Christopher Roach
@drcjrtas.bsky.social
Physical Oceanographer, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Both post-war but the 1920 royal visit might be close enough to fit in a WW1 photo collection (war not formally over until 1919, a lot of troops not returned home till 1920...)
December 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Both post-war but the 1920 royal visit might be close enough to fit in a WW1 photo collection (war not formally over until 1919, a lot of troops not returned home till 1920...)
If the photo was taken in Australia, as the prior photos would imply... I see two obvious occasions that saw RN Battlecruisers visit Australia:
1920 royal visit by the Prince of Wales, HMS Renown acted as the "royal yacht".
1923 Special Service Squadron including Hood and Repulse
1920 royal visit by the Prince of Wales, HMS Renown acted as the "royal yacht".
1923 Special Service Squadron including Hood and Repulse
December 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If the photo was taken in Australia, as the prior photos would imply... I see two obvious occasions that saw RN Battlecruisers visit Australia:
1920 royal visit by the Prince of Wales, HMS Renown acted as the "royal yacht".
1923 Special Service Squadron including Hood and Repulse
1920 royal visit by the Prince of Wales, HMS Renown acted as the "royal yacht".
1923 Special Service Squadron including Hood and Repulse
On a second look, the masts look inconsistent with Renown class, but masts can be cut back relatively easy... so not certain.
If I'm misreading the number of turrets aft (think it' only one, but canopy makes it hard to be sure) then either Tiger or a Kongo class look possible.
If I'm misreading the number of turrets aft (think it' only one, but canopy makes it hard to be sure) then either Tiger or a Kongo class look possible.
December 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
On a second look, the masts look inconsistent with Renown class, but masts can be cut back relatively easy... so not certain.
If I'm misreading the number of turrets aft (think it' only one, but canopy makes it hard to be sure) then either Tiger or a Kongo class look possible.
If I'm misreading the number of turrets aft (think it' only one, but canopy makes it hard to be sure) then either Tiger or a Kongo class look possible.
Looks like only one turrets aft so most likely Repulse or Renown.
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Looks like only one turrets aft so most likely Repulse or Renown.
WW1 era? Superfiring turrets forward so not an I class BC, too early for County class CAs. Hull shape suggests a BC, turrets shape says 13.5in or 15in turrets, not turrets amidships so one of Tiger, Repulse, Renown or Hood, but probably too early for Hood...
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
WW1 era? Superfiring turrets forward so not an I class BC, too early for County class CAs. Hull shape suggests a BC, turrets shape says 13.5in or 15in turrets, not turrets amidships so one of Tiger, Repulse, Renown or Hood, but probably too early for Hood...
Then the Fallout Boy cover/update totally lacks chronology...
December 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Then the Fallout Boy cover/update totally lacks chronology...
What of Wieluń, Frampol, Warsaw, Rotterdam, London, Coventry, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chongqing, Helsinki?
You wanna argue all strategic bombing during ww2 was warcrimes? I might disagree but i's a coherent position.
You wanna pull the west-does-it-BAD! not-west-does-it-GOOD!/*cricket noises*? Well...
You wanna argue all strategic bombing during ww2 was warcrimes? I might disagree but i's a coherent position.
You wanna pull the west-does-it-BAD! not-west-does-it-GOOD!/*cricket noises*? Well...
December 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What of Wieluń, Frampol, Warsaw, Rotterdam, London, Coventry, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chongqing, Helsinki?
You wanna argue all strategic bombing during ww2 was warcrimes? I might disagree but i's a coherent position.
You wanna pull the west-does-it-BAD! not-west-does-it-GOOD!/*cricket noises*? Well...
You wanna argue all strategic bombing during ww2 was warcrimes? I might disagree but i's a coherent position.
You wanna pull the west-does-it-BAD! not-west-does-it-GOOD!/*cricket noises*? Well...
So for the next three year it'll hinge on if Trump Towers Beijing has more bling than Trump Towers Taipei?
December 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
So for the next three year it'll hinge on if Trump Towers Beijing has more bling than Trump Towers Taipei?
