ltwilliammowett
ltwilliammowett
Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1802, by Geoff Hunt, 2022
#naval
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Watercolour drawings of HMS Erebus and Terror during the Antarctic Expedition of 1839–43 lead by Captain James Clark Ross and Commander Francis Rawdon Moira Croizer, by John Edward Davis (1815-1877), 1839-1843
Davis was Second Master on Commander Crozier’s Terror and a number of his drawings (the first ever of the Antarctic continent) were used by Ross to illustrate his A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions during the years 1839-43 published in two volumes in London in 1847.
cadmusfly
blue--folder
blue--folder
Oldschool vs newschool. 242 years of naval technology difference
vintagegal
vintagegal
Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
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Ships in a Storm on a Delft Tile Panel, by Cornelis Boumeester (Dutch, 1652-1733)
cyberpunkgothic asked:
The Imperial Japanese Navy: we put the "tall" in tall ship.
enriquemzn262 answered:
They realized a battleship’s armor can work as foundations, and so they began to design masts like city buildings in the deconstructivism style.
In a way, they were pioneers of architecture!
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Signet ring of a merchant captain or ship owner, england c. 1500-1600
atomic-operator
atomic-operator
SSN Thresher under construction, photo courtesy of Steve Walsh
Platform plan of Thresher class submarines.