During the action motor torpedo boat MTB.29 was damaged in a collision with another torpedo boat. She disengaged and began making her way back to Dover, but was attacked by a German minesweeper which raked her with gunfire and then rammed her. She sank with 10 men lost. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

6 Oct 1940 // HM Drifter Scotch Thistle sank after running aground in the early hours of the morning off Frinton while sailing from Lowestoft to Burnham-on-Crouch. All her crew were safely taken off by the coaster Ipswich Trader. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

6 Oct 1918 // Armed merchant cruiser HMS Otranto (ex SS Otranto, Orient Steam Navigation Co), serving as a troopship, grounded and was wrecked on Islay after colliding with HMS Kashmir during a gale. About 430 died, including over 340 US soldiers. (IWM image: SP 1064) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

6 Oct 1915 // Paddle steamer HMS Brighton Queen, a seaside pleasure steamer taken over by the Admiralty in 1914, struck a mine laid by German submarine UC.5 off Nieuwpoort, Belgium, and sank with seven men lost. Another man died later of his injuries. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

The officer of the watch told the court martial that when he went below to warn captain and pilot that land was very near, they seemed incapable of dealing with the situation and refused to come on deck. The court reprimanded both for negligence (but only fined the pilot). #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Images: Robert Dodd, 'The Quebec and Surveillante in Action' 1781 (National Maritime Museum); Auguste-Louis Rossel de Cercy, 'Battle between French frigate Surveillante and British frigate Quebec' c1780 (Musée national de la Marine), both via Wikimedia Commons. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

She then turned away and made sail as the privateer gave chase but was quickly overhauled and a battle ensued, ending with the sloop surrendering with heavy damage. Unfortunately her sacrifice did not buy enough time for her convoy to escape: all three ships were captured. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Before anything could be done she had swung onto nearby rocks which pierced her hull, and she began to flood. The flooding quickly worsened and, all attempts to save her having failed, she was abandoned as a wreck after all salvageable equipment had been removed. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

6 Oct 1692 (O.S.) // 50-gun 4th-rate HMS Norwich was lost with all hands in a storm in the Leeward Islands where she had arrived to serve as a troop transport. She was anchored off St Christopher's when her cables parted in the storm, and she was not seen again. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Just to clarify, there are 2 generations of the JMSDF icebreaker Shirase: the first (AGB-5002) and the second (AGB-5003).

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USS Kansas (BB-21)
USS Kansas (BB-21), a pre-dreadnought battleship, joined the Great White Fleet's 1908–1909 world voyage that demonstrated American naval power.
📷 National Museum of the U.S. Navy (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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Aboard the German Panzerschiff Deutschland, a Heinkel He 60 float plane is being moved by the ship’s port-side crane.

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USS Constitution
USS Constitution, a wooden frigate launched in 1797 and designed by Joshua Humphreys, is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat, now berthed in Boston.
📷 Benoît Prieur (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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The Sailor's Word-Book: 794 pages of nautical language from 'abaft' to 'zephyr.' Admiral Smyth's definitive maritime dictionary. ISBN 9781608885855. #NavalClassics #NavalHistory #WarshipsAndNavies

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Available for Pre-Order: "From the Deckplates" is a helpful guide for new naval officers containing the unwritten rules, human element, and real-world advice that technical manuals cannot capture.

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⚓ Battles at Sea! 3 Revolutionary War Trivia Questions • Scholar Level 🧠
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