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A view of life below deck in a warship, by George Cruikshank

The verse at the bottom reads
“A cavern lies, unknown to cheering day
Where one small taper lends a feeble ray
Where wild disorder holds her wanton reign
And careless mortals frolic in her train.”

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2021-09-07

The Rendezvous by British marine artist Geoffrey Huband. He did most of the cover art for Douglas Reeman’s books

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2021-08-19

In 1815 frigate turned troopship HMS Penelope was wrecked on the coast. It became notorious for the breakdown in discipline of her crew, albeit in atrocious circumstances. Click: https://t.co/r4oAsIVGNk

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2021-08-08

A French privateer, originally built as a polacca, was to serve under the flags of four nations in just 8 years. She fought her most remarkable action as the brig-of-war HMS Transfer in 1799. Click: https://t.co/1GIwnPpAOw

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2021-07-24

In Operation Catapult, the Valiant and the Resolution begin firing on the Mers-el-Kébir following the firing of the Hood, the flagship of Force H under Admiral Somerville.

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2021-07-17

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2021-06-09

RT : HMS Rattler of 1843, steam sloop: What links a tug-of-war between two 100 veterans of Trafalgar, one of the first joint British-American naval operations and 36 Chinese Pirate junks? https://t.co/2cKwz9rKB2

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2021-05-11

Welcome to my new short story which tells the story of Paul van Daan's early days in the navy. As always, it's free so please share as much as you like.

https://t.co/PqFzQmoBwc

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2021-05-11

1795: Without other support, “Carronade crazy” Captain Henry Trollope in HMS Glatton fought a successful action against a powerful French squadron of six large frigates, a brig, and a cutter off the Dutch coast. Click: https://t.co/M4ZWn3rWsr

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2021-04-24

18 December 1793 – Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

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2020-12-18

On this day in 1759 - the Battle of Quiberon Bay took place. Fought in a gale, on a lee shore it was the Royal Navy’s most decisive victory before Nelson

Picture is the Battle of Quiberon Bay by Richard Wright

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2020-11-20

Night Suspect by Montague Dawson

An Excise cutter in pursuit of a smuggler – ‘Brandy for the parson, Baccy for the clerk…’

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2020-11-12

USS United States vs HMS Macedonian by Dutch Artist Maarten Platje

One of 6 heavy frigates of the powerful enough to defeat contemporary frigates but fast enough to evade ships of the line, a strategy first tested when she defeated Macedonia in October 1812

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2020-10-26