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Lone Wolf (The Wolves WW2 Series) - Historical Novel Society At the beginning of 1942, the United States is logistically unprepared to participate in another world war. In an example reflecting the themes of Barbara Tuchman’s A Distant Mirror, its industrial an...

Wonderful review for Lone Wolf has just been posted by the Historical Novel Society

“Naval historical fiction doesn’t get much better than this fantastic book.”

You can see it in full below.

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Midshipman Blockhead Finding things not exactly what he expected by George Cruikshank

One of a series of cartoons by Cruikshank showing how some ashore imagined the Regency navy.

#Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Satire

Cutting out of the Curieux by marine artist Mark Myers

She was a French corvette launched in 1800 and operated as a commerce raider. On a night in 1804, the British 74 HMS Centaur sent in her boats to successfully cut her out from Fort Royal harbour, Martinique.

#Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #FrenchNavy

Two Clippers at night by Montague Dawson

#Ageofsail #MerchantNavy #Tallships

Corner of a hand-stitched sail from the 1800s. Every warship had a sailmaker who played a vital role in making and maintaining the huge number of sails required to power the ship in all weathers.

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Last night I was in Newcastle giving a talk to the Collingwood Society. What a splendid gathering, a really good audience of well-informed and hospitable people. The admiral’s memory is in safe hands.

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Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin on the set of The Hunt for Red October

#Coldwar #Submarines #Movies

Musket ball found lodged in the timbers of HMS Victory during her ongoing restoration. Probably fired during the battle of Trafalgar from the French ship Redoubtable.

#Nelson #Trafalgar #RoyalNavy

Summer Quarterdeck 2025 - Globe Pequot In this Summer 2025 edition of Quarterdeck, you’ll enjoy By George about author Richard Bolitho, a piece by Cynthia Barrett, a feature about Midshipman Charles Haring, a feature about Italy... READ MO...

The Summer edition of Quarterdeck Magazine is out – with a nice review of Lone Wolf

“Lone Wolf surges with crisp prose and palpable
page-turning tension.”

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The bark Europa in the Arctic.

Perhaps it’s the heatwave currently engulfing Western Europe that made this appeal to me.

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Lynx helicopter leaving Leander-class frigate HMS Minerva in heavy seas, taken c1989.

Landing it again looks a challenge.

#Helicopter #Storm #RoyalNavy

On this day in 1941 – The Bismarck was sunk. Crippled by air attack from the carriers Ark Royal and Victorious, she was sunk by gunfire, revenging the loss of the battlecruiser Hood 3 days earlier. Out of her crew of over 2,200 men, only 114 survived.

#WW2 #GermanNavy #RoyalNavy

HMS Ville de Paris by Dereck Gardner

A Royal Navy 1st rate launched in 1795. Her name comes from the French flagship, captured at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. The Royal Navy sometimes adopted names of foreign ship that had fought well.

#AgeofSail #Napoleonic #RoyalNavy

The dreadnought HMS Superb, launched on Tyneside in 1907, coming down the river like a dragon leaving its den. Her masts have been secured flat to allow her to pass under bridges on her way to the sea.

#WW1 #GrandFleet #RoyalNavy

USS Constitution. The Mediterranean Squadron underway by Dutch artist Maarten Platje

A scene from the First Barbary War (1801–1805). The war is probably best known today for the attack on Tripoli referred to in the opening lines of the US Marine Corp hymn.

#Ageofsail #Tripoli #USNavy

Frigate at sea by German artist Michael Zeno Diemer

She is carrying too much sail for the conditions, but a nice painting even so.

#Ageofsail #Tallships #RoyalNavy

Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū manoeuvring at speed to avoid bombs dropped by B-17 Flying Fortress bombers during the Battle of Midway

#WW2 #JapaneseNavy #USNavy

HMS Warrior – a Royal Navy 74 gun 3rd rate ready to be launched at Portsmouth in 1781 painted by early 20th century British artist David C Bell

#AgeofSail #Shipbuilding #RoyalNavy

Burial at sea by the 19th Century Norwegian artist Carl Sundt-Hansen

#AgeofSail #Tallships #Norway

Royal Navy cruiser HMS Nigeria in dry dock after she struck a mine in 1941 while operating off Norway against a German coastal convoy.

#RoyalNavy #WW2 #Waratsea

A useful guide to nautical knots for Millennials

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Really looking forward to this - if you are in the south west of England the first weekend in June come along.

USS Iowa firing her 16” main armament.

Battleships - who doesn’t secretly regret their passing?

#USNavy #WW2 #Dreadnoughts

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable passing through the Suez Canal during WW2

#RoyalNavy #WW2 #Eygpt

Neapolitan Bomb ketch in action against an Ottoman fortification from a sketch by R C Anderson done in 1780

Bob Ketches had no foremast to obstruct the huge mortars mounted in their bow. They bombarded targets on land with fused shells, two of which are shown in flight

#Navy #ageofsail #Hornblower

Crossing the Line - A century old Royal Navy tradition that still goes on today when a ship crosses the equator.

#Seafaring #RoyalNavy #ageofsail

Spring Quarterdeck 2025 - Globe Pequot In this new edition of Quarterdeck, you'll find an interview with writer James L. Nelson, a preview of the upcoming Lyons Press biography E.D.E.N. Southworth's Hidden Hand by Rose Neal, along with all...

The latest edition of Quarterdeck is out.

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Published Worldwide today!

Book 3 in my Wolves WW2 series

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