Chris Sams

Attacking through the clouds Adlertag - 13th Augut 1940

This week's feature is an overview of Luftwaffe operations on Adlertag in 3000 words - even better it is free for everyone to read!

Due out Saturday morning

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Some #NavalHistory in a walking tour of Barrow Cemetery; the grave of Alastair Shand Cumming, joint inventor of the Ursula suit much loved by RN submariners during the SWW. One for @dreadships.bsky.social who has written about Cumming in his blog.

Some #NavalHistory in a walking tour of Barrow Cemetery; the grave of Alastair Shand Cumming, joint inventor of the Ursula suit much loved by RN submariners during the SWW.

One for @dreadships.bsky.social who has written about Cumming in his blog.
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The death of Jugoslavia Maritime History with Chris Sams (live and unplugged) · Episode

This week’s podcast is the last of my Austro-Hungarian posts, the sinking of SMS Viribus Unitis (which had been renamed Jugoslavia)on 1/11/1918 by Italian frogmen.

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a cartoon character named rick from rick and morty is sitting in a chair holding a gun ALT: a cartoon character named rick from rick and morty is sitting in a chair holding a gun

Work done for another day… guess I’ll just wait for tomorrow’s shift

PQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of the Arctic convoys of WWII, which delivered vital war supplies to the Soviet Union via the Arctic, and reveals the convoy's greatest disaster.

Very few Russian Arctic Convoy veterans remain. They deserve so much respect. Sadly the medal they eventually got from the Gov was only after huge pressure. Worth watching even just to listen to their accounts. Royal Navy and Merchant Navy Veterans. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

“The Germans must have intended to drown us all.” Testimonies from Lusitania's sinking

This week’s feature has first hand accounts from #Lusitania 's sinking.

The Free half has two survivor’s accounts transcribed from the IWM sound archive.

The second half has Scwieger’s log & German reaction.

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The lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial German Navy, SMS Wittelsbach was laid down in 1899 and completed in October 1902. Along with her sister ships Wettin, Zähringen, and Mecklenburg, she served in I Squadron for the duration of her peacetime career. Her other sister, Schwaben was used as a training ship to modernize the training unit of the German fleet. Decommissioned in 1910, but reactivated a year later, she served as a training ship until 1914. Brought back to active duty by the start of World War One, Wittelsbach served with IV Battle Squadron. The ship served in the Baltic Sea, including during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915, but saw no combat with Russian forces. By late 1915, crew shortages and the threat from British submarines forced the Kaiserliche Marine to withdraw older battleships like Wittelsbach. The ship then saw service in auxiliary roles, first as a training ship and then as a ship’s tender. After the war, she was converted into a tender for minesweepers in 1919. In July 1921, the ship was sold and broken up for scrap metal.

Built for the Imperial German Navy, SMS Wittelsbach was laid down in 1899 and completed in October 1902. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #battleship #ImperialGermanNavy #KaiserlicheMarine #maritimehistory #Predreadnought #SMSWittelbach #warship #WW1

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Ships bell for HMS Vanguard

Models of various submarines.

Close up of a model submarine.

Model of a liner

@jerijerod14.bsky.social and @axe99.bsky.social along with the rest of the #NavalHistory crowd would love the Barrow Dock Museum. 😃👍

Memorial to Royal Australian Navy submarines AE1 and AE2, on the edge of Ramsden Square in Barrow-in-Furness.

There’s a memorial to her in Barrow.

A.E. 1 is lost Australia's first naval casualty

This weeks free to read is about the Australian A.E. 1 and her loss during the First World War. How did she just disappear? Did the Germans sink her? The rescue attempts and more…

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#history #navalhistory #fww

Ep256: Egypt and Sudan - Battle of Omdurman (Part 1) Pete & Gary's Military History · Episode

The Battle of Omdurman is not an easy subject. And to do it without Gary is even worse. Perhaps a massive outpouring of love might persuade him to stay? Any way the first of three podcasts on this cathartic, murderous battle. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0gCU...

A.E. 1 is lost Australia's first naval casualty

This weeks free to read is about the Australian A.E. 1 and her loss during the First World War. How did she just disappear? Did the Germans sink her? The rescue attempts and more…

jerijerod14.substack.com/p/ae-1-is-lost

#history #navalhistory #fww

Had von Holtzendorff’s gamble paid off though… it got close with only 6 weeks of grain supplies left in the UK!

Episode 48 - "Desert Island Books" : Our Top 10 Bomber Command Reads - Never Mind The Dambusters This week we each share our top 5 Bomber Command books in the categories of popular history, memoir, academic, fiction and we also throw in a wild card! What are your favourites? Do you love or hate o...

Good morning! Ep 48 is now live. We share our top 10 bomber command books - fiction, popular history, academic, biography & a wild card! Links to all titles in the show notes. Which are your favourites?
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I’d argue that the German army only had to hold out in 1917 because the U-boat counter blockade was planned to break England within 6 months knocking them out of the war… I mean it did not work but…

Everything you need - Commerce raiding, shipwrecks and diving

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I’m the guy who takes you round the submarine and tells you funny stories and jokes that sneak the history into you… then I go home and write about U-boats 😊

World War One pillboxes in Norfolk listed by Historic England Pillboxes are

This was meant to go out at 10am today. Here's the big announcement!

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Szent Istvan's only sortie Maritime History with Chris Sams (live and unplugged) · Episode

This week’s podcast is out and it is part 3 of my Austro-Hungarian Navy at war series.

This week is the only sortie of the dreadnought Szent Istvan

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Oooo good point.... After the Blenheim but before the Hurricane.

Target - Ventnor Stg I attack the RDF station at Ventnor and targets around the Solent.

Whilst pottering I've made this article on Stukas on Adlertag free to read so... Enjoy!

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F is good - I used to have a poster of one on my wall as a teenager (don't ask) but I like the Emil's rugedness and firepower

The F yes the G variant and everything after that... na not so much

totally agree!

Defiant is the fourth (after the Blenheim!) lol

The 110 was my go to in sims for about 10 years, I even named my C variant...

Of course my favourite is....

Watching the Battle of Britain whilst writing about Adlertag and I honestly don't care what anyone says... the Bf 109 E is a beautiful aeroplane and perhaps the second best looking aircraft of the Battle...

Putting a pause on naval history for a couple of weeks, instead I’m writing an article on Adlertag 13 August 1940, Luftwaffe aims, action and… erm… results

Noel Agazarian - Wikipedia

Agazarian is 23 years old, and the son of French and Armenian immigrants. A successful school and university sportsman, he first learns to fly as a member of the Oxford University Air Squadron. He will take #SpitfireR6915 on more operational patrols during the #BattleOfBritain85 than any other pilot