#warships

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The Old Superb by Montague Dawson

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so in an attempt to actually use positive thinking, anytime i fuck up and my brain reacts as if ive cause a minor apocalyptic event, i compare my fuck up to the 4 minute fuck up committed by the crew of the uss william d porter.

and only today, as i was having to explain what happened to my mom when i was explaining the whole comparison thing, did i realise that most people dont know about it and ive decided that needs to change because its objectively hilarious.

...which is a weird thing to say about an event that occured on a warship in 1943, specifically november 14th.

see the uss william d porter was a fletcher-class destroyer but you dont need to know what that means, just that she had guns that went bang bang and that she was escorting another ship, the uss iowa, to cairo.

while they were on their way there, they performed some gun trials like testing the anti-aircraft guns or the torpedos. and while they were running a torpedo drill, the crew of the porter managed to fire a live torpedo straight at the iowa which you know, in terms of a list of things to do while escorting a ship, shooting a torpedo at them is not on that list.

especially if the president of the united states is on board.

yeah so fdr was on board and the gun trials were actually his idea, and part of the trials was that they were conducted under radio silence.

and that means the crew of the porter couldnt just call the iowa to be like "move out the way, we accidentally shot a torpedo at you."

but they did have signal lamps and you know, the signalman on board was trained to signal this exact kind of message.

...and uh never mind, the signalman did manage to successfully tell the iowa that a torpedo was coming toward them but wasnt as successful when it came to the direction the torpedo was coming from.

not all hope is lost though because the signalman could still use the signal lamp to correct his previous mistake and-, never mind, he announced that the porter was reversing, which she wasnt.

yeah so at catastrophic mistake number 3, they broke radio silence to warn the iowa and she managed to turn out of the way just in time which meant no one got hurt. and even though the inquiry into the incident led to chief torpedoman (fantastic job title btw) lawton dawson being sentences to hard labour, fdr intervened and waved away his sentence, saying it was all an accident.

but yeah, so thats my new measure for "how much did i really fuck up?" and when i compared accidentally picking up a pencil case without a tag on it in wilko, turns out it was a very minor fuck-up. yes, the cashier had to ask another worker to grab a duplicate so they could scan the barcode, but i didnt nearly kill the president during wartime via accidental friendly fire

[ltwilliammowett]

Ships of the Line, by Wieslaw Wilk (1954-)

[krumpkin]

The Vasa a Swedish Warship constructed under orders by King Gustavus Adolphus Of Sweden. It Was A Powerful Warship Built In ( 1626 / 1627 )

It set sail on the 10th of Aug - 1628 . It also sunk on the same date only a thousand or so metres into it's journey. Apparently the ship was very top heavy and anything more than a stiff breeze was enough to sink it 🙄. The ship did look impressive though and after recovering it from the harbour in Stockholm they created the Vasa museum to house it. This museum is well worth a visit. 😁

I'll add some pictures along with a video to explain a little more about the history of the ship 😊.

These are pictures of a model of the ship :

Here's some pictures of the ship itself only with slightly less paint on it . Being at the bottom of the ocean tends to do that 🤔.

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

You can watch HISTORY being made! June 8-17, 1957. International Naval Review, Hampton Roads, Virginia

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1840s French navy ships by Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, all from 1844: Sixty-meter Frigate/Frégate de 60, War Schooner/Goëlette de guerre, Corvette, War Brig/Brick de guerre, Steamboat Outfitted for Battle/Bateau à vapeur armé en guerre, and First Class Ship/Vaisseau de 1.er rang.

@ltwilliammowett

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World of Warships kept crashing and then penalizing me for it, so I made these in PixiEditor insted. The 1st is random pixel art, the 2nd is the flag of a self-made faction for a game, and the 3rd is me being a prideful little sinner.

[tcr55]

I think I see a hint of colour on the horizon as Sydney enters another cloudy day.

Does anyone else think it odd that we have warships nestled in Woolloomooloo Bay so close to the city and next to dense housing.

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Warships in the port of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Dutch vintage postcard

[thepersonalwords]

Why have we built warships to bring home peace?

Debasish Mridha

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HMS Trusty in English Harbour, Antigua by Geoff Hunt

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

"Dazzle Camo"

Used in WW1 with great success. Ships couldn't hide from raiders or U boats but when they were seen from a distance it was almost impossible to get their range, speed and heading.

[ltwilliammowett]

Three blue and white Dutch Delft 'ship' tiles, Harlingen, 17th century

[marenabathory]

It will probably not be for a few weeks, but I live in San Diego and have been meaning to go to the Maritime Museum and to see the Star of India and the HMS Surprise. It has been a dream of mine since I was 12 and became OBSESSED with Master and Commander. I will be taking lots of pics, and will be posting them. This day trip isn't just for me; I know a lot of you guys love naval history and would love to get a chance to go see these ships but live far from them. So, if you have any requests for pics and whatnot, shoot me a message and I will make a list for you guys! I will probably be going more than once since I live somewhat nearby. But please, let me know what you would like me to post!

[royllowarch]

HMS Warrior (1860) by Roy Llowarch Via Flickr: A trip over to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 4th of August 2021. Seen here is HMS Warrior. Warrior and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first ocean-going amour plated iron hulled warships in the world. They were built in response to France lunching the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire

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