HMS Dreadnought (1875), with a Euphrates-class Troop Ship www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #HMSDreadnought #battleship #Ironclad
February 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
HMS Dreadnought (1875), with a Euphrates-class Troop Ship www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #HMSDreadnought #battleship #Ironclad
8 Feb 1943 // HM Trawler Bredon was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U.521 about 60km N of Lanzarote. She was on escort duty with a West Africa to Gibraltar convoy. From her crew of 46, just three survivors were picked up, after an extensive air-sea search. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
February 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
8 Feb 1943 // HM Trawler Bredon was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U.521 about 60km N of Lanzarote. She was on escort duty with a West Africa to Gibraltar convoy. From her crew of 46, just three survivors were picked up, after an extensive air-sea search. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
8 Feb 1918 // Destroyer HMS Boxer sank after colliding with SS St Patrick off Sandown, Isle of Wight, after dark. Confusion on the St Patrick over the destroyer's lights caused her to steer the wrong way. One crewman from Boxer was lost overboard. (Imperial War Museum image: Q 74982) #RoyalNavy #WW1
February 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
8 Feb 1918 // Destroyer HMS Boxer sank after colliding with SS St Patrick off Sandown, Isle of Wight, after dark. Confusion on the St Patrick over the destroyer's lights caused her to steer the wrong way. One crewman from Boxer was lost overboard. (Imperial War Museum image: Q 74982) #RoyalNavy #WW1
8 Feb 1917 // HM Drifter Aivern, a net barrier tender, was damaged in a storm in the Western Approaches while inbound from the Mediterranean with other drifters. She began to leak and soon sank. All her crew were taken off by the other drifters. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
8 Feb 1917 // HM Drifter Aivern, a net barrier tender, was damaged in a storm in the Western Approaches while inbound from the Mediterranean with other drifters. She began to leak and soon sank. All her crew were taken off by the other drifters. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
8 Feb 1917 // Destroyer HMS Gurkha struck a German submarine-laid mine in the English Channel off Dungeness, broke in two, and sank with loss of 74 of her crew. Just five survivors were picked up by armed trawler Highlander. (Image courtesy Tyne & Wear Archives) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
8 Feb 1917 // Destroyer HMS Gurkha struck a German submarine-laid mine in the English Channel off Dungeness, broke in two, and sank with loss of 74 of her crew. Just five survivors were picked up by armed trawler Highlander. (Image courtesy Tyne & Wear Archives) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
8 Feb 1859 // While serving as tender to HMS Nile at Queenstown (Cork), 10-gun brig-sloop HMS Wizard was wrecked in Bantry Bay when she ran aground in a squall. The local lighthouse keeper led a courageous rescue operation in which all her crew were saved. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
February 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
8 Feb 1859 // While serving as tender to HMS Nile at Queenstown (Cork), 10-gun brig-sloop HMS Wizard was wrecked in Bantry Bay when she ran aground in a squall. The local lighthouse keeper led a courageous rescue operation in which all her crew were saved. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
She could not be freed, so the crew burnt her and commandeered local fishing boats to attempt to escape to England. Some of the boats were picked up by HMS Sirius, but most were forced into Brest by bad weather, where their occupants were made prisoners of war. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
February 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
She could not be freed, so the crew burnt her and commandeered local fishing boats to attempt to escape to England. Some of the boats were picked up by HMS Sirius, but most were forced into Brest by bad weather, where their occupants were made prisoners of war. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
8 Feb 1794 // 'Wreck of the Ten Sail': HMS Convert (ex French frigate l'Inconstante, taken 1793) grounded off Grand Cayman and sank, along with nine merchantmen from her convoy. Local people carried out a courageous rescue: eight lives were lost from the ten ships. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
February 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
8 Feb 1794 // 'Wreck of the Ten Sail': HMS Convert (ex French frigate l'Inconstante, taken 1793) grounded off Grand Cayman and sank, along with nine merchantmen from her convoy. Local people carried out a courageous rescue: eight lives were lost from the ten ships. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
8 Feb 1709 (O.S.) // 36-gun 5th-rate HMS Winchelsey was captured by a French warship near the Berlengas off the Portuguese coast after a lengthy engagement. The northbound convoy she had been escorting escaped without harm. She was recaptured two weeks later by HMS Chester. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
February 8, 2026 at 8:08 PM
8 Feb 1709 (O.S.) // 36-gun 5th-rate HMS Winchelsey was captured by a French warship near the Berlengas off the Portuguese coast after a lengthy engagement. The northbound convoy she had been escorting escaped without harm. She was recaptured two weeks later by HMS Chester. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
'When I take into view the materials with which he had to operate, I think he deserves infinite praise for having maintained the Sovereignty of the Ocean.He had difficulties to encounter in the organisation of the marine and in the..
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #NapoleonicWars
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #NapoleonicWars
February 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
'When I take into view the materials with which he had to operate, I think he deserves infinite praise for having maintained the Sovereignty of the Ocean.He had difficulties to encounter in the organisation of the marine and in the..
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #NapoleonicWars
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #NapoleonicWars
On April 18 and 19 April, I get to indulge my passion for #LivingHistory. Myself and 9 chums will be presenting our interpretation of a section of junior ratings (Killick in charge) en route to rejoining the Royal Naval Division in April 1916.
#ww1 #RoyalNavy
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#ww1 #RoyalNavy
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International Living History Festival
18th - 19th April 2026 at The Royal Gunpowder Mills
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February 8, 2026 at 11:55 AM
On April 18 and 19 April, I get to indulge my passion for #LivingHistory. Myself and 9 chums will be presenting our interpretation of a section of junior ratings (Killick in charge) en route to rejoining the Royal Naval Division in April 1916.
#ww1 #RoyalNavy
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#ww1 #RoyalNavy
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Highly recommend to all Patrick O'Brian fans and Jack Aubrey/Maturin aficionados.
Check out this superb podcast!
All episodes available on podbean, YouTube, etc.
#AubreyMaturin #AgeOfSail #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #NavalFiction #HistoricFiction #bookskye
Check out this superb podcast!
All episodes available on podbean, YouTube, etc.
#AubreyMaturin #AgeOfSail #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #NavalFiction #HistoricFiction #bookskye
Ep 224 out today: We arrive at the Cape, receive Jack's true orders, and witness the immediate elevation—and corresponding pressure—that comes with the post of Commodore. Meanwhile there's a surprise reunion with a couple of old #JackAubrey followers, and a protestant parrot. #mauritiuscommand
February 8, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Highly recommend to all Patrick O'Brian fans and Jack Aubrey/Maturin aficionados.
Check out this superb podcast!
All episodes available on podbean, YouTube, etc.
#AubreyMaturin #AgeOfSail #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #NavalFiction #HistoricFiction #bookskye
Check out this superb podcast!
All episodes available on podbean, YouTube, etc.
#AubreyMaturin #AgeOfSail #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #NavalFiction #HistoricFiction #bookskye
Hear him, hear him!
#NavalFiction #bookskye #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #HistoricFiction
#AubreyMaturin
#NavalFiction #bookskye #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #HistoricFiction
#AubreyMaturin
Welcome to the Bluesky account for The Lubber's Hole - A #PatrickOBrian #podcast. We'll try to remember to post the same stuff here that we post on our other channels. Follow us for chat about the #aubreymaturin novels and of course #masterandcommander.
February 8, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Hear him, hear him!
