SUNDAY READ: After decades of beach walks, Mark and Lucy Longden found something extraordinary buried in the sand between Ocean Grove and Point Lonsdale, the remains of a wooden ship, possibly lost more than a century ago. ⚓️ https://loom.ly/Hagya8c Photo: Rodney Nicholson

#SubSaturday #Submarines Paul Teutul Sr., of "American Chopper", looks through one of USS Albuquerque's (SSN-706) periscopes during a tour of the submarine.

"Quick, Sergei - read the check list for the tail falling off whilst I try and stick this thing down." [Splash] "Before landing-" "Oh." [raises the collective]

This week’s blog post is on the #Gokaido, or five routes of pre-modern Japan. From #Nihonbashi Bridge in #Edo, these roads stretched across #Japan connecting cities, strengthening commerce, and securing the hard-won peace of the Edo Period. www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/the-fiv...

Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight? I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

HMS Alliance day

RCN sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER shows the corvettes "catch-of-the-day" from the North Atlantic. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/lBEmW

How the Witch of November doomed the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ #Science #Other hashtag 1: #EdmundFitzgerald 2: #MaritimeHistory 3: #GreatLakes

Battleship Texas is undergoing a major transformation with extensive hull repairs and plans for a new home in Galveston, promising an exciting future for visitors and history lovers alike. Learn more here #TX #HistoricPreservation #CitizenPortal #GalvestonShipRestoration #MaritimeHeritage

A pelorus looks similar to a compass, but it doesn’t actually show directions. It is a simple, effective tool which is used to determine the bearing of a landmark or celestial body relative to the ship’s heading. #maritimehistory #AgeOfSail #history

My latest article on #substack is out now. The first of a three part series looking at Operation Catapult and the neutralisation of the French Fleet in July 1940 by the #royalnavy. Link below: Part 1: danielknowles24.substack.com/p/operation-... #ww2 #wwii #navy #history #navalhistory #warfare

Loire 130 flying boat of the Marine Nationale in flight, exact date/location unspecified, 1939-40 period. Loire flying boats were employed by recon squadrons in both metropolitan France and North Africa. #WWII #WW2 #history #France #Aviation #NavalHistory #NavalAviation

8 Nov 1944 // Motor launch ML.916 was blown up and sunk by a mine while minesweeping with other vessels in the Scheldt at Antwerp. Nineteen men were killed. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

8 Nov 1942 // Sloop HMS Walney, ex USCGC Sebago, was sunk in Oran harbour, Algeria, while leading Allied landing operations (Operation Reservist) against determined Vichy French resistance. 81 crew and approximately 200 embarked US soldiers were lost. [1/2] (Images: Imperial War Museum)

8 Nov 1942 // Sloop HMS Hartland (ex USCGC Pontchartrain) was sunk during attempted Allied landings at Oran, Algeria (Operation Reservist). She was sunk by heavy fire from Vichy French warships and shore batteries. 34 of her crew were lost. (Imperial War Museum images) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

8 Nov 1941 // HM Drifter Monarda was beached and abandoned after experiencing rapid flooding as she departed the harbour at Queenborough, Kent. On leaving her berth she had been involved in a seemingly minor collision, but the damage was worse than had been realised. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

8 Nov 1940 // HM Tug Muria (formerly Glasgow tugboat Wrestler, requisitioned 1939), a rescue tug based at Sheerness, sank off North Foreland after detonating a mine. Ten men lost their lives. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

8 Nov 1916 // Destroyer HMS Zulu was on her way from Dover to Dunkirk when she struck a mine off Gravelines which exploded under her stern. Three men died in the explosion. The ship was taken in tow towards Dunkirk, first by French trawler Capricorne and then by destroyer Capitaine Mehl. [1/2]

8 Nov 1746 (O.S.) // Tender HMS Panther ran aground off Newhaven in the early hours of the morning and was abandoned after she began to break up in the surf. No lives were lost. All equipment and stores were removed from the wreck before the locals could help themselves to any of it. [1/2]

#OTD 8/11/1976 #RememberRCN -HMCS ALGONQUIN (2nd) assists fisheries protection vessel CGS Chebucto (future CCGS Chebucto) in arresting three Cuban fishing vessels suspected of illegal fishing in the Halifax approaches.

#OTD 8/11/1951 #RememberRCN -HMCS CAYUGA bombards enemy targets on the islands of Paegun-do and Sowha-do after the two Korean Islands had been invaded by Chinese forces. Photo CAYUGA's Gunners -For Posterity's Sake

#OTD 8/11/1942 #RememberRCN -OpTORCH, invasion of North Africa begins. RCN provides 17 corvettes escorting troop & merchant convoys from UK into Mediterranean. They were joined by RCN's 55th & 61st LCA Flotillas, 80th LCM(3) & 81st LCM(1) Flotillas conducting landing operations.

