HMS Emerald - World Naval Ships Directory

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Some Current Half Price Aviation Art Offers

Friday the 13th by Ivan Berryman. (Y)
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Dogfight over Asch, Belgium, 09.20 a.m., New Years Day, 1st January 1945 by David Pentland. (P)
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Market Garden. Arnhem by Graeme Lothian. (P)
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Fork Tailed Devil (Lightning) by Ivan Berryman
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The Night They Broke the Dams - Operation Chastise by Ivan Berryman.
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A Day for Heroes by Ivan Berryman.
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Oberleutnant Erich Lowenhardt by Ivan Berryman. (APB)
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AGO C.1 by Ivan Berryman. (P)
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NAVAL PRINTS

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Some Current Half Price Naval Art Offers

Dawn Departure by Ivan Berryman. (P)
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The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders. (P)
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Flank Speed by Randall Wilson.
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HMS King George V by Ivan Berryman.
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Kapitanleutnant zur See Friedrich Christiansen by Ivan Berryman. (Y)
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Damnation Seize My Soul by Chris Collingwood. (Y)
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Tribute to the Royal Navy Trawler Crews - HMS Arab by Ivan Berryman. (P)
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Pedestal Convoy by Anthony Saunders (Y)
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MILITARY PRINTS

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Some Current Half Price Military Art Offers

Halberdiers - Bosworth 1485 by Mark Churms. (P)
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AD61 by Chris Collingwood. (Y)
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The Battle of Talavera, 27th-28th July 1809 by David Rowlands (GS)
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Welcome Respite by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y)
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Disaster at Dieppe, France, 19th August 1942 by David Pentland. (Y)
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After the Battle by Sir William Allen. (Y)
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Original art work for the book A Time of War Vol II, Come Evil Days by Chris Collingwood.
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The Battle of Jena, Won by Napoleon by Horace Vernet. (Y)
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SPORT PRINTS

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Some Current Half Price Sport Art Offers