#NavalFiction #bookskye #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #HistoricFiction
#AubreyMaturin
#NavalFiction #bookskye #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #HistoricFiction
#AubreyMaturin
7 Feb 1944 // Midget submarine HMS X.22 was accidentally sunk in the Pentland Firth while being towed to Scapa Flow by submarine HMS Syrtis. As she turned to search for a man overboard, Syrtis hit X.22 and sank her. The man from Syrtis and four men in X.22 were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
February 7, 2026 at 10:34 PM
7 Feb 1944 // Midget submarine HMS X.22 was accidentally sunk in the Pentland Firth while being towed to Scapa Flow by submarine HMS Syrtis. As she turned to search for a man overboard, Syrtis hit X.22 and sank her. The man from Syrtis and four men in X.22 were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
The escorts rescued two men, then left the area to chase (unsuccessfully) the submarine, leaving the tanker and its crew alone and adrift, an act which earned the escort commander an official reprimand. The tanker was retrieved by tug HMS Jaunty some days later. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
February 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The escorts rescued two men, then left the area to chase (unsuccessfully) the submarine, leaving the tanker and its crew alone and adrift, an act which earned the escort commander an official reprimand. The tanker was retrieved by tug HMS Jaunty some days later. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
7 Feb 1919 // Paddle minesweeper HMS Erin's Isle (ex Belfast & County Down Railway ferry Erin's Isle, requisitioned 1915) was struck by a drifting German mine while at anchor in the Thames Estuary. She broke in two and sank within two minutes: 23 men lost their lives. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
February 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
7 Feb 1919 // Paddle minesweeper HMS Erin's Isle (ex Belfast & County Down Railway ferry Erin's Isle, requisitioned 1915) was struck by a drifting German mine while at anchor in the Thames Estuary. She broke in two and sank within two minutes: 23 men lost their lives. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
7 Feb 1863 // Screw corvette HMS Orpheus, part of RN operations in the New Zealand Wars, went off course, ran aground and broke up in the surf while entering Manukau Harbour, Auckland. Just 70 survived from 259 on board. (Image: Illustrated London News, 18 April 1863) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
February 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
7 Feb 1863 // Screw corvette HMS Orpheus, part of RN operations in the New Zealand Wars, went off course, ran aground and broke up in the surf while entering Manukau Harbour, Auckland. Just 70 survived from 259 on board. (Image: Illustrated London News, 18 April 1863) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
The court martial found that the pilot was to blame for mistaking his course: he was fined and barred from ever piloting HM vessels again. Both Lieutenant Wood and the Nightingale’s master were reprimanded, the latter severely, for placing too much trust in the pilot. [3/3] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
February 7, 2026 at 10:19 PM
The court martial found that the pilot was to blame for mistaking his course: he was fined and barred from ever piloting HM vessels again. Both Lieutenant Wood and the Nightingale’s master were reprimanded, the latter severely, for placing too much trust in the pilot. [3/3] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
At the court martial the officer of the watch was criticised for not taking soundings and the captain was severely reprimanded for failing to leave any instructions before going to sleep. No lives were lost: boats from Guadeloupe rescued all on board. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
February 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
At the court martial the officer of the watch was criticised for not taking soundings and the captain was severely reprimanded for failing to leave any instructions before going to sleep. No lives were lost: boats from Guadeloupe rescued all on board. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
7 Feb 1745 (O.S.) // 60-gun 4th-rate HMS Pembroke capsized and sank in a squall on the River Medway, with about 100 lives lost, while sailing from refit in Chatham to take her guns and stores on board at Blackstakes anchorage. She was later salvaged and returned to service. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
February 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM
7 Feb 1745 (O.S.) // 60-gun 4th-rate HMS Pembroke capsized and sank in a squall on the River Medway, with about 100 lives lost, while sailing from refit in Chatham to take her guns and stores on board at Blackstakes anchorage. She was later salvaged and returned to service. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
Battle 2033 series is now complete. Speculative military fiction right out of today’s news. Paperback & Kindle available on Amazon. 4 stars.
#Arctic #NorthKorea #NATO #USArmy #airforceacademy #Greenland #Taiwan #USNavy #USMC #Iran #UkraineWar #Tibet #RoyalNavy #WarGames #kindle
#Arctic #NorthKorea #NATO #USArmy #airforceacademy #Greenland #Taiwan #USNavy #USMC #Iran #UkraineWar #Tibet #RoyalNavy #WarGames #kindle
February 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Battle 2033 series is now complete. Speculative military fiction right out of today’s news. Paperback & Kindle available on Amazon. 4 stars.
