HMS #Illustrious #RoyalNavy #aircraftcarrier 1940

A Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo was test-launched by the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy from the unmanned underwater platform XV EXCALIBUR. #USBavy #RoyalNavy #Snnfinland

This must be stopped. A Law is needed outlawing the sale of poppy emblems in the UK for political or campaigning purposes other than Remembrance, unless 100% of the profits from such sales are delivered to the British Legion. @andyburnham.bsky.social #BritishArmy #RoyalAirForce #RAF #RoyalNavy #MOD

X.5 was approaching the Tirpitz when her periscope was seen. She came under heavy gun and depth charge attack and was presumed sunk. Wreckage was later found that may have come from her but this is unconfirmed. The final fate of X.5 and her four crewmen remains unknown. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

22 Sept 1943 // HM Drifter Ocean Retriever was sunk in the Thames Estuary when she left the swept channel while fishing and caught a mine in her nets, which detonated against her side. All 11 crew on board died; one man was ashore in hospital and escaped the tragedy. #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #WW2

22 Sept 1941 // Motor launch ML.144 was sunk by a mine off Dungeness as she set out for a night patrol. Four men were lost. Her commander, Lt J. E. Gibbons RNR, swam through debris and burning fuel to rescue survivors, for which deed he was awarded the Albert Medal. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

22 Sept 1918 // HM Trawler Elise, a Peterhead boat in Royal Navy service as a minesweeper, was torpedoed and sunk off Blyth by German submarine UB.34. She exploded and sank very quickly and from her crew of fourteen there were no survivors. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

22 Sept 1914 // Three cruisers were torpedoed and sunk off the Dutch coast by German submarine U.9, with 1459 lives lost: HMS Aboukir was hit first, HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue were sunk when they stopped to assist. (IWM images: Q 75321, Q 38576, Q 21354, Art.IWM MED 80) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

22 Sept 1884 // Sail/screw gunboat HMS Wasp was wrecked at 3:30am on rocks right under Tory Island lighthouse. She was carrying police, bailiffs and the like, to carry out evictions on Inishtrahull. From 60 on board, 6 survived. The court martial blamed 'want of due care'. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

22 Sept 1874 // Former gunboat HMS Flamer, used as a stores lighter at Hong Kong, was blown ashore in a typhoon and wrecked. She landed on the Victoria Recreation Club's boathouse and demolished it, leading the Club to claim compensation from the Admiralty (unsuccessfully). #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

22 Sept 1809 // Brig-sloop HMS Curieux (captured from the French in 1804) struck rocks on Petite Terre, Guadeloupe. Hauled off by HMS Hazard, she hit the rocks again when the cable parted, flooded, and was wrecked. No lives were lost. (National Maritime Museum image) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The Hermione returned to RN service, first as HMS Retaliation, then under the even more pointed name HMS Retribution. Image: the recapture of HMS Hermione at Puerto Cabello, 24 October 1799, painted by Nicholas Pocock a few years after the event. (National Maritime Museum: BHC0519) #RoyalNavy

22 Sept 1796 // 34-gun HMS Amphion was destroyed in an accidental explosion at Plymouth. She was due to sail next day and was crowded with visitors including women and children: only about a dozen people survived from over 300 on board. (Image: National Maritime Museum) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

No French ships were burnt but in the confusion several were damaged and two ran aground. At the court martial into the loss of HMS Vulcan, Palmer was honourably acquitted, commended for his gallant conduct in the attack, and recommended for promotion, which duly came early in 1782. #RoyalNavy

22 Sept 1781 // 18-gun ship sloop HMS Duchess of Cumberland became yet another victim of Newfoundland's fogs and rocks when she ran aground and was wrecked at Cape St Mary's in thick fog. Her rudder was torn off and her hull planking broken open. All on board survived. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

22 Sept 1704 (O.S.) // Two hired fishing smacks in use as tenders, the Henry & Jane and the St George, were with other warships but lagged behind and were captured off Ushant by the French. They evidently saw no value in them, burning both after taking off their crews. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Great podcast episode; fast forward to ca. 35:00 for Peter Moore Writer talking about Thomas Cochrane
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory #books

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Today’s departure 😊

#photography #hmsqueenelizabeth #royalnavy #navy #maritime

HMS Dauntless, leaving Devonport UK
21/9/2026
St Mary's and St Julian's, Maker, Cornwall on skyline
Torpoint Ferry in foreground
image: Gemzies UK

#royalnavy #navy #armada #kernow

#booklaunch 16 Oct 26. A #ww2 thriller about mine and port clearance and the march of Ian Fleming's intelligence commandos across Germany in 1945. Pre-order now. #mustread #royalnavy
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