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"Gunship: A Powerful Legacy of Naval and Air Superiority" From the British battleships that ruled the seas to the Union gunboats sunk in Galveston Bay

Background imageGunship Collection: British battleships

British battleships
Illustration of unidentified British battleships at sea during World War Two, with guns firing

Background imageGunship Collection: Union gunboats sunk in Galveston Bay, 1863

Union gunboats sunk in Galveston Bay, 1863
Rebel attack on Union gunboats at Galveston, Texas, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageGunship Collection: Bell 209 AH-1 Huey Cobra

Bell 209 AH-1 Huey Cobra
Two Early Bell 209 AH-1 Huey Cobras flying in formation During Test-Flights Date: 1966

Background imageGunship Collection: An A-10 Thunderbolt II taxies out of the hot pit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri

An A-10 Thunderbolt II taxies out of the hot pit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri
December 8, 2010 - An A-10 Thunderbolt II taxies out of the hot pit after a hasty refuel at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri

Background imageGunship Collection: An F-16 Falcon and AH-64 Apache from the Royal Netherlands Air Force

An F-16 Falcon and AH-64 Apache from the Royal Netherlands Air Force fly in formation Fairford Air Force Base, United Kingdom

Background imageGunship Collection: A P-51 Mustang, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, an F-15 Eagle, and an A-10 Thunderbolt II

A P-51 Mustang, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, an F-15 Eagle, and an A-10 Thunderbolt II
May 25, 2006 - A P-51 Mustang, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, an F-15 Eagle, and an A-10 Thunderbolt II fly over New York City

Background imageGunship Collection: Bidding good-bye to young sailor on USS Newport, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Bidding good-bye to young sailor on USS Newport, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bidding good-bye to young sailor on USS Newport, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGunship Collection: The Spanish iron-clad frigate Numancia in the harbour of Callao, 1865. Creator: Unknown

The Spanish iron-clad frigate Numancia in the harbour of Callao, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Spanish iron-clad frigate Numancia in the harbour of Callao, 1865. Engraving of a drawing by Clement Penny of H.M.S. Leander

Background imageGunship Collection: The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown

The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, [northern France], 1865. View...from a sketch by our special artist...The first to round the point was the Royal yacht Osborne, while

Background imageGunship Collection: The new iron-clad fleet: Her Majesty's sloop-of-war Enterprise, 1864. Creator: Smyth

The new iron-clad fleet: Her Majesty's sloop-of-war Enterprise, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The new iron-clad fleet: Her Majesty's sloop-of-war Enterprise, 1864. She is the smallest vessel plated with 4½-inch armour that has yet been set afloat

Background imageGunship Collection: The War in Denmark: the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its defeat off Heligoland

The War in Denmark: the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its defeat off Heligoland, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in Denmark: the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its defeat off Heligoland, 1864....a view of the Austro-Prussian squadron lying off Cuxhaven, at the mouth of the Elbe

Background imageGunship Collection: The War in Denmark: the Rolf Krake, Danish...gun-boat...engaging the Prussians before Düppel

The War in Denmark: the Rolf Krake, Danish...gun-boat...engaging the Prussians before Düppel, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark from a sketch by our special artist with the allied German armies: the Rolf Krake, Danish iron-plated gun-boat, in the Venning Bund, engaging the Prussians before Duppel, 1864

Background imageGunship Collection: The iron gun-boat Rangariri, built at Sydney for the New Zealand government, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The iron gun-boat Rangariri, built at Sydney for the New Zealand government, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The iron gun-boat Rangariri, built at Sydney for the New Zealand government, 1864. River-boat...built by Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co

Background imageGunship Collection: The War in Denmark: Danish cruisers of Rügen chasing a Prussian flotilla into Swinemünde... 1864

The War in Denmark: Danish cruisers of Rügen chasing a Prussian flotilla into Swinemünde... 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: Danish cruisers of Rugen chasing a Prussian flotilla into Swinemunde - from a sketch by our Danish correspondent, 1864

Background imageGunship Collection: Armour-clad frigate built in the Clyde for the Danish government, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Armour-clad frigate built in the Clyde for the Danish government, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Armour-clad frigate built in the Clyde for the Danish government, 1864. Ship built by Messrs J. and G. Thomson. Her length is 280 ft

Background imageGunship Collection: Sailors on a battleship making munitions for the army, illustration from The Western Front, pub

Sailors on a battleship making munitions for the army, illustration from The Western Front, pub
STC400494 Sailors on a battleship making munitions for the army, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Background imageGunship Collection: On a battleship: the after deck, illustration from The Western Front, pub

On a battleship: the after deck, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400488 On a battleship: the after deck, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Background imageGunship Collection: Inside the turret, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)

Inside the turret, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400489 Inside the turret, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageGunship Collection: The fo'c'sle of a battleship: in the Forth, illustration from The Western Front, pub

The fo'c'sle of a battleship: in the Forth, illustration from The Western Front, pub
STC400487 The fo'c'sle of a battleship: in the Forth, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Background imageGunship Collection: On a battleship: airing blankets, illustration from The Western Front, pub

