1852 by Charles Dixon
Participated in the first Battle of Narvik
The Polar Bears
Never was the welcome at the inn more warmly appreciated than on Christmas Eve 1944
USS Coral Sea by Ivan Berryman
Mid Atlantic Dawn by Ivan Berryman. SIG2495 The Wreck of the BirkenheadDHM6920. Mid Atlantic Dawn by Ivan Berryman. Upon hearing the news that Admiral Villeneuve and his squadron had headed across the Atlantic to the West Indies, Nelson, in HMS Victory, set off in pursuit early in June, 1805, in the hope of engaging the French there, thus preventing them from combining with the Spanish fleet that were blockaded in Cadiz. Nelsons squadron comprised the 74 gun Amazon, Swiftsure, Belleisle, Canopus, Conqueror, Donegal,