#LighthouseArt of the Day Thomas Buttersworth (British,,1768–1842), The wreck of H.M.S. Bombay Castle at the mouth of the Tagus, #Lisbon on the 21st December 1796, with the Bugio #lighthouse seen beyond, 1812-1815, oil on canvas. 🧵 1/4 #art #MaritimeArt #seascape #OilPainting #BritishArt

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social #FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1

This week’s free to read looks at the strange disappearance of the White Star line vessel Naronic in 1893 #history #maritimehistory jerijerod14.substack.com/p/god-let-al...

This week’s free to read looks at the strange disappearance of the White Star line vessel Naronic in 1893 #history #maritimehistory jerijerod14.substack.com/p/god-let-al...

This week’s #podcast delves into the brutal murder of George Stock at the Chatham Marine barracks in 1872… open.spotify.com/episode/7qoA... #history #navalhistory #Medway

#otd 1941 the Prince of Wales arrived at Singapore…

HMS Bristol was the last vessel to leave Stanley during the Battle of the Falklands on 8/12/14. Bristol had been undergoing engine maintenance & had to put them back together when the Germans arrived. She’d catch & sink the supply ships Baden & St. Isobel #Falklands2025 #navalhistory #ww1

From her log: 7.30am: Unknown warships sighted to Southward. 8.30am: Action. Cruisers verified as German squadron. 9.19am: Opened fire fore & aft 12" turrets on "Gneisenau" & "Nürnberg". 9.30am: Ceased fire. Enemy retreated. ... 6.30pm: W/T. signal "Scharnhorst & Gneisenau" sunk. #NavalHistory #WW1

HMS Canopus, a Canopus class pre-dreadnought was the first ship to open fire at the Battle of the Falklands, 8/12/1914. She had been beached as a defensive battery with guns placed on land with crew acting as infantry in case of German landings. #ww1 #navalhistory #falklands2025

Regular reminder that the full set of German intelligence assessments for Operation CRUSADER is here, together with some explanations and background. This is to my knowledge the most/only comprehensive resource in English covering German intelligence of their enemy in a specific operation in WW2.

This week’s feature is the first part of my undergrad dissertation on the reasons for the collapse of the Luftwaffe - if you like part one let me know and I’ll write up part 2! jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-luftwa... #ww2 #history #luftwaffe

Today’s Substack features a guest piece from @boneyabroad.com achurchill.substack.com/p/guest-arti...

All on board safely made it to shore, then taken to Peterhead where they stayed 10 days. They were then placed on the SS Hansa and transported to New York. This and many other shipwrecks led to Rattray Head Lighthouse being built in 1895.

Her rockets were fired and blue lights burned as both passengers and crew baled water and worked the pumps. With conditions worsening, life boats were launched and an orderly evacuation took place. By morning, Coastguardsmen from Rattray Head arrived to assist.

#OTD 28 Nov 1879 - The SS Union of Norddeutscher Lloyd was on voyage from Bremen to New York with 422 passengers and crew plus general cargo. That night, a storm blew the ship into the rocks at Rattray Head, Scotland just north of Peterhead. #history #germany #scotland #maritimehistory

Coming out this Sunday for paid members is my article on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (out for general release on the 7th December). The why, how and results of the raid. open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...

The Risui Maru was originally the 845-ton cargo ship Lipis, operated by Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., Singapore, which was completed in 1927 by Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. in the UK, requisitioned in 1939 as an auxiliary patrol boat,

30 days of memorials part 1. Portadown, Co. Armagh. The bronze sculpted soldier’s helmet has fallen back, revealing his head. This denotes fortitude, courage, and sacrifice for his country. Both the angel and the soldier stand on a base of sandbags and a gas mask, which represent the battlefield.

This week’s free to read is on the sinking of U-100 and the death of Schepke using surface radar for the first time jerijerod14.substack.com/p/ace-killing #history #navalhistory #uboat #ww2

When you’re a naval historian and doing Duolingo and a simple conversation about books turns into "what’s your favourite Kriegsmarine ship” 🤣

#otd 1914 HMS Bulwark exploded at her moorings on the River Medway killing most of her crew. open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...

