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This article introduces a letter written on 30 August 1914 by Stoker Thomas Victor Rayson of HMS Falmouth, offering a rare firsthand account of naval warfare at the outbreak of the First World War.

#WW1 #navyhistory #royalnavy #maritimehistory

Cat Distracts Group Photograph Sailors and Royal Marines of HMS King George V before Zeebrugge Raid of April 1918

Cat Distracts Sailors and Royal Marines on HMS King George V during World War I. #History #WorldWar1 #WW1 #Cat #Caturday #CatsInHistory #FirstWorldWar #RoyalNavy #RoyalNavyHistory #MaritimeHistory #NavyHistory #Photograph

#OTD On Jan 23, 1942, Dutch B-10 bombers damaged and sank Japanese transports off Balikpapan. Early on Jan 24, US Navy destroyers John D. Ford, Parrott, Pope, and Paul Jones attacked the anchored invasion force and sank several more ships
#WWII #pacificwar #history #navyhistory

WRNS Receive Instructions World War I was an all hands on war where large portions of the population helped.

WRNS Receive Instructions during World War I. #WRNS #RoyalNavy #RoyalNavyHistory #WomensHistory #WWI #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #FWW #NavyHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory

USS Sampson during World War I The War at Sea during World War I

Read more about the USS Sampson during World War I #WWI #WorldWarI #USSSampson #USNavyHistory #NavyHistory #MaritimeHistory #History #FirstWorldWar #FWW #PGM #premiereguerremondiale #WaratSea #WW1

#Onthisday in 1939 the German warship Admiral Graf Spee was sunk after the Battle of the River Plate.

Read more on the Navy Records Society's Online Magazine:
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Written by Marcus Faulkner

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The Floating Post Office HMS Imperieuse During World War I

Read more about the Floating Post Office that was the HMS Imperieuse during World War I. #RoyalNavyHistory #NavyHistory #History #MaritimeHistory #FirstWorldWar #FWW #PremierGuerreMondiale #PGM #WWI #WorldWarI

The Golden 13 broke racial barriers in the U.S. military and paved the way for future generations of Black Navy officer corps. Read their story this week on the Love One Another blog.

🔗 indianapolisfaith.org/love-one-another

#loveoneanother #blackhistory #golden13 #navyhistory

Anyone notice something out-of-place in this photo? (It means I can't fudge it and use the image in my upcoming vid on Salerno / Operation Avalance) #NavyHistory #WW2 #RoyalNavy

The Godfrey-Faussett Papers Part 1: HMS Dido Ascension Island to Cape Coast Castle, 1880. – The Navy Records Society This post introduces letters written by Midshipman Bryan Godfrey-Faussett when serving on board HMS Dido in 1880.These extracts from his letters start in the Atlantic at St Helena and Ascension…

Also, discover the NRS online magazine, where John has contributed a 3-part series of articles on the letters written by Midshipman Brian Godfrey-Faussett when serving on board HMS Dido in 1880: buff.ly/8eZyw9Q

#royalnavy #navyhistory #navalhistory #19thcentury #victorian #historybook #publishing

📚 New book by our member: The Dido Papers: the letters of A Victorian Midshipman
by John Johnson-Allen

HMS Dido went to West Africa, South and East Africa, the letters recount Bryan Godfrey Faussett's experiences as a young man between June 1879 - April 1881: buff.ly/vAtRZbs

#newbook #navyhistory

Read about Henry Breault, the first Navy submariner to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. @penandswordbooks.bsky.social‬

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Books – The Navy Records Society The Navy Records Society publishes an annual volume in print and online. Each work presents previously unpublished documents on naval history, edited, introduced and given an analytical commentary by…

⚓ Did you know the Navy Records Society has published over 170 annual volumes in print and online? 📚

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#navyrecords #navalhistory #navyhistory #NRS #history #research #royalnavy #trafalgar #hms #nelson #ww2 #tudor #ww2 #student #academic

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Embark on a covert voyage. The Silent Truth: America's Nuclear Navy Was Born From Espionage. Dive into secret operations and daring innovation that reshaped power at sea. Watch now: https://youtu.be/gN-W6FKP0Fg 🚢🕵️‍♂️⚛️

#Espionage #NavyHistory #ColdWar #HiddenHistory

Hunting The Bismarck Publishing naval history since 1893.

Or listen to the original recording on Soundcloud:
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#Navyrecords #navyhistory #navalhistory #ww2 #ww2history #ww2navy #Bismark #hmshood #NRS #NavyRecordsSociety

A page in a book - title at the top is The Navy List. Beneath this a listing of commissioners of the office of Lord High Admiral. Below this, a listing of the flag officers of his majesty’s fleet.

#NavyHistory Our printed collections include copies of the Navy List like this one from June 1815. The list is an official record of naval officers, their ranks and the ships they were appointed to. The first list was published in 1814. Ref - B 359.30942 #LibraryofBham #NatMuseumRN

Warship could start new life as floating museum on the Clyde A former Royal Navy warship could be set to make a 6000-mile journey from Pakistan to the Clyde to start a new life as a floating museumas part of a…

Could the HMS Ambuscade be the next floating museum on the Clyde? Let's preserve our shipbuilding heritage! #NavyHistory

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The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings: Accounts and Inventories of William Soper, Keeper of the King’s Ships, 1422-1427 – The Navy Records Society A wonderful new online historical resource has just been launched: The Merchant Fleet of Late Medieval and Tudor England, 1400–1580. This database transforms our understanding of the evolution of…

Discover The Navy Records Society's annual volumes online: The Navy of the Lancastrian Kings: Accounts and Inventories of William Soper, Keeper of the King’s Ships, 1422-1427 – Vol 123 (1982), Dr S. Rose buff.ly/xvZsvay

#NavyHistory #RoyalNavy #DutchWars #NavyRecords #Maritime #History

⚓📮 Victory on the Waves: The Battle of Lake Erie 📖🌊

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#PageAndPostage #StampTok #BookTok #Philately #StampCollection #HistoryThroughStamps #WarOf1812 #LakeErie #NavyHistory #PostalHistory #BookPairing

Corrigenda to Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War 1652-54 – The Navy Records Society In 1930 when the Papers on the Dutch War were approaching completion, Mr A.C. Dewar was asked by the Council of the Navy Records Society, to look through the Dutch transcripts with a view to the…

Discover The Navy Records Society's annual volumes online: Corrigenda to Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War 1652-54 – Vol 69 (1932), A.C. Dewar buff.ly/V2rLa26

#NavyHistory #RoyalNavy #DutchWars #NavyRecords #Maritime #History

Chief Works on Program USS Melville Chief works in the printing room

US Navy Chief works on program. #WW1 #WW1history #History #FWW #FirstWorldWar #Navy #Navyhistory #Maritime #MaritimeHistory

'Naval Patronage in the 18th Century: Exploring Obligation and Trust'

Catherine Beck shares how the papers and letters of Admiral John Markham, from the National Maritime Museum, inspired her research for her book. Plus, get 35% off your copy: buff.ly/ICz7X07

#NavyHistory #NavyRecords #NRS

Raye Montague - Wikipedia

#navywomen #womenshistory #navyhistory
More U.S. citizens need to know these parts of our history.
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Read about Henry Breault, the first Navy submariner to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. @penandswordbooks.bsky.social‬

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/nhdeffrz

#navy #militaryhistory #navyhistory

Author Results – The Navy Records Society

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TODAY IN HISTORY: July 29, 1967

One rocket misfired.

One jet exploded.

The USS Forrestal burned—and 134 lives were lost.

This was no enemy strike.

#TodayInHistory #USSForrestal #NavyHistory #Brewminate

USS Mason Commissioning and Pre-Shakedown March and April 1944

Read more about the commissioning of the USS Mason at the link below. #USSMASON #Blackhistory #AfricanAmericanhistory #history #WW2 #WW2History #navyhistory #maritimehistory

Rosenberg chapter on the use of Pearl Harbor in comparison to 9/11 also hit home for me as a millennial. 5/5 highly recommended. #Historical #Memory #NavyHistory #WWIIHistory

USS South Dakota Battleship museum located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This battle ship was built in the 2930's for the US Navy and was first launched on June 7, 1941. It was decommissioned on January 31, 1947 and broken up in 1962. #navyhistory #usa #museum #southdakota

HMS Royal Oak's Cat Mascot There has been a long standing tradition on naval vessels to have both cats and mascots.

Cats in history as ships mascot. #cat #cats #history #navyhistory #navalhistory #worldwar1 #ww1