Besides, there's a well established way of destroying the White House. It involves British troops and fire, not a barely sapient orange blob and bulldozers.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Besides, there's a well established way of destroying the White House. It involves British troops and fire, not a barely sapient orange blob and bulldozers.
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... deg or two for localized cooling from the volcanic aerosols, and you're soon getting into the temperature range where colder weather clothes become a sane choice...
(Had though of downloading full data and doing a full survey of low temps but last day in the office for the year... so no).
(Had though of downloading full data and doing a full survey of low temps but last day in the office for the year... so no).
December 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
... deg or two for localized cooling from the volcanic aerosols, and you're soon getting into the temperature range where colder weather clothes become a sane choice...
(Had though of downloading full data and doing a full survey of low temps but last day in the office for the year... so no).
(Had though of downloading full data and doing a full survey of low temps but last day in the office for the year... so no).
Playing round with an ERA atmospheric reanalysis product: era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=40.96&ln...
1990-2020 climatological August minimum temps for grid-cells round the Naples region vary from 19-22C... Knock off a degree or so for long-term climate change, knock off another...
1990-2020 climatological August minimum temps for grid-cells round the Naples region vary from 19-22C... Knock off a degree or so for long-term climate change, knock off another...
December 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Playing round with an ERA atmospheric reanalysis product: era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=40.96&ln...
1990-2020 climatological August minimum temps for grid-cells round the Naples region vary from 19-22C... Knock off a degree or so for long-term climate change, knock off another...
1990-2020 climatological August minimum temps for grid-cells round the Naples region vary from 19-22C... Knock off a degree or so for long-term climate change, knock off another...
I get that time might be a concept you don't really understand but France had kinda fallen (June '40) by the time Nazi oppression of the Jews moved onto large scale murder (mostly post-invasion of the USSR July '41) or open extermination (Dec '41 to Jan '42, notably the Wannsee Conference).
December 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I get that time might be a concept you don't really understand but France had kinda fallen (June '40) by the time Nazi oppression of the Jews moved onto large scale murder (mostly post-invasion of the USSR July '41) or open extermination (Dec '41 to Jan '42, notably the Wannsee Conference).
... to actually win in his own right (and thus be elected for an invalid thirds term).
4. He'd need the house to actually go along with it.
Essentially, if Trump has the ability to pull this off he might as well just declare himself Grand High Eternal God Poobah now rather than do this pantomime...
4. He'd need the house to actually go along with it.
Essentially, if Trump has the ability to pull this off he might as well just declare himself Grand High Eternal God Poobah now rather than do this pantomime...
December 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
... to actually win in his own right (and thus be elected for an invalid thirds term).
4. He'd need the house to actually go along with it.
Essentially, if Trump has the ability to pull this off he might as well just declare himself Grand High Eternal God Poobah now rather than do this pantomime...
4. He'd need the house to actually go along with it.
Essentially, if Trump has the ability to pull this off he might as well just declare himself Grand High Eternal God Poobah now rather than do this pantomime...
So...
1. He'd need to get enough states onboard with having him on the ballot despite the ya know two terms already.
2. He'd need to keep other Rs off the ballot otherwise R vote splits and D landslide.
3. He'd need to win enough to throw it to the house but not too much...
1. He'd need to get enough states onboard with having him on the ballot despite the ya know two terms already.
2. He'd need to keep other Rs off the ballot otherwise R vote splits and D landslide.
3. He'd need to win enough to throw it to the house but not too much...
December 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
So...
1. He'd need to get enough states onboard with having him on the ballot despite the ya know two terms already.
2. He'd need to keep other Rs off the ballot otherwise R vote splits and D landslide.
3. He'd need to win enough to throw it to the house but not too much...
1. He'd need to get enough states onboard with having him on the ballot despite the ya know two terms already.
2. He'd need to keep other Rs off the ballot otherwise R vote splits and D landslide.
3. He'd need to win enough to throw it to the house but not too much...
Not sure making it harder to make out the speed and heading of a car is a good idea...
