⚓The engagement between H.M.S. Phoenix and the French Frigate Didon, 10 August 1805 (1829) ~ Thomas Luny (English, 1759 - 1837)⚓#NavalArt#NavalHistory⚓
This date in 1997 – The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
Nuclear Titans: The Unhinged Soviet Submarines That Terrified the West https://www.bitchute.com/video/7z1Tf1cHluq7 "During the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union stunned the world with two of the most radical submarine designs ever conceived: the Alfa and Typhoon class...See more
How the US sank the worlds largest battleship (WW2) https://old.bitchute.com/video/ARgC45pesBAk/ The story of World War 2 Japanese Super-Battleship Yamato, supposedly unsinkable and designed to take on 10-12 US ships at once!
⚓ Outgunned and Doomed: The Final Battles of HMS Rawalpindi and Jervis Bay (Naval History) ⚓ https://old.bitchute.com/video/NwGGX3KCGaxs/ In the dark early days of WWII, two humble British merchant ships — HMS Rawalpindi and HMS Jervis Bay — were thrust into impossible battles...See more
This date in 1910 – Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.