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Personal account, all opinions my own and not representative of anyone/thing else. Interested in critical thinking, naval history and raising ME/CFS awareness. Also, random nice photos :)
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This weekend, you can meet the real officers from the NSW Police Force Marine Area Command right here.
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#WaterPolice #FamilyEvent
We won't see it tonight, but already the building of expectations has begun!
10.10.2025 23:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Much sympathy - I hope things go as well for your Dad (and you) as possible.
10.10.2025 23:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks for researching/writing/sharing, and bumping to the feed π
#NavalHistory
On 9 Oct 1941, No 107 Sqdn lost two crews comprising a Wing Commander, three Flying Officers and three Sergeants when two Blenheims collided off the Sicilian coast. A George Cross recipient Royal Engineer who had come for the ride was also killed.
@rafhistory.bsky.social @rafhistorical.bsky.social
Axis secret missions to the far east aimed at retrieving strategic materials for the German war machine. This is the incredible story that involved submarines and crews of the Italian Navy during World War Two, the subject of my latest video www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX5R...
@drachinifel.bsky.social
You askedβwe listened! πΆ
Introducing a new no-narration video series from The White Star Line Quintet, featuring stunning visuals by HFX Studios.
π§ Watch Ep. 2 now:
youtu.be/N6mSFMqMWRw
πΌ New album The Evening Lives On out now!
#Titanic #Titanicmusic
The new Age of Empires 2: Alexander the Great campaign comes out next week β and in the intro video thereβs a Roman Egadi ram from the First Punic War in 241 BCE. Think I wouldnβt notice! π
10.10.2025 15:35 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0BlueSky will forever remember that week Matt had surgery! Hope the reaction isn't too disconcerting, and onwards and upwards for the recovery π
10.10.2025 23:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I would like to note that everyoneβs favourite battleship, FaΓ Di Bruno, is shown firing just before the cannon-armed pontoon (no, thatβs not a typo and no thank you I have not gone mad).
@dreadships.bsky.social @ima-naval-history.bsky.social
Bumping to the #histbookchat feed with a link or two (my sympathies for the furlough, I hope the US can get itself squared away). Jamie writes, and well, about pirates and privateers π
jamiegoodall.com/publications/
If you enjoy my work, please help me continue to do it. Snag one (or all) of my books as Iβm furloughed and help me pay some bills! π΄ββ οΈπ DM me! #SkyStorians #PirateHistory
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Line drawing of the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sailing into a sunset. Currently a work in progress
Working on a little tribute to the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald since next month will be the 50th anniversary of her sinking
#art #greatlakes #edmundfitzgerald #maritimehistory #wip
Hey #maritime folks - have you seen Mainsheet? Have you seen Mainsheet's open CFP? Can I tell you how great the experience of writing for them, and how beautiful the final product was? You should submit and see for yourself!
www.mainsheet.mysticseaport.org/post/3355-ca...
#OTD Oct 10, 1993, the passenger ferry MV Seohae capsized and sank in the Yellow Sea during a storm. The vessel was traveling from Jeju Island to Mokpo carrying over 360 passengers and crewβwell over its intended capacity. (1/2) π§΅
#history #SouthKorea #maritimehistory
Completely understandable - sympthies for the pressure and time, and best of luck with the confidence. For what it's worth, I've been impressed with everything you've shared π
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#OTD in 1942 Captain 1st class de Bernadinis was decorated for his actions as 3rd Officer of the Watch of the stricken MV Sebastiano Venier after she had been torpedoed by HM/Sub Porpoise and then beached, with over 2,000 Allied POWs.
#navalhistory
The benches where ordinary sailors would have eaten
The officers' dining table
On the deck with lots of cannons ready to be fired
Down in the barrel store, which would have been below sea level
On board the HMS Trincomalee
#museum #history #navy #ship
You're making good travel choices π
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Entrance to the museum
Outside the nautical instrument shop, one of many reconstructed buildings on the quayside at the museum
Inside the pub, where young men would have been pressganged into joining the navy
HMS Trincomalee, which was built in the early 1800s by The East India Company. It is the oldest surviving British warship.
A visit to Hartlepool en route to back home. The National Museum of the Royal Navy is the first stop.
#museum #history #navy #ship
#OTD 10/10/2004 #RememberRCN -HMCS ST JOHNS arrived Faslane from Halifax to support the sailors in HMCS CHICOUTIMI after deadly fire in the submarine. Travelling at best possible speed, ST JOHNS made the crossing in roughly 3.5 days.
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#OTD 10/10/1950 #RememberRCN -HMCS ATHABASKAN takes part in the invasion of the Korean east coast port of Wonsan. OpWONSAN. Photo ATHABASKAN underway off Korea, courtesy For Posterity's Sake
10.10.2025 10:00 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0More proof that they put you on the good stuff! Best of luck with the ongoing recovery - take care and here's to a good long-term result π
10.10.2025 09:58 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great thread - bumping to the #NavalHistory feed π
10.10.2025 09:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Saturday marks the 43rd anniversary of the raising of the Mary Rose, but it wasn't the first attempt to recover Henry VIII's ship...
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Was great to be back on @ww2tv.bsky.social last night for a wee chat with Woody about Jungle Commandos. If you missed it, you can catch up here:
10.10.2025 07:41 β π 22 π 12 π¬ 0 π 0Great to see, and bumping to the #histbookchat feed π
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Australia's coast was a WWII battlefield, and most of us never knew it.
Discover the hidden history of submarine attacks, coastal bombings, and lost ships with Dr Tom Lewis OAM.
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#WWIIHistory
#SubFriday #Submarines
UGM-96 Trident I/C4 SLBM tube removal from the decommissioned James Madison-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Von Steuben (SSBN-632) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) in Bremerton, Washington, 2001.
Photo via NavSource.
While Sir Julian Corbett wrote an admirable official history of naval operations in #WW1, the controversies surrounding them unduly influenced the writing of other official histories.
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