It says an enormous amount about the Royal Navy in the late Victorian period that they could essentially build HMS "Fuck That One Ship In Particular" as and when required.

just an incredible run by the four cruise ship captains that decided it was time to go

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Great seats!

IJN Aircraft carrier Akagi
Date: April 1942
Location: Indian Ocean
Photo: Akagi Photography Group
Situation:

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Everyone on BlueSky: “Why do we even have a Navy? We should cut the Navy’s funding.”
The Navy: *out sails its antique, underfunded, and wholly insufficient logistics system*
Everyone on BlueSky:

finally, my masterpiece, now on Bluesky

I thought we tried that (indirectly) for a few years?

4 years anniversary of the sinking of the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, the cruiser Moskva

It has been a huge team effort over many years, but the Australian War Memorial's new Anzac Hall is open. This includes "Kandahar Workhorse". It was a great privilege to meet many Chinook veterans & family members, & share their untold stories of bravery & loss, professionalism & humour.

It's my birthday so here's a pic of my favourite ship, USS Chonky Boi.

Between 1916-1917, the big cat battlecruiser HMS Tiger at anchor in Scapa Flow, Scotland.

#tiger #hms #royalnavy #uk #scotland #unitedkingdom #rn #ww1 #worldwar1 #war #navalhistory #history

TOT reader Jay Dickman is a world-renowned, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who grew up in Austin. Jay saw the photo that I posted of ZZ-Top last week and graciously sent in this shot of Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons, which he took in 1972 at the Dallas Convention Center. How great is this?

Diane Morgan will return as Philomena Cunk for a brand new series titled ‘CUNK ON CINEMA’.

Coming soon to BBC and Netflix.

#CunkOnCinema #PhilomenaCunk

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An extract from Scattered Far And Wide on the death of Lt Roy Hale.

The extract, continued.

A quite beautifully written passage from Justin Laborde's book about the USNA Class of 1938, Scattered Far And Wide, memorialising one of the dead of The Battle of the Coral Sea.

#navalhistory

50 years ago today, All the President’s Men arrived in theaters—transforming the Watergate story into one of cinema’s greatest political thrillers.

Our deep dive on the film’s legacy.

⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Crescent (partially illuminated) Moon and Earth facing the Sun. The Sun is just out of frame to the right leaving flares of light reaching out toward the left. NASA/Artemis II/Kevin M. Gill

This might be one of my favorites from Artemis II. A cinematic alignment of the Moon and Earth, each cradled within the warmth of sunbeams.

Taken from behind the Moon on April 6th.

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Mystery Portrait of 'Working Cat Minou' Appears in Pentagon K9 Tribute by Susan Katz Keating The portrait of a military working cat is part of a display honoring police dogs at the Pentagon. The portrait, a dignified portrayal of "Minou," shows the gray tabby wearing ...

“Soldier of Fortune” has got you:

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Destroyer HMS Glowworm crosses the bows of German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper as she presses home her attack on the much more powerful German ship off Norway on 8 April 1940: photograph taken from the Admiral Hipper. Imperial War Museum image: FL 1973. Description: a small warship producing large amounts of black smoke as she moves at high speed with shell splashes around her. In the foreground can be seen the bows of the ship she is attacking, from which the picture is taken.

8 Apr 1940 // Destroyer HMS Glowworm sank off Norway after a valiant and tenacious attack on German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. 109 of her crew were lost. CO Lt Cdr Gerard Broadmead Roope was posthumously awarded the first VC of #WW2 for this action. (IWM FL 1973) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Genesis?

[alt text by NASA] The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

Whoa 🤯

The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

The Conversation (1974) This week's Historians At The Movies watch party

This week's Historians At The Movies watch party #HATM
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First look at the Moon and Earth together!
4 people on the left, 8.3 billion people on the right 🌎

#OTD in 1917, the United States declared war against the German Empire. Naval Aviation consisted of 48 pilots, 239 enlisted men, and 54 planes. By the time the Armistice was signed 19 months later, the force had grown to 6,716 officers, 30,393 enlisted men and 2,107 planes. #WWI #FlyNavy

As seen from Cava Island in Scapa Flow, five interned German warships. From available maps, the ships are as follows from left to right; SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, Cöln, Bremese, Dresden, & Markgraf.

#warships #battleships #cruisers #ww1 #germany #navalhistory #history #worldwar1 #hsf #scapaflow #uk

Zefram Cocrine, Geordi, and Riker are in the cockpit of the Phoenix, about to blast into space listening to SICK BEATS

Star Trek: Enterprise would have been remembered more fondly if the theme song had been "Magic Carpet Ride" instead of the song that sounds like something you'd hear in your dentist's waiting room

Current status.

U.S. military posts in the WWII era.
Original from NARA, digitally restored by erikthehistorian (erik villard)