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Niezły miks. Samolot z lotniskowca USS Saratoga sfotografował krążownik liniowy HMS Renown, pancernik HMS Valiant oraz FFS Richelieu, 12 Maja 1944, Brytyjska Flota Wschodnia, Ocean Indyjski. 📷80-G-385067

1 June 1940 // Destroyer HMS Havant was scuttled by HMS Saltash after suffering heavy damage from German bombing while evacuating troops from Dunkirk. Eight of her crew and 25 soldiers were killed in the air attacks. (Image Imperial War Museums FL 10170) #RoyalNavy #WW2

The strange looking HMS Rodney was one of the two giant Nelson-class battleships which defined the Royal Navy of the Interwar Period. Let's take a look at this vessel and her design 🧵👇

HMS King George V approaching USS Missouri (BB 63) off Japan on August 11, 1945 VADM Rawling, CTF 37, and staff will be transferred to Halsey’s flagship to discuss the surrendor rumors and potential occupation of Japan. McCain, Carney, Badger, the Dirty Tricks Club & more

THIS DAY in 1954, Alan Turing took his own life. Helped to win WWII. Saved 100s of 1000s of lives. Created the first Electronic Computer. A True Genius of his time. Driven to desperate measures by a Society that didn't understand a different sexuality.

Mówisz masz. Pancernik HMS Anson (KGV) podczas prób na Morzu Północnym, czerwiec 1942. Nabiera dziobem tyle wody, że raczej się nie zapali😎 📷IWM (A 10149)

The wreck of HMS Mohawk photograped from the air in the days following the battle of the Tarigo convoy. Soon after, the Regia Marina launched a special operation aimed at retrieving secret documents on board the wreck. Check the whole story: youtu.be/WyilC7WzMCQ?si…

Minesweeper USS Tide with her back broken and sinking after triggering a magnetic mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944.

When ADM John S. McCain Sr. stayed with ADM William Halsey at Naval Base Noumea, Halsey swiped McCain's false teeth off a bureau as they were preparing to fly to Guadalcanal. With a plane waiting, Halsey watched as McCain frantically looked for his teeth. Halsey rushed McCain and

Yorktown sinking, showing starboard bilge above the water, 7 Jun 1942

三式弾の射撃実験 昭和17年6月4日に実施された記録です。 36.5㌢砲から撃ち出された同砲弾は直径約300mの範囲を焼いたとされています。 この砲弾の対空戦闘での効果について、マリアナ沖海戦での「長門」艦長兄部 勇次少将は回想録「統率の妙」文中にて "「長門」は「隼鷹」を護衛していた。(続)

June 7th 1982: MV Astronomer leaves Devonport for the Falklands. In just six days, she has been converted into a helicopter carrier; fitted with a leased US ARAPAHO containerised aircraft handling system, RAS equipment, additional accommodation and comms equipment... 1/2

8 June 1940 // Destroyers HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent were sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau while defending aircraft carrier HMS Glorious. From over 300 men in the two destroyers just one man from each ship survived. (Images Imperial War Museums: Acasta Q 104287, Ardent FL 871) #RoyalNavy #WW2

VP-40 Martin SP-5B Marlin flying boat winched on board Currituck-class seaplane tender USS Salisbury Sound for maintenance in Cam Ranh Bay in June 1966 during Operation Market Time

In case you were curious to see what the difference looks like between shell splashes from a 203mm shell weighing 126kg and a 460mm shell weighing 1,460kg, here you go. A Japanese cruiser and the battleship Yamato firing the light carrier USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73)

Lori Hill trained to become a Kiowa Warrior helicopter pilot, rising to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3. In 2006, while deployed in Iraq, Lori received an urgent call to support ground troops pinned down under heavy enemy fire. Without hesitation, Hill maneuvered her

Lewis gun teams of the 7th Heavy Battery Royal Australian Artillery in action during the Great Emu War in 1932

Cruisers CA #KMSAdmiralHipper (1939-1945) Admiral Hipper Class 📷 #WW2 1941 #Brest #France Deutsche Marine 🇩🇪