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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thingsihappentolike: Union Jack from the National Maritime Museum

thingsihappentolike:

Union Jack from the National Maritime Museum

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

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fierrodelamuerte:

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

 That is A LOT of ass.

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Columbian Naval Review 1893

Columbian Naval Review 1893

sbosma:

A couple of drawings for this month’s feature in Network World Magazine, which was on upcoming industrial trends over the next year (and was also nautically themed). You can check out a couple more drawings from that here.

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thingsihappentolike: annadowdall: August 6, 1914:  first U-boat battle in the Atlantic, WW1 U-118 Following surrender U-118 was to be transferred to France where it would be broken up for scrap. However, in the early hours of 15 April 1919, while it was being towed through the English Channel towards Scapa Flow, its dragging hawser broke off in a storm. The ship ran aground on the beach at Hastings in Sussex at approximately 12:45am, directly in front of the Queens Hotel. Initially there were attempts to displace the stricken vessel; three tractors tried to refloat the submarine and a French destroyer attempted to break the ship apart using its cannons.   These attempts however were unsuccessful and the proximity of the submarine to the public beach and Queens Hotel dissuaded further use of explosive forces. The wreck of the submarine immediately became a popular tourist attraction with thousands of visitors to Hastings that Easter flocking to see the beached vessel. The vessel was put in charge of the local coastguard station and the Admiralty allowed the Town Clerk of Hastings to charge a small fee for people to climb on the deck of the submarine. This continued for two weeks, during which time the town collected almost £300 which helped fund an event to welcome the town’s troops returning from the war. Eventually, between October and December 1919, U-118 was broken up and the pieces removed and sold for scrap. The gun was left in place but later dug up in 1921. It is believed that some of the keel from the submarine may still lie underneath the sand of the beach.

thingsihappentolike:

annadowdall:

August 6, 1914:  first U-boat battle in the Atlantic, WW1

U-118

Following surrender U-118 was to be transferred to France where it would be broken up for scrap. However, in the early hours of 15 April 1919, while it was being towed through the English Channel towards Scapa Flow, its dragging hawser broke off in a storm. The ship ran aground on the beach at Hastings in Sussex at approximately 12:45am, directly in front of the Queens Hotel.

Initially there were attempts to displace the stricken vessel; three tractors tried to refloat the submarine and a French destroyer attempted to break the ship apart using its cannons.   These attempts however were unsuccessful and the proximity of the submarine to the public beach and Queens Hotel dissuaded further use of explosive forces.

The wreck of the submarine immediately became a popular tourist attraction with thousands of visitors to Hastings that Easter flocking to see the beached vessel. The vessel was put in charge of the local coastguard station and the Admiralty allowed the Town Clerk of Hastings to charge a small fee for people to climb on the deck of the submarine. This continued for two weeks, during which time the town collected almost £300 which helped fund an event to welcome the town’s troops returning from the war.

Eventually, between October and December 1919, U-118 was broken up and the pieces removed and sold for scrap. The gun was left in place but later dug up in 1921. It is believed that some of the keel from the submarine may still lie underneath the sand of the beach.

thingsihappentolike: HMS Agincourt (British Broadside Ironclad, 1868) In drydock, showing her bow decorations. From U.S. Naval Historical Center HMS Agincourt was one of three Minotaur class ironclads, the sistership of HMS Minotaur and a near sister to HMS Northumberland. She was a fully rigged ship with a steam engine and an armoured iron hull and was launched in 1865.

thingsihappentolike:

HMS Agincourt (British Broadside Ironclad, 1868) In drydock, showing her bow decorations. From U.S. Naval Historical Center

HMS Agincourt was one of three Minotaur class ironclads, the sistership of HMS Minotaur and a near sister to HMS Northumberland. She was a fully rigged ship with a steam engine and an armoured iron hull and was launched in 1865.

thegildedcentury: Astounding Science Fiction, September, 1942

thegildedcentury:

Astounding Science Fiction, September, 1942