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In Kiel, Germany in the early 1941, a sailor gets snapshot of the ice surrounding the battleship Scharnhorst. It does provided a closeup view of the top of the armor belt.

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29 Sept 1940 // HM Yacht Sappho vanished, almost certainly the victim of a mine, while on a night patrol in Falmouth Bay. An explosion was heard at 20:33 and debris was seen next morning, but there were no survivors from her 32 crew and no further trace was found. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

29 Sept 1914 // Armed merchant cruiser HMS Oceanic (ex White Star Line RMS Oceanic) broke up and sank without loss of life off the Shetland Islands in a storm, having run aground off Foula on 8 September 1914. (Image: Swedish National Maritime Museum via Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

29 Sept 1808 // 14-gun brig HMS Maria encountered a 22-gun French corvette off Guadeloupe and fought fiercely until overcome by the corvette's heavier broadside and more numerous crew. Six men were killed including Maria's commander, Lt James Bennett, and nine were wounded. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

29 Sept 1696 (O.S.) // 10-gun HMS Portsmouth's Pride (ex French la Joyeuse, captured 1694) was carrying letters to Admiral Benbow off the Norfolk coast but was pursued by a squadron of five French ships. After a short chase and a brief exchange of fire she surrendered. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

As a result of the 4th Fleet Incident, repair work was carried out at the Kure NY from 11/10.1935-31/5.1936, during which the bow was raised by 1 deck and the bridge structure was modified.
It should be noted that 4 AA guns had already been removed prior to this.

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Great and thorough article on #FR #France #Gunboat #Zélée and her futile fight against 2 german armored cruisers

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#navalhistory it's part of the Great Tapestry of Scotland...

28 Sept 1956 // An accidental fire caused the loss of three minesweepers which were laid up under wooden shelters on Haslar Creek, Portsmouth. HMS Broadley was completely burned out, and HMS Bisham and HMS Edlington were so badly damaged that they were scrapped. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

28 Sept 1916 // HM Trawler Orsino, a Hull boat in naval service as a patrol vessel at Stromness, was sunk with gunfire by U-boat U.55 north of Strathy Point on the north coast of Scotland. Six of her ten crew were lost, the other four became prisoners in Germany. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory