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3/ Tirpitz was, of course, the second and last ship of the Bismarck-class battleships. These diagrams from https://t.co/PFj252jvh7, etc., show her gentle evolution over time, especially ↖️↗️↙️where we see improvements in AA, radars and camo. ↘️ is similar to ↗️.

2/ USS Monitor fights CSS Virginia: March 9, 1862. My article overlays an original map on Google, compares Virginia's silhouette on Merrimack's profile, shows how and where Merrimack was rebuilt as CSS #Virginia, etc. See https://t.co/Ziwe9HQ880.

#Women #Heroes #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM - May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc / Jeanne d’Arc, age 19, was burned at the stake. From age 17, she led France to victories that turned the tide in the Hundred Years War, was wounded, captured and interrogated. Let's retrace her steps. 1/

2/ I think this diagram of the @MarineNationale's Mistral-class from https://t.co/eNtZrTXeh1 also helps us understand what these vessels look like inside.

Admiral Kuznetsov↖️ is one of many large ships to burn and/or sink in port while NOT in attacked. Others? SS Paris, SS Liberté, SS Normandie↗️, USS Maine↙️, USS Bonhomme Richard, 075 LHD, etc. Let's look at them. Can you think of any others? #ships #disaster #USNavy #RoyalNavy 1/

More from the fabulous Booth Museum!

3/ Olivia de Havilland, Emma Watson, Albert Schweitzer, Gertrude Stein, Maria Callas, Edgar Degas, Alexandre Dumas, Nicolas Sarkozy, JRD Tata, Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde, Jean Alesi, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Napoleon Bonaparte, Max Gallo, Leon Gambetta,

#avgeek #aviation #RoyalNavy #aviationlovers – The remarkable Westland Wyvern naval strike airplane featured contra-rotating propellers and a mighty, behind-the-cockpit 3,200-hp Rolls Royce Eagle engine. This configuration allowed a cut down nose... 1/

4/ Nicknamed "The Last Gunfighter" as the F-8 was the last US fighter with guns as the primary weapon, it had 4 x 20mm cannons below the cockpit. But only 4 victories were attained by the cannons. Most victories were from missiles added (later) to the plane via pylons, etc.