The caption for the photograph on the left states: ‘The tampions of the 1939 “HMS King George V” were similar but with a rope-twist border.’ However, the tampion on the KGV(II) on the right does not feature such a border.
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@hush-ndb.bsky.socialThe caption for the photograph on the left states: ‘The tampions of the 1939 “HMS King George V” were similar but with a rope-twist border.’ However, the tampion on the KGV(II) on the right does not feature such a border.
@casemateipm.bsky.socialWilliam Parry, Arctic explorer and naval reformer, shaped exploration, science, and the Navy’s transition to steam.
💻: https://tinyurl.com/2xv62kzu
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USS Sioux City (LCS 11)
USS Sioux City, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship built for the US Navy, docked at Souda Bay, Greece in 2022 for maintenance while deployed to Europe.
📷 U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas Tenorio (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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USS Constellation (CV-64)
📷 U.S. Navy photo by Intelligence Specialist 1s (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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@rnshiplosses.bsky.social17 Oct 1943 // Submarine HMS Trooper, on patrol in the Aegean Sea, was declared overdue on this date. Her wreck was discovered in the Aegean north of Donoussa in 2024, confirming that she was sunk by a German mine in early October 1943. All 64 crew were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.social17 Oct 1943 // HMAS Gladmor, an auxiliary patrol vessel based at Fremantle, was destroyed in an accidental fire with no casualties. #RoyalAustralianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.social17 Oct 1940 // Minesweeper HMS Dundalk, mined with four men killed on the previous evening off Orfordness, sank in the early hours of the morning off Harwich while under tow. The tow was being passed from HMS Sutton to a tug when the Dundalk rolled over and sank. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.social17 Oct 1918 // HM Tug Oceana, based at Scapa Flow, sank on the night of 17/18 October after being run into by HM Tug Stobo Castle in Mill Bay, Eday. The Stobo Castle was equipped with an ice-strengthened bow, and was only slightly damaged. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.socialAt about 5.30pm another U-boat, UC.79, fired a torpedo which was intended to finish off the Polvena, but it missed and hit the Ruby squarely amidships instead. The trawler immediately broke up and sank. She carried a crew of 18 men: there were no survivors. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.social17 Oct 1917 // HM Drifter Jean, a Fraserburgh boat in naval service as a net barrier tender at Otranto, struck a mine while approaching Taranto and sank with the loss of nine of her crew. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.socialShe was turning to launch torpedoes when she was hit by shells from the cruisers, immediately lost way, and was soon pounded into a wreck. She was abandoned at 7am: just five men survived from her crew of 98. The cruisers went on to sink nine ships from the convoy. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.social17 Oct 1915 // HM Trawler Javelin, an Aberdeen boat in naval service as a minesweeper, struck a mine while sweeping near the Long Sand lightvessel in the Thames Estuary, and sank with the loss of one man. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
@rnshiplosses.bsky.social17 Oct 1704 (O.S.) // 4-gun bomb vessel HMS Terror was burnt in a French night attack while moored at Gibraltar. The French boarded from boats and, after overcoming the crew, brought a fireship alongside and ignited it, destroying both vessels. A successful fireship action. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
@jerijerod14.bsky.socialThis week’s feature (and over half is free to read) follows the course of the Second Anglo Dutch War at sea.
