Dave Long

That's just brilliant - have a good voyage, and bumping to the #MaritimeHistory feed 😊

I have some time this morning so I will introduce the project I’m taking part in. I am sailing on Saga Farmann, a reconstruction of the Klåstad ship. It dates from 998 and was found near the the site of Kaupang in southern Norway. Only 40% of the original ship survives #Saga25 #MedievalSky 1/

Big Blue Ideas Talk #2 Plastic – the final straw?
🗓️ Thursday 14 August | 6.30pm
Our oceans are full of it. We eat, drink and breathe it daily.

Join Kal Glanznig and a powerhouse panel as they cut through the hype to get to the real story.
👉 Book now: https://www.sea.museum/big-blue-ideas

A great and entertaining thread, Dread - always a fan when your posting collides with #NavalHistory 😊 (Which, like the Mogamis, it does plenty, but in a much more constructive way 😁 )

Japanese cruiser Mogami returning from the Midway Campaign, a series of battles that did not necessarily develop to the advantage of the Japanese. The front 12m or so of the bow is pointing thirty degrees to port. This is not how it was designed.

I see the Royal Australian Navy is buying the Upgraded Mogami.

A hard pass on the OG downgraded Mogami, eh?

A detail from the Anthony Roll, a Tudor depiction of all the ships in Henry VIII's navy circa 1545, showing the long flags on the Mary Rose.

In 1511, £142 4s 6d (about £132,700 in modern money) was spent on supplies "for painting and staining of certain banners and streamers for the use of our ships called the Mary Rose and Peter Pomegranate"

Ponant Backs Expedition Honoring 1985 North Pole Journey Ponant Explorations is lending its support to a modern expedition retracing the historic 1985 voyage to the Geographic North Pole.

Ponant Backs Expedition Honoring 1985 North Pole Journey #ArcticExpedition #PolarExploration #MaritimeHistory

Funnels of SS United States to Be Removed and Preserved for Future Museum The towering funnels of the legendary SS United States, an enduring symbol of American maritime achievement, will soon be removed from the historic ocean liner, now docked in Mobile, Alabama. Standing 65 feet tall, each funnel rises the height of a six-story building, their sharply raked design conveying the record-breaking speed that once made the vessel the fastest ocean liner in the world.

The funnels are being removed from the SS United States

Photo by Tim Mullane

More info here - wildwoodvideoarchive.com/funnels-of-s...

#MaritimeHistory

XE VENEXIA, CIÒ! The curvature of the gondola's iron perfectly matches that of the pointed arch of the portal.

Did you know every detail of the gondola tells a secret story of Venice?
From the iron's curvature to traditions that resist time: the hidden mysteries behind the world's most iconic boat.
👉 yachtlounge.substack.com/p/xe-venezia...
#Gondola #Venice #NavalHistory #VenetianCulture #YachtLounge

YouTube video by History Hit Diving For English Warship Sunk in 1703 Storm

The YouTube version of the latest History Hit doc on the Northumberland has just been released. A great balance of the history and archaeology of the ship and the need to do much more while it is exposed on the Goodwin Sands. #NavalHistory #Archaeology youtu.be/UsWFfv6-jiM?...

Shikinami, a Fubuki-class destroyer, served in key WWII battles like Sunda Strait and Guadalcanal. She escorted convoys, fought U.S. ships, and supported landings. Sunk by USS Growler in 1944, killing her captain and Rear Admiral Kajioka. #WWII #ImperialJapaneseNavy #Shikinami #NavalHistory

5 Aug 1943 // HM Trawler Red Gauntlet was on night patrol off Ipswich with trawler Hornbeam when she was torpedoed and sunk at about 2am by German torpedo boat S.86. Most accounts say all 21 crew were lost, but Hepper states 4 survivors were picked up by the Hornbeam. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

5 Aug 1940 // HM Trawler River Clyde, a minesweeper, was sweeping off Aldeburgh when a mine caught in her sweeps exploded. She sank very quickly. Trawler Joseph Button rescued 9 survivors, but 12 men died, including one who died later of injuries received. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

5 Aug 1918 // Q-ship HMS Bracondale was torpedoed by German submarine U.44 approximately 120 miles northwest of Tory Island, Co. Donegal. She sank while under tow. One member of her crew was killed. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

5 Aug 1917 // HM Trawler Bovic was damaged in a collision off Souter Point, Whitburn, and was run ashore and abandoned at Seaham. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

