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East Africans rescued from the slave trade aboard the British HMS Daphne, off the coast of Zanzibar, 1868

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1673511/east-africans-rescued-from-the-slave-trade-aboard-the-british-hms-daphne-off-the-coast

✊ Rob | Socialist Unity Now Jul 20, 2025

#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #Starvation #KeirStarmer #WarCriminal The #RAF #BritishArmy #BritishNavy are #terrorist organisations. Join them and you're a filthy genocide enabler!

Cpaphil May 29, 2025

Militaria - War 1914 1915 - Turret of English Superdreadnought parts of 306 accouplees CPA

https://www.cpaphil.com/en/categories/war-1914-18/pages/111

#VintagePostcard #CPA #Militaria #WW1Postcard #GreatWar #1914_1915 #Superdreadnought #NavalHistory #BritishNavy #WarshipPostcard #TurretGuns #NavalArtillery

Cpaphil May 29, 2025

Militaria - War 1914 1915 - Turret of English Superdreadnought parts of 306 accouplees CPA www.cpaphil.com/en/c... #VintagePostcard #CPA #Militaria #WW1Postcard #GreatWar #1914_1915 #Superdreadnought #NavalHistory #BritishNavy #WarshipPostcard #TurretGuns #NavalArtillery

Cpaphil May 29, 2025

Militaria - War 1914 1915 - Turret of English Superdreadnought parts of 306 accouplees CPA

https://www.cpaphil.com/en/categories/war-1914-18/pages/111

#VintagePostcard #CPA #Militaria #WW1Postcard #GreatWar #1914_1915 #Superdreadnought #NavalHistory #BritishNavy #WarshipPostcard #TurretGuns #NavalArtillery

N-gated Hacker News Mar 7, 2025

🔥⚡ Ah, the British Navy: masters of the seas, but apparently not of basic electrical safety. Who needs a lightning rod when you can just keep getting fried like fish and chips? 🍟🚢
https://spectrum.ieee.org/lightning-rod-2671217505 #BritishNavy #ElectricalSafety #SeaMasters #LightningRod #FriedFish #Chips #HackerNews #ngated

The British Navy Resisted a Decent Lightning Rod for Decades

<p>Inventors vs. bureaucrats during the age of sail</p>

IEEE Spectrum

Hacker News Mar 7, 2025

The British Navy Resisted a Decent Lightning Rod for Decades — https://spectrum.ieee.org/lightning-rod-2671217505
#HackerNews #BritishNavy #LightningRod #History #Innovation #Resistance

The British Navy Resisted a Decent Lightning Rod for Decades

<p>Inventors vs. bureaucrats during the age of sail</p>

IEEE Spectrum

Aravis Undercroft Dec 11, 2024

New book alert!

I grabbed this mainly for the notes on cannons, but HOOBOY is there a lot to read here. Keep your eyes out for some fresh posts on naval gunnery and sundry as I work thru this beast.

#navalhistory
#pirates
#gunneryisfunnery
#yesthatsatag
#cannons
#britishnavy

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Nonilex Mar 6, 2024

The crew abandoned the ship, the #TrueConfidence, acc/to the #UK #Maritime #Trade Operations, an arm of the #BritishNavy.

“At least 2 innocent sailors have died,” the British Embassy in #Yemen said in a stmnt. “This was the sad but inevitable consequence of the #Houthis recklessly firing #missiles at #international #shipping. They must stop.”

#terrorism #geoplitics #MiddleEast #Houthi #fatalities