4 years anniversary of the sinking of the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, the cruiser Moskva

I've never smashed the repost button faster.

This is an amazing image. Another amazing thing is how many Corsairs the British had; the number will blow your mind

It has been a huge team effort over many years, but the Australian War Memorial's new Anzac Hall is open. This includes "Kandahar Workhorse". It was a great privilege to meet many Chinook veterans & family members, & share their untold stories of bravery & loss, professionalism & humour.

Monday. IWM A6441, Lt Parnall

if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated

If y'all want to get your sci-fi groove on without having to buy into a streaming service... cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is...

This week’s podcast is about keeping the Straits open and how naval bombardment alone is not sufficient to defeat an entrenched enemy. The Dardanelles run up Jan-Mar 1915 (with some reference to Hormuz) #history #ww1 #navalhistory #iran open.spotify.com/episode/03qJ...

The Jetsons lied to us

Here’s a list of my nonfic publications if anyone likes this sort of thing and wants to support me (the Osprey and MMP ones don’t pay royalties fwiw so that doesn’t benefit me directly) and reviews are always welcome navalairhistory.com/about/596-2/

From @navalairhistory.com I have these. Recommend them all.

#otd 1915 the Chatham built HMS Irresistible is one of three Allied battleships lost in an attempt to smash through the Narrows at Gallipoli. #history #ww1 #navalhistory open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...

Love this cold open. Sal, you beautiful man, you’ve done it again. Bab-el Mandeb! 🍻 @mercoglianos.bsky.social

Today's favourite #warart Details in ALT @navalairhistory.com @ima-naval-history.bsky.social @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social @rjhammond215.bsky.social @axe99.bsky.social #maritimehistory #navalhistory

Their gunners liked them: youtu.be/utrkd4SDRdw

New book. Beaufighter vs German Flak Ships from Osprey

On this day – 10 February 1941 After returning from service in the Mediterranean, the cruiser HMAS Sydney (D48) is photographed moored off Sydney Cove, with crew members at their stations preparing for the arrival of dignitaries. Samuel J Hood Studio ON 00020342 #OnThisDay #NAVY125 #SeaMuseum

Risky buisiness: youtu.be/o-kHn2rR8SQ

To save money, OceanGate left the Titan submersible outside in a parking lot in St. John's, Newfoundland for 3 months during the Canadian winter, exposing the carbon fiber hull and Titan's machinery to freezing temperatures. (1/2)🧵 #Titan #Titanic #maritimehistory #history

Fairey Swordfish I and Curtiss SOC

Proceedings Archive: An eyewitness recounts what he saw during the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Saratoga (CV-3). https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2015/february/kamikazes-and-barking-dog

A reminder, before a certain movie probably makes a big thing of it again: A young Irish couple did not provide the critical data that made Stagg tell Ike to delay D-Day. The most critical data came from HMS Hoste, alone out in the Atlantic. The Blacksod story is nice. But it's not true. /1

This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.

A new Warships IFR mag is now out & packed with news, views, great pics & a dash of history. Cover pic by Sandy McClearn. It's of Canadian frigate HMCS St. John's returning to Halifax after a very busy time on NATO duties. Avail hard copy & digital sundialmedia.escosubs.co.uk/subscribe/wa...

Long hours across several weeks (day job permitting) in 'the bunker' (with occasional parole) to get 'Martin's Eyes' over the line. The final big edit is done...and dog-eared hard copy seen here. #book #WW2 #historicalfiction #thriller #novel

More info here www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...

If you were expecting us to say the Mary Rose, that was our first thought, but we have a reason for picking the Regent, based on the ship in the original post...

Italy has a saying that goes ‘every roach looks pretty in the eyes of its mother’ and Blackburn went hell for leather proving that by naming its most amazingly ugly offering the Blackburn ‘Blackburn’. This is a plane that had its meal sheets beaten hard. @dreadships.bsky.social @navalairhistory.com

Result of a Tallboy bomb penetrating the roof of a U-Boot bunker in Brest. #WW2 #HISTORY

The RCAF has a Naval Aviation museum in Shearwater, Nova Scotia. Active as an air base since the 1920s, the co-located museum has some breathtaking exhibits. So well worth a visit – here are a few sights that caught my eye… #navalhistory #maritimehistory #coastalhistory 🧵1/11

Revive the TSR II!

Today is my birthday, and the best gift for me will be a retweet. My name is Vitalii. I am from Ukraine and open for commissions, so if you would like to get #SciFi artwork (spaceships, vehicles, dystopian future), I will gladly do this. You can contact me here or via [email protected]

The armored cruiser San Giorgio served in the great war and all along the 20s and 30s. In 1940 she was placed in Tobruk harbor to act as a floating AA and coastal battery. Here's the story: youtu.be/WAcT5tK4_1c?...

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes. From Treasure magazine, 1963 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)

Anyway, here’s the book www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/book/fleet-a...

Oh yes, always armchair enthusiasts but with this artwork for some reason it's always a majority of people insisting it's wrong - some of them get quite angry! Glad you can pinpoint the account, we took a lot of care! I will try to dig it out when I get a moment

This may look like a child's drawing of warships, but in fact it is a SECRET 1955 CIA HUMINT report on Soviet naval vessels in the Baltic. PSL thread analysing a forgotten report to show value of Cold War HUMINT sources for analysis and intelligence.

Also from @navalairhistory.com. Great print.

Cruiser HMCS UGANDA, with a Fairey Firefly on HMCS WARRIOR in the foreground (1945-1947) (LAC e010777269-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

Careful, @dreadships.bsky.social, you'll set him off talking about his book...

Six Beaufighters. (May 1943, The Pacific. #WW2 #HISTORY)

For any Titanic nerds out there, my colleagues in the UCL Marine safety group have just published an astonishingly detailed analysis and supercomputer simulation of how Titanic sank, linked to witness statements & the best available evidence. Full paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

...and 20 colour profiles (with each photograph and profile having an interesting caption with further interesting detail). Well worth a read for anyone interested in the Swordfish, the FAA, or World War 2/naval aviation more generally. (3/3) #histbookchat #NavalHistory

In a week that proves when I'm not being hammered by work I can read a bit, I've happily just finished @navalairhistory.com 's Swordfish Units of World War 2. It contains lots of interesting information on Swordfish Operations, including significant amounts of new material not found...(1/3)

Paint Job Politics: How One Tanker Turned a Sanctions Chase Into a US-Russia Showdown gcaptain.com/paint-job-po...

The US Army Air Corp also tested the Highball (renamed Speedee bombs) but abandoned the project when one of the bombs bounced back off the water and sheared the rear fuselage off an A-26 Invader. youtu.be/PCGpzRzY7fY

Here's some first-person accounts from those involved in this bouncing bomb project (Project Highball): youtu.be/sioR6aXEzUM

My morning has been listening to @drachinifel.bsky.social describing the history of the battleship and why it went away - definitely worth a watch (as always!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=weqj...

Merry Christmas from Armoured Carriers! Maintaining the theme, here's a quick look aboard HMS Victorious on Christmas Day, 1941: #NavalHistory #ww2 #history

Just time for a thread of airfield dogs before the big day, I think - starting with ‘Kim’, owned by an unidentified pilot who flew Spitfires on Met. flights. Apparently determined to fly with his owner, he would jump onto the aircraft and had to be told repeatedly to get off! 📷 IWM CH 9041 🧵1/13