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Dave Long

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Personal account, all opinions my own and not representative of anyone/thing else. Interested in critical thinking, naval history and raising ME/CFS awareness. Also, random nice photos :)

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Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social · Jan 12

[Pinned] Welcome to the Naval History Feed 😊 This feed aims to bring together posts about naval history (anything from 20 years or so ago and older). To have your posts or replies show up in the feed, just tag them with #NavalHistory. For more on this feed and feeds in general, read on 😊 (1/8)

A black-and-white photo of the aircraft carrier Argus in dazzle camouflage.

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 7h

#OTD in 1943, Algiers, North Africa. Off-duty "wrens" (Women's Royal Naval Service) at tea on the roof of their quarters. #WW2 #HISTORY

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 10h

A wide beach at low tide with dark sand full of ripples as far as eye can see. There's a brilliant orange sky & yellow sun on horizon at sunset. Two tiny silhouetted figures are in distance giving sense of the scale of the landscape. Photo from last week.

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 15h

Frozen Witness

Step into the icy world of SY Aurora ❄️From Arctic whaler to Antarctic explorer, the vessel carried crews and sledging parties on historic expeditions with Mawson and Shackleton.

Image: The sheer ice wall of the Mertz Glacier Tongue, Commonwealth Bay, Frank Hurley 1911–13

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JR1SSP @jr1ssp.bsky.social · 11h

IJN First-class destroyer Yūkaze (Minekaze-class)
Date: October 12, 1928
Location: Yokosuka Arsenal
Photo: Yokosuka Arsenal
Situation: Damaged area due to contact with Shimakaze late at night the previous day

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JR1SSP @jr1ssp.bsky.social · 11h

IJN Heavy cruiser Aoba
Date: October 12, 1945
Location: Kure
Photo: US military
Situation:

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Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social · 15h

Which would also highlight the importance of regular forces, without which, operators are pointless (ie, the battle in front of the gates of Mordor) 😁

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PacificHistoryGuide.com @pacificguide.bsky.social · 19h

We recently added some locations to the website that pertain to the life and times of #Tokugawa Ieyasu #徳川家康, one of the three great unifiers of #Japan and a native of what is now #Aichi Prefecture. Check it out!

www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/aichi-p...

Aichi Prefecture and Tokugawa Ieyasu

Aichi Prefecture 愛知県 in the Chubu Region of Japan is home to a wide variety of things to see and do. From iconic Mt. Fuji to snowy Nagano and the rice fields of Niigata, there's incredible food, outdo...

www.pacifichistoryguide.com

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saturnax1.bsky.social @saturnax1.bsky.social · 20h

#SubSaturday #Submarines
U.S. Marine doing a swim call over the Marianas Trench in the late 90's while training with the Navy's Los Angeles-class Flight III nuclear-powered attack submarine. Photo by Bobby Pitchford/FB.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 1d

CRASH!

On this day 11:49am, 11th October 1982, the world watched in horror as the lifting frame dramatically fell into place, having been caught on a misaligned strop. No real damage was done, other than to our nerves!

Find out more in our blog - maryrose.org/blog/crash-t...

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Ready Aye Ready - Royal Canadian Navy #RCN @ready-aye-ready.bsky.social · 17h

Splicing the mainbrace: distribution of rum ration aboard HMCS ARVIDA to celebrate the news of the surrender of Italy. St. John's, Newfoundland, 8 September 1943 (LAC a142439-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Snapshots of Naval History @ssonh.bsky.social · 20h

As seen from the deck of a battleship, the super-dreadnought SMS Bayern is dockside in likely Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

#bayern #dreadnought #battleship #warship #ship #germany #ww1 #worldwarone #greatwar #navalhistory #history

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Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited DUKW pic

A black and white photos of an amphibious vehicle known as a DUKW (pronounced "duck") - it has six wheels underneath a body that looks like a flat-sided boat.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 1d

On this day, 11th October 1982, the Mary Rose was raised from the Solent in one of the largest maritime archaeological projects the world has ever known.

