Dave Long
@axe99.bsky.social
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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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axe99.bsky.social
[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.
axe99.bsky.social
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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maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
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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rogerlitwiller.bsky.social
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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dreadships.bsky.social
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.
simonguy.bsky.social
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."
axe99.bsky.social
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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jamiemctrusty.bsky.social
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.
📷 IWM A 1010
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4.7 inch gun on the destroyer HMS Jupiter opening fire during Operation MEDIUM.
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maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
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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finger-post.blog
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)."
axe99.bsky.social
That looks excellent - great to see, and sharing to the #histbookchat feed 😊
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latineast.bsky.social
📚 #newrelease by Stefan K. Stantchev - Venice, the Ottomans, and the Sea (1381–1517)
(Oxford University Press, 2025)
global.oup.com/academic/pro...

@oxfordunipress.bsky.social #venice #ottomans #mediterranean #maritimehistory #crusades #medievalhistory #economicHistory
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thedailyhistorian.bsky.social
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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rogerlitwiller.bsky.social
#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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rogerlitwiller.bsky.social
#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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wreckmasterjay.bsky.social
October's edition of the Bridlington Echo has my article on the history of the warship named after the town.

#bridlingtonecho #bridlington #hmsbridlington #royalnavy #minesweeper #history #writing #newspaper #ww2 #wartime #affiliation #navalhistory #maritimehistory
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andyfromwithin.bsky.social
Think I might have become a little obsessed with my dissertation, tentatively titled, "Stress, Anxiety and Created Communities: the Voyages of Darwin, Huxley and Hooker." It's not even due till September but I'm itching to start writing it. It's all I can think about!

#navalhistory
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crusaderproject.bsky.social
#OTD in 1941 No 107 Sqn lost two Blenheims, crews KIA, in an attack on a two-ship convoy with a single escort, off the coast of Libya. In the first 11 days of October it lost 5 out of its 16 Blenheims.

A detailed report from both the #RAF and the Italian perspective is here. #navalhistory
A costly Strike– No 107 Squadron 11 October 1941
Background No. 107 Squadron was one of two Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV equipped light bomber squadrons on Malta during the time of Operation CRUSADER. It carried  out anti-shipping strikes throughout t…
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jr1ssp.bsky.social
IJN Heavy cruiser Tone
Date: around October 1945
Location: Nomi Island
Photo: US military
Situation:

www.history.navy.mil/content/hist...
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jr1ssp.bsky.social
IJN Battleship Yamashiro
Date October 11, 1940
Location: Off the coast of Yokohama
Photo:
Situation: Imperial era 2600 years Special Naval Review Ceremony
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seamuseum.bsky.social
🚤 The Real Water Police Are Here!

This weekend, you can meet the real officers from the NSW Police Force Marine Area Command right here.

📅 Boat Tours: Now open daily until Wednesday 15 October
🕙 10am to 4pm
FREE event

#WaterPolice #FamilyEvent
axe99.bsky.social
We won't see it tonight, but already the building of expectations has begun!