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  1. Feb 9

    The Argentine Dreadnought Rivadavia 🇦🇷

    2 replies 5 retweets 77 likes
  2. Feb 9

    Throughout her over 48 years of service, USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) had a mistake in her name on the fantail. The second "K" was flipped and welded upside down. The Kitty Hawk is currently en-route to Brownsville, Texas, for scrapping.

    2 replies 16 retweets 113 likes
  3. Feb 9

    The Chilean Dreadnought Almirante Latorre which had been purchased and borrowed by the Royal Navy serving as HMS Canada at Jutland before being repurchased by Chile 🇨🇱

    3 replies 4 retweets 86 likes
  4. Feb 2

    To mark and Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow, here is the Sea Shadow AKA "Darth Vader's yacht." Built it 1984, the top-secret experimental stealth ship was finally revealed in 1993. The Sea Shadow was scrapped in 2012.

    4 replies 44 retweets 152 likes
  5. Jan 19

    When catapult officers reach the end of their tour aboard a carrier, it is tradition to launch their boots off the flight deck. This "boot shot" was on USS Kitty Hawk in 1970. The Kitty Hawk is currently on her way to the scrapyard after being sold for 1 cent.

    10 replies 99 retweets 438 likes
  6. Feb 2

    HMS Constitution towing HMS Africa off the shoals at Trafalgar three days after the battle

    3 replies 3 retweets 40 likes
  7. Jan 19

    It's and today's star is ⚓

    8 retweets 24 likes
  8. Feb 1

    HMS Dragon,

    . first warship to use the new Northern Ammunition Jetty at Glen Mallan (Loch Long) since being opened. ( made use of it in March 2021 before completed.) Pedestal crane used to unload Sea Viper missiles yesterday. Via
    1 retweet 2 likes
  9. Feb 2

    Last one for now HMS Chatham (1758)

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  10. Feb 2

    The French and British battle lines engaging at the battle of the Chesapeake 5/9/1781

    1 retweet 13 likes
  11. 18 Aug 2021

    HMS Victorious 1941. anyone?

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  12. 26 Feb 2020

    #TheLastShip#USSNathanJames

    1 retweet 1 like
  13. 27 Jun 2018

    On this , a look at several long-serving gun cruisers, the CA-73 USS ST PAUL and CA-148 USS DES MOINES. As long legged as these two U.S. ladies were (WWII - mid 70s), the record goes to the recently decommed Dutch/Peruvian CLM-81 BAP Almirante Grau.

    1 reply 4 retweets 13 likes
  14. Jan 12

    With seven twin 12-inch guns, HMS Agincourt (1913) had the most main battery turrets ever placed on a battleship. The most main battery turrets in the U.S. Navy belonged to the Wyoming-class battleships which each had six twin 12-inch guns.

    3 replies 26 retweets 115 likes
  15. 17 Sep 2019

    HMAS Melbourne sails past the iconic 12 Apostles, Victoria. 📸: ABIS Bonny Gassner

    3 replies 12 retweets 51 likes
  16. 25 Mar 2020

    Here's a bit of D821 Greyhound at the Gcr diesel gala last year about to run round

    3 retweets 25 likes
  17. 23 May 2020
    Replying to and

    This large model of IJN is by Mr. Loran Zimpfer of Anna, Ohio. He spent 2700 hours working on it. It’s a staggering 9’ 8” long compared to the 863 feet length of the original. It’s on CV Yorktown , , .

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  18. Feb 9

    Brazilian Dreadnought São Paulo on trials in 1910 🇧🇷

    1 retweet 26 likes
  19. 18 Nov 2020

    The Anzac class frigate was a cooperation between the RAN and RNZN. With a length of 118 meters and a beam of 14, it fell short of the size of a destroyer, but packed a similar punch and speed, hitting 27 knots or 50 km/h and sporting a 5 inch gun.

    2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
  20. 1 Dec 2020

    🇧🇭 Royal Bahrain Naval Force Frigate RBNS Sabha at Mina Salman Naval Base, with three USN Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships in the background.

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