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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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maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
The Mary Rose is over 500 years old, so her timbers need to be monitored to make sure they're not moving too much.

This total station rotates regularly, shooting lasers at reflectors all over the ship to see if anything has moved.

maryrose.org/discover/con...

#Museum30 #Moving
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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sdecasien.bsky.social
So looking forward to this on Friday! Students are about to find out that the naval ram wasn’t only a weapon of war but popped up in almost every aspect of Greek and Roman life, from sex jokes to monumental displays, from women’s attire to amphora stamps….everywhere!
sdecasien.bsky.social Stephen DeCasien, Ph.D. @sdecasien.bsky.social · Oct 20
I’m happy to be invited to give a lecture on my naval ram research at the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC) at Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China. Looking forward to visiting and exchanging ideas next month!
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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usni.org
#OTD in 1961, USS Enterprise was commissioned, becoming the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. CVN-65 was the eighth U.S. naval vessel to bear the name Enterprise. The Gerald R. Ford-class carrier CVN-80 currently under construction will continue the tradition.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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pharology.bsky.social
The story of the 1863 Green Island #Lighthouse in #GreenBay, #Wisconsin.

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#LakeMichigan #GreatLakes #MaritimeHistory
Episode 91 - Green Island Lighthouse, Wisconsin
Podcast Episode · The Lighthouse Lowdown · 11/24/2025 · 35m
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November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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armouredcarriers.bsky.social
Here's what the pilots thought about it. I think I included some of that same footage ... #NavalHistory #WW2 #RoyalNavy
youtu.be/aygD9K8aJ_E
Fairey Firefly: The first multi-role naval strike fighter
YouTube video by Armoured Archivist
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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armouredcarriers.bsky.social
Wow. The things you stumble upon when looking for something completely different. This picture, taken during Operation Pedestal, shows HMS Nelson or Rodney using 16in guns with HE shells timed to explode in front of approaching torpedo bombers! IWM A11205 #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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jeffnoakes.bsky.social
On the night of 24-25 November 1944, U-1228 sank the corvette HMCS Shawinigan off Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland. The corvette had been escorting the ferry SS Burgeo, and was on patrol off the coast while Burgeo was in port. 1/2 #CdnHist #NavalHistory
Black and white photograph of the port side of HMCS Shawinigan, with ship's bow (front) at left. Ship is silhouetted agains the sky, with a gun at left, and superstructure including the bridge and a funnel at centre. Pennant number "K136" is painted on the hull. RCN image MC-2921, Ken Macpherson, Naval Museum of Alberta, via Wikimedia Commons.
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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militaryhistory.bsky.social
Bannerlord got a new expansion that adds Naval Warfare, a new Faction and a new campaign.
I got sponsored to provide historical commentary, be sure to check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfAx...
War Sails: Bannerlord’s New Naval Expansion
YouTube video by Military History Visualized
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November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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eddiejenks510.bsky.social
I wrote an article for @whitbymuseum.bsky.social about my work on the Scoresby archives!

#Arctic #exploration #polar #history #scoresby

whitbymuseum.org.uk/library-arch...
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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cathrynpearce.bsky.social
Got a quick walk done after class. It was a race with the fading light. That cloud bank is something else, but the moon is visible about it, as are clear skies! #SussexCoast
Photo looking out to sea, with grey water and a thick, low-lying dark cloud. Above the clouds the sky is clear, with a crescent moon hanging from above.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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shiphistory.bsky.social
Ahoy! A new episode of Ship History Radio is out today and we're collaborating with History Daily from award winning podcasters Airship and Noiser. On this episode you'll hear from Host Lindsay Graham about the LACONIA Incident.
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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massiasthanos.bsky.social
"A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS CHANCELLORSVILLE (CG-62) firing an SM-1 vertical launch missile" Circa 1989
📷📑 catalog.archives.gov/id/6450522
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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wreckmasterjay.bsky.social
Thrilled to get my proof copy of Titanic - The Movie Ships through the post today!
#titanic #movieships #history #maritimehistory #ships #liners #raisethetitanic #athinai #asturias #rmsqueenmary #caparcona #anighttoremember #sostitanic #shipwrecks #historical #author #research
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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antiquity.ac.uk
In the Swash Channel, Dorset, UK lies a 17th century shipwreck. Likely salvaged after it sank, few material remains survive. The researchers' detective work and protection efforts are now published and the book features in our #NewBookChronicle 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology
Cover of the book, depicting an underwater shipwreck.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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shipwreckspod.bsky.social
As promised, "Project Mayflower: The Story of Mayflower II." Author of "Project Mayflower" Richard A. Stone joins me to discuss the building and sailing the 17th century replica of the historic ship. (Just in time for Thanksgiving in the US.)

