For those able to log on tomorrow - in a move that will surprise nobody I will be banging on about the French…

20 July 1918 // HM Submarine E.34 was mined and sunk off Vlieland in the West Frisian Islands. She was lost with all hands: 30 officers and men. (Imperial War Museum image Q 18629: E.34, second from the right, moored alongside a depot ship with other submarines) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

20 July 1944 // Destroyer HMS Isis exploded and sank off the coast of Normandy. It was presumed that she had struck a mine. Casualties were heavy: 152 men died and there were 45 survivors. (Imperial War Museum image A 7297: HMS Isis foreground, with HMS Duncan behind) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

The Junkers 188 (1943) was an evolution of the Ju 88, which was becoming increasingly vulnerable to Allied fighters. Though performance gains were limited, it was decided to use the type as a stopgap until more advanced aircraft became available. Only 1000 Ju 188s were produced. 📷 Roy Huxley 🧵1/6

This was a really interesting interview about some incredibly brave women! Check it out!

R.I.P. Kevin Keegan.

The Junkers 188 (1943) was an evolution of the Ju 88, which was becoming increasingly vulnerable to Allied fighters. Though performance gains were limited, it was decided to use the type as a stopgap until more advanced aircraft became available. Only 1000 Ju 188s were produced. 📷 Roy Huxley 🧵1/6

On this day in 1866, the battle of Lissa is fought between the Austrian and Italian Fleets. Outgunned by the Italians, Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff resorts to ramming tactics, sinking an Italian ironclad, the Re d' Italia. Having lost two ships, the Italians withdraw. #NavalHistory

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with what happened to bioweapons programs after Nixon halted them. We look at what a shift to defensive programs, the impacts of decades of lies on public trust, and the ethical debates therein. youtu.be/0yEVIRy23H4

Our first historical anniversary today is the 11th birthday of this headline:

19 July 1940 - the battle of Cape Spada The first major surface unit of the Regia Marina, light cruiser Batrtolomeo Colleoni, is lost in a dusk engagement with HMAS Sydney just off the north-western corner of Crete. @karljames1945.bsky.social

‘Goodbye to the Lancaster’ - Pathé, 1956. Featuring the final flight of the last operational RAF ‘Lanc’ and reflecting on the type’s wartime career. Not stated in the film, the aircraft featured was based at the School of Maritime Reconnaissance, RAF St Mawgan. youtu.be/KeyziPVcpjg?...

#OTD in 1943, K-74 became the only U.S. blimp lost to enemy action when it was shot down by German submarine U-134 in the Straits of Florida. The crew survived except for one sailor who died after being attacked by a shark. U-134 was sunk a month later by HMS Rother.

The Field Marshal on the three most memorable moments of his life. ITN 1956 Perhaps not the ones people might expect. I wonder if privately, the death of his wife would have been on the list. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

#OTD in 1969, a Honduran Corsair shot down two Salvadoran Corsairs and a Mustang during the "Football War". It was the last dogfight between piston engine fighters. The U.S. Navy had retired the F4U Corsair in 1953. The Honduran Air Force continued to fly the F4U until 1979.

17 July 1917 // HM Submarine C.34 was torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U.52 while surfaced off Fair Isle. She was on an anti-submarine patrol, and had surfaced to check her trim. There was only one survivor from C.34's crew of 16. (Imperial War Museum image SP 1931) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

🚨 Heeeeeere's Monty! Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - the one and only, bringing this six-part series on The Generalissimos to an end. What a man. What a myth. What a moment. @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

With all due respect to Mr Nolan, the perfect adaptation of the Odyssey has already been made.

Thanks to Emma for putting this on! I always enjoy an opportunity to talk about the Navy's long, but distinguished, relationship with Hollywood.

“Flight debrief complete. No reprimands. No firings. No problem. That’s the sound of Freedom! Semper fi and Hooyah,” Cao said Thursday in a post shared to social media platform X” It’s all fun and games until people on the ground get killed. It’s happened before and will again before long.

#OTD in 1941 the Soviet tank directorate rejected a proposal for a 6-ton light airborne tank that could be towed behind a plane like a glider. A similar project was already in the works but only one prototype was built and rejected after one test flight #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

#OnThisDay in 1935, the Boeing Model 299 was unveiled to the press, the headlines the next day proclaimed it a '15-ton Flying Fortress', leading to Boeing registering it as the Model 299 name. Read our B-17 profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/american-air... #Aviation #History

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16 July 1940 // Destroyer HMS Imogen collided with HMS Glasgow in thick fog off Duncansby Head, north-east Scotland, and was badly damaged and caught fire. She was abandoned and later sank. 19 of HMS Imogen's crew lost their lives. (Image: Imperial War Museum FL 22343) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

Blue Angels Low-altitude Pass Leads to Safety Review — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/07/16/b...

