IJN Third Fleet Date: May 20, 1943 Location: Yokosuka Photo: Situation:

The Day of the Jackal (1973) poster art. Released #OTD.

Barry Lyndon (1975) dir. Stanley Kubrick 🎬 Time to revisit this spectacle. #NowWatching #filmsky #moviesky

15 May 1854 // Exploration vessel HMS Intrepid, trapped in Arctic ice while searching for the Franklin expedition, was abandoned. Image: Intrepid (right) with HMS Resolute - also abandoned, but later salvaged - at Melville Island, winter 1853-4 (Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

I prefer this place to the other one, but I don't have many followers here yet. Help me with the odd share if you like what I do. Ta.

The Sting (1973) dir: George Roy Hill

During 1916, sailors on the stern ready themselves for a testing firing of the USS Nevada’s 14in guns. #nevada #usa #usn #usnavy #america #battleship #dreadnought #warship #ship #ww1 #worldwar1 #navalhistory #history

Give me your favorite Non-Trek performance from a Star Trek actor. Cheating a bit by giving two here. In a guest role, Nana Visitor gave a gutting performance in the BSG episode "Faith." But for a starring role, Scott Bakula was delightful on Men of a Certain Age. That show deserved more time.

IJN Aircraft carrier Shōkaku Date: May 8, 1942 Location: Coral Sea Photo: US military aircraft Situation: When the first bomb hit the bow static.ow.ly/photos/origi...

Zuikaku (left) and Shōkaku Date: May 7, 1942 Location: Photo: from Haguro Situation: The day of the Battle of the Coral Sea

A huge thing to the credit of Ted Turner: he was widely criticized for his dumb and stupid classic movie colorization scheme and instead of doubling down and crashing out over the negative publicity, he listened to the criticism and launched Turner Classic Movies.

It’s Orson Welles’ birthday Seen here in Rome, 1974

IJN Aircraft carrier Zuikaku Date: May 5, 1942 Location: Coral Sea Photo: Situation: Shipboard planes waiting on the deck static.ow.ly/photos/origi...

#OTD On May 4, 1982, an Argentine Exocet missile struck the British destroyer HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War. The impact and resulting fires killed 20 sailors and the ship eventually sank, becoming the first Royal Navy vessel lost in action since WWII. #history #navalhistory #royalnavy

ANAKIN: Master, I'm afraid for someone I love. They may die. What should I do? YODA:

Naval officers must be prepared to address not just the tactical and material problems of sustained combat, but the limits of human resiliency. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/june/more-beer-and-better-movies-managing-resiliency-picket-line

#OTD During the Falkland Islands War, the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. The attack caused 323 fatalities and led the Argentine Navy to withdraw largely to its coastal waters for the remainder of the conflict #history #navalhistory #royalnavy

IJN Aircraft carrier Hiryū Date: April 28, 1939 Location: Off Tateyama Photo: Situation: Full-scale public exams in progress static.ow.ly/photos/origi...

27 April 1942 // Submarine HMS Urge was sunk by a mine just after leaving Valletta, Malta, with the loss of all on board: 44 crew and passengers. The cause of her loss was unknown until discovery of her wreck in 2019 revealed her fate. (Imperial War Museum: FL 3433) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

In 1798, President Adams signed a bill to establish the Navy as its own discrete departmental entity. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/august/navy-organization-through-history

Mitchum on mandolin 🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema

#OTD (Anzac Day) in 1965. An Anzac veteran and survivor of the first wave of landings looking over Anzac Cove. #HISTORY

invited the whole polyphonic spree to his draft party

same aura as Gustave Doré’s Christ Leaving the Court

Taking a walk through #IWMLondon 's new exhibition #BeautyAndDestruction: Wartime London in Art. A thread...🧵 A few images that leapt out at me, starting with Muirhead Bone's chalk and wash 'Building a Caisson for Mulberry Harbour, 1944'

#OTD On April 22, 1930, the UK, Japan, and the US signed the London Naval Treaty. It extended the 1922 Washington Treaty by limiting cruiser and destroyer tonnage. It also established rules for submarine warfare, requiring crews safety before sinking merchant ships. #history #navalhistory #warships

zaslav tried to take this from us but he COULDNT it is too powerful

IJN Aircraft carrier Akagi Date: April 22, 1925 Location: Kure Arsenal Shipbuilding Dock Photo: Situation: naming ceremony static.ow.ly/photos/origi... static.ow.ly/photos/origi...

My latest article is out. It argues that sea control has been reimagined in recent years, driven by a dramatic change in the value that states place upon the seas. This in turn is impacting navies across the globe. 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It says an enormous amount about the Royal Navy in the late Victorian period that they could essentially build HMS "Fuck That One Ship In Particular" as and when required.

just an incredible run by the four cruise ship captains that decided it was time to go

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

IJN Aircraft carrier Akagi Date: April 1942 Location: Indian Ocean Photo: Akagi Photography Group Situation:

Everyone on BlueSky: “Why do we even have a Navy? We should cut the Navy’s funding.” The Navy: *out sails its antique, underfunded, and wholly insufficient logistics system* Everyone on BlueSky:

finally, my masterpiece, now on Bluesky

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

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.

It's my birthday so here's a pic of my favourite ship, USS Chonky Boi.

Between 1916-1917, the big cat battlecruiser HMS Tiger at anchor in Scapa Flow, Scotland. #tiger #hms #royalnavy #uk #scotland #unitedkingdom #rn #ww1 #worldwar1 #war #navalhistory #history

TOT reader Jay Dickman is a world-renowned, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who grew up in Austin. Jay saw the photo that I posted of ZZ-Top last week and graciously sent in this shot of Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons, which he took in 1972 at the Dallas Convention Center. How great is this?

Diane Morgan will return as Philomena Cunk for a brand new series titled ‘CUNK ON CINEMA’. Coming soon to BBC and Netflix. #CunkOnCinema #PhilomenaCunk 🔗 variety.com/2026/tv/glob...

A quite beautifully written passage from Justin Laborde's book about the USNA Class of 1938, Scattered Far And Wide, memorialising one of the dead of The Battle of the Coral Sea. #navalhistory

50 years ago today, All the President’s Men arrived in theaters—transforming the Watergate story into one of cinema’s greatest political thrillers. Our deep dive on the film’s legacy. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ cinephiliabeyond.org/presidents-m...

This might be one of my favorites from Artemis II. A cinematic alignment of the Moon and Earth, each cradled within the warmth of sunbeams. Taken from behind the Moon on April 6th. flic.kr/p/2s6BABn

“Soldier of Fortune” has got you: sofmag.com/mystery-port...

8 Apr 1940 // Destroyer HMS Glowworm sank off Norway after a valiant and tenacious attack on German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. 109 of her crew were lost. CO Lt Cdr Gerard Broadmead Roope was posthumously awarded the first VC of #WW2 for this action. (IWM FL 1973) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Whoa 🤯 The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...