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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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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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Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social · 7h

They're such idiots. Even if US Democracy recovers, there will be whole fields in history and political science dedicated to trying to understand that time the US voted in a group of people that were so stupid.

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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · 10h

A calm evening. No, that's not a bush fire on a distant hill. It's just the sun peeking through a layer of dark clouds. #SussexCoast

Photo showing a layer of dark rain clouds on the horizon of the sea. It's raining except where the clouds have parted to show the sun's reflection off of clouds on the right of the photo.

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Jessica S. @rednavy70.bsky.social · 11h

Some of the #Veteran Art featured from the Central #Iowa VA system at the VA medical center in Des Moines.

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Roger Litwiller -Canadian Naval Author/Historian @rogerlitwiller.bsky.social · 12h

A recent post of mine has received a few comments on the unique sleek, rounded hulls of the RCN St. Laurent class destroyers. When I was in HMCS OTTAW (3rd) our Buffer explained to a group of mocking US sailors how OUR ship could hunt enemy submarines underwater. Read my post! zurl.co/wM1Ge

RCN Could Chase Subs Underwater! | Roger Litwiller

We could take the fight to the enemy, no matter where he tried to hide. Our ships could hunt and kill enemy submarines un

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Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social · 7h

Great work getting through the op, and best of luck for a quick recovery and a happier back 😊

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 12h

Discover navigation in 16th century England through the wayfinding items and tools recovered from the Mary Rose in our talk and tour on Saturday 18th October!

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A closeup of a Tudor ship's gimballed compass, with a set of brass dividers sitting on the box it's mounted in.

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · 14h

Call for Papers:
Travellers of the Sea – Conference on Maritime History, Marine Archaeology and Ethnology

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CFP deadline 1st November 2025 [email protected]

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 17h

Tomorrow at 19:00BST I’ll be on @ww2tv.bsky.social having a chat with Woody about Jungle Commandos and answering your questions! So if there’s something you want to know about the Third Arakan and/or the book, now is your chance to ask! ☺️

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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 17h

A letter recalls the scene from the end of the war in the Pacific.
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Entering Tokyo Bay After Japan's Surrender | Naval History - October 2025, Volume 39, Number 5

A letter recalls the scene from the end of the war in the Pacific.

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Roger Litwiller -Canadian Naval Author/Historian @rogerlitwiller.bsky.social · 19h

#OTD 8/10/1996 #RememberRCN -Vice-Admiral Lawrence Edward Murray appointed as Acting Chief of Defence Staff, commanding the Canadian Forces. Murray is the third Canadian Sailor to hold the position of CDS.

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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · 13h

I'm so thrilled that Sam Jones's article on the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has been published. hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hs.... We lost her too early. #CoastalHistory #RNLI

Heroes and Villains: The Victorian Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Everyday Heroism | Histoire sociale / Social History

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Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social · 7h

Great work - you're building an impressive resource 😊

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Hugo Araújo @hugoaffa.bsky.social · 13h

#PirateHistory
Chegamos a 720 registros. São 73 novas entradas e várias outras revisadas e ampliadas. Confira no blog do projeto.

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Dr. Mollie Carlyle @molliecarlyle.bsky.social · 11h

My new article is out in Nineteenth-Century Music Review! ‘Hearing London’s Sailortown in Shanty Repertoire’ explores how 19th-century sailors’ songs reflect the noisy, lively, often precarious world of London’s docklands. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#MaritimeHistory #Musicology #SeaShanties

Hearing London’s Sailortown in Shanty Repertoire | Nineteenth-Century Music Review | Cambridge Core

Hearing London’s Sailortown in Shanty Repertoire

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharologist @pharology.bsky.social · 12h

The Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club in #Dublin, #Ireland, will host a talk entitled "Lighting the Sea: The John R. Wigham Story," on Thursday, October 16, at 8pm. The talk will tell the story of the noted #lighthouse engineer, and will be delivered by his descendant, Jonathan Wigham.

#MaritimeHistory

Shining a Light on Ireland's Lighthouses

Join the DBOGA's lecture on John Wigham's pioneering lighthouse invention, 16 October in Dublin.

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The Pechko Perspective @thepechkoreport.bsky.social · 13h

The Principe Umberto began as a proud passenger ship before war turned her into a troop transport. In June 1916, she was torpedoed in the Adriatic, taking nearly 2,000 lives. A century later, her wreck was finally found, silent but not forgotten.

#History #Shipwreck #WWI #Maritime

How an Italian Passenger Ship Became One of World War I’s Deadliest Maritime Tragedies

The Principe Umberto was born into a world that prized steam and steel, a ship built to carry people and produce across the Mediterranean and beyond.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 17h

The E.K. Collins was a passenger and freight sidewheel paddle steamer. On 8 Oct 1854 she was on route from Sault St. Marie to Cleveland when she caught fire at the mouth of the Detroit River near Amherstburgh. (1/2) 🧵

#maritimehistory #greatlakes #history

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Ready Aye Ready - Royal Canadian Navy #RCN @ready-aye-ready.bsky.social · 12h

HMCS VENTURE (Venture Short Service Officer Plan) Cadet C.T. Young on bridge, 1957. (LAC e010777454-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Brian [email protected]‬ @briandunn.bsky.social · 13h

The USS Texas (1895) was the first oceangoing steel battleship of the US Navy. Her name was changed to San Marcos in 1911 and she was used as a target ship both for ships and aircraft until 1959, when her upperworks were demolished by high explosive.
#NavalHistory

San Marcos before being fired on by the USS New Hampshire in 1911. The canvas rigged between the masts was to increase the target area.

Damage caused by seven inch, eight inch and twelve inch shells from the New Hampshire, March 1911.

The San Marcos awash after being sunk by the New Hampshire.

The San Marcos remained in place until 1959 when her upperworks were demolished by high explosive. Her hull remains in place in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay.

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RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social · 17h

8 Oct 1944 // Minesweeper BYMS 2030 was sweeping at the mouth of the Seine when a mine exploded under her stern. She immediately began to settle and sank about 35 minutes later. All her crew survived and were safely evacuated, although four men suffered injuries. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

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RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social · 17h

8 Oct 1944 // Minesweeper HMCS Mulgrave detonated a mine while sweeping off Le Havre. There were no casualties. Severely damaged, she was beached at Le Havre and temporary repairs enabled her to be towed to Portsmouth, where she was declared a total loss. #RoyalCanadianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

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RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social · 17h

8 Oct 1917 // HM Trawler Ben Heilem, an Aberdeen boat in #RoyalNavy service as a minesweeper, ran aground off Berwick on Tweed. Salvage attempts failed because of bad weather, and she was abandoned as a wreck. No lives were lost. #WW1 #NavalHistory

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RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social · 17h

8 Oct 1812 // 18-gun sloop HMS Avenger (formerly merchant vessel Thames) was wrecked with no loss of life in the Narrows at St John's Harbour, Newfoundland. A change in the wind headed her as she tried to make the harbour in bad weather, and she was driven on shore. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social · 17h

8 Oct 1804 // HMS Speedy, a schooner based on Lake Ontario, disappeared in bad weather while sailing from York (Toronto) to Newcastle with passengers destined for an impending court case. Wreckage was found, but there were no survivors from around 40 people on board. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social · 17h

8 Oct 1800 // 18-gun brig sloop HMS Diligence struck an uncharted reef and was wrecked, with no loss of life, near Río Puercos on the north coast of Cuba. All the crew were rescued by HMS Thunderer on the following day, and the wreck was burnt. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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