This week’s free to read is a collection of photographs taken during a relief convoy to Malta in September 1941. The convoy came under attack from Italian aircraft and the threat from the Italian fleet. jerijerod14.substack.com/p/operationa... #history #ww2 #navalhistory

🚀 New Episode Klaxxon! 🚀 Today we are joined by @ryanjfrench.bsky.social to chat about the hazards in space that affect us today. Starting with the Sun doing sunny things, the problems with the stuff we put up there and how we could clean things up. Join us! 📺 youtu.be/oJJvetgdjh0 🎧 pod.fo/e/44bd5d

Holy. Shit.

It’s the 352nd anniversary of Alice Blunden’s funeral. Unfortunately, it had been rushed...

This week’s #podcast looks at Royal Navy deployment to the overseas squadrons in the build up to #ww1 Were they obsolete? Why were they deployed the way they were? Did it expedite German victory? open.spotify.com/episode/5pYF... #navalhistory #history

Feeling a little sad. This little book, which has been 'out there' for three years, and has won a couple of awards, hasn't had any sales from me or online sellers for quite a while. If you've read it, please pass the word. If you haven't, you can easily find it at Amazon (where you can also review).

15 July 1775 // Schooner HMS Diligent was captured in Machias, Maine, having gone there in an attempt to recover the prisoners from HMS Margueritta, held there since she was captured on 12 June. The Diligent anchored in Machias harbour on 14 July and Lt John Knight, commanding, went ashore. [1/3]

NEW EPISODE

New: Paul Hynes' series on the #WhatIf moments before and during #WW2 continues with the controversial #British attack on the #French fleet at #MersElKebir after #France 's armistice with #NaziGermany. #VichyFrance #BattleOfBritain #History #Navy #Algeria www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/dream-f...

Delighted to join The Operations Room for their War Office podcast on Operations Claymore & Archery - better known as the Lofoten Commando Raids of 1941. Also the subject of the book I'm currently writing ! You can listen here... open.spotify.com/episode/6Hru...

Vital prep for my Tripsmiths Prague tour in Oct. It will tell the extraordinary 50-year story of the city and country from 1939 to 1989, from Nazi Occupation, through to Velvet Revolution. Oh, and the beer is good. A few places are still available... tripsmiths.com/tours/prague...

Sam Neil has so many great performances that it feels almost reductive to focus on one scene. Except it's one of the most iconic scenes in movie history and all of it, The groundbreaking CGI, the sweeping John Williams score *doesn't* work without the authentic joy and wonder of Neill's performance

It has only taken 15 years (I am ashamed to admit I actually forgot I had not completed it), but here is the second part of the story of the CVB(Battle) class of US Navy aircraft carriers - the culmination of the "armour or not to armour" flight decks debate. www.armouredcarriers.com/uss-midway-d...

Roses are red E = mc squared is an equation

The curious story of the Italian midget submarines in the Black Sea during #ww2 @crusaderproject.bsky.social @drachinifel.bsky.social @axe99.bsky.social @dralexclarke.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-0D...

23-25 Sept 1940: Operation MENACE, which aimed to capture the Vichy French port of Dakar in West Africa. Free French leader Charles de Gaulle optimistically believed that this could be accomplished without bloodshed, at which point 2,700 men under his command would take control. 🧵1/13 #NavalHistory

23-25 Sept 1940: Operation MENACE, which aimed to capture the Vichy French port of Dakar in West Africa. Free French leader Charles de Gaulle optimistically believed that this could be accomplished without bloodshed, at which point 2,700 men under his command would take control. 🧵1/13 #NavalHistory

This thread is long overdue. There's an article in my field, one of the only published in a peer-reviewed journal in fact, that is so astonishingly bad and commonly cited that I need to warn people about it. I don't blame unassuming scholars for citing it. Expertise on Japanese aviation is rare.

The RP-3 rocket and the Hawker Typhoon are synonymous with each other, but just what made the RP-3 work and what would happen when it was fired? In our new episode, we delve into the development, insides and ballistics of the RP-3. 📺 youtu.be/gNQs0TFzN6g 🎧 pod.fo/e/43f5c6 #aviation #avgeek

From 2019, when the news was telling us that staring seagulls out had been proven to stop them eating your chips

NEW EPISODE Ditching Hard Rock

11 July 1916 // Three Royal Navy trawlers, Era, Nellie Nutten, and Onward, were minesweeping off Aberdeen late in the afternoon when four German submarines surfaced and attacked them with gunfire. The trawlers, despite being outranged and outgunned, returned fire and fought back fiercely. [1/3]

Stragetic Air Command has some of the only footage of the epic B-36 landing and taking off. Paramount used the “new” Vista Vision to shoot the scenes with and it is a magnificent record of this mammoth machine operating. youtu.be/l1-urTRxeEM?... 🛩️ #Aviation #Avgeek #Warbird

#OTD in 1952, USS Sea Poacher (SS-406) performed a unique submarine-to-airship rescue when it towed the disabled K-86 blimp and its 10-man crew for 40 miles to NAS Key West.