#OTD 8/11/1942 #RememberRCN -U518 lands German agent, Alfred Janowski near New Carlisle in the Baie des Chaleurs, QC. The spy is captured by QPP the next day and turned over to the RCMP and used as a double agent until 1943, sending false information to Germany.

Check out this load of old bobbins! The crew of the Mary Rose used them to store their sewing kits (thread around the spindle, needles and pins in a hollow space at the end), which they would use to repair damaged materials, such as this ripped cloth jerkin! #Museum30 #Stitch

(1942.) Britain. Off to Africa, operation Torch. #WW2 #HISTORY

(1945.) Hamburg. For the technical guys and girls among my followers. A cross section of a U-Boot. #WW2 #HISTORY

Anstruther, Scotland. A brave member of a navy mine disposal unit, after defusing yet another mine. #WW2 #HISTORY

Grumman Avenger three seater torpedo bombers during exercises from "HMS Sparrowhawk", the Royal Naval Air Station at Hatston. (The torpedo is fully enclosed so as to improve the aerodynamics.) #WW2 #HISTORY

Judging from the caption, the objects dotted between the two Russian vessels appear to be Japanese blockading ships. This operation drew inspiration from the American blockade of Santiago de Cuba in 1898. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mer...

Forgotten shores, forgotten history, prehistoric Lake Cahuill located in the area of #California #USA and northern #Mexico. Inhabited from prehistoric period staring A.D. 1000 -A.D. 1600 and home to #cahuilla and #Kumeyaay #indigenouspeople native Americans. 1/7 #coastalhistory

The Michigan House has officially commemorated the 50th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a moment that still echoes in maritime history. Click to read more! #MI #CitizenPortal #GreatLakesSafety #CourageousCrew #MaritimeHistory

Monument honouring Lord Cochrane, Valdivia, Chile #LordCochrane #NavalHistory #AgeOfSail #ChileanIndependence #EarlOfDundonald #Chile

🗓️ #OTD in 1944 – at least two men from COPP 10 – Hugh Maynard and Nick Carter – are in recently liberated Salonika in Greece as 2nd Parachute Brigade arrives by sea, rather than by air (📸 IWM NA 20049). #NavalHistory 1/2

🗓️ #OTD in 1942 – men from Party Inhuman, the 'prototype' COPP team, have been carrying out beach marking and pilotage during Operation Torch's landings in Vichy French-held Algeria (📸 IWM NA 30). (The concurrent landings in French Morocco had no Party Inhuman input.) #NavalHistory 🧵

Today’s article is for the paid subscribers (which, for less than your finest pint in London or a McDonald’s breakfast a month, you to could be…) jerijerod14.substack.com/p/a-german-a... Stumpf describes the feelings of the High seas fleet and describes the damage. #ww1 #navalhistory

8th November 1942: Victoria Cross action of Frederick Peters, on board the sloop HMS Walney. In Operation RESERVIST, Walney and her sister ship HMS Hartland were to secure the Vichy French port of Oran as part of Operation TORCH, the Allied invasion of North Africa. 📷 IWM A 5322 🧵1/11

Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty. But beware...

When people have been telling you for years that the Mary Rose sank on her maiden voyage, then you visit the museum and find out she sailed for 34 years... MaryRose.org/Visit

Amused at “Crozier museum now!” reaction in a certain community to the news of sale of what had been the Crozier family home and is now a bunch of offices in Banbridge town centre. 1/10 🧵 armaghi.com/news/banbrid...

Oh boy. Have I got bears for you. #HugABearDay

Apparently Blue Sky has some sort of filth filter applied by default, so if you're not seeing this post maybe check your settings.

I just finished reading Yarmouth Castle Burning by Eric Takakjian and Randall Peffer. Wow. Outstanding! I interviewed them both for the next episode of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs, coming Nov 11th. #maritimehistory #history #podcast #shipwreck

Ancient Malay vessel unearthed on Pulau Melaka points to 13th century maritime power #Archaeology #Malaysia #MaritimeHistory

🚢✨ Explore the history of DeTour Reef Light, a Michigan lighthouse guiding ships through the DeTour Passage to Lake Superior! 🌊🏛️ #MichiganLighthouses #GreatLakesHistory #DeTourReef #LakeSuperior #MaritimeHeritage northernmichiganhistory.com/detour-reef-...

#maritimehistory #earlymodern

7 Nov 1940 // HM Trawler William Wesney was sweeping with other trawlers off Orfordness when a mine blew off her stern. She sank quickly with the loss of six men. There was no time to launch the boat, but several survivors were picked up from a Carley float. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

7 Nov 1940 // HM Drifter Reed, a minesweeper, sank after detonating a mine off Holland-on-Sea, north of Clacton. All the crew lost their lives: sixteen men died in the sinking, and the one survivor picked up died later of his wounds. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

7 Nov 1940 // Submarine HMS Swordfish struck a mine and sank off St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, soon after leaving Portsmouth on patrol. All 41 crew were lost. The loss was unexplained until her wreck was found in 1983. (Imperial War Museum image FL 4076) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory