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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Fall 1893. Location: The Guanabara Bay, Brazil. Event: Flagship of the Brazilian Navy, battleship Aquidabã is engaged in the Revolta da Armada, serving as the flagship for rebellious Rear Admiral Custódio José de Melo. Current status: Intact wreck at 23°02'42″ S, 44°14'58″ W , depths of 20 m.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: April 14, 1953. Location: Busan 부산, Republic of Korea. Event: Flagship of the USN Seventh Fleet, battleship New Jersey is launching a Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter prior to the visit by Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, and his wife. Photo by R. C. Timm.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: December 1943. Location: Atlantic north of the Azores. Event: Transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in September, light cruiser Gambia is hunting for German supply ships and blockade runners now. Current status: Scrapped in 1969-70, lifespan of 31 years.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: November 09, 1902. Location: 35°53'16" N, 14°30'37" E. Event: Battleship Illustrious of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet is dressed up to celebrate the birthday of King Edward VII. Note protected cruiser Andromeda in the background and a Majestic-class battleship on the right.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: August 04, 1931. Location: The Tokyo Bay off Tateyama 館山市, Japan. Event: Reclassified as a battleship upon completion of her 19-month long reconstruction, former battlecruiser Kongō 金剛 is performing machinery tests. Current status: Intact wreck at appr. 26°09′ N, 121°23′ E, depth of ca. 110 m.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Spring 1926. Location: 54°21'24" N, 10°08'56" E. Event: German light cruiser Amazone is getting prepared for a 2-month long training cruise for naval cadets around the Mediterranean. Current status: Scrapped in 1954-55, lifespan of 56 years.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: June 09, 1942. Location: 21°21'12" N, 157°57'28" W. Event: Refloated on May 17, USN battleship West Virginia is entering dry dock of the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for inspections and 3-month long initial repairs. Current status: Scrapped in 1961-62, lifespan of 42 years.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Fall 1908. Location: Menzel Bourguiba منزل بورقيبة, Tunisia. Event: Serving as a guard ship in Bizerte, French protected cruiser Chasseloup-Laubat undergoes minor hull repairs and repainting. Current status: Hull fragments at 20°52'24" N, 17°03'03" W, depth of 10 m.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: December 1895. Location: 51°24'07.6" N, 00°32'08.3" E. Event: Battleship Empress of India of the Royal Navy's Channel Squadron undergoes routine maintenance at the Chatham Dockyard. Current status: Intact wreck at 50°29′45″ N, 02°57′54″ W, depth of 35 m. Photo by William Gregory.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: September 1951. Location: The San Francisco Bay, CA, USA. Event: Recommissioned into the USN the previous month, battleship Iowa makes a break from her shakedown cruise. She is dropping her anchor now. Current status: Museum ship at 33°44′29.8″ N, 118°16′39″ W. Photo by Carl Mydans.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Spring 1893. Location: The Golden Horn, Turkey. Event: British-built armored frigate Avnillah of the Ottoman Navy is permanently stationed in Constantinople with a reduced crew due to deteriorating condition. Current status: Scrapped in 1918-21, lifespan of 53 years.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: March 24, 1925. Location: Yokohama 横浜, Japan. Event: Light cruiser Naka 那 is being launched on the 34th month of construction works at the Mitsubishi Yokohama Shipyard. She will join the IJN 8 months later. Current status: Intact wreck at appr. 07°15′ N, 151°15′ E, depth of ca. 2700 m.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: April 09, 1941. Location: New York City, NY, USA. Event: Built by the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 41 months, battleship North Carolina undergoes official commissioning procedures. Current status: Museum ship at 34°14'11.5" N, 77°57'15.5" W.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Spring 1904. Location: Sheerness, UK. Event: Protected cruiser Brilliant is sailing down the Medway River for a set of brief sea trials following her recent recommissioning into the Royal Navy. Current status: Scrapped in 1919-21, lifespan of 31 years.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: late July 1906. Location: Hobart, Australia. Event: Torpedo cruiser Panther of the Austro-Hungarian Navy pays a visit to Tasmania amid her 23-month long Far East deployment. Current status: Scrapped in 1920-21, lifespan of 37 years.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: January 15, 1916. Location: Atlantic off Rockland, ME, USA. Event: Still under construction by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, battleship Oklahoma is sailing at a speed of 18 kns during her machinery trials. Current status: Intact wreck at appr. 24°58′ N, 150°06′ W, depth of ca. 5300 m.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: May 05, 1920. Location: Sønderborg, Denmark. Event: Coastal defence ship Olfert Fischer of the Danish Navy arrives in Sønderborg with troops aboard after the city left Germany and joined Denmark as a result of a Schleswig plebiscite. Current status: Scrapped in 1937-38, lifespan of 38 years.

Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Fall 1912. Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Event: Unprotected cruiser Seeadler undergoes maintenance at the end of her 8-year long service with the German Navy's South Seas/East Africa Station. Current status: Hull fragments at appr. 53°29′ N, 08°12′ E, depth of ca. 10 m.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Winter 1919. Location: The Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Event: Battleship Nevada is ready to launch her observation kite balloon amid the first post-war exercises of the USN Atlantic Fleet.Current status: Intact wreck at 20°36′51″ N, 158°43′59″ W, depth of 4680 m.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Summer 1906. Location: 50°48'19.9" N, 01°05'59.2" W. Event: Battleship Dreadnought is fitting out on the 9th month of her construction at HM Dockyard, Portsmouth. She will be commissioned into the Royal Navy 4 months later. Current status: Scrapped in 1923-24, lifespan of 19 years.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Fall 1928. Location: Nagasaki 長崎市, Japan. Event: Heavy cruiser Haguro 羽黒 is fitting out on the 43d month of construction works at the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. shipyard. Current status: Partially scrapped wreck at appr. 04°50′20″ N, 99°41′50″ E, depth of 70 m.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: August 02, 1946. Location: The Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Event: USN special vessel (former German heavy cruiser) Prinz Eugen lies abandoned following two atomic test blasts under Operation Crossroads. Current status: Intact wreck at 08°45′9.6″ N, 167°40′58.8″ E, depth of 35 m.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Fall 1934. Location: La Spezia, Italy. Event: Light cruiser Alberto di Giussano of the Italian Navy's II Squadron undergoes routine maintenance before her brief cruise around the Tyrrhenian Sea. Current status: Intact wreck at appr. 37°01′ N, 11°08′ E, depth of ca. 75 m.

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Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Mid-October 1943. Location: 56°01'34.2" N, 03°27'00.1" W. Event: Flagship of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet, battleship Duke of York undergoes routine 12-day long maintenance at the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth. Note heavy cruiser Berwick and light cruiser Liverpool in the background.

Warship Drama @warshipdrama.bsky.social · Feb 12

Date: Summer 1943. Location: The Massachusetts Bay, MA, USA. Event: Transferred recently from the West Coast, USN battleship Nevada commences her patrol duties in mid-Atlantic. Current status: Intact wreck at 20°36′51″ N, 158°43′59″ W, depth of 4680 m.

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