Convoy Collection

National Savings Group wartime poster
Convoy your country to victory : save and lend through our National Savings Group. World War II poster illustrated by warship flying the Royal Navy ensign

WW2 - Flower-Class Corvette in heavy seas - Atlantic Convoy
WW2 - Weather hazards which the convoy escorts in the Atlantic Ocean have to face in Winter - a Flower-Class Corvette, of 930 tonnes, being thrown high out of the water by a heavy sea. Date: 1943

Hannibal crossing the Alps
Hannibal and his army crosses the Alps - an epic overland journey from Carthage to Italy during the Second Punic War in Italy (218-203 BC). Two of Hannibals war elephants are pictured

Four Royal Australian Air Force F-111 aircraft
February 14, 2006 - Four Royal Australian Air Force F-111 aircraft head out to the ranges on Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, during Red Flag 06-1

D-Day - Supplies pour ashore
A stunning panorama photograph of a French invasion beach with the channel waters thick with US military shipping, as reinforcements

HMS Jervis Bay attacking the Admiral Scheer, Second Worl
Illustration showing the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay (centre) steaming towards the German pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer, North Atlantic, November 1940

HMAS Sydney - Chatham Class Light Cruiser Built 1911-13, Australia. New Royal Australian Navy. Photograph taken on convoy by the HMS Dublin in 1917

Hannibal and his army crosses the Alps - an epic overland journey from Carthage to Italy during the Second Punic War in Italy (218-203 BC). Two of Hannibals war elephants are pictured

Small boats used in the Dunkirk evacuation, WW2
A convoy of small boats which had been used in the Dunkirk evacuation, seen here on 9 June passing Lambeth Bridge, on the River Thames in London. Date: 1940

Eyes Of The Fleet
circa 1940: A Blackburn Skua two seat fighter and dive-bomber of the Fleet Air Arm with arrestor hook and wheels lowered, flying over warships of the British Fleet. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

U-Boats - Cutaway
The internal accommodation of a U-boat as it prepares to attack a convoy of Allied merchantmen : though labelled U-65, the Germans did not at this time possess 65 U-boats

HMS Helmsdale, North Atlantic, 1944
Painting showing HMS Helmsdale, a River class Frigate of the Royal Navy, on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic, 1944

Le Treport, France - WW1 - Ambulance drivers, nurses, staff
WW1 - A group of VAD (The Voluntary Aid Detachment) Ambulance drivers and mechanics with a British Red Cross St Johns Ambulance at Lady Murray hospital, Le Treport on the Channel Coast in France

A F-22 Raptor flies in formation with the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows
June 18, 2008 - An F-22 Raptor flies in formation with the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows, during an afternoon practice flight at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia

2 Royal Tank Regiment prepares to deploy to the Gulf. GERMANY. 21 / 01 / 2003
2 Royal Tank Regiment prepares to deploy to the Gulf. Shown here the Challenger 2 Tank, main battle tank on Hohne Ranges, Germany

Junker of the Life-Guards Caucasian-Mountain squadron, 1829. Artist: Belousov, Lev Alexandrovich (1806-1864)
Junker of the Life-Guards Caucasian-Mountain squadron, 1829. Private Collection

British merchant ship war losses by G. H. Davis
British merchant ship war losses during the Second World War: the toll of oversea supplies. Britain lost through enemy action 2570 ships and over 11 million tonnage

A wolfpack of German U-Boat submarines travelling across a calm Atlantic Ocean by moonlight

F4U Corsair aircraft and Japanese Nakajima fighter planes in aerial combat
American Vought F4U Corsair aircraft and Japanese Nakajima fighter planes engaged in aerial combat over the Pacific during World War II

Bird s-eye view of landing craft, barrage balloons, and allied troops landing in Normandy
XOS869953 Bird s-eye view of landing craft, barrage balloons, and allied troops landing in Normandy, France on D-Day, 6th June, 1944 (gelatin silver print) by American Photographer

LFB-AFS convoy and fire exercise
Part of the Civil Defence Corps until it was disbanded in the late 1960s, the Auxiliary Fire Service consisted of volunteer firefighters who would attend a fire station for drill and training

Mrs Mabel St Clair Stobart, pictured on horseback on the front cover of The Tatler. Mrs Mabel St Clair Stobart, was founder of the Womens Sick and Wounded Convoy Corps (1912)

Commemorative card, convoy to Canadian troops, WW1
Commemorative card, British convoy to Canadian troops, arriving Plymouth, 14 October 1914. HMS Eclipse, Diana, Glory, Talbot and Charybdis acted as convoy to 32 liners carrying 33

Food Convoy
9th May 1926: Guarded by armoured cars and troops, a food convoy passes through Poplar after leaving Londons East India dock on its way to Hyde Park Depot during the General Strike

USA History: A convoy of trolleys. near Cisco
5313557 USA History: A convoy of trolleys. near Cisco.; SeM Studio/UIG.

Mary Rose Action (etching)
1579704 Mary Rose Action (etching); (add.info.: Etching of the Mary Rose Action. The Mary Rose Windward of the convoy driving off six of the Algerines. Etched by W. Hollar)

Engraving depicting a scene from the Battle of the Herrings , a military action near the town of Rouvray in France
5309225 Engraving depicting a scene from the Battle of the Herrings , a military action near the town of Rouvray in France during the siege of Orleans (12 February 1429)

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856
864517 Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856; (add.info.: Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. The British fleet in the Baltic. Engraving c1860. Shipping. Naval. Sail

Cotton from India: a cotton convoy - night encampment under a banyan-tree, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cotton from India: a cotton convoy proceeding from Rewah towards the Ganges - night encampment under a banyan-tree, 1862. '...a small convoy of solid wooden-wheeled carts, pad bullocks

British armored autos in France, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British armored autos in France, between c1910 and c1915. British soldiers and cars in France during World War I.

Red convoy with bread against the backdrop of the Sretenskaya Church, 1920-1929. Creator: Unknown
Red convoy with bread against the backdrop of the Sretenskaya Church, 1920-1929. From a collection of 153 photographs and documents drawn from the personal archives of people who lived in the town of

Transporting pineapples
Azim Khan Ronnie

Six Mois Dans la Somme; Dans les lignes anglaises: Contalmaison (septembre 1916), 1916. Creator: Charles Hoffbauer
Six Mois Dans la Somme; Dans les lignes anglaises: Contalmaison (septembre 1916), 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

'Victoire Italienne; Le ravitaillement d'eau pour les troupes. Creator: Unknown
Victoire Italienne; Le ravitaillement d'eau pour les troupes. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

'Les routes de la poursuite; Ambulances et convois a l'arriere du nouveau front. Creator: Unknown
Les routes de la poursuite; Ambulances et convois a l'arriere du nouveau front. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

The War in the Herzegovina: insurgents surprising a Turkish convoy...1876. Creator: Unknown
The War in the Herzegovina: insurgents surprising a Turkish convoy, from a sketch by our special artist, 1877. It is considered worthy of remark that the insurgent bands were able to hold their

French Troops in Italy; Two convoys on the road from Brescia to Verona... 1917. Creator: Unknown
French Troops in Italy; Two convoys on the road from Brescia to Verona: on the left, an electric train loaded with Italian troops; on the right, road-trucks transporting French troops, 1917

French Troops in Italy; In Brescia: a machine gun unit march past the Garibaldi... 1917. Creator: Unknown
French Troops in Italy; In Brescia: a machine gun unit march past the Garibaldi monument, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

The Dark Hours of Italy; On the roads of the Lower Isonzo, the 3rd Italian army... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Dark Hours of Italy; On the roads of the lower Isonzo, the 3rd Italian army, to avoid being flanked, fell back in an orderly fashion, evacuating the Karst Plateau, taking equipment and all crews

Esclave de la Consigne!; le general Sarrail, en inspection sur le front de Macedoine... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Esclave de la Consigne!; le general Sarrail, en inspection sur le front de Macedoine et n'ayant pas le est impitoyablement arrete par un tirailleur en faction, sur la route de Koritza a Florina

French success on the Italian front; Supply convoy between Monte Pallone... 1917. Creator: Unknown
French success on the Italian front; Supply convoy between Monte Pallone and Monte Tomba, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Les precautions contre les gaz; Tous les masques ajustes, aux betes comme aux gens, la colonne pour Creator: Unknown
Les precautions contre les gaz; Tous les masques ajustes, aux betes comme aux gens, la colonne poursuit sa route, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Six Mois Dans la Somme; Convoi d'artillerie, 1916. Creator: Charles Hoffbauer
Six Mois Dans la Somme; Convoi d'artillerie, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

En Macedoine; Nos operations de police a la frontiere greco-serbe: une compagnie d'infanterie franc Creator
En Macedoine; Nos operations de police a la frontiere greco-serbe: une compagnie d'infanterie francaise traverse un ravin, dans la region de Makukovo sur la rive gauche du Vardar, 1916

Convoi d'artillerie automobile, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Convoi d'artillerie automobile, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur la Route de bar a Verdun; de fevrier a juillet 1916, derriere la ligne de bataille... 1916
Sur la Route de bar a Verdun; de fevrier a juillet 1916, derriere la ligne de bataille: le roulage incessant des transports de personnel et de materiel, les T.P. et les T.M, 1916

Au Volant; Une route du front: arrivee des convois dans la zone avancee, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Au Volant; Une route du front: arrivee des convois dans la zone avancee, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Au Volant; Convoi automobile franchissant les Vosges pour descendre en Alsace, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Au Volant; Convoi automobile franchissant les Vosges pour descendre en Alsace, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

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"Convoy: Tales of Triumph and Perseverance Across Time" Hannibal crossing the Alps: A legendary feat of determination as Hannibal led his army through treacherous terrain, showcasing the power of a well-organized convoy. Four Royal Australian Air Force F-111 aircraft: The sky roars with strength and unity as these mighty planes soar together, exemplifying the precision and coordination found in a convoy. D-Day - Supplies pour ashore: In the face of adversity, a convoy becomes a lifeline, delivering crucial supplies to allied forces amidst chaos on the shores of Normandy. National Savings Group wartime poster: Joining hands for victory. This powerful image reminds us that every individual plays a vital role in supporting our troops by contributing to the collective effort – just like a convoy working towards a common goal. HMS Jervis Bay attacking Admiral Scheer, Second World War: Courage knows no bounds when an outnumbered ship bravely engages its enemy head-on, embodying the spirit of protection within a steadfast naval convoy. HMAS Sydney - Chatham Class Light Cruiser Built 1911-13 (Eyes Of The Fleet): With watchful eyes scanning distant horizons, this cruiser symbolizes how convoys serve as guardians against any threat lurking beneath or above sea level. Hannibal and his army cross the Alps: Against all odds, this historic journey demonstrates that even nature's obstacles can be overcome when united under one purpose – much like an unwavering convoy forging ahead despite challenges. Small boats used in Dunkirk evacuation during WW2: Ordinary citizens turned heroes as they formed an armada of small boats to rescue stranded soldiers from certain doom – illustrating how resilience and compassion fuel an unstoppable human-powered convoy. U-Boats - Cutaway: Peering into darkness reveals unseen dangers lurking beneath.