#Arctic #NorthKorea #NATO #USArmy #airforceacademy #Greenland #Taiwan #USNavy #USMC #Iran #UkraineWar #Tibet #RoyalNavy #WarGames #kindle
#Arctic #NorthKorea #NATO #USArmy #airforceacademy #Greenland #Taiwan #USNavy #USMC #Iran #UkraineWar #Tibet #RoyalNavy #WarGames #kindle
The Man Behind the Myth
'He is tall, so very tall, that an habitual and considerable stoop does not prevent his overtopping all about him; his large, bony, though gaunt frame, exhibits signs of prodigious strength; his face is long and...
#LordCochrane
#NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail
'He is tall, so very tall, that an habitual and considerable stoop does not prevent his overtopping all about him; his large, bony, though gaunt frame, exhibits signs of prodigious strength; his face is long and...
#LordCochrane
#NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail
February 7, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The Man Behind the Myth
'He is tall, so very tall, that an habitual and considerable stoop does not prevent his overtopping all about him; his large, bony, though gaunt frame, exhibits signs of prodigious strength; his face is long and...
#LordCochrane
#NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail
'He is tall, so very tall, that an habitual and considerable stoop does not prevent his overtopping all about him; his large, bony, though gaunt frame, exhibits signs of prodigious strength; his face is long and...
#LordCochrane
#NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail
Onii-chan, let's eat pizza together! 😋🍕❤️
#Unicorn #RoyalNavy #AzurLane #Nendoroid #Nendography #Toyphotography #GoodSmileCompany #anime #figure #animefigure #Fujifilm #FujifilmXE1 #ねんどろいど #グッドスマイルカンパニー #アズールレーン #ユニコーン #ロイヤル #アニメ
#Unicorn #RoyalNavy #AzurLane #Nendoroid #Nendography #Toyphotography #GoodSmileCompany #anime #figure #animefigure #Fujifilm #FujifilmXE1 #ねんどろいど #グッドスマイルカンパニー #アズールレーン #ユニコーン #ロイヤル #アニメ
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Onii-chan, let's eat pizza together! 😋🍕❤️
#Unicorn #RoyalNavy #AzurLane #Nendoroid #Nendography #Toyphotography #GoodSmileCompany #anime #figure #animefigure #Fujifilm #FujifilmXE1 #ねんどろいど #グッドスマイルカンパニー #アズールレーン #ユニコーン #ロイヤル #アニメ
#Unicorn #RoyalNavy #AzurLane #Nendoroid #Nendography #Toyphotography #GoodSmileCompany #anime #figure #animefigure #Fujifilm #FujifilmXE1 #ねんどろいど #グッドスマイルカンパニー #アズールレーン #ユニコーン #ロイヤル #アニメ
6 Feb 1941 // Hopper No. 39, a Suez Canal dredger requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into a minesweeper, was sweeping aircraft-dropped magnetic mines in the canal when a mine exploded close to her bows, sinking her with the loss of four of her crew. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
February 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
6 Feb 1941 // Hopper No. 39, a Suez Canal dredger requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into a minesweeper, was sweeping aircraft-dropped magnetic mines in the canal when a mine exploded close to her bows, sinking her with the loss of four of her crew. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
6 Feb 1918 // HM Trawler Nathaniel Cole was assisting liner RMS Aurania, which had been torpedoed on 4 February north of Ireland, when she was struck by the Aurania and damaged. She gradually flooded, and sank in the early morning of 6 February with no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
6 Feb 1918 // HM Trawler Nathaniel Cole was assisting liner RMS Aurania, which had been torpedoed on 4 February north of Ireland, when she was struck by the Aurania and damaged. She gradually flooded, and sank in the early morning of 6 February with no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory