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Trafalgar: Battle & Aftermath
Paul O'Keeffe in conversation with Peter Moore
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How the #RoyalNavy pushed the #USA into #WW1. Read how Captain “Blinker” Hall’s intelligence department influenced President Wilson’s decision: www.shaunlewis-theauthor.com/post/how-the...
6 Apr 1943 // HM Drifter Golden Gift sank in Oban harbour after being run into by MacBrayne steamer Lochinvar. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
6 Apr 1942 // While on her way from Malta to Gibraltar, destroyer HMS Havock struck a sandbank off Cape Bon, Tunisia, and was wrecked. One man died in the wreck. The survivors were all interned by Vichy forces until they were released after Operation Torch. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
6 Apr 1941 // HM Yacht Torrent hit a mine while on patrol off Falmouth and was sunk with the loss of 19 of her crew. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
6 Apr 1941 // HM Yacht Surf was in the harbour at Piraeus when bombs from a German air raid set several ships on fire. The fires spread to other vessels in the harbour including HMY Surf, which was burnt out with no loss of life. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
HMS Comorin being abandoned after catching fire in the North Atlantic on 6 April 1941, viewed from the British Destroyer HMS Lincoln. Public domain image, Australian War Memorial: P06165.018. Description: a side view of the forward part of a large ship with smoke pouring from her funnel, a small boat can be seen in the foreground.
HMS Comorin on fire viewed from the British Destroyer HMS Lincoln. Public domain image: Australian War Memorial: P06165.019. Description: a large ship with smoke pouring from her funnel with another ship visible on the right in the distance. In the foreground is the bow of the ship from which the photograph was taken.
6 Apr 1941 // Armed merchant cruiser HMS Comorin (ex P&O) caught fire while with a convoy in the North Atlantic. Despite very bad weather 455 survivors were rescued (20 lives lost). Destroyer HMS Lincoln sank her with gunfire on 7 April. (Australian War Memorial images) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
6 Apr 1917 // HM Trawler Strathrannoch, in use as a minesweeper, blew up and sank after striking a mine off St Abb's Head while sweeping for submarine-laid mines with other trawlers. Rescuers found only debris and an empty boat: there were no survivors from her 13 crew. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Blackwater. Imperial War Museum image: Q 43350. Description: a side view (starboard side) of a small two-funnelled warship moored to a buoy in a harbour. other vessels can be seen in the background, and a coastline with buildings.
6 Apr 1909 // Destroyer HMS Blackwater sank with no loss of life after colliding with merchantman SS Hero as the latter passed through a line of destroyers late at night off Dungeness. The loss was blamed on the negligence of Blackwater's officer of the watch. (IWM Q 43350) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
Lacedemonian tried to make sail but the sloop ran her bowsprit over her deck, swept her with small-arms fire, boarded, and took her after a brief fight. An unimpressed Admiralty severely reprimanded Lacedemonian's commander, Lt Wrench, for his lack of preparedness. [3/3] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
6 Apr 1696 (O.S.) // 4-gun bomb vessel HMS Thunder was captured by two French privateers off the Dutch coast. She was part of a force sent from the Downs to bombard Calais but was caught on her own after becoming separated from the other ships. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
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Sea Harriers way back in 2005.
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5 Apr 1942 // Minesweeper HMS Abingdon was severely damaged by Axis air attacks while awaiting repairs to earlier war damage at Kalkara Creek dock, Malta. She was beached in Bighi Bay and subsequently abandoned as a total loss. Her wreck was broken up in 1950. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Gallant photographed in 1938. Image Imperial War Museum: FL 22249. Description: black and white photograph of a small destroyer at speed in open water, viewed from low on her port bow.
5 Apr 1942 // Destroyer HMS Gallant was rendered a total loss after being damaged by German bombing while under repair at Valletta, Malta. Her hulk was expended as blockship at St Paul's Island off Malta in September 1943. (Imperial War Museum FL 22249) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
5 Apr 1942 // Armed merchant cruiser HMS Hector (formerly Holt & Co passenger/cargo liner SS Hector, requisitioned 1939) was set ablaze and sunk by Japanese aerial bombing while docked at Colombo, Ceylon. Her wreck was refloated and scrapped in 1946. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Tenedos. Imperial War Museum image: FL 19818. Description: a small warship under way at high speed, throwing a very large bow wave and producing a dark cloud of smoke from her funnels.
5 Apr 1942 // Destroyer HMS Tenedos was attacked by Japanese aircraft while under repair in Colombo harbour, Ceylon. She received three direct hits from bombs and one near-miss, and sank with the loss of 33 officers and men. (Imperial War Museum image: FL 19818) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
Royal Navy heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall. Imperial War Museum image: FL 8539. Description: a large three-funnelled warship under way at sea, with the coast visible in the background. Large numbers of men are drawn up in ranks on her deck.
Royal Navy heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire. Imperial War Museum image FL 2120. Description: a large three-funnelled warship at anchor in enclosed water with low hills visible behind and a barrage balloon in the sky overhead.
5 Apr 1942 // Heavy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire were attacked and sunk by Japanese dive-bombers south-west of Ceylon. 424 men from the two ships died and 1122 were rescued. (Imperial War Museum: HMS Cornwall FL 8539, HMS Dorsetshire FL 2120) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
5 Apr 1941 // Mooring vessel HMS Buffalo, based at Singapore, sank after hitting a mine while assisting with the recovery of a RAF aircraft which had crashed close to one of Singapore's defensive minefields. 30 people, including dockyard staff and RAF personnel, were killed. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
5 Apr 1918 // HM Submarines C.27 and C.35, part of a British submarine flotilla in the Baltic, were scuttled at Helsinki. The Royal Navy did not want to leave them to be captured by German forces, which were then advancing, or to fall into the acquisitive hands of the Bolsheviks. #RoyalNavy #WW1
5 Apr 1776 // Bomb vessel HMS Bolton, cruising off Long Island, sighted several ships and, assuming they were British, approached them. Unfortunately they were American, and after a running battle she was forced to surrender to vessels of the new Continental Navy. #RoyalNavy
5 Apr 1761 // Cutter HMS Speedwell was captured off Vigo by three French vessels after a chase. Faced with an enemy of overwhelming force, Speedwell surrendered to the 64-gun Achille, the first of the French ships to overhaul her and come alongside. #RoyalNavy
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⚓️ Even if Trafalgar was lost, Britain had another fleet ready. @zwhitehistory.bsky.social of @napwarspod.bsky.social explains the forgotten naval reality on History Rage 🚢
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Battle for the Taiwan Strait 2033. Speculative military fiction right out of today’s news. Paperback & Kindle available Amazon. 4 stars.
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4 Apr 1942 // Oiler RFA Plumleaf was bombed and sunk at Parlatario Wharf, Grand Harbour, Malta. She had already been damaged in an air raid on 26 March, and after sinking on 4 April she was declared a total loss. The wreck was scrapped in 1947. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
4 Apr 1941 // Auxiliary merchant cruiser HMS Voltaire was sunk by German auxiliary merchant cruiser Thor after a fierce battle midway between the Cape Verde Islands and Barbados. 72 of Voltaire's crew died and the Thor picked up 197 survivors. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
4 Apr 1918 // HM Drifter J & A, a former Buckie boat in naval service as a patrol vessel, sank after being in a collision with SS Avocet in the North Sea about 150 miles east of Bridlington. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Bittern. Imperial War Museum image: Q 42670. Description: a profile view of the port side of a small warship in harbour, with the shoreline, buildings and other vessels visible in the background.
4 Apr 1918 // Destroyer HMS Bittern was rammed in thick fog by merchantman SS Kenilworth off the Isle of Portland and sank with all 60 crew lost. The enquiry placed the blame on the Kenilworth, which was off course and showing no lights. (Imperial War Museum: Q 42670) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
Royal Navy submarine HMS E.8. Imperial War Museum image: HU 57612. Description: a submarine under way very slowly on the surface, her bows towards the camera, and many men visible on her conning tower and casing.
4 Apr 1918 // HM Submarines E.8 and C.26, part of a British submarine flotilla in the Baltic, were scuttled at Helsinki. The Royal Navy did not want them falling into the hands of either the advancing Germans or the Bolsheviks. (Image: HMS E.8 IWM HU 57612) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
