HMS Ramillies was a Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy commissioned into service in 1893.

She became increasingly obsolescent as the all-big-gun concept emerged in the early 1900s. Placed in reserve and eventually paid off, being sold for breaking up in 1913, just as HMS Dreadnought had rendered her entire generation of battleships obsolete. #Navy #battleship #HMSRamillies #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #Predreadnought #RoyalNavy #Ship #warship https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/warships-of-the-british-royal-navy/hms-ramillies-1892-battleship/

HMS Hood was a British Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Sovereign class laid down in 1889 at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 30 June 1891.
On 4 November 1914, early in the First World War, when she was deliberately sunk as a blockship in the southern entrance of Portland Harbour to protect the anchorage from submarine attack. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/warships-of-the-british-royal-navy/hms-hood-1891/ #RoyalNavy #battleship #HMSHood1891 #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #Navy #Predreadnought #Ship #warship
HSwMS Dristigheten was commissioned in 1901 as a coastal defence ship in the Swedish Navy. From 1927 to 1930 she was converted to a seaplane depot ship. Decommissioned in 1947 she was then used as a target ship, finally being sunk in 1960 and scrapped in 1961. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/swedish-navy-coastal-defence-ship-hswms-dristigheten/ #Navy #coastaldefenceship #Dristigheten #HSwMSDristigheten #KungligaFlottan #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #RoyalSwedishNavy #Ship #Svenskamarinen #SwedishNavy #SwedishRoyalNavy #warship

#TIL that the Royal Navy started employing female nurses for land-based service in naval hospitals during the 1880s. They weren't commissioned, but were treated as equivalent to junior officers: they had private "cabins" (rooms), were addressed as "Madam", included beside officers in the published Navy List from 1885 onwards, and male Sick Bay Attendants had to follow their "requests" the same as orders from the surgeon.

They were not allowed to treat "afflictions of the middle third of the body" (sexually-transmitted diseases) in the male sailors, and didn't actually go to sea until 1898.

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So much emotion...
So much possibility...
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In honor of the Artemis II coming home safe, I wrote about the first American in space - the Mercury 3 mission.

Check it out: https://ko-fi.com/post/Picking-Up-the-First-American-in-Space--Mercury-Z8Z81XQ3J0

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Picking Up the First American in Space - Mercury 3

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🚢 THE YAMATO'S FINAL BATTLE

April 7, 1945 — The legendary Japanese battleship Yamato, flagship of the Imperial Navy and the largest warships ever built, sinks in the East China Sea after a suicide mission against American forces near Okinawa. Hit by over 11 torpedoes and 6 bombs, the 72,800-ton behemoth capsizes in a spectacular explosion that killed over 3,000 sailors, marking the end of an era for battleship warfare.

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2/2 - The journey of revenue cutter USRC Thetis has been amended with the years 1905-1906; US West Coast, Bering Sea and Alaskan Waters.
Her journey as revenue cutter now covers 1899 to 1906.

The journey of USS Burton Island has been amended with 1949; Alaskan Waters, Bering Sea.
Her journey now covers 1946 to 1949 and 1955.

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