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
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   • The Ships Cat
   • March 23

2. Ship design and gunnery in England around 1600 according to „Dell’Arcano del Mare” by Robert Dudley

   By Waldemar, yesterday at 11:27 AM
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   • Waldemar
   • 2 hours ago

3. More Dazzle painting

   By bruce d, 10 hours ago
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   • druxey
   • 9 hours ago

4. Carvings

   By grsjax, yesterday at 09:17 PM
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   • Kenchington
   • 23 hours ago

5. What If Lusitania Hit the Titanic’s Iceberg?

   By uss frolick, Thursday at 01:56 PM
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   • Kenchington
   • Thursday at 02:56 PM

6. 1776 Gunboat Restoration - Smithsonian

   By Cast Off, Wednesday at 07:15 PM
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   • Cast Off
   • Wednesday at 07:15 PM

7. 'ON NAVAL TIMBER' PDF; an 1831 book on choosing, cutting and planting wood for the fleet

   By bruce d, August 20
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   • paul ron
   • August 23

8. 18th century slipway revealed

   By druxey, August 12
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   • wefalck
   • August 16

9. Earl of Chatham ex HMS Hind wreck identified

   By druxey, August 7
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   • druxey
   • August 7

10. HMS Falken - little sister of HMS Wasa

    By Nirvana, June 20
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    • Nirvana
    • August 3

11. The "Other" HMS Victory

    By CDR_Ret, August 2
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    • CDR_Ret
    • August 2

12. MV Cuyahoga Laid To Rest

    By Paul Le Wol, July 30
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    • amateur
    • July 31

13. A flag from Trafalgar flown by HMS Spartiate

    By druxey, June 21
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    • ScottRC
    • July 30

14. Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon ship burial - footage of 1939 excavation 1 2

    By Louie da fly, January 19, 2021
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    • CDR_Ret
    • July 23

15. Ship specifications

    By RobbieZ, May 4
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    • Wawona59
    • July 20

16. interesting video on the cutty sark

    By paul ron, March 18
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    • Kevin-the-lubber
    • July 7

17. Video: The 1899 wreck of the S.S. Paris.

    By uss frolick, July 7
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    • uss frolick
    • July 7

18. A video about Naval paint schemes 1775-1815

    By Linus Spjutsberg, July 5
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    • Linus Spjutsberg
    • July 5

19. Mary Rose 1511 — the epitome of the Northern tradition 1 2 3

    By Waldemar, May 14
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    • Waldemar
    • June 28

20. National- and command flags and officiers seniority of the early US Navy

    By Marcus.K., June 8
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    • Force9
    • June 27

21. 1775ish Gun Boat being reconstructed

    By trippwj, June 25
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    • grsjax
    • June 25

22. Ship paintings 1 2 3 4 34

    By Vegaskip, October 17, 2017
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    • Ian B
    • June 25

23. The Margheretta may have been found

    By trippwj, June 11
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    • The Bitter End
    • June 14

24. USS Randolph 1776

    By Waldemar, June 8
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    • Waldemar
    • June 11

25. rigging of the Santìsima Trinidad

    By Kevin, June 7
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    • Kevin
    • June 9

26. Mary Rose – an English ship of the Mediterranean concept

    By Waldemar, October 22, 2022
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    • Waldemar
    • June 3

27. Photos of Rose Mary cannons

    By pacomb, May 24
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    • pacomb
    • June 3

28. Another Gunboat Find

    By tmj, May 30
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    • tmj
    • May 30

29. Joshua Humphreys' Notebook

    By trippwj, May 6, 2015   

    • shipbuilding
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      • frigates
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    • edison490
    • May 28

30. How were ballast stones held firmly in place to prevent them from shifting?

    By tmj, November 28, 2020
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    • sheepsail
    • May 26