Our very popular Landing Craft F8 trips are starting to book up very fast, especially during our Pontoon Open Weekend on the 11th and 12th of May!

DM us to pre-book your spaces!👈

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Todays calm sea conditions and little to no wind was the perfect time to get the mast back onto MGB 81 and a quick trip out for our volunteers🌤️

#volunteering #steamboat #portsmouth #dockyard #militaryhistory #restoration #royalnavy #maintenance #navalhistory #history

For no good reason, a lovely aerial photo of the monitor HMS Raglan (1915) showing how odd yet simple this class of ship looked, and showing off her pair of 14in guns. She was sunk in 1918. #NavalHistory

This morning we took CMB4R out on sea trials, getting her up to 39.2 knots! This is faster than any recorded speed for 40ft CMB’s in history!🥳

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14th March 1943. The submarine HMS Thunderbolt was lost with all hands off Sicily, sunk by an Italian corvette. Commissioned as HMS Thetis, she had flooded during diving trials in June 1939. 99 men were killed, but the boat was salvaged, refitted and renamed.
#NavalHistory

Recent research trip NYYC. Exterior designed as ship. Amazing archives library.
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Incredible Roman hydraulic engineering in lovely Vienne! BAR Publishing Dr Alexander Clarke Arts & Humanities at @UniKent

1743: A desperate battle off Gibraltar involved a small becalmed British warship & two oared Spanish xebecs. HMS Pulteney made use of her own “sweeps” for mobility during this unusual action. Click: bit.ly/3oRUUFz #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #18thCentury

Another selection of lots from the Bembridge Collection of Trafalgar and Georgian Naval related items in our March Fine Arms & Armour auction antonycribb.com #navalhistory #britishhistory #militaryhistory #britishnavy #nelson #hmsvictory #navalantiques #historylovers

Our CMB4R is making a splash or two wherever she goes! Afloat or ashore she is jaw-dropping, even if we do say so ourselves!😍

Watch this space for further updates on CMB4R👀

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Discover 10 surprising facts about the US Navy at FreeSpeedReads.com/us-navy ( #navy , #USNavy , #NavyFighterJets , #aircraftcarrier , #maritime , #navalWarfare , #submarine , #USSGeraldRFord , #navalHistory , #USNavy History, #USMilitary , #military , #USA )

A rare Duke of Clarence presentation sword to Admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham GCB - now on the preview page for our Spring Fine Arms & Armour auction antonycribb.com #hmsdefiance #hmsvictory #nelson #trafalgar #williamiv #presentationsword #militaryhistory #navalhistory

⚓️🚢 Witness the IJN Battleship Musashi's final glory during the Battle of Leyte Gulf!

This FUJIMI 1/700 scale model captures every detail, from reinforced gun compartments to the ship's base.

🔗 tinyurl.com/ybkzufew

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Receptionist thought I was lost and deranged when I stopped to take a photo in the lobby on a work errand. Was Too complicated to explain why this is interesting… #navalhistory #historian

Picked this book up today for $3 (Great Naval Battles by Oliver Warner, 1963) Dr Alexander Clarke

An explosion on the modern but accident-prone ironclad HMS Thunderer in 1879 brought an end to #RoyalNavy ’s four centuries of use of muzzle-loading cannon which had dominated the Age of Fighting Sail. Click: bit.ly/3JLkEAs #NavalHistory #Victorian

In your expert opininons, who drew the better Warspite? Dr Alexander Clarke Drachinifel Simon Harley

Cruisers & Frigates

#USSYorktown CG48 (1984-2004)
Ticonderoga Class #USNavy 🇺🇸
#RFSBezzavetny FFG811 (1977-1997)
Krivak I Class #RussianNavy 🇷🇺

📷 12 February 1988 #BlackSea #ColdWar #NavalHistory

Calling any Royal Naval Experts. Can anyone identify the man on the right in the photo whose face we can see, taken in 1951 at HMS Heron? Thank you! #royalnavy #navalhistory #militaryhistory