Six 19th Century coins and tokens have been discovered beneath the foremast of HMS Victory.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8p4yqen0go

The discovery connects directly to a long-standing maritime tradition in which coins were placed beneath a ship's mast as a symbolic act.

The newly discovered coins and token, together with the earlier coin discovered beneath Victory's main lower mast, will go on display in the Victory Gallery at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

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Qian Xuesen: The missile genius America lost and China gained (2025)

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/december/missile-genius-america-lost-and-china-gained

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When history is reduced to a single moment of fire and impact, what remains of the men who stood within it? #HistoricalFiction #NavalHistory

https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/broadside-and-boarding-small-scale-action-in-the-age-of-fighting-sail-by-antoine-vanner/

I've heard that in the U.S. Navy since WW2, surface-ship sailors, submariners, naval flyers, and marines have always prepared to go to war against up to three enemies at the same time.

(Those enemies being U.S. marines, naval flyers, submariners, and/or surface-ship sailors).

#navalHistory #jokes #lazySunday

I'm reading Six Frigates and I had *Thoughts* about who should really be called the Father of the U.S. Navy. So running a poll. Share your thoughts. Either comment there re here. Vote. It's all in good fun.

https://ko-fi.com/polls/Father-of-the-U-S-Navy-L4L21Z71W7

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#USNavy
#History
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