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#maritimehistory #history
Project Mayflower: The Story of Mayflower II
Building and sailing a 17th century replica
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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wordinwilderness.bsky.social
Another photograph of the ROUSSEAU in the collection of the Independence Seaport Museum, this one framed in ROUSSEAU salvage wood and stamped accordingly in the lower right.

#Rousseau #StephenGirard #PortraitofaCitizen #museums #specialcollections #photography #photographs #maritimehistory
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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rnshiplosses.bsky.social
25 Nov 1942 // HM Trawler Leyland, a patrol vessel based at Gibraltar, was rammed by US freighter John Sergeant just west of Gibraltar while on a night patrol, with the loss of eight men. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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rnshiplosses.bsky.social
25 Nov 1942 // Submarine HMS Utmost was depth charged and sunk by an Italian convoy escort off the north west coast of Sicily. All 33 crew were lost. (Imperial War Museum image FL 4279) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
HMS Utmost under way. Imperial War Museum image: FL 4279.
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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rnshiplosses.bsky.social
25 Nov 1941 // HM Drifter Fisher Girl was sunk while alongside at Falmouth during an air raid. A single aircraft dropped bombs on the town then returned half an hour later and dropped four bombs which fell around the drifter and sank her. No casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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rnshiplosses.bsky.social
25 Nov 1941 // Battleship HMS Barham was destroyed in a magazine explosion and sank with 862 dead after being torpedoed by German submarine U.331 off the coast of Egypt. (Imperial War Museum images: Barham in 1940, A 106; Barham exploding 25 Nov 1941, (MOI) FLM 1984) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
HMS Barham photographed from HMS Rodney in 1940. Imperial War Museum image: A 106. HMS Barham exploding as her 15 inch magazine ignites, 25 November 1941. Still from film in the Imperial War Museum collection: (MOI) FLM 1984.
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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rnshiplosses.bsky.social
25 Nov 1940 // HM Trawler Conquistador, an Aberdeen boat in #RoyalNavy service as a minesweeper, was returning to Sheerness after picking up survivors from the mined trawler Kennymore when she collided with trawler Capricornus and sank. There was no loss of life. #WW2 #NavalHistory
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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rnshiplosses.bsky.social
25 Nov 1940 // HM Trawler Kennymore was sweeping in the Thames Estuary near the East Oaze Buoy when she detonated a mine and sank with the loss of three of her crew. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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rnshiplosses.bsky.social
25 Nov 1940 // Motor launch ML.111 sank after striking two mines in quick succession at the mouth of the River Humber. Three men were killed. She was with ML.108 which picked up her survivors and tried to take her in tow, but this failed and she was left to sink. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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rnshiplosses.bsky.social
25 Nov 1916 // HM Trawler Burnley, a Fleetwood boat in #RoyalNavy service as a minesweeper, disappeared off Orfordness during the night of 25/26 November, presumed sunk by a mine. Wreckage was found the next morning. All 18 crew were lost. #WW1 #NavalHistory
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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rnshiplosses.bsky.social
25 Nov 1914 // HM Submarine D.2 was rammed and sunk by a German torpedo boat off Borkum Island on the German North Sea coast. She went down with all hands (26 men). #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM