I always feel that the words “this is a friendly reminder” are some of the most unfriendly…

Today my postgrads broke out the white boards and got into ship sizing, topologies and capability options and this is the bit of the course I love!

what do you MEAN an actual scientific paper quotes ultra magnus???????

In 'History of the Earth and Animated Nature' (1774). Oliver Goldsmith described how penguins have an “awkward position of the legs, which so unqualifies them for living on land... Our sailors, for this reason, give these birds the very homely. but expressive, name of arse-feet.”

This makes the troubled CalMac ferries look cheap.

One day, I will actually do the XASH design study...

Today I discovered that due to a requirements versioning error, one of the student design groups thought their ship needed to carry multiple 400 tonne USVs. They were somewhat relieved to learn otherwise…

Do you know 🐕 Fredy? 🇪🇸 ESPS Navarra's boarding team is always accompanied by its faithful four-legged friend during #OpSeaGuardian . Fredy 🐕 is an essential member & part of the team! #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether

This from Warburtons wiki page is just…

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Crippling depression, can’t sleep. Posting general arrangements. A cable layer. AKA how am World Wide Web.

These have been around for a few decades now and whenever someone suggests just using a line to stop a ship or boat I have to point out that this type of device exists.

'There is a corner of Cheltnam that is forever Endgame Red' thanks to Jonathan Hall for this in-game memorial to the KIA player characters. #Arma3

'You'd pay to see a man fly, wouldn't you?'
(📽️The Rocketeer, 1991)

Dr Rachel Pawling 🌈🏳️‍⚧️ in the Scottish Maritime Museum, from Govan 1980's

Large scale (think 1:3 or 1:4) plastic models were used in the design of UK submarines, as I recall, so yeah, PAD :D

Sure, playing convoy escort in #Arma3 is like having fun by repeatedly hitting your own hand with a hammer, but for some reason we keep coming back for more :D

“It looks like a hodgepodge of domes and minarets, tubes and canopies, like Istanbul had it been designed by idiots.”

Gary Shteyngart embarks on the Icon of the Seas, the biggest cruise ship that’s ever sailed: theatln.tc/oZdvMo2M