#maritime-history — Public Fediverse posts
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HMS Spartan was a British light cruiser commissioned on 12 July 1943. In Jan 1944, Spartan was stationed off Anzio during Operation Shingle. On 29 Jan she was attacked by German aircraft using a guided bomb, probably a Henschel Hs 293 radio-controlled glide bomb. Spartan sank quickly in shallow water with heavy loss of life among her crew. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-spartan-british-light-cruiser/ #cruiser #hmsspartan #LightCruiser #maritimehistory #NavalHistory #royalnavy #secondworldwar #warships #worldwartwo #ww2 #WWII
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The USS Alabama (BB-8) was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1900 as part of the Illinois class.
Decommissioned in 1920 and later used as a target ship before being scrapped. #navy #battleship #maritimehistory #naval #predreadnought #usnavy #ussalabama #ussalabamabb8 #warship https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/uss-alabama-bb-8-battleship/
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The HMS Trinidad was a British light cruiser of the Royal Navy In Mar 42 Trinidad took part in the escort of Convoy PQ 13 to Russia During fighting against German destroyers she fired a torpedo at a destroyer, but it malfunctioned curved back and struck HMS Trinidad After temporary repairs, she attempted to return to Britain in May 42 but was damaged by aircraft and sunk https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-trinidad-1941-british-light-cruiser/ #cruiser #hmstrinidad #LightCruiser #maritimehistory #naval #navy #royalnavy #secondworldwar #warship
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HMS St. Vincent at anchor, Scapa Flow, Scotland https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/british-battleship-hms-st-vincent/ #RoyalNavy #battleofjutland #battleship #firstworldwar #hmsstvincent #warship #worldwarone #maritimehistory #NavalHistory
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British Light Cruiser HMS Southampton (1937) Pre-War https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-southampton-1937-british-light-cruiser/ #secondworldwar #cruiser #hmssouthampton #LightCruiser #maritimehistory #naval #navy #RoyalNavy #warship
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The British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall was one of the Royal Navy’s County-class cruisers. Cornwall intercepted and destroyed the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in May 1941.
Sunk by Japanese dive bombers on 5 April 1942. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-cornwall-1928-british-heavy-cruiser/ #secondworldwar #cruiser #heavycruiser #HMSCornwall #maritimehistory #naval #navy #royalnavy #warship #NavalHistory -
HMS Gloucester enters Malta during the late 1930s. Note the neutrality markings on her turrets for recognition during the Spanish Civil War. Gloucester was sunk during the Battle for Crete on 22 May 1941. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-gloucester-1939-british-light-cruiser/ #royalnavy #cruiser #HMSGloucester #LightCruiser #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #navy #secondworldwar #warship
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HMS Fiji was the lead ship of the Fiji-class (also called the Crown Colony-class) of light cruisers. Commissioned in 1940.
On 22 May 1941, after exhausting much of her anti-aircraft ammunition during repeated attacks, HMS Fiji was struck by bombs from German aircraft off Crete. Severely damaged and unable to defend herself effectively, she capsized and sank. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-fiji-1940-british-light-cruiser/ #SecondWorldWar #cruiser #HMSFiji #lightcruiser #maritimehistory #naval #Navy #RoyalNavy #warship
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HMS Edinburgh was a British light cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1938 and commissioned in 1939. In April 1942, while escorting Convoy QP 11 from Russia back to Britain, she was struck by two torpedoes fired by the German submarine U-456. After being struck by an additional torpedo from a German Destroyer, she was scuttled on 2 May 1941 with over 4.5 tonnes of Soviet gold on board https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-edinburgh-1939-british-light-cruiser/ #SecondWorldWar #HMSEdinburgh #lightcruiser #maritimehistory #naval #Navy #RoyalNavy
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The Yamato Museum reopened here on April 23 following year-long renovations to bring the behemoth World War II battleship closer to real life based on the latest research.
The museum modified its centerpiece, a one‑10th scale model of the battleship, the largest in the Imperial Japanese Navy fleet, in more than a dozen areas by taking cues from an underwater survey of the wreckage.
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16520524 #globalmuseum #museums #WWII #maritimehistory #Japan -
The Russian battleship Imperator Aleksandr II was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy. Laid down in 1885 at the New Admiralty Shipyard and commissioned in 1891. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/imperator-aleksandr-ii-russian-pre-dreadnought-battleship/ #Navy #battleship #ImperatorAleksandrII #ImperialRussianNavy #naval #predreadnoughtbattleship #warship #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory
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HMS Ramillies was a Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy commissioned into service in 1893.
She became increasingly obsolescent as the all-big-gun concept emerged in the early 1900s. Placed in reserve and eventually paid off, being sold for breaking up in 1913, just as HMS Dreadnought had rendered her entire generation of battleships obsolete. #Navy #battleship #HMSRamillies #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #Predreadnought #RoyalNavy #Ship #warship https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/warships-of-the-british-royal-navy/hms-ramillies-1892-battleship/
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HMS Hood was a British Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Sovereign class laid down in 1889 at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 30 June 1891.
On 4 November 1914, early in the First World War, when she was deliberately sunk as a blockship in the southern entrance of Portland Harbour to protect the anchorage from submarine attack. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/warships-of-the-british-royal-navy/hms-hood-1891/ #RoyalNavy #battleship #HMSHood1891 #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #Navy #Predreadnought #Ship #warship -
HSwMS Dristigheten was commissioned in 1901 as a coastal defence ship in the Swedish Navy. From 1927 to 1930 she was converted to a seaplane depot ship. Decommissioned in 1947 she was then used as a target ship, finally being sunk in 1960 and scrapped in 1961. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/swedish-navy-coastal-defence-ship-hswms-dristigheten/ #Navy #coastaldefenceship #Dristigheten #HSwMSDristigheten #KungligaFlottan #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #RoyalSwedishNavy #Ship #Svenskamarinen #SwedishNavy #SwedishRoyalNavy #warship
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Oh that's fun! My partner is on a biz trip to Hamburg and she dropped into their Maritime Museum to see if anything related to our above thrift-shop find is there.
She saw some pieces from the ill-fated ship's porcelain collection. Neat!
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The weathered remnants of a maritime era fading into the sea.
Esperance, Western Australia.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓚𝓮𝓿 𝓟𝓮𝓲𝓻𝓬𝓮.
#Photo #Photography #Australia #WesternAustralia #Jetty #BlackAndWhite #EsperanceJetty #MaritimeHistory #CoastalDecay #Monochrome
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SS Empress of Ireland: Canada's Forgotten Titanic
In 1914, the SS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River after colliding with the Norwegian collier Storstad. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died, ⚓ Though less known, it remains one of Canada's worst peacetime maritime disasters. 🇨🇦 #Canada #EmpressOfIreland #MaritimeHistory #Shipwreck
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The weathered remnants of a maritime era fading into the sea.
Esperance, Western Australia.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.
(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)
#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #WesternAustralia #Jetty #BlackAndWhite #EsperanceJetty #MaritimeHistory #CoastalDecay #Monochrome
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Auf beiden Seiten der Schlacht von #Trafalgar: Präparierte Mary Buick wirklich den Leichnam von #Nelson ? Und steckt hinter Judith Comadu mehr als eine erfundene Überlebensgeschichte? Teil II der #Womensail Blogserie :
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British Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Repulse (1892)
https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/warships-of-the-british-royal-navy/british-pre-dreadnought-battleship-hms-repulse-1892/ #Navy #battleship #HMSRepulse #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #predreadnoughtbattleship #RoyalNavy
