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RT @AntoineVanner: HMS Southampton’s capture of an enemy warship moored very close inshore & protected by powerful French shore-batteries in 1796 was one of the most spectacular exploits of the Age of Fighting Sail. https://t.co/08u5fcWBGq #RoyalNavy #MaritimeHistory
HMS Queen Charlotte anchored in Cadiz Bay.
Painting by Thomas Buttersworth (1768–1842), 18th century.
Bonhams (lot number: /25337/lot/34/)
1796: HMS Southampton’s capture of a French corvette close inshore & protected by powerful enemy shore-batteries was one of the most spectacular exploits of the Age of Fighting Sail. Click: https://t.co/ieKF8BZEgw #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory #18thcentury #Napoleonic
HMS Warrior off the mouth of the River Tagus.
Painting by Thomas Buttersworth (1768 - 1842), c. 1781-1842.
NMM, Greenwich, London, Macpherson Collection (ID: BHC3710)
㊗️4月13日は航空母艦 HMS Ark Royal の進水日です!🎊🚢
🥳アークロイヤルさん〜🎉 お誕生日おめでとう〜〜!!🏰🥰🎂🥂💖
#アークロイヤル進水日
#アークロイヤル生誕祭
#4月13日はアークロイヤルの誕生日
#4月13日はアークロイヤルの進水日
#OnThisDay 1782 Admiral Sir George Bridges Rodney in HMS FORMIDABLE with Rear Admiral Hood in HMS BARFLEUR and 36 @RoyalNavy ships inflicted a decisive defeat on the French at the Battle of the Saintes in the West Indies. The French suffered over 8000 lost & wounded & 5 ships
HMS Maria Anna, Earl of Chatham and Achilles (far right) off a coastal town.
Painting by Thomas Luny (1759–1837).
Sotheby's
It's official, the next rerun is 極夜を照らす幻光 otherwise known as Aurora Noctis. Yes, that means Perseus is coming back!
Celebrate HMS fans!
#AzurLane https://t.co/BzdZziTMUP
㊗️4月5日は航空母艦 HMS Illustrious (R87) の進水日です!🎊🚢
🥳イラストリアス〜🎉 お誕生日おめでとう〜〜!!🥰🎂💐🥂💖
#イラストリアス進水日
#イラストリアス生誕祭
#4月5日はイラストリアスの進水日
#4月5日はイラストリアスの誕生日
We are proud to mark #Falklands40 with commemorative #stamps, including a memorial plaque and tree in Le Foulon Cemetery in #Guernsey for Petty Officer Peter Ian Herbert Brouard R.N., who was serving with 815 Naval Air Squadron and died in action aboard HMS Ardent on 21 May 1982
@Tankgorl If ships count my favorite historical ones are the USS Constitution and the Hermione. Just really sleek designs that capture what frigates should be. I also have a lot of attachment to the HMS Surprise bc of the Master and Commander movie. I just love frigates.
On the second voyage of HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin collected thousands of plants, animals, rocks and fossils, including 13 species of fossil mammals. Four of these were species of ground sloth. Find out more about Darwin's ground sloths https://t.co/F1K1TueNRj
Amethyst-class corvette HMS Diamond.
Print by Griffin & Co, 1880.
NMM, Greenwich, London (ID: PAD6261)
HMS 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴, 2nd sister of the 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘝-class Battleships in all her glory.
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 ;𝘸;
Artist: @naichixq in Instagram.
Dress design credits by @pumpkin_paipai (Thanks!)