Studding sails! Set onboard the sailing barque Europa. Only used in calm weather with the wind astern, these sails act to boast a ships sail area.
#Sailing
#Tallships
#Ageofsail
3 June 1940: British
#Navy
Captain William Tennant tells
#Admiral
Bertram
#Ramsay
that "Operation (Dumbo) completed. Returning to Dover", noting the evacuation of
#Allied
forces from
#Dunkirk
.
#Churchill
insisted on coming back for French troops and they did on June 4.
#WWII
The British Army will receive a fleet of 148 Challenger 3 main battle tanks as part of an £800 million contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL), the Defence Secretary has announced today.
通常は国家元首級に対する礼砲は21発ですが、フィリップ殿下には20発追加の41発ということで、経費節約目的で17世紀に発射数を規定した我らがサミュエル・ピープス氏もさぞや苦笑しているでしょう
Gun salute to Prince Philip from his beloved Royal Navy via
@MailOnline
The 93 British and Commonwealth cruisers that served during the Second World War. Black silhouettes indicate ship lost in action, which includes:
5/15 'heavy' cruisers with 8in guns
5/12 small 6in cruisers
6/23 large 6in cruisers
5/16 new fleet cruisers
10/27 'legacy cruisers
CPO John Edward 'Ben' Breese lands his 🇬🇧HMS VALIANT floatplane on 🇬🇧 HMS ARK ROYAL without wheels or hook, 3-Jul-1940
ADM Somerville and the ships Capt, in pursuit of 🇫🇷STRASBOURG, weren’t wasting time by stopping to recover the plane
Via
@CcibChris
#HMSArkRoyal
#HMSValiant
USS Constitution serving as a barracks ship in 1905
Although sad to see a great ship like this, it was only through repurposing her in this way that she survived, rather than suffering the fate of being broken up like her sister frigates.
#USNavy
#Boston
#Warof1812
Wow... MP
@AlecShelbrooke
calls for Royal Navy to have a third aircraft carrier.
A nice dream... but lack of manpower & industrial capacity would be problematic. Funds would be far better spent on upgrading what the RN already has.
At 12.30pm UK time on Wednesday the 2nd of October, Silver Spitfire Project Director Lachlan Monro will be hosting a live 30min Q&A on Facebook Live from the project's UK HQ. He'll be sharing the latest updates and news on the upcoming schedule, along with taking questions.
#OnThisDay
1942 the Destroyer HMS PORCUPINE was torpedoed en route from Gibraltar to Algiers 7 of the crew were killed and the ship, though a total loss was recovered and cut in 2. Both parts were towed back to
@HMNBPortsmouth
and used as accommodation called HMS PORK & PINE.
#OnThisDay
the
@RoyalNavy
Light Cruiser HMS ACHILLES transferred to
@indiannavy
She was famously at the Battle of River Plate. Part of RN division in New Zealand she was transferred to
@NewZealandNavy
as HMNZS ACHILLES in 41. Returned to RN post war before Indian service to 78
Royal Navy operation to free
#NaveAndromeda
was conducted by 2 Wildcats and 2 Merlin Mk4 helicopters with support from
@HMS_Richmond
16 members of the SBS took just 9 minutes to rescue the crew and capture the 7 suspects. Everyone safe