#31DaysOfGraves
Day 15: Language/Sprache
Memorial stone for 25 sailors of the Royal Navy, members of the minelaying submarine HMS E24.
It sank after colliding with a mine near Helgoland 25th March 1916
Ohlsdorf Cemetery within the Commonwealth War Graves section of the cemetery
Day 15: Language/Sprache
Memorial stone for 25 sailors of the Royal Navy, members of the minelaying submarine HMS E24.
It sank after colliding with a mine near Helgoland 25th March 1916
Ohlsdorf Cemetery within the Commonwealth War Graves section of the cemetery
October 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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I am proud to announce that my @ucalgary.bsky.social PhD dissertation will be published as " #FjordsDeepAndOceansBlue: Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian #Seapower 1945-2025", from @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social on 4 February 2027!
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October 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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October 15, 2026 at 7:43 AM
#RDN #Navy helicopter so also #Navalhistory 😉
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15 Oct 1944 // Motor launch ML.870 was sunk by a mine in the approaches to Piraeus, Greece, while assisting with minesweeping operations. Three of her crew were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
October 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
15 Oct 1944 // Motor launch ML.870 was sunk by a mine in the approaches to Piraeus, Greece, while assisting with minesweeping operations. Three of her crew were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
They weren’t lifeboats!
Something you’ll notice about Dreadnoughts and cruisers during both World Wars was the number of ships boats carried. From launches to whalers, pinnacles gigs and cutters. The standby seaboat for man overboard, but they had more roles /1
Something you’ll notice about Dreadnoughts and cruisers during both World Wars was the number of ships boats carried. From launches to whalers, pinnacles gigs and cutters. The standby seaboat for man overboard, but they had more roles /1
October 12, 2026 at 6:15 AM
15 Oct 1944 // Naval water carrier Petronella, a requisitioned cargo vessel, was sunk by a mine off Cape Kalauri near Piraeus. She capsized and sank very quickly, and 25 men lost their lives. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
October 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
15 Oct 1944 // Naval water carrier Petronella, a requisitioned cargo vessel, was sunk by a mine off Cape Kalauri near Piraeus. She capsized and sank very quickly, and 25 men lost their lives. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
Review of @navalairhistory.com’s latest Oeuvre (how posh am I?!) on @hushkit.bsky.social
#navalhistory #maritimehistory
@ima-naval-history.bsky.social - someone you should talk to.
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Fairey Fulmar by Matthew Willis
Book review (and discount code)
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October 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Review of @navalairhistory.com’s latest Oeuvre (how posh am I?!) on @hushkit.bsky.social
#navalhistory #maritimehistory
@ima-naval-history.bsky.social - someone you should talk to.
#navalhistory #maritimehistory
@ima-naval-history.bsky.social - someone you should talk to.
14 Oct 1917 // HM Trawler Clyde, a Grimsby boat in naval service as a minesweeper, sank off Sidmouth, Devon, after colliding with armed trawler Flintshire at 4.20am. No lives were lost. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 14, 2026 at 10:31 AM
14 Oct 1917 // HM Trawler Clyde, a Grimsby boat in naval service as a minesweeper, sank off Sidmouth, Devon, after colliding with armed trawler Flintshire at 4.20am. No lives were lost. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 12, 2026 at 8:07 AM
WOMEN MAKING BOOM DEFENCE NETS. SOUTHAMPTON, 13 OCTOBER 1942.
Finishing off an eye-splice.
www.iwm.org.uk
October 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Brönberg was the Minister of the Army who promoted the Naziisation of the army.
Please see below for information on Horst Wessel.
#NavalHistory
Please see below for information on Horst Wessel.
#NavalHistory
His name became that of a training sailing ship completed in 1936. After the WW2, this vessel, along with others, was designated as reparations ships and was transferred to the United States by lottery. It is the USCG Eagle, still in service today as a training ship.
October 15, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Brönberg was the Minister of the Army who promoted the Naziisation of the army.
