Smartphone Photographer13h ago
My Word of the Day today is DESQUAMATE. Read the definition at 👉 https://www.pocket-ireland.com/words

Share YOUR words to describe this picture in the comments!

#WordOfTheDay #PocketIreland #Photography #vocabulary #IrishHarbours #MaritimeHistory #RustAndDecay #OldBoats #BoatPhotography
Show threadGerman Historical Institute London3d ago
Ultimately, the lecture makes a case for historicizing what is too often seen as a contemporary phenomenon: the financialization of the climate crisis. Sign up now: www.ghil.ac.uk/event... #climatehistory #climatecrisis #environmentalhistory #climatescience #maritimehistory 6/7
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Destination's Journey5d ago
HMS Naiad British Light Cruiser https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-naiad-british-light-cruiser/ #Cruiser, #HMSNaiad, #LightCruiser, #MaritimeHistory, #NavalHistory, #RoyalNavy, #SecondWorldWar, #Warship, #WorldWarTwo, #WW2, #WWII
Destination's Journey6d ago
Spanish Battleship España https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/spanish-battleship-espana/ #maritimehistory
Spanish Battleship España - Destination's Journey

España was a dreadnought battleship of the Spanish Navy. She ran aground 26 August 1923, during the Rif War while bombarding rebel positions.

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Smartphone PhotographerJun 4
Sunset Bell, Ocean Swell.

https://www.pocket-ireland.com/blog/sunset-bell-ocean-swell

#photography #EastCoastKin #TeamPixel #IrishLandscapes #DublinBay #MaritimeHistory #SunsetLovers #DunLaoghaire #IrelandTravel #SeaBreeze
J. Matt BuchananJun 3

A first order Fresnel lens built in Paris in 1906 for the Sambro Island Lighthouse — the oldest surviving lighthouse in North America, standing since 1758. It guided ships into Halifax Harbour for 60 years, was nearly scrapped in 1966, and was rescued by a curator at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Some things deserve to survive.

#Photography #Lighthouse #Fresnel #NovaScotia #Halifax #MaritimeHistory #History

Destination's JourneyJun 3
Turkish Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Turgut Reis https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/turkish-pre-dreadnought-battleship-turgut-reis/ #Battleship, #FirstWorldWar, #MaritimeHistory, #NavalHistory, #Pre-dreadnought, #Pre-dreadnoughtBattleship, #TurgutReis, #TurkishNavy, #Warship, #WorldWarOne, #WW1
Turkish Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Turgut Reis - Destination's Journey

Photos of the Turkish pre-dreadnought battleship Torgut Reis ex German Brandenburg-class SMS Weissenburg Purchased by Turkey in 1910

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Ancient OriginsJun 3
In 2015, unusually clear water conditions revealed something astonishing beneath Lake Michigan. Hidden on the lake floor were hundreds of shipwrecks, some known, others still unidentified, turning the lake into a window into the past.
#Shipwreck #LakeMichigan #AncientMystery #LostHistory #History #MaritimeHistory #Discovery
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/hundreds-shipwrecks-were-revealed-lake-michigan-water-cleared-002982
Maddy WavesJun 1

🇬🇧 Didn't quite manage to share this on here yesterday, but I wrote a #BlogPost for the 115th anniversary of the launch of #RMSTitanic - and the accident of James Dobbin, a shipyard worker at #HarlandAndWolff who was involved in it.

🇩🇪 Ich hab es gestern nicht mehr geschafft, das hier zu posten, aber ich habe einen Blogpost zum 115. Jubiläum des Stapellaufs der RMS Titanic geschrieben - und dem Unfall von James Dobbin, einem Werftarbeiter von Harland & Wolff, der daran beteiligt war.

#Tumblr (ENG): https://ideas-on-paper.tumblr.com/post/818157270502391808/james-dobbin-the-man-injured-during-titanics

#history #MaritimeHistory #ships #steamships #OceanLiners #maritime #Geschichte #Schiffe #Dampfschiff #Seefahrt #maritim

James Dobbin, the man injured during Titanic's launch

Today, May 31st, 2026, marks the 115th anniversary of RMS Titanic's launch. It was a fine, clear day in Belfast, and at 12:13 pm, Titanic began to move backwards on her slipway, descending into the...

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Destination's JourneyMay 30
HMS Bonaventure British Light Cruiser https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-bonaventure-british-light-cruiser/ #SecondWorldWar, #Cruiser, #HMSBonaventure, #LightCruiser, #MaritimeHistory, #NavalHistory, #RoyalNavy, #Warship, #WorldWarTwo, #WW2, #WWII
HMS Bonaventure British Light Cruiser - Destination's Journey

Photos of the British light cruiser HMS Bonaventure. Commissioned in May 1940. Sunk by the Italian submarine Ambra 31 March 1941 off Crete

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