@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
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@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.
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@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
@sammyflex.bsky.social1939: The battleship Dunkerque.
1 & 2: Honor guard.
3 & 4: Forward main battery, 350mm quadruple turrets.
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@vesselspotter.eurosky.social300 year old music notes found in logbook that most likely was used onboard a vessel commanded by #Tordenskjold #Wessel #Tordenskiold
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Video with music performance included in article ;-)
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USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)
A Wasp-class assault ship launched in 1997, USS Bonhomme Richard returned to San Diego on 6 June 2005 after a six-month deployment.
📷 Department of Defense. American Forces Inform (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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On 21/6.1942, I-25 attempted to shell Astoria, Oregon; however, the shells did not reach the city and instead struck the grounds of Fort Stevens, a US Army fortification situated in the nearby hills.
@briandunn.bsky.socialWachusett's commander, Napoleon Collins, was court-martialed for violating Brazilian neutrality, but nothing happened to him. The Florida's return to Brazil had been demanded by that government, but Florida was sunk in a collision with a US Army transport in November 1864. (2/2)
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@briandunn.bsky.socialOn this day in 1864, the crew of USS Wachusett boards and captures the Confederate raider Florida in the Brazilian port of Bahia. The Captain and half of the crew of the Florida was sleeping ashore at the time of the attack. (1/2)
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@jerijerod14.bsky.socialThis week’s podcast is out - three ships you’ve probably never heard of doing things you probably have.