On a battleship: airing blankets, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (colour litho)
STC400491 On a battleship: airing blankets, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (colour litho) by Bone

Background imageGunship Collection: In the submerged torpedo flat of a battleship, illustration from The Western Front, pub

In the submerged torpedo flat of a battleship, illustration from The Western Front, pub
STC400493 In the submerged torpedo flat of a battleship, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Background imageGunship Collection: A boiler room on a battleship, illustration from The Western Front, pub

A boiler room on a battleship, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400490 A boiler room on a battleship, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Background imageGunship Collection: Pekin, one of the European-Chinese Squadron, leaving Chefoo, Shantung, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Pekin, one of the European-Chinese Squadron, leaving Chefoo, Shantung, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Pekin, one of the European-Chinese Squadron, leaving Chefoo, Shantung, 1864. Chefoo Bluff; Green Island, Stick-up Rock; The China; Island of Kung-Kung-Tau; English naval stores; H.M

Background imageGunship Collection: The War in New Zealand: the gun-boat Pioneer at anchor off Meremere, on the Waikato River... 1864

The War in New Zealand: the gun-boat Pioneer at anchor off Meremere, on the Waikato River... 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in New Zealand: the gun-boat Pioneer at anchor off Meremere, on the Waikato River, reconnoitring the native position, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by...Mr

Background imageGunship Collection: Helicopter 03

Helicopter 03
Rafal Kulik

Background imageGunship Collection: Helicopter 02

Helicopter 02
Rafal Kulik

Background imageGunship Collection: Helicopter 01

Helicopter 01
Rafal Kulik

Background imageGunship Collection: Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche

Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche

Background imageGunship Collection: U.S.S. Brooklyn, forecastle deck, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Brooklyn, forecastle deck, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Brooklyn, forecastle deck, between 1896 and 1901

Background imageGunship Collection: Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Inflexible, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Inflexible, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Inflexible, 1876. The Inflexible is the greatest result yet attained by our naval architects and Board of Admiralty...[at] an estimated first cost of £521

Background imageGunship Collection: H.M.S. 'Euryalus', the Vessel in which Prince Alfred takes his First Voyage to Sea, 1858

H.M.S. "Euryalus", the Vessel in which Prince Alfred takes his First Voyage to Sea, 1858. Creator: Smyth
H.M.S. "Euryalus", the Vessel in which Prince Alfred takes his First Voyage to Sea, 1858. On the return of the Euryalus from Cherbourg, where she attended as one of the squadron of honour

Background imageGunship Collection: H.M.S. 'Termagant' convoying the gun-boats 'Grappler'

H.M.S. "Termagant" convoying the gun-boats "Grappler" and "Forward" through the Straits of Magellan: passing English Narrows - from a sketch by C. Royle, R.N. 1860

Background imageGunship Collection: H.M.S. 'Termagant' convoying the gun-boats 'Grappler'

H.M.S. "Termagant" convoying the gun-boats "Grappler" and "Forward" through the Straits of Magellan: steaming through the ice in Wide Channel - from a sketch by C

Background imageGunship Collection: Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Temeraire, launched at Chatham on Tuesday last, 1876. Creator: JR Wells

Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Temeraire, launched at Chatham on Tuesday last, 1876. Creator: JR Wells
Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Temeraire, launched at Chatham on Tuesday last, 1876. Her maindeck guns will be broadside, but she will have on her upper deck a "barbette" battery...She will

Background imageGunship Collection: Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Margill, the Residence of the British Consul, near Bussorah, 1857

Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Margill, the Residence of the British Consul, near Bussorah, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Margill, the Residence of the British Consul, near Bussorah, [Basra], 1857. Engraving after a sketch by an officer belonging to the expeditionary force...Margill...is

Background imageGunship Collection: The Persian Expedition - 64th Regiment and Bombay (4th) Rifles, the 'Bombay' Steamer... 1857

The Persian Expedition - 64th Regiment and Bombay (4th) Rifles, the "Bombay" Steamer... 1857
The Persian Expedition - 64th Regiment and Bombay (4th) Rifles, the "Bombay" Steamer aground, Gun-boats, the "Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy", Hallilah Hill, 1857

Background imageGunship Collection: U.S.S. Vesuvius, barrels of dynamite guns, between 1886 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Vesuvius, barrels of dynamite guns, between 1886 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Vesuvius, barrels of dynamite guns, between 1886 and 1901

Background imageGunship Collection: Plan of Spithead showing the Proposed Evolutions at the Review of the Fleet by Her Majesty

Plan of Spithead showing the Proposed Evolutions at the Review of the Fleet by Her Majesty, on Wedne Creator: Unknown
Plan of Spithead showing the Proposed Evolutions at the Review of the Fleet by Her Majesty, on Wednesday the 23rd April, 1856. Map showing Royal Navy ships off the coast of Hampshire