This week’s podcast is out! The story of one Polish destroyer’s defence of the Isle of Wight against a brutal low level Luftwaffe strike during #ww2 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

HMS Caroline's 1919-1922 deck logs are available in Journey Plotter. See where she went and learn more about daily activities and the people on board, complemented by editor's notes. #NavalHistory #CitizenScience #Ancestry

I’ve written a special post (free) for a friend on her birthday about the story of a ship with the same name. The museum ship HMS Caroline, the past surviving vessel that saw action at Jutland and a training school through much of the 20th Century jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-caroline #history

Why did convoys work? With apologies for the Buzzfeed-style subtitle... #navalhistory evanmwilson.substack.com/p/why-did-co...

Over the last five years my mental state, post divorce, has gone from grief and defeat, to rebuilding, spiral of depression, rebuilding and then last month I developed a similar anger to Christopher Plummer’s Kaiser Wilhelm II. I think that means I’m getting better

Launching the Tirpitz on 1 April 1939.

Ardvrek Castle wall 'ripped down' for use as stepping stones. "Some special individuals decided when the water was over the beach area, rather than get their little tootsies wet, they would rip down a 500-year-old wall to make a path for themselves.” Unbelievable! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Recently digitised - at Thabutkon troops of 17th Indian Division are flown in on Dakota transport aircraft, during the division's advance on Meiktila in central Burma. Shot by A Salem. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history #AvHist Full film: IWM JIN 12 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

The launching of the Grom class destroyer, ORP Grom in 1937 at White’s shipyard at Cowes #history #ww2 #navalhistory

If you subscribe to my Substack you can get next week’s podcast today 😉 jerijerod14.substack.com/p/defending-... One Polish destroyer vs. the Luftwaffe during #ww2 #history

This week’s podcast (a day early because I still don’t understand dates and scheduling) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m... No ships this week as I’m on holiday - it’s the Luftwaffe’s operations on Adlertag… #ww2 #avhistory #podcast

I'm going in! Been looking forward to this!

Ten hours until my flight so catching up on episodes of @shipwreckspod.bsky.social and & @historyrage.bsky.social whilst snoozing at Luton airport… great way to spend the time 😊

For anyone who has been following my Battle of Java series - here’s the next part, free to read… jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch... #history #ww2 #navalhistory

Polish casualties were reported as 15 dead, 13 seriously wounded, and between 25 and 40 lightly wounded. This was partly because the shells did not explode due to the extremely close range. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...

At 04:45 on 1 September 1939, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on Westerplatte, Danzig, Poland. German troops then stormed the defences, but Polish soldiers continued to resist until, a week later, they ran out of ammunition and surrendered.

The Deutschland class battleship (pre-dreadnought) bombarding Westerplatte in September 1939, some of the first shots of #ww2

On this day in 1942, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins. In the first engagement, which turned into a true "Fire away Flanagan," the US Navy loses two light cruisers, two destroyers, and Admirals Callaghan and Scott. The Japanese lose the battleship Hiei and two destroyers.

This week’s free to read asks (and gives my opinion) on whether the Franklin expedition men turned to Canabilism, is there a legal precedent for men at sea eating one another and some Monty Python… jerijerod14.substack.com/p/canabalism... #navalhistory #history

This week’s podcast is on a naval accident off Folkestone in 1878… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m... #navalhistory #podcast

Long before Edmund Beaufort and Richard of York became sworn enemies, they were young men working together trying to rescue England's weakening position in France. Today I look at the 1436 Siege of Calais when Beaufort made his military reputation and became an English hero. 🔗👆🏾

Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery? Of course. Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church. Here she is:

New episode! The Yarmouth Castle sank on Nov 13, 1965 after burning out of control while on a short cruise from Miami to Nassau. Authors of "Yarmouth Castle Burning," Captains Eric Takakjian and Randall Peffer join me. www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/95 #maritimehistory #history #shipwreck

So the first look on the finale of the Java Seas battle is up for the subscribers! A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed! jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch... #WW2 #navalhistory #pacific

So the first look on the finale of the Java Seas battle is up for the subscribers! A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed! jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch... #WW2 #navalhistory #pacific

Cutest Fresko devil ever 🤗 Greetings from Sighisoara Schässburg Segesvar

Just finishing up some bits for this week's substack releases... Tomorrow (for the paid subscribers) is the first look at the night action of the Battle of Java Seas (1942) with general release on Saturday... Podcast is on an early German Navy accident in the Channel and Thursday is on canabalism

#otd 1914 the German cruiser Emden was engaged by the the Australian cruiser Sydney off the Cocos Islands. open.substack.com/pub/jerijero... #history #ww1history #navalhistory