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| USS Tuscaloosa in Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom while she was operating with the British Home Fleet, April 1942. The British heavy cruiser HMS London is in the background. | Waves splashing onto the bow of HMS London, possibly in the Norwegian Sea, circa early- to mid-1942 | USS Wichita and HMS London escorting Allied convoy PQ-17, Jun 1942 | King George VI of the United Kingdom aboard HMS London at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16 Aug 1943 |
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| HMS London de-ammunitioning and de-fuelling at Sheerness, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 6 Sep 1949 |
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