I can certainly see that the person in charge struggled to come up with a different coat of arms.
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@hush-ndb.bsky.socialI can certainly see that the person in charge struggled to come up with a different coat of arms.
@hush-ndb.bsky.socialThis will likely be carried over to the ship of the same name in the Dreadnought class, which is due to enter service in the 2030s.
@hush-ndb.bsky.socialThere was also an ‘O’ on the stern of HMS Ark Royal.
@crusaderproject.bsky.socialOh, look, it's the elusive Battle Summary No. 28
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USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
USS Wisconsin (BB-64), an Iowa-class battleship completed in 1944, photographed on 29 August 1988 during sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean.
📷 Department of Defense. American Forces Inform (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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@rnshiplosses.bsky.social8 Oct 1944 // Minesweeper BYMS 2030 was sweeping at the mouth of the Seine when a mine exploded under her stern. She quickly began to settle and sank about 35 minutes later. Four of her crew were injured, but there were no fatalities and all were safely evacuated. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.social8 Oct 1944 // Minesweeper HMCS Mulgrave detonated a mine while sweeping off Le Havre. There were no casualties. Severely damaged, she was beached at Le Havre and temporary repairs enabled her to be towed to Portsmouth, where she was declared a total loss. #RoyalCanadianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.social8 Oct 1917 // HM Trawler Ben Heilem, an Aberdeen boat in naval service as a minesweeper, ran aground in a gale off Berwick on Tweed. Salvage attempts failed because of bad weather, and she was abandoned as a wreck. No lives were lost. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.social8 Oct 1812 // 18-gun sloop HMS Avenger (formerly merchant vessel Thames) was wrecked with no loss of life in the Narrows at St John's Harbour, Newfoundland. A change in the wind headed her as she tried to make the harbour in bad weather, and she was driven on shore. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.socialThe Speedy, built in 1798 from unseasoned timber, was known to be leaky. Her commander, Lt Thomas Paxton, had expressed concerns about her seaworthiness but his superiors had brushed aside his protests, and he had been forced under threat of court martial to take her to sea. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.social8 Oct 1800 // 18-gun brig sloop HMS Diligence struck an uncharted reef and was wrecked, with no loss of life, near Río Puercos on the north coast of Cuba. There was no loss of life, all on board being rescued by HMS Thunderer on the following day. Her wreck was set on fire. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.socialImage: Charles Brooking, 'The Capture of the "Glorioso" 8th October 1747' (c1747), National Maritime Museum: BHC0371. The Glorioso is in the right centre exchanging fire with HMS Russell, with privateers in the background and the blazing wreck of HMS Dartmouth on the right. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
@davidpendleton.bsky.socialThe Battle of Flamborough Head in a Bridlington car park! Fabulous mural being developed to commemorate the unlikely appearance of the American War of Independence on the Yorkshire coast in 1779. #NavalHistory
@jerijerod14.bsky.socialIn 1853 the Russian navy defeated the Ottoman fleet anchored at Sinop.
They managed to avoid the shore defences and used shells to decimate wooden ships for the first time.
This week’s free to read;
@briandunn.bsky.socialOn this day in 1879, the Battle of Angamos is fought. Two Chilean ironclads, the Almirante Cochrane, and the Blanco Encalada capture the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar after a three hour battle off the north Chilean coast (then belonging to Bolivia) near Antofagasta. (1/3)
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IJN ‘Nachi’ derives from Mount Nachi in Wakayama Prefecture.
Of the three shrines known as the Kumano Sanzan (the Three Mountains of Kumano), a branch spirit of Nachi Kumano Taisha (Nachi-Kumano Grand Shrine) is enshrined on board the ship.
@hush-ndb.bsky.socialIt should be noted that the names of this ship and her sister ship, HMS Terror, are derived from the ‘bomb ketches’ used in Franklin’s expedition.
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@ssonh.bsky.socialA sailor aboard the Kriegsmarine battleship Gneisenau takes a snapshot of the rough seas. In front of him, a portside amidship 10.5cm AA mount.
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@fredzannarbor.bsky.socialAdmiral Smyth compiled this dictionary over decades of service. Published posthumously in 1867. No one since has attempted anything so comprehensive from firsthand experience. #NavalClassics