HMS Victorious (S29) seen departing from Faslane on 13/01/05 bound for a three and a half year refit and refuel at Devonport. She is expected to put to sea for trials in early July 2008 (Photo Courtesy Royal Navy).
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This web site was conceived to compile a colourful focus on the Navies of the World, which as you can well imagine is a formidable task, and so far it is been my fortune to have superb back up from a great team of photographers, especially all those at fotosdebarcos.com, who have been willing to donate their vast range of pictures to this site for display. It is easier for us to continually update the pages, far more so than the large bi-annually large printed editions, but we really do require up to date information that is contributed on a regular basis to keep this site right up to date. The web site itself is intended to be highly visual, highly photographic, highly informative and, apart from some archive material, totally in colour! We thank everybody who has contributed so far in getting this project moving, no matter how much, or how little information (and sometimes it is the small snippets of information that really help!) has been submitted in order to bring this whole dream to fruition. Please give us the time to bring these pages up to date and also please give the pages time to load due to the large photographic content involved, thank you. All photographs used will be credited to the author and attempts will always be made to contact the person concerned with reference to publication. It would be appreciated if readers could inform us of any broken links. Regards
USS Normandy (CG 60) makes a fast pass for a photo shoot in the Indian Ocean in 2007 (Photo Courtesy USN)
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Above (left) the SPS Mendez Nunez in Ferrol (Photo by Senelero) and right the FGS Rheinland-Pfalz departs Malaga (Photo N. Rush)
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Credits
Mention must go to all those photographers and reporters that have given their time, information efforts and pictures that have made this site possible and I thank (if I have missed anyone out, apart from my wife for putting up with all this, then I apologise!!): Mathias Ahrends, Ross Aitkin, Alf/FdB, Alhucemas, Oses Angel, Iain Ballantyne, Mark Beautemps, Frank Behrends, Bjarne, Stephen J. Borg, Andrew Boulton, Christian Braeun, Steve Bush, Derek Butcher, Terry Callaghan, A. Carrasquilla, Branko Cesljas, Ivan CF, Chisco, Malte Classens, Bruno Cleries, Corso, Coy, Peter Crichton, Mike Critchley, Dave Cullen, Aubrey Dale, Dragec, Esparray, Eugenio, Eyeglass, John Eyres, Gary Faux, Daniel Ferro, Douglas Ferro, Francis Ferro, Ferryman, Fiifo, Frank Findler, Focamonje, Robert Fournier, B. Graham, Mike Griffiths, Peter Helgesen, Gerard Helmer, Tony Holtham, Chris Hunsch, JASMR, JMBC, Guido Jansen, Jof, Shaun Jones, Jordi Jr, Jorge, Juan, Juan B, Juan MTC, Keith, Ketama, Krank, Dave L, Bob Leask, Aleksi Lindstrom, Lucas, Lynx, mfm, M@go, the Madman in the Lighthouse, Maldo, Marineirino, Mariner, Maritime, Markie, Jorge Marujo, Dave Medgett, Mikkel, C. Moreno, Nacho, Navegando, Orca, Anthony Osborne, Orca (and Orca Jnr!), Orja, Ozono, Pacodime, Manuel Pancorbo, Pantoke, Pascal, Penuelas, Aaron Peteiro, Popeye, Carlos Poveda/www.visualships.com, Prada, Przemek, Hans Van Rijn, Rlluria (who I just missed in Rhodes!!), Luis Dominguez Rodriguez, Nick Roe, Romarin, Luis Rosa, A. Rush, G. Rush, Saragal, Helwin Scharn, Michael Screech (and Screech Jnr!), Segundo, Senelero, Sergio, Serviola, Dave Shirlaw, Siroc, Sisko111, Alwin Sitter, David Slee, Hilmar Snorrason, Oliver Spiteri, R.J. Smith, Socaire, Tango, Tasman, The Watcher, Nigel Thornton, Timonel de Combate, Tino, Tomas, Robert Udiljak, Anthony Vella, Iain Wakefield, Ken Watson, Hans Werdler, Eric Wertheim, John Wilson, Steve Wright, Roberto Yanez, William Michael Young and Lutz Zetzschse.
To all the Navies that are featured, thank you: Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Dutch, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italian, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, NATO, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States of America. Also special thanks to the Spanish Guardia Civil, the Spanish Aduanas and to all those at SASEMAR who risk their lives around the Spanish Coast every single day and without whose help this all could not have been possible. Thanks must also go to Combat Fleets, www.fotosdebarcos.com, Janes, Shipping Today and Yesterday, Ships Monthly, Ships Nostalgia, www.shipspotting.com, Warship IFR, Warship World. To Augusta-Westland, Austal, BAe Systems, Boeing, Fincantiere, Fleet Air Arm Museum, GM Photos, everyone in Gibraltar (too many to mention), General Dynamics (and Electric Boat), HDW, Incat, Lockheed Martin, Maritime Partner, Northrop Grumman, Seabreezes, Seawaves Magazine, VT Group. To you all its a huge "Thank You".
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