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@philchadwick64 @CdrEricson @HiddenHistoryYT I went and saw her in dry dock at Pompey in 1999. Her hull was being sandblasted. I recall she had a distinctive off kilter dent right on the lowest part of her bow where she must have had a big bump.

@HiddenHistoryYT Here she is in Portsmouth in 1999.

HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge, London, 1971. This was Belfast's last voyage before she moored in the Pool of London. It was there converted to a static visitor attraction and is now operated by the Imperial War Museum.

@hw97karbine @FennellJW Until 02/12/74 when CO Hoddinot, signals Admiralty: "The reek of cordite has passed from the Royal Navy's submarine service. Last gun action conducted at 13:30 Zulu. Time to first round: 36 seconds. May the art of submarine gunnery rest in peace, but never be forgotten."

Original color footage of British Royal Navy S-class submarine HMS Solent firing her QF 4-inch Mk XXII deck gun while on patrol in the Pacific circa 1945

@FlMichele69 @CdrEricson @USNavy @NavalInstitute @WarshipsIFR @suzukitaitou @inaina777777 @FORONAVAL @seawaves_mag @r116440 @jmedeiros71 @bulkeley_john Ships tannoy pipe just before shore leave…”Liberty guys to glamorise….fall in behind the after smoke stack.” 😎

Destroyers #USSKing DLG10/DDG41 (1960-1991) Farragut Class 📷 1960-1975 #SubicBay @USNavy 🇺🇸

@Hantsprints Blackwood Class, 1 shaft/propeller. They would roll like a barrel of biscuits in rough seas. 27 knts top speed/about 5,200 miles on full tank. Spent Christmas duty on HMS RUSSELL in the 70’s. Officer of the Day had us picking up litter on the jetty to no doubt impress his wife.

HMS Hardy (F54) Royal Navy Blackwood Class Frigate at sea in 1956 ⚓️

@WarshipCam @defyseguridad I’ve seen ships in better condition on the way to the breakers! However that is a brilliant picture. You can just imagine the individual physical battle each crew-member is going through in those seas.

Italian Navy San Giorgio-class dock landing ship (LPD) ITS San Giusto (L9894) off La Coruña, Spain - February 14, 2026 SRC: X-@defyseguridad

@CcibChris Saw EAGLE towed out of Pompey in 74? She was high in the water as she had been de stored. One of the powerful tugs was ROYSTERER. Yellow smoke bombs were let off in the funnel making it look like she was under power. I next saw her laid up in Guzz in 76. Poor old beauty.

Not Ark Royal! Generally thought to have been a better carrier, but in wrong place at wrong time for F4 upgrade.

@PaulTanton4 @Hantsprints I’m pretty sure the long pole by the SK tail rotor is a stowed flagstaff for when they raise the Union flag on the bow. I might be wrong as I was not a “deck ape” 😄

@oldluminox @Hantsprints Isn't the spare Barrel directly above the S-K's Tail Rotor ?.

HMS Blake (C99) Royal Navy Tiger Class Light Cruiser leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 16/06/1979 ⚓️

@dangerous155a @Hantsprints Agreed! I went on both BLAKE & TIGER alongside each other at Pompey Navy Days probably in 74 or 75? Both ships hot, and with that "warship smell", the machinery, the cables, the shin whacking stepping through bulkhead hatches and always the constant noise of the ventilation fans.

@Hantsprints beautiful ship, loved going on her at Navy Days as she still looked a ship from WWII, apart from her new helicopter deck.

@aviationarchive Tim, Excellent clip of the Arromanches! Regarding the wars in Vietnam.. I can strongly recommend 1} The Last Valley (by Martin Windrow) 2} Vietnam (by Max Hastings) and 3} A Bright Shining Lie (by Neil Sheehan) big big BIG books but worth it!

In 1946 the British loaned the French Navy an aircraft carrier, Arromanches, and a key aspect of its operations was the use of surplus U.S. Hellcats and Helldivers. This is HD colored footage of the ship in 1949, during the Indochina war (a precursor to the Vietnam War).🫡

@CcibChris Imagine looking at that great picture now frozen in time. Each of those beautiful ships, machinery screaming hot vibrations in the throbbing heat. The smell of the oil, the fuel and exhaust fumes mixed with the galley food smells...and the NOISE

Exercise SHOWPIECE in the South China Sea. This photo is taken from the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Eagle in the foreground. The three carriers astern of her are, from forward to rear, HMS Bulwark, HMAS Melbourne and HMS Victorious. credit I love Warships

@Spartanblue67 That’s HMS ILLUSTRIOUS pennant number R06. Can see the 3 holy trumpets on the forward funnel.

Can't believe it's 16yrs ago that I took the boys to the Pier Head for a look around the RN carrier that was visiting. Can't remember if it was HMS Ark Royal or HMS Illustrious though ?

@AWenham1 @yachtworld @visitportsmouth Nice picture!

Little wind but great weather this past weekend @yachtworld @visitportsmouth

@Br1t2000 @CcibChris I was there too! Blinking HMAS MELBOURNE!! she steamed into Pompey a few days before the fleet moved out to Spithead. I was in a "painting the side party” on a floating pontoon alongside my ship. Her bow wash & wave had us dancing & tottering to save our pots of Pussers grey!

@CcibChris I was there - fantastic!! Remember Seeing HMAS Melbourne with her A4s and Sea Kings too -was a great sight..

Nearly 50 years ago. I doubt we will ever have this powerful defence capability ever again. We flew an E ii R formation flyby with our Phantoms and Buccaneers

@Hantsprints The main passage way in RN ships is/was “The Burma Road”. In some County, or City named ships a Main Street name was sometimes apparently used. Does anyone remember what any of these County class ships used?

HMS Devonshire (D02) Royal Navy County Class Destroyer, Hong Kong 1967 ⚓️🇭🇰

@sarlisam @wideawake_media Mole on Starmer's left cheek not there in Good Morning Britain interview in Jan 2021?

@wideawake_media What can you see on the photo that's not in the film?

Remember when Keir Starmer wanted to pass emergency legislation to "deal with" people reluctant to take the experimental mRNA injections? "We have to deal with the anti-vax campaigns, because they will cost lives." "And if we need to pass emergency legislation to deal with them, I'll be quite prepared to work with the government on that... And the sooner we do that, frankly, the better."

@Bert_Plumswang Poem “Waiting for the Gunlayer” by Fred Bunting. Verse II. “I thought we’d roll over when we surfaced last night.Staggering beam on to the sea.With the diesels pounding.And the Mistral blowing.Gosport’s where I’d rather be."

British submarine HMS Tribune in 1942, with Engineer W Allen starting the starboard engine. Look at those beautiful, well-kept brass dials 😍

@HiddenHistoryYT Many thanks for posting this! So interesting, sad to view but such amazing naval history was recorded there. 👍

1962: Britain's "Scrap Iron Armada" | Tonight | BBC Archive

@simonharley 1903 by the way!

@simonharley VICTORY was accidentally rammed when afloat in Portsmouth on 23/10/03. NEPTUNE was under tow when cables connecting her broke in a storm. Winds &strong tide pushed the ship back into the harbour itself. Then striking VICTORY on her Port side on the Orlop Deck with its bow ram.

H.M.S. Victory looking fine before the Great War, restoration and docking. #history