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This article introduces a letter written on 30 August 1914 by Stoker Thomas Victor Rayson of HMS Falmouth, offering a rare firsthand account of naval warfare at the outbreak of the First World War.
#WW1 #navyhistory #royalnavy #maritimehistory
Cat Distracts Sailors and Royal Marines on HMS King George V during World War I. #History #WorldWar1 #WW1 #Cat #Caturday #CatsInHistory #FirstWorldWar #RoyalNavy #RoyalNavyHistory #MaritimeHistory #NavyHistory #Photograph
#OTD On Jan 23, 1942, Dutch B-10 bombers damaged and sank Japanese transports off Balikpapan. Early on Jan 24, US Navy destroyers John D. Ford, Parrott, Pope, and Paul Jones attacked the anchored invasion force and sank several more ships
#WWII #pacificwar #history #navyhistory
WRNS Receive Instructions during World War I. #WRNS #RoyalNavy #RoyalNavyHistory #WomensHistory #WWI #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #FWW #NavyHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
Read more about the USS Sampson during World War I #WWI #WorldWarI #USSSampson #USNavyHistory #NavyHistory #MaritimeHistory #History #FirstWorldWar #FWW #PGM #premiereguerremondiale #WaratSea #WW1
#Onthisday in 1939 the German warship Admiral Graf Spee was sunk after the Battle of the River Plate.
Read more on the Navy Records Society's Online Magazine:
www.navyrecords.org.uk/magazine_pos...
Written by Marcus Faulkner
#navalhistory #navyhistory #militaryhistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #OTD
Read more about the Floating Post Office that was the HMS Imperieuse during World War I. #RoyalNavyHistory #NavyHistory #History #MaritimeHistory #FirstWorldWar #FWW #PremierGuerreMondiale #PGM #WWI #WorldWarI
The Golden 13 broke racial barriers in the U.S. military and paved the way for future generations of Black Navy officer corps. Read their story this week on the Love One Another blog.
🔗 indianapolisfaith.org/love-one-another
#loveoneanother #blackhistory #golden13 #navyhistory
Anyone notice something out-of-place in this photo? (It means I can't fudge it and use the image in my upcoming vid on Salerno / Operation Avalance) #NavyHistory #WW2 #RoyalNavy
Also, discover the NRS online magazine, where John has contributed a 3-part series of articles on the letters written by Midshipman Brian Godfrey-Faussett when serving on board HMS Dido in 1880: buff.ly/8eZyw9Q
#royalnavy #navyhistory #navalhistory #19thcentury #victorian #historybook #publishing
📚 New book by our member: The Dido Papers: the letters of A Victorian Midshipman
by John Johnson-Allen
HMS Dido went to West Africa, South and East Africa, the letters recount Bryan Godfrey Faussett's experiences as a young man between June 1879 - April 1881: buff.ly/vAtRZbs
#newbook #navyhistory
Read about Henry Breault, the first Navy submariner to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/nhdeffrz
#navy #militaryhistory #navyhistory
⚓ Did you know the Navy Records Society has published over 170 annual volumes in print and online? 📚
Discover the full collection: buff.ly/xuKTHBk
#navyrecords #navalhistory #navyhistory #NRS #history #research #royalnavy #trafalgar #hms #nelson #ww2 #tudor #ww2 #student #academic
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Embark on a covert voyage. The Silent Truth: America's Nuclear Navy Was Born From Espionage. Dive into secret operations and daring innovation that reshaped power at sea. Watch now: https://youtu.be/gN-W6FKP0Fg 🚢🕵️♂️⚛️
#Espionage #NavyHistory #ColdWar #HiddenHistory
Or listen to the original recording on Soundcloud:
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#Navyrecords #navyhistory #navalhistory #ww2 #ww2history #ww2navy #Bismark #hmshood #NRS #NavyRecordsSociety
A page in a book - title at the top is The Navy List. Beneath this a listing of commissioners of the office of Lord High Admiral. Below this, a listing of the flag officers of his majesty’s fleet.
#NavyHistory Our printed collections include copies of the Navy List like this one from June 1815. The list is an official record of naval officers, their ranks and the ships they were appointed to. The first list was published in 1814. Ref - B 359.30942 #LibraryofBham #NatMuseumRN
Could the HMS Ambuscade be the next floating museum on the Clyde? Let's preserve our shipbuilding heritage! #NavyHistory
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Discover The Navy Records Society's annual volumes online: The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings: Accounts and Inventories of William Soper, Keeper of the King’s Ships, 1422-1427 – Vol 123 (1982), Dr S. Rose buff.ly/xvZsvay
#NavyHistory #RoyalNavy #DutchWars #NavyRecords #Maritime #History
⚓📮 Victory on the Waves: The Battle of Lake Erie 📖🌊
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#PageAndPostage #StampTok #BookTok #Philately #StampCollection #HistoryThroughStamps #WarOf1812 #LakeErie #NavyHistory #PostalHistory #BookPairing
Discover The Navy Records Society's annual volumes online: Corrigenda to Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War 1652-54 – Vol 69 (1932), A.C. Dewar buff.ly/V2rLa26
#NavyHistory #RoyalNavy #DutchWars #NavyRecords #Maritime #History
US Navy Chief works on program. #WW1 #WW1history #History #FWW #FirstWorldWar #Navy #Navyhistory #Maritime #MaritimeHistory
'Naval Patronage in the 18th Century: Exploring Obligation and Trust'
Catherine Beck shares how the papers and letters of Admiral John Markham, from the National Maritime Museum, inspired her research for her book. Plus, get 35% off your copy: buff.ly/ICz7X07
#NavyHistory #NavyRecords #NRS
#navywomen #womenshistory #navyhistory
More U.S. citizens need to know these parts of our history.
Raye Montague - Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raye_Mo...
Read about Henry Breault, the first Navy submariner to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/nhdeffrz
#navy #militaryhistory #navyhistory
You can find more in this series ...
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#royalnavy #navyhistory #navyrecords #eighteenthcentury #history #NRS #OnlineMagazine #HistoryMagazine #archives #research
TODAY IN HISTORY: July 29, 1967
One rocket misfired.
One jet exploded.
The USS Forrestal burned—and 134 lives were lost.
This was no enemy strike.
#TodayInHistory #USSForrestal #NavyHistory #Brewminate
Read more about the commissioning of the USS Mason at the link below. #USSMASON #Blackhistory #AfricanAmericanhistory #history #WW2 #WW2History #navyhistory #maritimehistory
Rosenberg chapter on the use of Pearl Harbor in comparison to 9/11 also hit home for me as a millennial. 5/5 highly recommended. #Historical #Memory #NavyHistory #WWIIHistory
USS South Dakota Battleship museum located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This battle ship was built in the 2930's for the US Navy and was first launched on June 7, 1941. It was decommissioned on January 31, 1947 and broken up in 1962. #navyhistory #usa #museum #southdakota
