HMS Bristol departing Portsmouth by Ivan Berryman. (B) ART804 RAF Jaguars often flew combat

RAF Jaguars often flew combat air patrols over the northern Persian Gulf from their base at Al-Muharraq

squadrons manned by volunteer aircrews from Britain

USS Tennessee During the Landings at Iwo Jima by Anthony Saunders

Marcellus Duel With Virdumarus by J

Armed with four 20min cannon

HMS Bristol departing Portsmouth by Ivan Berryman. (B) ART804 RAF Jaguars often flew combatDHM6333B. HMS Bristol departing Portsmouth by Ivan Berryman. The only Type 82 destroyer to be built for the Royal Navy, HMS Bristol (D23) was designed for a role that never materialised, the rest of her class being cancelled when the intended CVA 01 class of aircraft carriers that she was intended to escort and defend were themselves cancelled in the late 1960s. Bristol enjoyed a long and varied career however, her size making her a suitable flagship