5 Aug 1915 // HM Yacht Clementina (ex private yacht Sultana) was beached near Tor Point after a collision in the English Channel. She was too badly damaged to be salvageable and her remains were sold. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

5 Aug 1814 // Brig sloop HMS Magnet, carrying munitions for the British Army from York to Niagara across Lake Ontario, was seen and chased by American ships. To prevent capture she was deliberately driven ashore and blown up near the mouth of the Niagara River. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

5 Aug 1805 // 4-gun cutter HMS Dove was captured by French 22-gun privateer Gloire in the Bay of Biscay, while en route from England to Gibraltar. After a short chase, during which she lost one man overboard, the Dove surrendered when threatened with a broadside. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

5 Aug 1778 // At Newport, Rhode Island, several #RoyalNavy ships were run aground and burnt, or burnt at their moorings, to prevent capture by an approaching French squadron: frigates Orpheus, Flora (later salvaged by the French), Juno, Lark, Cerberus; galleys Spitfire, Pigot, Alarm. #NavalHistory

IJN Main force of the First Fleet during the summer warfare
Date: August 1925
Location: Saiki Bay
Photo: Ōsumi Yōkō
Situation: From right: Yamashiro, Hyūga, Mutsu, and Fusō

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#NavalHistory

I looked up what the world's largest cannon was and two candidates emerged.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallet%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_...
It beats it, but we are talking about a giant cannon.

Olga Hau’s Influence on the Nuclear Navy Olga Hau was born in 1903 in Germany and soon thrust into international notoriety when her father, lawyer Carl Hau, was tried for murdering his mother-in-law in 1907.

"Olga Hau’s Influence on the Nuclear Navy"

claudeberube.substack.com/p/olga-haus-...

USNI Archives Photo of the Week

A portrait of Ellsworth Price Bertholf (1866-1921), fourth and final Captain-Commandant of the Revenue Cutter Service, founded August 4, 1790.

Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph

Email us at research@usni.org for assistance today!

Argh, sympathies and good luck!

Oil painting of Blencathra from Threlkeld, showing the westernmost peak, Blease Fell, rising above the heather clad slopes of Gategill Fell, beneath a gloomy sky

I hesitate to call it finished, but I think this painting is done

Screenshot of a draft blog entry for The CRUSADER Project Background Payment for (some) content is a new feature, in which we are trying to recover some of the cost for running the blog through providing in-depth content related to the desert war. Future feature length articles will also be subject to payment of UK£4 or local currency equivalent. General blog entries are going to remain free, there are no plans for a subscription requirement, and the blog will remain advertisement-free as well, because I hate advertisement. What you get This is a ca. 5,00 word article in PDF format, covering the failed attempt by the Commonwealth forces to cut the retreat of Panzergruppe Afrika at Beda Fomm on 22/23 December 1941. A mix of command failures and a spirited performance by 15. Panzerdivision in reaction to the threat posed by BENCOL (see here and here) prevented this attempt by 13 Corps to destroy the retreating Axis forces before they could form a new, coherent line at Agedabia. The article is based on a mix of primary sources, and is the first detailed description of the action and the context thereof that is utilising sources from both sides that I am aware of. The article can be saved and printed, but you cannot copy text or pictures out of it without a password. Ownership rights are permanent but I would prefer for you not to transfer it. Pricing is based on the presumption that people play nice.

So. There will be a major change to the approach to rommelsriposte.com in the next few weeks. After about 17 years, and with the imminent publication of the first book, some content will become 'paid-for'. 🧵

@alanallport.bsky.social @navalairhistory.com @cedricmas.bsky.social @milavhis.bsky.social

Very much support, and am confident I'll happily buy all your naval/maritime-related content 😊 Would also support a patreon-type approach (if you've already got one and I've missed it, I'm very sorry!)

Burma Day Join us for a special day of talks and activities to celebrate the opening of our exhibition, ‘Beyond Burma’, and to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

There are a few tickets left for my talk & book signing at NAM on 20 September. This is my unofficial book launch as I won’t be having a proper do due to other commitments so would be great to see all my pals there to enjoy a fab line up of speakers and the new exhibition!

Thanks for the heads-up, and sorry it wasn't one of the great ones.

#OTD 4 August 1845, The barque Cataraqui crashed into the rocks of King Island, Tasmania, in the Bass Strait, August 4, 1845. The ship was carrying emigrants, mostly families, from England to New South Wales to start a new life. (1/2)⤵️

#maritimehistory #history #skystorians