Background imageGunship Collection: Her Majesty's Gun-Boat, 'Flying-Fish', 1856. Creator: G. W. Her Majesty's Gun-Boat

Her Majesty's Gun-Boat, "Flying-Fish", 1856. Creator: G. W. Her Majesty's Gun-Boat
Her Majesty's Gun-Boat, "Flying-Fish", 1856. This fine vessel, of 6 guns, 850 tons, 350 h. p. Commander Rhoderick Dew, belongs to the largest class of dispatch gun-vessels

Background imageGunship Collection: Launch of H.M. Dispatch Gun-Boat 'Vigilant', at Messrs. Mare and Co.'s, Blackwall, 1856

Launch of H.M. Dispatch Gun-Boat "Vigilant", at Messrs. Mare and Co.'s, Blackwall, 1856. Vessel...of 670 tons burden, 180 feet in length, 28 feet beam

Background imageGunship Collection: L'expedition des Dardanelles; Au mouillage de Skyros: deux des canons de 305 du... 1914 (1924)

L'expedition des Dardanelles; Au mouillage de Skyros: deux des canons de 305 du... 1914 (1924). Creator: Unknown
L'expedition des Dardanelles; Au mouillage de Skyros: deux des canons de 305 du "Gautois" se montrent au premier plan. En arriere, un croiseur britannique, 1914

Background imageGunship Collection: The Civil War in Chili, Paying off an Old Score on the 'Almirante Lynch', 1891. Creator: Unknown

The Civil War in Chili, Paying off an Old Score on the "Almirante Lynch", 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in Chili, Paying off an Old Score on the "Almirante Lynch", 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imageGunship Collection: Le nouveau superdreadnought 'Imperatrice-Marie'; La presentation au combat : les canons... c1915

Le nouveau superdreadnought "Imperatrice-Marie"; La presentation au combat : les canons... c1915
Le nouveau superdreadnought "Imperatrice-Marie"; La presentation au combat : les canons de 305, c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageGunship Collection: Le nouveau superdreadnought 'Imperatrice-Marie'; Les officiers observent les effets... 1915

Le nouveau superdreadnought "Imperatrice-Marie"; Les officiers observent les effets... 1915
Le nouveau superdreadnought "Imperatrice-Marie"; Les officiers observent les effets du tir sur Varna (14 oct.1915), 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Background imageGunship Collection: Fitting Together the new Stern-Wheel Gunboats 'Herald' and 'Mosquito' at the Mouth of the Zambesi

Fitting Together the new Stern-Wheel Gunboats "Herald" and "Mosquito" at the Mouth of the Zambesi, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

Background imageGunship Collection: The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, November 22, 1890, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, November 22, 1890, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, November 22, 1890, 1890.From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Background imageGunship Collection: The German Naval Manoeuvers, Experimenting with a Balloon from the Gunnery Training Ship 'Mars' at

The German Naval Manoeuvers, Experimenting with a Balloon from the Gunnery Training Ship "Mars" at Creator
The German Naval Manoeuvers, Experimenting with a Balloon from the Gunnery Training Ship "Mars" at Wilhelmshaven, 1890. From "The Graphic

Background imageGunship Collection: Battle off Cape Trafalgar, October 21, 1805--situation of Lord Nelson's Flagship 'The... 1891

Battle off Cape Trafalgar, October 21, 1805--situation of Lord Nelson's Flagship "The... 1891
Battle off Cape Trafalgar, October 21, 1805--situation of Lord Nelson's Flagship "The Victory", after J.M.W.Turner, R.A. 1891. From "The Graphic



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"Gunship: A Powerful Legacy of Naval and Air Superiority" From the British battleships that ruled the seas to the Union gunboats sunk in Galveston Bay, history is filled with tales of formidable gunships. As an A10 Thunderbolt II taxis down Bagram Air Field or a Bell 209 AH-1 Huey Cobra takes flight, their presence commands attention. At Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, an A-10 Thunderbolt II emerges from the hot pit, ready for action. The skies come alive with the roar of engines as an F-16 Falcon and AH-64 Apache from the Royal Netherlands Air Force join forces. In a mesmerizing display of power and grace, a P-51 Mustang, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, an F-15 Eagle, and an A-10 Thunderbolt II soar through the sky. Their combined might showcases the evolution technology over time. One cannot overlook the Lockheed AC-130A-LM Hercules 53-3129 as it dominates both land and air. Its imposing figure strikes fear into those who dare challenge its supremacy. The Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche stands as a testament to innovation in aerial warfare. With advanced capabilities and stealth design, it represents cutting-edge technology at its finest. Yet not all they are found soaring above; some have made their mark on water too. In a vivid depiction captured by artists long ago, we witness a terrible episode of naval battle between torpedo boats in front of Porto Arturo. It serves as a reminder that gunships have taken many forms throughout history. Even closer to home lies evidence of their impact – like when we gaze upon the starboard side of Delta moored in River Tyne or feel gusts whipping across our faces at Wind on The Firth Of Forth in 1917 – these scenes remind us how these vessels shaped our world.