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@ferl67.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 12:27 AM

This 2,100-Year-Old Shipwreck Carried 6,511 Luxury Dishes—and They’re Somehow Still Intact

https://gizmodo.com/this-2100-year-old-shipwreck-carried-6511-luxury-dishes-and-theyre-somehow-still-intact-2000820806

#Italy #Science #Shipwreck #Archaeology #MaritimeHistory

@itsyoursofia.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 8:45 PM

Ever wondered what life was really like below deck on a pirate ship? Explore the cramped living spaces, daily routines, challenges, and harsh conditions sailors faced at sea. Read more: www.patlubeck.com/what-were-pi...

#PirateHistory #MaritimeHistory #History #PirateShips #Adventure

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@shiphistory.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 12:04 PM

How could a steamship’s own engines put its hull under strain?
An 1889 Lloyd’s Register engineering drawing reveals how shipbuilders strengthened machinery spaces as steam power changed the demands placed on ships.

#MaritimeHistory

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_1V...

@guel-sen.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 10:48 AM

Great collection! Especially for those who are interested in Japanese maritime history!

#maritimehistory #Japanesehistory #collections

👇

@bartgonnissen.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 10:32 AM

1/28 A Soviet cruise liner with 738 people aboard, a flat, calm afternoon in 1986, and a pilot who knew that water better than almost anyone alive. He steered her at 15 knots into a gap between a headland and a lighthouse rock. Mikhail Lermontov. A 🧵 #maritimehistory #maritimeincidents

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@guel-sen.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 9:39 PM

Harbor (Liman) Alanya.
The medieval castle, a part of its 6 km long walls, and the 12th-c. Red Tower (Kızılkule) are seen in the background.

This is a fascinating historical site also for #maritimehistory
More later..

📷 October 1, 2026

#harbor #landscape #ships #castle

Harbor (Liman) Alanya. The medieval castle, a part of its 6 km long walls, and the 12th-c. Red Tower (Kızılkule) are seen in the background. This is a fascinating historical site also for maritime history
@shiphistory.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 4:04 PM

Doors open at 10 a.m. ET, Presentation begins at 10:30 a.m. ET. If you can't make it or aren't local, visit our events page to sign up for the Zoom option. We hope to see you there! #MaritimeHistory

@shiphistory.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 3:52 PM

It's #WorldPostcardDay! Learn more about the Chujiro Nakajima Collection at SSHSA, which has hundreds of picture postcards, photographs, and ephemera documenting Japanese maritime history. #MaritimeHistory

@ianmac.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 8:33 AM

#MaritimeHistory
#NavalHistory

@welshcountry.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 8:08 AM

#welshconnections #Swansea #WelshHistory #interestinghistory #FamilyHistory #MaritimeHistory #TallShips #MerchantNavy #TrueStory #CapeHorn #BookTeaser

@patricialubeck.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 8:41 PM

What was life really like below deck on a pirate ship? Forget the romanticized image of sailing the seas—conditions could be cramped, dark, and anything but...
www.patlubeck.com/what-were-pi...
#PirateHistory #PirateShips #MaritimeHistory #GoldenAgeOfPiracy

@guel-sen.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 8:12 PM

This is a further encounter of Barbarossa and Andrea Doria:

Francis I of France entered into an alliance with the Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent against Charles V, the Habsburg Emperor. Therefore, in 1543, Süleyman dispatched Barbarossa to France. 🧵1/

#MaritimeHistory #admirals #galleys

This is a further encounter of Hayreddin Barbarossa and Andrea Doria: Francis I of France entered into an alliance with the Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent against Charles V, the Habsburg Emperor. Therefore, in 1543, Süleyman dispatched Barbarossa to France. Francis subsequently permitted the Ottoman fleet to winter at Toulon. For eight months, throughout the winter, the fleet remained in southern France and used Toulon as a base for operations against Habsburg territories in Spanish and Italian coasts. In 1543, a French-Ottoman forces breached Nice’s walls and captured parts of the city. But the arrival of an Imperial-Savoyard relief fleet under Andrea Doria forced the besiegers to withdraw before taking the citadel. Nice remained in Savoyard hands.
@bartgonnissen.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 7:14 PM

1/x Have you ever heard of a ship that raced another ship with her crew and passengers in a drunken stupor, hit a rock, and caused almost two decades of civil war? One man survived. “No ship that ever sailed brought England such disaster”. This is the story of the White Ship. #maritimehistory

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@crusaderproject.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 7:06 PM

B-17 bombers "intercepting" the Italian ocean liner SS Rex in May of 1938.

Navy General Board on Facebook.

Details in ALT

#navalhistory #maritimehistory #History #Italy #UnitedStates #Airforce #Military

At the time, the US was still examining how aircraft could be used to defend against a major invasion fleet, a part of the wider debate about the effectiveness of aircraft vs. the Navy. Several large exercises had been carried out where aircraft defended the US coast against hypothetical enemy fleets. These exercises became something of a target to the media of the day who criticized spending excessive money on attacking imaginary fleets. The United States Army Aircorps decided to capitalize on this criticism and use it to their advantage. If imaginary ships were bad, they would instead intercept an ocean liner. The Italian liner SS Rex was known to be traveling to the United States during the next round of exercises. The event was planned in advance by the United States Army Aircorps. It's purpose was two-fold. First, it would serve as a highly public event. If successfuly executed, the event would be highly publicized. Not only would this silence critics, but it would also show the power and capabilities of aircraft, hopefully securing further support. Secondly, the exercise would be a valuable lesson in locating an "enemy ship" at extreme distance with little information. Previously, aircraft were restricted to relatively short raids against ships that were within view of observers. Rex would be intercepted by guessing where she would be. Three B-17s took off on the morning of May 12. The navigation of the aircraft fell to then 1st Lieutenant Curtis E. LeMay, a man that would later go on to have a major impact on bomber utilization in the United States Aircorps and later the United States Air Force. LeMay used a report that was transmitted from Rex the day before. Using information on typical routes used by ocean liners and their average speeds, LeMay estimated the probable location of Rex on the day of May 12. Conditions on the flight were less than ideal. High winds affected the speed of the aircraft and higher sea states had slowed Rex.
@guel-sen.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 6:52 PM

Hayreddin #Barbarossa and Andrea #Doria, the grand admirals during the Naval Battle of Preveza in 1538, were major adversaries, but they were also capable of negotiating directly when circumstances required it. A 🧵1/

#MaritimeHistory #admirals

@shiphistory.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 4:05 PM

Italian Line's RAFFAELLO in New York #OnThisDay in 1967. Braun Brothers Collection, SSHSA Archives.

Learn more about our collections at shiphistory.org/collections/. #MaritimeHistory

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@davidpendleton.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 2:26 PM

Delighted to announce that my new article is out now in The Trafalgar Chronicle! ⚓️
📖 “As a Hound to the Haunches of a Deer: HMS Countess of Scarborough: The Forgotten Ship of the Battle of Flamborough Head”
Published by 1805Club.
#NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #18thCentury

Cover of the Trafalgar Chronicle showing three sailing ships at sea.
@luupilotti.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 11:18 AM

Question for naval architects, historians and shipyardians: how did yards 100 years ago define the draught marked on their drawings? I've run into issues while drawing a couple of old ships in CAD.

#ShipHistory #MaritimeHistory #NavalArchitecture #Shipbuilding #steamship #yachtdesign #boatbuilding

Difference between actual observed real water line and design water line in a 1923 designed ship frame.