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Master Logistician that has worked with naval supply chains for over 20 years.
#OnThisDay ARA is lost with all hands
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If your ever in the Cherbourg / Normandy area of France give this boat a visit I highly recommend well worth the visit
Former French Navy Le Redoutable-class ballistic missile submarine Le Redoutable (S611) as a museum ship in Cherbourg, France - October 29, 2025 SRC: TW-@pegge49
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I would say the vanguard class bombers are one of the most photogenic boats in service

Any contenders ?
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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❗RUMINT❗
Rollout of the Project 09851 (alt. 09853) KHABAROVSK-class SSDN "Khabarovsk" is reportedly scheduled for November 1, 2025.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It happened on this day in 1981

what was it ?
October 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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This week’s podcast is up and running. It follows the career of the merchant U-boats Deutschland and Bremen during the First World War and their journeys to America

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

#ww1 #navalhistory #podcast
The Deutschland sails
Podcast Episode · Maritime History with Chris Sams (live and unplugged) · 22/10/2025 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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HMS Duncan earlier tracked a Russian destroyer through UK waters in a 48-hour NATO operation.
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British warship shadows Russian destroyer off UK coast
HMS Duncan earlier tracked a Russian destroyer through UK waters in a 48-hour NATO operation.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that dismantling work on the decommissioned Royal Navy submarine HMS Swiftsure is continuing to make progress at Rosyth, with nearly 550 tonnes of conventional waste now removed and recycled.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/progress-con...
Progress continues in HMS Swiftsure dismantling
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that dismantling work on the decommissioned Royal Navy submarine HMS Swiftsure is continuing to make progress at Rosyth, with nearly 550 tonnes of conventional waste now removed and recycled.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
October 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Worth a watch

Old windjammer becomes an unlikely commerce raider in WWI

youtu.be/FE6-r2ZGebI?...
History's Strangest Warship? The Incredible Story of SMS Seeadler, Germany's Sailing Raider
YouTube video by Oceanliner Designs
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October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
K-410 Smolensk in the Barents Sea.

Photo from a Norwegian patrol plane.
October 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Well… this might annoy people but here is this week’s podcast.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

Why I think the US government is wrong and why no one should have medals for the “action” at Wounded Knee.
The Wounded Knee Medals
Podcast Episode · Maritime History with Chris Sams (live and unplugged) · 01/10/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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This week’s feature is on the sinking of SS Arabic in 1915.

It is often overlooked because of the Lusitania’s sinking but the Arabic brought the Germans and USA closer to war..

jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-forgot...

#fwwhistory #navalhistory
The Forgotten liner
The life and sinking of the SS Arabic
jerijerod14.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A good documentary on John P Holland arguably the father of the modern submarine

youtu.be/Roxg8JpQx4I?...
The Controversial Invention That Changed Modern Naval Warfare
YouTube video by Progress - Science Documentaries
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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This week’s free to read is on the fate of ORP Jastrząb, a Polish submarine during #ww2

jerijerod14.substack.com/p/friendly-f...

#history #navalhistory
Friendly Fire
The loss of ORP Jastrząb
jerijerod14.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
HTMS Pin Klao is the only surviving Cannon class destroyer escort left in the world

Commissioned 30 May 1944 the ship entered Thai service in 1959

2025 marks her final year in service after 81 years !
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Been working on this all day... Saturday's article is on the sinking of the SS Arabic by U-20 including passenger testimonies of the incident.

open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...

For paid subscribers there is another section on the political fallout and the fate of Kapitanleutnant Schneider
The Forgotten liner
The life and sinking of the SS Arabic
open.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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#SubFriday #Submarines
Los Angeles-class Flight I nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Cincinnati (SSN-693) on January 1, 1978 during her alpha sea trials off the coast of Virginia. Photo by Newport News & Shipbuilding.
September 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
September 11 2001

FGS Lutjens renders honours to USS Winston S. Churchill in light of the attacks on the WTC

In Canada HMCS Iroquois, Preserver & Ville de Quebec are out on notice to immediately sail to any US port to render assistance
September 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
USS Cobia coming out the water in dry dock

Photo from Tim at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum
September 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Chilean Navy Duke-class frigate Almirante Cochrane (FF-05) (ex. HMS Norfolk) northbound in the Panama Canal - September 10, 2025

SRC: TW-@eloyeduardo02
September 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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German Navy Berlin-class replenishment oiler FGS Berlin (A1411) coming into New York City - September 5, 2025

SRC: INST- GermanNavyPhotograph
September 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
HMS conquerer (conks) pre Falklands

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN21...
“ HMS CONQUEROR ” 1970s BRITISH ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINE FORCE RECRUITING FILM XD41515
YouTube video by PeriscopeFilm
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August 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you ever want know what is going on with shipping I highly recommend asap YouTube channel !
What the Ship (Ep 129)

▶️Update on W Sapphire in Baltimore
1⃣Wan Hai 503 Looking for a Port
2⃣European sanctions against Iranian tankers
3⃣India Invests $1B in Maritime
4⃣CMA CGM orders more Ultra-Large Containerships
5⃣Container Carnage in the US

youtu.be/-IkfUs9h_L4
What the Ship (Ep 129) | Ship Fire | Iran Sanctions | India Invests | Containership Order & Carnage
YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?
youtu.be
August 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM