🗓️ #OTD in 1944 – COPP 10’s Nick Carter (📸 from IWM Docs.7063) and another unknown rating help Partisans and artillery land on Mljet island (📸 Bosko Bunusevac/Adobe Stock) as German forces continue to be 'encouraged' to withdraw. Few details of this op are known. #NavalHistory

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This week’s feature is on the last naval gun battle of WW2 in the Malacca Straits between the Royal Navy and Japan.

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As with the Mogami shown below, the text on the right reads: ‘10 October, Meiji 41 (1908), Kasuga (Mogami)’.
However, whilst it appears to be the same person’s handwriting, it seems unlikely that entries for Yokosuka and Sasebo were made on the same day.
It must have been added later.
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Photo of the Day

Churchill coming up in the lift to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS VICTORIOUS.

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HMS Carlisle, which was converted into an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939, is said to have shot down 11 aircraft during the SWW (WW2) – more than any other RN vessel.

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On today's #PacificHistoryGuide blog, we're highlighting the reading list, in particular primary sources from the #SecondWorldWar. Here's five firsthand accounts; If you've read these, please let us know in the comments! #navalhistory www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/book-re...

Georges Leygues (1856–1933), who also served as PM during the interwar period, had a CL and Georges Leygues-class frigates named after him.
This was likely because he served as Minister of the Navy on 3 separate occasions, across a total of 11 cabinets.

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Photo of the Day

Spitzky and her mother at the Polish destroyer ORP Piorun, June 1941.
She experienced her most thrilling moments during the battle against the battleship Bismarck.
The Piorun was the first to open fire during the chase, during which she was almost swept overboard.

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As seen from the USS Hornet
In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Worcester class light cruiser at anchor. The pair were the last all gun light cruisers of the US Navy.

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How much of the English language comes from the sea? Smyth's 794-page dictionary suggests the answer is: far more than most people realize. #NavalClassics

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9 Oct 1943 // Cruiser HMS Carlisle was badly damaged by German air attack off Karpathos during the Dodecanese Campaign. Bombs caused heavy flooding and put her engines out of action. 24 men were killed. She was towed to Alexandria and written off as a total loss. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

9 Oct 1943 // Destroyer HMS Panther was sunk by German aircraft east of Karpathos Island during the Dodecanese Campaign. Struck by bombs from Ju-87 dive bombers she broke in two and sank very rapidly. 33 of her crew were lost. (Imperial War Museum image A 7315) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

9 Oct 1940 // HM Trawler Sea King, in naval service as a minesweeper, was sweeping off Grimsby with three other trawlers when she was sunk by a mine. 13 men lost their lives. Her survivors were picked up by a pilot cutter, the other trawlers having left the scene. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

At 6.30am, as lifeboats were being lowered, the ship was hit amidships by a third torpedo. She broke in two and rapidly sank, leaving the lifeboats struggling to pick up men from the water. 58 men were lost. She had been sunk by U.96 (the only warship sunk by that U-boat). #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

As the Americans attempted to sail their prizes away, the Detroit exchanged fire with the British batteries at Fort Erie and was damaged. She then ran aground on Squaw Island. Later that day the Americans set her on fire after driving off a British attempt to recapture her. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

9 Oct 1800 // Brig sloop HMS Galgo (ex Spanish brig El Galgo) was capsized at about midnight by a sudden squall north-east of the Leeward Islands. She quickly sank, leaving 25 survivors clinging to floating wreckage. They were rescued next morning by an American ship. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

9 Oct 1800 // HMS Active, a 10-gun cutter, was lying at anchor at the mouth of the Ems after delivering a convoy when she was boarded and captured by French privateer Le Modéré. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Conditions were so bad that no nearby vessels could assist, and she rapidly broke up, with just one survivor from about 240 people on board. Despite many salvage attempts only part of her cargo of gold and silver has been raised. HMS Lutine's bell hangs at Lloyds of London. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Great #LastStandOnZombieIsland article covering Coastal Battleships of the danish Herluf Trolle Class

Including lots of neat pictures

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