@steenschon.bsky.social
Historian specialised in naval and maritime history. Works as a cmpany historian but are here as a private person. I also have a great interest in medieval history and military history in the general. My MA thesis was on the Knighs Templars.
Historical analogies are dangerous, but the way the Iran war has developed reminds me of the final stages of World War II in the Pacific and poor U.S. understanding of Imperial Japan’s calculus for a negotiated peace. 1/n
3 Cargo Ships Damaged in Suspected Iranian Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz — USNI News
news.usni.org/2026/03/11/3...
Announced by French President Emmanuel Macron on the 9th of March, 10 additional French warships are being pledged to the Middle Eastern theater amidst the ongoing war with Iran 🇫🇷
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Bunging 'Hormuz' into the catalogue, as you do, to see what comes up.
A short sequence of official Admiralty photos show the crew of the frigate HMS Loch Lomond responding to a medical emergency aboard the Shell tanker Volvatella in April 1960. A short thread 🧵
#OTD 10/3/1943 #RememberRCN -HMCS DAUPHIN rescues three survivors from SS Nailsea Court (British) and two survivors from SS Coulmore (British), torpedoed by U-229 while in Convoy SC-121 in mid-Atlantic.
If there's one thing we can say about our carpenter, he looked after his nails...
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the fifth of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK), which feature improved detection capability and reduced detectability compared with earlier submarines 🇯🇵
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Oh aye, we're doing "how I arrived on Blue Sky" again, are we?
Majestically.
Had some spare time in Stockholm over this weekend. Visited S/S Orion, former royal inspection steamship, now an enthusiast association.
Orion can be visited weekends 12:00-15:00 free of charge.
#steamship #höyrylaiva #ssorion #stockholm
The Government of the Netherlands has decided to deploy the De Zeven Provinciën-class air defense and command frigate HNLMS Evertsen in the eastern Mediterranean from this week until early April 🇳🇱
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Victoria Alexandrina Drummond, MBE , was the first woman marine engineer in the UK and the first woman member of Institute of Marine Engineers. In the Second World War she served at sea as an engineering officer in the British Merchant Navy, and received awards for bravery under enemy fire.
Reviewing this book for an organization while upping my knowledge about #Naval operations during #WWI
North Korea’s New Destroyer Sets Sail for the First Time, Tests Missile Systems, Features New Modifications to VLS 🇰🇵
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
My new Ex Libris from @mickmack.eurosky.social. Now I have an excuse for going through all my books again 😍