Please see below for information on Horst Wessel.
#NavalHistory
Please see below for information on Horst Wessel.
#NavalHistory
IJN Battlecruiser Ikoma (Tsukuba-class)
Date: October 13, 1908
Location: Yokosuka
Photo:
Situation: Staying at anchor, Kasuga on the left, Niitaka in the distance
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Date: October 13, 1908
Location: Yokosuka
Photo:
Situation: Staying at anchor, Kasuga on the left, Niitaka in the distance
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October 13, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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October 15, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Ottoman pre-dreadnought battleship Barbaros Hayreddin
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October 11, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Ottoman pre-dreadnought battleship Barbaros Hayreddin
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I suspect this was for display purposes prior to the ship’s arrival in Oosaka.
The Oosaka Mainichi Shimbun is a major Japanese newspaper.
#NavalHistory
I suspect this was for display purposes prior to the ship’s arrival in Oosaka.
The Oosaka Mainichi Shimbun is a major Japanese newspaper.
#NavalHistory
October 15, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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I suspect this was for display purposes prior to the ship’s arrival in Oosaka.
The Oosaka Mainichi Shimbun is a major Japanese newspaper.
#NavalHistory
I suspect this was for display purposes prior to the ship’s arrival in Oosaka.
The Oosaka Mainichi Shimbun is a major Japanese newspaper.
#NavalHistory
15 Oct 1781 // During the siege of Yorktown 24-gun 6th-rate HMS Fowey was scuttled in the York River and set on fire after having her guns and stores landed to assist the garrison. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
15 Oct 1781 // During the siege of Yorktown 24-gun 6th-rate HMS Fowey was scuttled in the York River and set on fire after having her guns and stores landed to assist the garrison. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
Wood (accused at court martial of ignoring the advice of pilot and master) and the pilot (accused of negligence) were both imprisoned at Marshalsea, although the pilot protested that he had been engaged to navigate the Thames Estuary, not the Norfolk coast. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Wood (accused at court martial of ignoring the advice of pilot and master) and the pilot (accused of negligence) were both imprisoned at Marshalsea, although the pilot protested that he had been engaged to navigate the Thames Estuary, not the Norfolk coast. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
Lt Nasmith was reprimanded by the court martial for hazarding the submarine through negligence. He bounced back however, remained in the submarine service and achieved great success, was awarded the VC for actions in the Dardanelles in 1915, and retired an Admiral in 1946. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Lt Nasmith was reprimanded by the court martial for hazarding the submarine through negligence. He bounced back however, remained in the submarine service and achieved great success, was awarded the VC for actions in the Dardanelles in 1915, and retired an Admiral in 1946. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
12 Oct 1940 // HM Trawler Resolvo was run ashore and abandoned as a wreck after detonating a mine off Sheerness. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
October 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
12 Oct 1940 // HM Trawler Resolvo was run ashore and abandoned as a wreck after detonating a mine off Sheerness. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
14 Oct 1941 // HM Drifter Forerunner sank near the Nore Light Vessel after a collision with Dutch tanker Ocana. There were no casualties. She was later salvaged and taken to Sheerness but was presumably written off as there are no further records of her. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 14, 2026 at 10:47 AM
14 Oct 1941 // HM Drifter Forerunner sank near the Nore Light Vessel after a collision with Dutch tanker Ocana. There were no casualties. She was later salvaged and taken to Sheerness but was presumably written off as there are no further records of her. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
N.B. The records are not clear on whether the White Head was a Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel or a hired merchant vessel when sunk. Her commanding officer at the time, Lt Thomas Mann Heddles (who survived), was a Royal Naval Reserve officer. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW1 #NavalHistory
October 15, 2026 at 2:22 PM
N.B. The records are not clear on whether the White Head was a Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel or a hired merchant vessel when sunk. Her commanding officer at the time, Lt Thomas Mann Heddles (who survived), was a Royal Naval Reserve officer. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW1 #NavalHistory