HMS Eskimo (F75)
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HMS Eskimo was a Tribal-class destroyer, Eskimo served throughout the Second World War, seeing action in Norway, the Mediterranean, the English Channel and in Burma. After the war Eskimo was used as a
Eskimo in April 1944
Eskimo after losing her bow during the Second Battle of Narvik
HMS Vindictive (1918)
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HMS Vindictive was a warship built during the First World War for the Royal Navy. Originally designed as a Hawkins-class heavy cruiser and laid down under the name Cavendish, she was converted into an
HMS Eskimo (F75)
…Z2 Georg Thiele. The explosion caused severe damage, blowing off Eskimo's bow. After temporary repairs by the shipwrights of the fleet repair ship Vindictive at Skjelfjorden in Norway, Eskimo was able to return to the Vickers-Armstrong works at Newcastle for rebuilding, which took until Sept. 1940. She took…
Vindictive as an aircraft carrier
Vindictive in China after re-conversion into a cruiser, 1926
Vindictive in September 1937 as a training ship
Vindictive nearly hit by bombs while at anchor in Harstad Fjord, 17 May 1940