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Not sure making it harder to make out the speed and heading of a car is a good idea...
You mean: Not a lawless buffer zone *yet*...
December 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
You mean: Not a lawless buffer zone *yet*...
We've got 'em... Look in your nearest major ocean basin to find one.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We've got 'em... Look in your nearest major ocean basin to find one.
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... Or the students attempt to install Matlab to their OneDrive or Google Drive...
Of cause, intro level unit half intended as a taster of oceanography for the bio and policy types, so maybe that's it instead of just Gen Z drooling idiocy.
Of cause, intro level unit half intended as a taster of oceanography for the bio and policy types, so maybe that's it instead of just Gen Z drooling idiocy.
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
... Or the students attempt to install Matlab to their OneDrive or Google Drive...
Of cause, intro level unit half intended as a taster of oceanography for the bio and policy types, so maybe that's it instead of just Gen Z drooling idiocy.
Of cause, intro level unit half intended as a taster of oceanography for the bio and policy types, so maybe that's it instead of just Gen Z drooling idiocy.
Teaching an intro to oceanography unit, students confused why the jupyter notebook or matlab script they downloaded isn't showing up... They didn't get that they needed to download it to a specific folder DESPITE me explicitly explaining that at least three times at the start of the prac...
December 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Teaching an intro to oceanography unit, students confused why the jupyter notebook or matlab script they downloaded isn't showing up... They didn't get that they needed to download it to a specific folder DESPITE me explicitly explaining that at least three times at the start of the prac...
Improved naming schemes for "foot"-"ball" sports?
Soccer -> Synchronized diving foot sphere
Aussie Rules -> Ballet hand egg
Ruby Union -> Toff cauliflower ear hand egg
Ruby League -> Pleb cauliflower ear hand egg
American Football -> Brain damage timeout hand egg
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Soccer -> Synchronized diving foot sphere
Aussie Rules -> Ballet hand egg
Ruby Union -> Toff cauliflower ear hand egg
Ruby League -> Pleb cauliflower ear hand egg
American Football -> Brain damage timeout hand egg
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December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Improved naming schemes for "foot"-"ball" sports?
Soccer -> Synchronized diving foot sphere
Aussie Rules -> Ballet hand egg
Ruby Union -> Toff cauliflower ear hand egg
Ruby League -> Pleb cauliflower ear hand egg
American Football -> Brain damage timeout hand egg
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Soccer -> Synchronized diving foot sphere
Aussie Rules -> Ballet hand egg
Ruby Union -> Toff cauliflower ear hand egg
Ruby League -> Pleb cauliflower ear hand egg
American Football -> Brain damage timeout hand egg
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Or for maximum troll: The Spanish, British and Argentina claims are all invalid! Return le Îles Malouines to France!
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December 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Or for maximum troll: The Spanish, British and Argentina claims are all invalid! Return le Îles Malouines to France!
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... So, obvious solution is a land swap: Argentina's capital for sheep infested islands?
Or maybe UK of GB, N and Argentina?
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Or maybe UK of GB, N and Argentina?
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December 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
... So, obvious solution is a land swap: Argentina's capital for sheep infested islands?
Or maybe UK of GB, N and Argentina?
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Or maybe UK of GB, N and Argentina?
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More to the point the Argentine claim to the Falklands' (brief occupation in the 1820s when a dodgy German tried to play both sides) is about as good as the British claim tot he River Plate (brief occupation in 1806-7)...
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
More to the point the Argentine claim to the Falklands' (brief occupation in the 1820s when a dodgy German tried to play both sides) is about as good as the British claim tot he River Plate (brief occupation in 1806-7)...
Bah! If he was truly dedicated he'd be invading France, not merely getting stabbed in thr back.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Bah! If he was truly dedicated he'd be invading France, not merely getting stabbed in thr back.
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"Oh, Bugger! The [insert vehicle here] is on fire!"...
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"Oh, Bugger! The [insert vehicle here] is on fire!"...