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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!
Pre-orders available!
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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!
Pre-orders available!
www.bloomsbury.com/ca/fjords-de...
October 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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
October 12, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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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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
WOMEN MAKING BOOM DEFENCE NETS. SOUTHAMPTON, 13 OCTOBER 1942.
Finishing off an eye-splice.
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October 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
October 12, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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
1/ A few weeks after sacred relics of St. Dmitry Donskoy were 'rediscovered' and paraded in occupied regions of Ukraine to boost Russian troops' morale, the Russian Army has reportedly lost them. This comes just over 4 years after the Russian Navy lost the True Cross of Jesus. ⬇️
October 11, 2026 at 3:15 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 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
13 Oct 1944 // HM motor launch HDML.1057, based at Mombasa, was destroyed by an explosion off Kilindini, caused by demolition charges which had been improperly stored under a tarpaulin and had overheated. One man was lost. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 13, 2026 at 1:43 PM
13 Oct 1944 // HM motor launch HDML.1057, based at Mombasa, was destroyed by an explosion off Kilindini, caused by demolition charges which had been improperly stored under a tarpaulin and had overheated. One man was lost. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
11 Oct 1940 // HM Yacht Aisha was damaged when she struck a mine in the Thames Estuary. She was taken in tow, but sank shortly afterwards. There were no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
October 11, 2026 at 8:31 AM
11 Oct 1940 // HM Yacht Aisha was damaged when she struck a mine in the Thames Estuary. She was taken in tow, but sank shortly afterwards. There were no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
12 Oct 1707 (O.S.) // 24-gun 6th-rate HMS Enterprise was wrecked on the coast of Lancashire near Thornton, north of Blackpool. There were no survivors from her crew of around 100 men. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 12, 2026 at 11:53 AM
12 Oct 1707 (O.S.) // 24-gun 6th-rate HMS Enterprise was wrecked on the coast of Lancashire near Thornton, north of Blackpool. There were no survivors from her crew of around 100 men. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
#OTD On October 12, 1900, the U.S. Navy commissioned its first submarine, Holland (Submarine No.1), which was built by Irish-American John P. Holland, who warned that this new attack weapon would leave enemy fleets completely defenseless.
#USNavy #history #navalhistory
#USNavy #history #navalhistory
October 12, 2026 at 4:42 PM
#OTD On October 12, 1900, the U.S. Navy commissioned its first submarine, Holland (Submarine No.1), which was built by Irish-American John P. Holland, who warned that this new attack weapon would leave enemy fleets completely defenseless.
#USNavy #history #navalhistory
#USNavy #history #navalhistory
The Africaine's casualties were very heavy with 49 killed, including Captain Corbett, and 114 wounded, and she was left barely afloat. When HMS Boadicea, which had been becalmed five miles off, arrived later that afternoon the Africaine was recaptured without a fight. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The Africaine's casualties were very heavy with 49 killed, including Captain Corbett, and 114 wounded, and she was left barely afloat. When HMS Boadicea, which had been becalmed five miles off, arrived later that afternoon the Africaine was recaptured without a fight. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
13 Oct 1679 (O.S.) // 32-gun HMS Date Tree, having been captured from North African corsairs and commissioned into the Royal Navy, sank while being refurbished at Cadiz. Her floor timbers were found to be rotten and she was condemned as unseaworthy and sold off. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
13 Oct 1679 (O.S.) // 32-gun HMS Date Tree, having been captured from North African corsairs and commissioned into the Royal Navy, sank while being refurbished at Cadiz. Her floor timbers were found to be rotten and she was condemned as unseaworthy and sold off. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
The ship had been too far to the south: at the court martial the Master was severely reprimanded for taking no bearings and ignoring warnings from Pomone's captain, Robert Barrie, that they were too close to land. Everyone on board, including the Ambassador, was saved. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 14, 2026 at 10:13 AM
The ship had been too far to the south: at the court martial the Master was severely reprimanded for taking no bearings and ignoring warnings from Pomone's captain, Robert Barrie, that they were too close to land. Everyone on board, including the Ambassador, was saved. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
Finally the Merlin was able to run alongside one of the Dutch ships, A close-quarters battle followed, ending when the Merlin, heavily damaged and with many casualties, surrendered. Hayward himself was badly wounded but his actions enabled the rest of the convoy to escape. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Finally the Merlin was able to run alongside one of the Dutch ships, A close-quarters battle followed, ending when the Merlin, heavily damaged and with many casualties, surrendered. Hayward himself was badly wounded but his actions enabled the rest of the convoy to escape. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
14 Oct 1650 (O.S.) // English Navy ship Liberty, launched in 1633 as HMS Charles (name changed after the Civil War, obviously), ran aground off Harwich while on her way to Chatham to be paid off. Any equipment that could be saved was salvaged and the wreck was abandoned. #NavalHistory
October 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM
14 Oct 1650 (O.S.) // English Navy ship Liberty, launched in 1633 as HMS Charles (name changed after the Civil War, obviously), ran aground off Harwich while on her way to Chatham to be paid off. Any equipment that could be saved was salvaged and the wreck was abandoned. #NavalHistory
13 Oct 1940 // HM Drifter Summer Rose, a minesweeper, was sweeping off Seaham harbour when she detonated a magnetic mine. She quickly flooded and sank with the loss of two members of her crew. The mines had been laid by German aircraft on the previous evening. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
13 Oct 1940 // HM Drifter Summer Rose, a minesweeper, was sweeping off Seaham harbour when she detonated a magnetic mine. She quickly flooded and sank with the loss of two members of her crew. The mines had been laid by German aircraft on the previous evening. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
10 Oct 1944 // HM Motor Gunboat 663 struck a mine while returning to her base at Vis from a night patrol, and sank with three men lost. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
10 Oct 1944 // HM Motor Gunboat 663 struck a mine while returning to her base at Vis from a night patrol, and sank with three men lost. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory