Writing her friend (German marine) c. 1940 Photographer unknown

thegildedcentury:

Weird Tales, January, 1945

friends dressed as sailors - 1908

thingsihappentolike:

Union Jack from the National Maritime Museum

mudwerks:

Ren Wicks (by oldcarguy41)

This was in an ad for Catalina Swimwear.

Scapa Flow; 25 or 31 December, 1939

-HMS Dunedin across the world

HMS Dunedin was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was launched from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 13 September 1919. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.

In 1931, she provided assistance to the town of Napier, New Zealand, after the strong Hawkes Bay earthquake, in a task force with HMS Veronica and HMS Diomede. Sunk 24 November, 1941 by U-124

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dandylionseeds:

here’s my grandpa from my dad’s side during wwii

he was in the navy!

(via greatestgeneration)

Life During Wartime

teenvibes:

A sailor and his date enjoying day in Central Park while he is on shore leave, 1943.

(via thewidowflannigan)

(Source: thingsihappentolike)

thegildedcentury:

Life magazine, August 21, 1944

sailorgil:

Shanghai Liberty

legrandcirque:

American sailors on shore leave sitting in a pedicab while their buddy tries to take their picture. Photograph by George Lacks. Shanghai, China, December 1945.

Francois Morosini dit le Péloponésiaque, capitaine général des flottes de Venise.

D’après une gravure du temps. XVIIe siècle, costumes militaires, marine, Italie

Hellenistic super-galley c. 1810

—Tableau historique des costumes, des moeurs et des usages des principeaux peuples de l’antiquité et du moyen age

Wonders: Images of the Ancient World

vintage postcard: The Docks, Cramp’s Shipyards, Philadelphia, Pa. (1907-1908)

vintage postcard: Scrubbing Down (1907-1908)