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Our Royal Navy has been shamefully neglected – it’s time for Britain to be more like Finland 🇫🇮 #ArmedForces #finland #Politics #RoyalNavy #Suomi #uutiset
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#OTD On March 14, 1915, the British Royal Navy cornered the German cruiser SMS Dresden in neutral Cumberland Bay off Más a Tierra island. The last of von Spee's East Asia Squadron was shelled and scuttled by her crew.
#WWI #history #navalhistory #royalnavy
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#OTD On 14 March 1757, John Byng became the only Royal Navy admiral executed by firing squad, aboard HMS Monarch at Portsmouth, for failing to do his utmost in the defence of Minorca.
#history #royalnavy #navalhistory
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Just a few days after #Trump saying the #US did not need the #RoyalNavy and that #Britain wanted to join the war after it was won, #Trump is now asking for RN assistance to open the #StraitsofHormuz.
Why should we risk our sailors in a war that should never have happened?
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14 Mar 1943 // HM Trawler Moravia was mined and sunk while minesweeping off Harwich. A mine was sighted dead ahead but it was too late to avoid running into it. The mine scraped along the starboard side and exploded amidships. One man was lost in the sinking. #RoyalNavy #WW2
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HMS Thunderbolt returning to depot ship HMS Forth in Holy Loch, Scotland, after Mediterranean service, 27 March 1942. Image Imperial War Museum: A 8454. Description: a submarine viewed from above the starboard bow, under way in an enclosed stretch of water with land and other vessels visible in the background.
14 Mar 1943 // Submarine HMS Thunderbolt was depth-charged and sunk by Italian corvette Cicogna NW of Sicily with all 68 crew lost. Thunderbolt was formerly HMS Thetis which sank while on trials on 1 June 1939 killing 99 men, and was salvaged in 1940. (IWM A 8454) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
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14 Mar 1918 // HM Trawler Agate, a Hull boat in naval service as a minesweeper, sank after a mine exploded under her bows while she was sweeping off Eastbourne. Four of her crew were killed. The mine had been laid by German submarine UC.71. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
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14 Mar 1915 // HM Trawler Orlando, a Grimsby boat in naval service as a minesweeper, ran onto rocks at Tarskavaig on the Isle of Skye in bad weather and was wrecked. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
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HMS Danae returned to French service under her old name of Vaillante. Proby and his officers were treated well, and quickly released and returned to Britain. They were cleared of all blame at court martial. Several of the mutineers were subsequently caught and hanged. [3/3] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
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14 Mar 1704 (O.S.) // 24-gun 6th-rate HMS Seahorse ran aground in Manchioneal Bay, eastern Jamaica, while pursuing a French privateer. The privateer was captured, but the Seahorse was in too poor a state to be worth salvaging and was abandoned as a wreck. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
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Equally clear the UK needs to rapidly rebuild its armed forces. Ensuring the security of our country in this period of history is critical. Again it’s worrying that too many in UK politics are not prepared to make this the priority it needs to be.
#LibDems #RAF #RoyalNavy #BritishArmy
#Shropshire
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Did the #RoyalNavy tap #Soviet undersea comms cables during the #coldwar?
Listen to an officer on HMS Valiant allude to this. It's here around the 32 min mark. coldwarconversations.com/episode388/
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British Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Repulse (1892)
British Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Repulse (1892)
www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #Navy #battleship #HMSRepulse #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #predreadnoughtbattleship #RoyalNavy
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La Royal Navy britannique dévoile son projet de 20 navires sans équipage #RoyalNavy #NaviresSansÉquipage #TechnologieMilitaire #DroneNaval #SécuritéNationale
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Britse Royal Navy onthult plan voor 20 onbemande schepen #RoyalNavy #onbemandeSchepen #ProjectBeehive #autonomeSystemen #SurfaceFlotilla
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1/5 🇬🇧 Alert in Portsmouth: HMS Prince of Wales moves to 5-day readiness. Amid US tensions and drone threats in Cyprus, the Royal Navy surges. A strategic pairing with carrier Charles de Gaulle is on the horizon. ⚓️⚡️ #RoyalNavy #Defense
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1/5 🇬🇧 Alerte à Portsmouth : le HMS Prince of Wales passe en préavis de 5 jours. Entre pressions de Washington et menaces de drones à Chypre, la Royal Navy accélère. Vers un binôme de fer avec le porte-avions Charles de Gaulle ? ⚓️⚡️ #RoyalNavy #Defense @RoyalNavy
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13 Mar 1943 // HM Trawler Moray, in use as a water carrier, developed a leak during the night of 12-13 March while being towed from Milford Haven to Gibraltar, and foundered with no loss of life early on 13 March about 20 miles west of Fastnet lighthouse. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
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13 Mar 1918 // HM Drifter Nexus, a Buckie boat in use as a net barrier tender, sank off Walton-on-the-Naze after a defensive electro-contact mine exploded as the barrier nets, which were broken and damaged, were drawn in. One member of her crew was lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
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13 Mar 1918 // HM Trawler Adrian, a Grimsby boat in service as a minesweeper, was run down in fog by the liner SS Chyebassa (British India Steam Navigation Company) while lying at anchor off Harwich. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
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13 Mar 1917 // Special service vessel HMS Warner, on U-boat decoy duty south-west of Ireland, was torpedoed and sunk by U.61. Eleven men were killed and 24 took to a lifeboat. Five were then taken PoW by the U-boat, and the remaining 19 were rescued two days later. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
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13 Mar 1915 // HM Drifter G.M.V., a Lowestoft boat in naval service as a net barrier tender, sank after colliding with trawler Hungarian off the Mull of Kintyre. Everyone on board was taken off safely. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
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13 Mar 1770 // 14-gun sloop HMS Swift ran aground at the entrance to Rio Deseado, Argentina. The crew lightened ship and refloated her but minutes later she struck a submerged rock. This time she quickly flooded and sank. Three men lost their lives from 91 on board. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
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Just finished my 20th Book Review of the Year! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #NavGeek #NavalHistory #AmericanHistory #USN #HigginsBoats #ElcoBoats #ImperialJapaneseHistory #IJN #PacificWar #RoyalNavy #NaziHistory #Kriegsmarine #WWIIHistory #HistBookChat
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I've uploaded "Building Britain's Ultimate Warship" a documentary about the building of HMS Daring, a Type 45 Air Defence Destroyer. First aired 31/05/2010 on Channel 4, UK. #RoyalNavy #Glasgow #Type45
https://youtu.be/jRTc8j7FOiY
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#RoryStewart & war criminal #AlistairCampbell had a play-fight in #TheRestIsPolitics, blaming each other for the the UK's 1-ship navy comedy. The so-called "#RoyalNavy" has only ship to send to the #Mediterranean, the #destroyer #HMSDragon.
But the real #comedy […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
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Royal Navy destroyer HMS Lightning at anchor. Imperial War Museum image: FL 1372. Black and white photograph of a destroyer viewed from off the starboard bow, at anchor with other vessels visible behind her, and the coastline in the background.
12 Mar 1943 // Destroyer HMS Lightning, operating out of Bône as part of Force Q, was sunk by German torpedo boats off Bizerta, Tunisia. Hit by one torpedo in the bows and a second amidships, she broke in two and sank. 47 of her crew died. (Imperial War Museum: FL 1372) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
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