July 1932: HMS Queen Elizabeth, flagship of Admiral Sir Ernle Chatfield, K.C.M.G, C.V.O., D.C.L. seen at Split, Croatia during the Mediterranean Fleet summer cruise.

July 1932: HMS Queen Elizabeth seen at Crikvenica, Croatia during the Mediterranean Fleet summer cruise.

(Photo courtesy of Vladimir Tarnovski)

July 1932: A battleship, thought to be HMS Queen Elizabeth, seen at Crikvenica, Croatia during the Mediterranean Fleet summer cruise.

(Photo courtesy of Vladimir Tarnovski)

July 1932: A battleship, thought to be HMS Queen Elizabeth, seen at Crikvenica, Croatia during the Mediterranean Fleet summer cruise.

(Photo courtesy of Vladimir Tarnovski)

HMS Queen Elizabeth seen in the Bay of Kotor off the coast of Yugoslavia probably in Aug. 1933.

(Photo courtesy of Vladimir Tarnovski)

HMS Queen Elizabeth seen in the Bay of Kotor, off Tivat Yugoslavia probably in Aug. 1933.

(Photo courtesy of Vladimir Tarnovski)

March 4, 1937: HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Ramillies and HMS Repulse seen from HMS Barham during the Atlantic Spring Cruise.

July 16, 1935: HMS Queen Elizabeth seen in the Solent during the Spithead Naval Review celebrating the Silver Jubilee of H.M. King George V. In the background HMS Rodney (far left partial) and HMS Barham (left) can be seen.

HMS Queen Elizabeth seen in the Solent circa 1937.

February 7, 1943: Launching of LST-348 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, HMS Queen
Elizabeth is seen under repair in the background.

(Photo courtesy of David Buell)

Sunday services on the stern of HMS Queen Elizabeth, facing the camera in front of the ship's officers are C-in-C Eastern Fleet Admiral Sir James F. Somerville (left) and Commander Haskett-Smith.