Damon Hill/ Williams FW.17 by Ivan Berryman
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Michael Schumacher/ Ferrari F.310 by Ivan Berryman
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Thoroughbreds in the Paddock by Ray Goldsbrough.
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Perfect Finish by Peter Cornwell.
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James Hunt by Michael Thompson.
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Legends of English Football by Robert Highton - Gold Edition. (Y)
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High Flier by Michael Thompson.
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David Coulthard by Michael Thompson.
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Timeline Entries :
19th May 1920 - Launched October 1925 - Capt. W. B. Mackenzie in Command 14th January 1926 - Commissioned 14th January 1926 - Commissioned March 1926 - Capt. H. T. England in Command 9th March 1927 - Arrived Wuhu April 1927 - Capt. H. G. C. Franklin in Command 4th June 1927 - In the Yangste 1st October 1930 - Sailed Trincomalee 1st October 1930 - Capt H.P. Boxer in Command 5th October 1930 - Arrived Rangoon 13th October 1930 - Sailed Rangoon 14th October 1930 - Arrived Port Blair 21st October 1930 - Sailed Port Blair 25th January 1931 - Arrived Colombo 27th January 1931 - Sailed Colombo 9th December 1931 - Sailed Karachi 10th December 1931 - Arrived Muscat 13th December 1931 - Sailed Muscat 14th December 1931 - Arrived Henjam 16th December 1931 - Sailed Henjam 16th December 1931 - Arrived Basidu 17th December 1931 - Sailed Basidu 18th December 1931 - Arrived Bahrein 22nd December 1931 - Sailed Bahrein 23rd December 1931 - Arrived Abadan 29th December 1931 - Sailed Abadan 29th December 1931 - Arrived Basra 9th January 1932 - Sailed Basra 10th January 1932 - Arrived Koweit 13th January 1932 - Sailed Koweit 15th January 1932 - Arrived Debai 16th January 1932 - Sailed Debai 17th January 1932 - Arrived Elphinstone Inlet 18th January 1932 - Sailed Elphinstone Inlet 19th January 1932 - Arrived Sur 20th January 1932 - Sailed Sur 29th March 1932 - Sailed Godalpus for Calcutta 30th March 1932 - Arrived Calcutta 13th April 1932 - Arrived Chittagong 13th April 1932 - Capt J.W. Clayton in Command 18th April 1932 - Sailed Chittagong 19th April 1932 - Arrived Akyab 19th April 1932 - Arrived Akyar 22nd April 1932 - Sailed Akyab 22nd April 1932 - Sailed Akyar for Port Blair 24th April 1932 - Arrived Port Blair 24th April 1932 - Arrived Port Blair 29th April 1932 - Sailed Port Blair 2nd May 1932 - Arrived Galle 5th May 1932 - Sailed Galle 6th May 1932 - Arrived Trincomalee 30th May 1932 - Sailed Trincomalee 31st May 1932 - Arrived Colombo 1st October 1932 - Flagship. Rear Admiral M. E. Dunbar-Nasmith, VC, CB 1st October 1932 - Capt. J. W. Clayton in Command 1st October 1932 - 4th Cruiser Squadron, East Indies 3rd January 1933 - Sailed Colombo 18th January 1933 - Arrived Rangoon 24th January 1933 - At Trincomalee 14th April 1933 - Sailed Colombp 14th April 1933 - Capt. J.W. Clayton in Command 14th April 1933 - Sailed Colombo 14th April 1933 - Capt. J.W. Clayton in Command 14th April 1933 - Sailed Colombo for Seychelles 19th April 1933 - Arrived Seychelles 20th April 1933 - Arrived Seychelles 22nd April 1933 - Sailed Seychelles 22nd April 1933 - Sailed Seychelles 25th April 1933 - Arrived Zanzibar 29th April 1933 - Sailed Zanzibar 29th April 1933 - Arrived Dar-es-Salaam 29th April 1933 - Arrived Dar-es-Salaam 5th May 1933 - Sailed Dar-es-Salaam 6th May 1933 - Arrived Mombasa 14th May 1933 - Sailed Mombasa 19th May 1933 - Arrived Aden 20th May 1933 - Sailed Aden 24th May 1933 - Arrived Suez 25th May 1933 - Sailed Suez 25th May 1933 - Arrived Port Said 26th May 1933 - Sailed Port Said 29th May 1933 - Arrived Malta 31st May 1933 - Sailed Malta 3rd June 1933 - Arrived Gibraltar 6th June 1933 - Sailed Gibraltar 7th June 1933 - Arrived Plymouth 21st June 1934 - Recommissioned at Chatham for service in the East Indies 21st June 1934 - Capt, J.G. Crace Assumed Command 31st August 1934 - Commissioned at Chatham 31st August 1934 - Capt. J.C. Grace Assumed Command 10th September 1934 - Sailed Chatham 10th September 1934 - Arrived Sheerness 12th September 1934 - Sailed Sheerness 12th September 1934 - Sailed Sheerness for Spithead 12th September 1934 - Capt. J.G. Grace in Command 13th September 1934 - Arrived Spithead 13th September 1934 - Sailed Spithead for the China Station 17th September 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 17th September 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 1st October 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 4th October 1934 - Arrived Malta 5th October 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 6th October 1934 - Sailed Malta 8th October 1934 - Arrived Malta 8th October 1934 - Arrived Malta 10th October 1934 - Sailed Malta 14th October 1934 - Arrived Aden 16th October 1934 - Sailed Aden 18th October 1934 - Arrived Aden 19th October 1934 - Arrived Aden 20th October 1934 - Sailed Aden for Colombo 20th October 1934 - Sailed Aden for Colombo 23rd October 1934 - Arrived Colombo 27th October 1934 - Sailed Colombo 27th October 1934 - Arrived Colombo 27th October 1934 - Arrived Colombo 28th October 1934 - Arrived Trincomalee 1st November 1934 - Sailed Colombo 2nd November 1934 - Arrived Trincomali 2nd November 1934 - Arrived Trincomali 28th November 1934 - Sailed Trincomali for Madras 29th November 1934 - Arrived Madras 17th December 1934 - Sailed Madras for Calcutta 21st December 1934 - Arrived Calcutta 21st December 1934 - Capt. J.G. Grace in Command 21st December 1934 - Arrived Calcutta from Vizagapatam 25th December 1934 - At Calcutta 3rd January 1935 - Sailed Calcutta 6th January 1935 - 06th Jan Arrived Hastings Harbour 22nd March 1935 - Arrived Colombo 6th June 1935 - Sailed Colombo for Maldives 27th June 1935 - Capt. J.G. Grace in Command 27th June 1935 - At Mombasa 1st July 1935 - Sailed Mombasa 15th July 1935 - Arrived Pemba 15th July 1935 - Sailed Tanga 17th July 1935 - Sailed Pemba 18th July 1935 - Arrived Kilwi Kisiwani 31st July 1935 - Sailed Kilwi Kisiwani 31st July 1935 - Arrived Lindi 31st July 1935 - Sailed Kilwa Kisiwani for Dar-es-Salaam 9th August 1935 - Sailed Lindi 10th August 1935 - Arrived Dar-es-Salaam 16th August 1935 - Capt. J.G. Grace in Command 16th August 1935 - Sailed Dar-es-Salaam for Zanzibar 22nd August 1935 - Arrived Znzibar 22nd August 1935 - Sailed Dar-es-Salaam 28th August 1935 - Sailed Zanzibar 28th August 1935 - Sailed Zanzibar 31st August 1935 - Arrived Seychelles 31st August 1935 - Arrived Seychelles 7th September 1935 - Sailed Seychelles for Colombo 7th September 1935 - Sailed Seychelles 30th March 1936 - Arrived Colombo 14th April 1936 - Sailed Colombo for Aden 19th April 1936 - Arrived Aden 17th June 1936 - Sailed Aden for Mombasa 21st June 1936 - Arrived Mombasa 20th July 1936 - Sailed Tanga 27th July 1936 - Arrived Lindl April 1937 - East Indies Station 29th May 1937 - Arrived Malta 3rd June 1937 - Arrived and sailed Suez for Aden 14th June 1937 - Sailed Aden 7th December 1937 - Arrived Madras 30th March 1938 - Capt. A.W.S. Agar in Command 30th March 1938 - At Trincomalee 9th April 1938 - Arrived Colombo 22nd June 1938 - Arrived Kamaran 4th August 1938 - Arrived Galle, Ceylon 8th August 1938 - Sailed Galle for Colombo April 1939 - Capt. Augustus Willington Shelton in Command 31st July 1939 - Capt. Augustus Willington Shelton in Command 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 25th August 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow from the Reserve Fleet 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Deployed in the North Sea between the Orkneys and Norway. 3rd September 1939 - 12th Cruiser Squadron Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 2nd October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 3rd October 1939 - Arrived Plymouth. Embarked gold for transfer to Canada 7th October 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Halifax 16th October 1939 - Arrived Halifax 17th October 1939 - Sailed Halifax as Ocean Escort 29th October 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 11th November 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth with another shipment of gold for Canada 12th November 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 21st November 1939 - Arrived Halifax 21st November 1939 - Arrived Halifax with another shipment of gold bullion from England 26th November 1939 - Sailed Halifax for Bermuda 7th December 1939 - Arrived Halifax 10th December 1939 - Sailed Halifax 19th December 1939 - Arrived at Halifax after escorting troop convoy TC.1 20th December 1939 - Sailed Halifax escorting Convoy HX.13 1st January 1940 - Part of the Halifax Force 1st January 1940 - Shelled Cherbourg 4th January 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth to repair defects 11th January 1940 - Defects repaired at Portsmouth 12th January 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth for Halifax 18th January 1940 - Arrived Halifax 22nd January 1940 - Sailed Halifax escorting Convoy HX.17 3rd February 1940 - Detached from Convoy HX.17 4th February 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth for refit 15th February 1940 - Refitting at Southampton 30th April 1940 - Completed refitting at Southampton 10th October 1940 - Carried out bombardment of Cherbourg 3rd December 1940 - Detached from Convoy HX.13 17th May 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 15th June 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 4th June 1944 - 10th Cruiser Squadron 4th June 1944 - Sailed Greenock 6th June 1944 - Participated in the Normandy Landings 6th June 1944 - At Normandy Landings 1948 - Broken up