This was viewed by 50 million people worldwide - were you watching? #WhereWereYouIn82

Find out more - maryrose.org/discover/his...

the wreck of the Mary Rose, supported in a large yellow lifting cradle, being raised from the seabed on 11th October 1982

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Roger Litwiller -Canadian Naval Author/Historian @rogerlitwiller.bsky.social · 1d

Sailors from HMCS MATAPEDIA stand under the distinctive corvette rudder a screw while undergoing refit in Pictou, NS. in 1942. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/lBEmW

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 1d

Unsolicited Gick pic

IWM photo A 5826 of aircrew of 825 Squadron Fleet Air Arm decorated for their participation in the action against the Bismarck, April 1941, including Lt Gick, the tall officer to the left

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 1d

My favourite trebuchet story is Edward I spending three months building one at Stirling Castle - nicknamed Warwolf - then angrily ordering the garrison back inside when they tried to surrender before he had a chance to use it at them.

Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 1d

Reading Holy Warriors,Jonathan Phillips' excellent history of the crusades, I learn that catapults on the opposing sides at the siege of Acre at the end of the 12th century went by names such as "Bad Neighbour" and "Evil Cousin."

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Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social · 1d

Great thread - all Battle of Britain threads should start with the first two posts about naval matters 😊 Bumping to the feed (but I recommend reading the whole thread - air history is history too 😊 )

#NavalHistory

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Jamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 1d

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 85: 11th Oct 1940. At 3:30am, Operation MEDIUM, a bombardment of shipping in Cherbourg harbour, began. In effective coordination with a Bomber Command attack, the veteran battleship HMS Revenge fired 120x15 inch shells, and her escorting destroyers 801x4.7 inch.
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4.7 inch gun on the destroyer HMS Jupiter opening fire during Operation MEDIUM.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 1d

At 9:03 am, the Mary Rose broke the surface of the water, seeing sunlight (such as you can on a cloudy day!) for the first time in 437 years.

#WhereWereYouIn82

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Alison @finger-post.blog · 1d

Unsolicited deck pic.

Image is a screenshot of one of my Franklin Expedition articles. it shows the planking of the deck of a wrecked ship (HMS Erebus).

Caption reads "Underside of displaced upper deck of Erebus (starboard side), September 2018. Notice the slot for a glass deck illuminator and the fearnought (at right) between the planking layers (Photo: Ryan Harris, © Parks Canada)."

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Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social · 1d

That looks excellent - great to see, and sharing to the #histbookchat feed 😊

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Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East @latineast.bsky.social · 1d

📚 #newrelease by Stefan K. Stantchev - Venice, the Ottomans, and the Sea (1381–1517)
(Oxford University Press, 2025)
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@oxfordunipress.bsky.social #venice #ottomans #mediterranean #maritimehistory #crusades #medievalhistory #economicHistory

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The Daily Historian @thedailyhistorian.bsky.social · 1d

On October 10, 1492, Christopher Columbus and his crew had been at sea for more than a month since leaving the Canary Islands. Tension on the open Atlantic had reached a breaking point: 🧵

Christopher Columbus and his crew.
Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images

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Roger Litwiller -Canadian Naval Author/Historian @rogerlitwiller.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD 11/10/1963 #RememberRCN -HMCS HAIDA paid-off, to become floating Memorial in Toronto, ON. The last remaining Tribal Class Destroyer was moved to Hamilton, ON in 2004. Parks Canada

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Roger Litwiller -Canadian Naval Author/Historian @rogerlitwiller.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD 11/10/1942 #RememberRCN -SS Waterton (Bowater, NF) sunk by U-106 in the Cabot Strait. A 117 Sqn RCAF Canso was directly overhead when 2nd torp struck, dousing aircraft in water & debris. HMCS VISON made several unsuccessful attacks on U-boat, then rescued all 27 crew.

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