lissbirds: victum-totus: Midshipman Augustus Brine - John Singleton Copley, Painter I can never get over the fact that midshipmen were so young.  He looks ready to take on the world. What were you doing with your life when you were 13?

lissbirds:

victum-totus:

Midshipman Augustus Brine - John Singleton Copley, Painter

I can never get over the fact that midshipmen were so young.  He looks ready to take on the world.

What were you doing with your life when you were 13?

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scanzen: Dornier Do X seaplane in New York harbor, 1931. The Dornier Do X seaplane with the registration number D-1929 undertook a demonstration flight from Amsterdam to New York in 1930/31. Passengers board the airplane from a boat which has docked on the starboard small wing.

scanzen:

Dornier Do X seaplane in New York harbor, 1931.

The Dornier Do X seaplane with the registration number D-1929 undertook a demonstration flight from Amsterdam to New York in 1930/31. Passengers board the airplane from a boat which has docked on the starboard small wing.

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deliciousdestruction: fierrodelamuerte: 32ND STREET NAVAL STATION. San Diego, CA c.1940  That is A LOT of ass.

deliciousdestruction:

fierrodelamuerte:

32ND STREET NAVAL STATION. San Diego, CA c.1940

 That is A LOT of ass.

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djgagnon: #ship #sail #history Parts of a Sailing Vessel from: The Observer’s Book of Ships; Frank E Dodman; c.1950; Frederick Warne and Co, London.

djgagnon:

#ship #sail #history

Parts of a Sailing Vessel

from: The Observer’s Book of Ships; Frank E Dodman; c.1950; Frederick Warne and Co, London.

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sailorgil: ” Sailor Swag … Civil War Era “ …..  Sailors, Circa 1860-1865

sailorgil:

” Sailor Swag … Civil War Era “ …..  Sailors, Circa 1860-1865

sailorgil: ” Civil War Sailor & His Pistol “  ….. Portrait, Civil War Era

sailorgil:

” Civil War Sailor & His Pistol “  ….. Portrait, Civil War Era

sailorgil: ” Illumination of the Fleet “  …… Malta, Circa 1902, Library of Congress

sailorgil:

” Illumination of the Fleet “  …… Malta, Circa 1902, Library of Congress

sailorgil: ” Port of Trieste, Italy [1885] “

sailorgil:

” Port of Trieste, Italy [1885] “

strictlynoelefants: American brig in floating dockPort Chalmers 1870s via National Library NZ on The Commons 

strictlynoelefants:

American brig in floating dock
Port Chalmers 1870s
via National Library NZ on The Commons 

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sailorgil: ” Glasgow to Canada “

sailorgil:

” Glasgow to Canada “

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mothgirlwings: The Zep Diner in Downtown Los Angeles, CA - 1931

mothgirlwings:

The Zep Diner in Downtown Los Angeles, CA - 1931

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HMS Blossom (1806) was an 18-gun Cormorant-class sloop-of-war. She was built in 1806 and is best known for the 1825–1828 expedition under Captain Beechey to the Pacific Ocean. She explored as far north as Point Barrow, Alaska, the furthest point into the Arctic any non-Inuit had been at the time. She was finally broken up in 1848. more moewie: HMS Blossom off the Sandwich Islands, 1806

HMS Blossom (1806) was an 18-gun Cormorant-class sloop-of-war. She was built in 1806 and is best known for the 1825–1828 expedition under Captain Beechey to the Pacific Ocean. She explored as far north as Point Barrow, Alaska, the furthest point into the Arctic any non-Inuit had been at the time. She was finally broken up in 1848.

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HMS Blossom off the Sandwich Islands, 1806

USS Vincennes (1826) was a 703-ton Boston-class sloop of war in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1865. During her service, Vincennes patrolled the Pacific, explored the Antarctic, and blockaded the Confederate Gulf coast in the Civil War. Named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Vincennes, she was the first U.S. warship to circumnavigate the globe. Sold, 5 October 1867, at Boston, Massachusetts. moewie: USS Vincennes in Disappointment Bay, Antarctica, during the Wilkes expedition

USS Vincennes (1826) was a 703-ton Boston-class sloop of war in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1865. During her service, Vincennes patrolled the Pacific, explored the Antarctic, and blockaded the Confederate Gulf coast in the Civil War. Named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Vincennes, she was the first U.S. warship to circumnavigate the globe.

Sold, 5 October 1867, at Boston, Massachusetts.

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USS Vincennes in Disappointment Bay, Antarctica, during the Wilkes expedition