Nautical/Naval History

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1. Naval History On This Day, Any Nation 1 2 3 4 27

   By Kevin, May 2, 2013   

   • Kingfisher
   • 786 replies
   • 151.1k views
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   • Cold_Fire
   • October 21, 2023

2. USS United States reborn

   By dgbot, February 11, 2016
   • 6 replies
   • 1.4k views
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   • Javelin
   • Yesterday at 07:23 AM

3. Steamboats and other rivercraft - general discussion 1 2 3 4 10

   By Cathead, April 30, 2016   

   • Steamboats
   • riverboats
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Steamboats
     • riverboats
     • rivers
     • sternwheelers
     • paddlewheelers
   • 277 replies
   • 41k views
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   • Cathead
   • Wednesday at 01:43 AM

4. Japanese ships of the Azushi-Momoyama period (1568-1603) and the early Edo period (1603-1700)

   By Scottish Guy, April 25
   • 8 replies
   • 253 views
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   • Scottish Guy
   • Tuesday at 05:38 PM

5. Container Ship Hits and Collapses Fransis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore

   By thibaultron, March 26
   • 13 replies
   • 802 views
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   • Javelin
   • Monday at 04:57 PM

6. The Mary Rose... a bit of obscure history.

   By mtaylor, April 3
   • 1 reply
   • 339 views
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   • Louie da fly
   • April 7

7. Wreck of Bonhomme Richard found off Yorkshire coast. 1 2

   By uss frolick, December 11, 2018
   • 30 replies
   • 3.7k views
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   • Harvey Golden
   • March 31

8. USS BB62 - The Navy's Big Guns Goes to Dry Dock

   By CraigVT, March 27   

   • Battleship
   • dry dock
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Battleship
     • dry dock
     • New Jersey
   • 0 replies
   • 106 views
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   • CraigVT
   • March 27

9. RMS Olympic's piano

   By uss frolick, March 26
   • 0 replies
   • 99 views
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   • uss frolick
   • March 26

10. Reconstruction of La Belle Documentary

    By thibaultron, March 25
    • 0 replies
    • 141 views
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    • thibaultron
    • March 25

11. A time traveler?

    By Martes, March 18   

    • Bermuda schooner
    • 20 replies
    • 945 views
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    • georgeband
    • March 24

12. Warship identified off Florida coast 3 centuries after it sank

    By Gregory, March 15
    • 5 replies
    • 356 views
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    • Nirvana
    • March 17

13. Did 18th and 19th century ships have flat weatherdecks?

    By Rushdie, March 2
    • 13 replies
    • 397 views
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    • Jim in KC
    • March 16

14. Scrapped Submarine

    By Steve20, May 11, 2023
    • 8 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • SteveAWenham
    • March 15

15. Brig USS Enterprise 1799 info gathering 1 2 3 4 6

    By CharlieZardoz, August 14, 2015   

    • Enterprise
    • 165 replies
    • 55.7k views
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    • CharlieZardoz
    • March 15

16. Informative video about 18th Century Sailing Battleships

    By Peanut6, April 13, 2023
    • 4 replies
    • 494 views
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    • DaveBaxt
    • March 12

17. SS Klondike 1 2

    By Ian_Grant, November 4, 2023   

    • river steamer
    • stern paddlewheeler
    • 45 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • 64Pacific
    • March 7

18. The Ethel & the Ferret - a Tale of Two Ships

    By Jim Lad, December 1, 2018
    • 6 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • Louie da fly
    • February 29

19. Amazon Prime Series Victory at Sea

    By Guyuti, February 27
    • 8 replies
    • 369 views
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    • Gregory
    • February 27

20. USS Texas (BB-35) - in drydock

    By Kevin, September 2, 2022
    • 22 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • gsdpic
    • February 26

21. Orkney Shipwreck washed ashore

    By Morgan, February 21
    • 6 replies
    • 417 views
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    • Tony Hunt
    • February 23

22. Naming of British Motor Torpedo Boats WW2

    By Amanda G, February 15
    • 5 replies
    • 253 views
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    • bruce d
    • February 16

23. Mysterious shipwreck washes up on Canadian coast

    By Kevin, January 30
    • 8 replies
    • 509 views
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    • realworkingsailor
    • February 7

24. USS Iowa (BB-61): The mystery of "Measure 32" late 1944. Can somebody solve it?

    By JackSix, February 5
    • 2 replies
    • 302 views
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    • alross2
    • February 5

25. USS Iowa BB-61: Anybody knows the structure midship?

    By JackSix, January 31
    • 10 replies
    • 440 views
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    • JackSix
    • February 5

26. Ship paintings 1 2 3 4 34

    By Vegaskip, October 17, 2017
    • 996 replies
    • 147.3k views
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    • TBlack
    • January 31

27. American sailing warships with no plans or records 1 2 3 4 14

    By CharlieZardoz, June 3, 2015   

    • John Adams
    • Alliance
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • John Adams
      • Alliance
      • General Greene
      • Enterprise
      • Congress
    • 399 replies
    • 75.9k views
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    • uss frolick
    • January 18

28. Admiral Nelson

    By Roger Pellett, January 17
    • 5 replies
    • 358 views
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    • bruce d
    • January 17

29. Amundsen’s Gjoa Engine

    By Srodbro, January 13
    • 3 replies
    • 277 views
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    • Roger Pellett
    • January 15

30. Looking for plans or possible models of Magellan's ships. 1 2

    By J11, November 13, 2020   

    • Magellan Ships Plans
    • 57 replies
    • 7.8k views
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    • CharlieZardoz
    • January 13