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@clayton988 @GilesMacDonogh @nickfshort @TheOnionGod @PortofSeattle That’s not my boat. This is my boat.
@BartFunnekotter @Jorislodewijk Zeker, bijna net zo goed. Ook het leven van een marineofficier meerdere delen. Allemaal in een ruk uitgelezen.
On this day in 1667, the Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy. Sorry neighbors...
The abstract patterns in dazzle camouflage inspired artists including Picasso. Paintings of Edward Wadsworth, Burnell Poole and Arthur Lismer.
On this day in 1692 the Battle of Barfleur was fought. The battle itself between a Anglo-Dutch and a French fleet was undecided, but when the French could not find a safe haven afterwards, it lost 15 ships in the actions of Cherbourg and La Hogue. @kon_marine
On this night in 1941 Polish destroyer Piorun was the first Allied naval vessel to locate the German battleship Bismarck, and drew its deadly fire while other units of the Royal Navy task force caught up to sink it.🇵🇱 #WW2 (painting by Adam Werka)
On this day in 1603 a Spanish fleet of galleys was defeated by the Dutch under command of admiral Joost de Moor during the Battle of Sluis. It was the only time during the Eighty Years’ War that both sides used galleys. Thank God we still have the paintings.🇳🇱
On this day in 1602 the Dutch East India Company is established. The trade company was not only a commercial enterprise but also an instrument of war in the Dutch Republic's revolutionary global war against Spain. The VOC became the world's first formally listed public company.