Le 20 février 1815, la frégate USS Constitution capturait seule les frégates HMS Cyane et HMS Levant au large de Madère. La guerre anglo-américaine (1812-1815) démontra l'efficacité des grandes frégates américaines face aux frégates européennes, plus petites.

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HMS Centaur chasing the Vaillant and Amethyste, January 1760.
British School, 18th century.
NMM, Greenwich, London, Macpherson Collection (ID: BHC0403)

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1694 a fleet of over 200
and merchant ships entered the Straits of under the command of Rear Admiral Francis Wheler in HMS SUSSEX. SUSSEX and 12 other ships were sunk in a storm with only 2 survivors. SUSSEX was carrying over £500Million in gold

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U-Treasure's new Azur Lane rings based on USS Laffey, IJN Amagi, & HMS Sirius will come with acrylic stands of new illustrations for the respective characters

(BTW Amagi & Sirius don't even have oath skins yet, but Laffey's attire here is also different from her oath skin)

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After the new 2022 USSR event, AL JP will have
-HMS Eskimo mini-event rerun on 10-24 March
-USS Baltimore's event Ashen Simulacrum permanent add into War Archives
-Next Operation Siren boss & reward will be Scharnhorst META

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HMS Malayaの擬人化的な
擬人化は難しいねって事を思い知らされましたまる

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HMS Crocodile beached at Prawle Point, by Nicholas Pocock (1740-1821)

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HMS Belfast, is that you???

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1797 a Fleet under Admiral Jervis in HMS VICTORY defeated a Spanish Fleet off Portugal at Cape St Vincent. The battle also featured one Horatio Nelson in HMS CAPTAIN & Cuthbert Collingwood in HMS EXCELLENT. The victory was a success of teamwork

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Enemy Coast by British maritime artist Geoff Hunt

This is from a series of paintings Hunt did celebrating the writing of C.S. Forester. It shows HMS Hotspur patrolling the approaches to Brest from the novel Hornblower and the Hotspur

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10 Feb 1776 The ship America is captured on Cape Fear River by two British ships stationed there with credit going to HMS Cruizer. America held three puncheons (1500 liters) of rum and six thousand bushels of salt. What do you do with a drunken sailor?

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The HMS Pickle! Thanks so much for the inspiration.

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Le 7 février 1813, la frégate française l'Aréthuse, commandée par le capitaine de vaisseau Pierre Bouvet, affronte la frégate anglaise HMS Amelia au large des côtes de Guinée. Les deux navires se séparent après 4h de combat. Peinture de John Christian Schetky (1778-1874).

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It's not Charles Darwin but I think this is a poster to do with the stamps that were issued on 10 Feb 1982. Here's a map of his route on HMS Beagle & it matches the one shown on my wall. I can't find this poster anywhere though.

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Start of the action between HMS Magicienne and La Sibylle, 2 January 1783.
Painting by Robert Dodd, 1784.
NMM, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection (ID: BHC0456)

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