Chris Sams
@jerijerod14.bsky.social
World War 1 & 2 Naval historian, also likes RAF bombers & the Luftwaffe between 1935-45. Working on Bristol Beauforts & WW1 U-boats.
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HMS Albion under fire from Ottoman batteries off the Dardanelles, 1915.
January 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
HMS Albion under fire from Ottoman batteries off the Dardanelles, 1915.
This week’s feature begins to tell the story of the Naval campaign in the Dardanelles from the closing of the Strait to the deployment of battleships in January-February 1915 and is available to read for free.
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#history #ww1history #navalhistory
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#history #ww1history #navalhistory
Battleships to the Dardanelles
The planning stages
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January 3, 2026 at 9:09 AM
This week’s feature begins to tell the story of the Naval campaign in the Dardanelles from the closing of the Strait to the deployment of battleships in January-February 1915 and is available to read for free.
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/battleship...
#history #ww1history #navalhistory
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#history #ww1history #navalhistory
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HMS Castor one of Twins from Greek Mythology.
She was 4th of that name the original was a Dutch prize which spent one month in RN service before being captured by French.
The 2nd Castor was also captured by French but for 20 days only in 1794 .
Hole is from damage at Jutland
She was 4th of that name the original was a Dutch prize which spent one month in RN service before being captured by French.
The 2nd Castor was also captured by French but for 20 days only in 1794 .
Hole is from damage at Jutland
January 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
HMS Castor one of Twins from Greek Mythology.
She was 4th of that name the original was a Dutch prize which spent one month in RN service before being captured by French.
The 2nd Castor was also captured by French but for 20 days only in 1794 .
Hole is from damage at Jutland
She was 4th of that name the original was a Dutch prize which spent one month in RN service before being captured by French.
The 2nd Castor was also captured by French but for 20 days only in 1794 .
Hole is from damage at Jutland
Reposted by Chris Sams
PERSON OF THE DAY. 1 January 1660. Samuel Pepys began writing a diary, which recorded his daily life for nearly 10 years. It’s a key account of London in 1660s providing an eyewitness account of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the 2nd Dutch War and the Great Fire of London.
January 1, 2026 at 9:25 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 1 January 1660. Samuel Pepys began writing a diary, which recorded his daily life for nearly 10 years. It’s a key account of London in 1660s providing an eyewitness account of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the 2nd Dutch War and the Great Fire of London.
If you enjoyed yesterday’s podcast here are some first hand testimonies from survivors of the sinking of HMS Formidable
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#history #ww1
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#history #ww1
January 1, 2026 at 8:32 AM
If you enjoyed yesterday’s podcast here are some first hand testimonies from survivors of the sinking of HMS Formidable
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#history #ww1
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#history #ww1
So this week’s podcast is out and #otd 1914 a u-boat is stalking a battleship off the south coast. What would follow would see most of the crew of HMS Formidable lost in horrendous weather conditions and fighting for their lives.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
So this week’s podcast is out and #otd 1914 a u-boat is stalking a battleship off the south coast. What would follow would see most of the crew of HMS Formidable lost in horrendous weather conditions and fighting for their lives.
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Also subscribers get first look at the series I’m writing about the naval campaign in the Dardanelles in Jan-March 1915 before the general release so….
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/battleship...
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/battleship...
Battleships to the Dardanelles
The planning stages
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December 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Also subscribers get first look at the series I’m writing about the naval campaign in the Dardanelles in Jan-March 1915 before the general release so….
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/battleship...
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/battleship...
The final part of my undergraduate dissertation on the Collapse of the Luftwaffe is here and this week the Allies are responsible -
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The Collapse of the Luftwaffe was caused by the Allies
Part 3 of my undergraduate FYP
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December 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The final part of my undergraduate dissertation on the Collapse of the Luftwaffe is here and this week the Allies are responsible -
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My morning has been listening to @drachinifel.bsky.social describing the history of the battleship and why it went away - definitely worth a watch (as always!)
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What is a Battleship and Why were they replaced?
YouTube video by Drachinifel
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December 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
My morning has been listening to @drachinifel.bsky.social describing the history of the battleship and why it went away - definitely worth a watch (as always!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=weqj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=weqj...
Reposted by Chris Sams
The hull of the Tsushima Maru has been found.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The hull of the Tsushima Maru has been found.
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This week’s free to read
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Also happy Christmas to everyone who follows me here, there or anywhere 😊
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Also happy Christmas to everyone who follows me here, there or anywhere 😊
Christmas at Chatham
Just a short post to say Happy Christmas to everyone who follows my nonsensical writings and I hope you are having a wonderful time with whatever you are doing and here are a few pictures from the IWM...
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December 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This week’s free to read
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Also happy Christmas to everyone who follows me here, there or anywhere 😊
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Also happy Christmas to everyone who follows me here, there or anywhere 😊
This week’s podcast is on the Caroline affair of 1837 and how the US & Britain almost came to blows over the SS Caroline - also why it is still relevant today with the current US administration’s Caribbean mis-adventures.
#navalhistory #podcast
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#navalhistory #podcast
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December 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This week’s podcast is on the Caroline affair of 1837 and how the US & Britain almost came to blows over the SS Caroline - also why it is still relevant today with the current US administration’s Caribbean mis-adventures.
#navalhistory #podcast
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#navalhistory #podcast
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So if you enjoyed part one of my university dissertation a few weeks ago then…
Here is part 2!
OKW over used the Luftwaffe & didn’t understand the tool at their disposal.
#ww2 #history #luftwaffe
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Here is part 2!
OKW over used the Luftwaffe & didn’t understand the tool at their disposal.
#ww2 #history #luftwaffe
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-collap...
December 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
So if you enjoyed part one of my university dissertation a few weeks ago then…
Here is part 2!
OKW over used the Luftwaffe & didn’t understand the tool at their disposal.
#ww2 #history #luftwaffe
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-collap...
Here is part 2!
OKW over used the Luftwaffe & didn’t understand the tool at their disposal.
#ww2 #history #luftwaffe
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-collap...
Just finished writing Part 3..
I think there will be two more parts and that should cover the Naval campaign in the Dardanelles up to the decission to land troops.
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#ww1 #navalhistory #history
I think there will be two more parts and that should cover the Naval campaign in the Dardanelles up to the decission to land troops.
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
#ww1 #navalhistory #history
December 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Just finished writing Part 3..
I think there will be two more parts and that should cover the Naval campaign in the Dardanelles up to the decission to land troops.
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
#ww1 #navalhistory #history
I think there will be two more parts and that should cover the Naval campaign in the Dardanelles up to the decission to land troops.
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
#ww1 #navalhistory #history
As it is a week to Christmas I thought I should do a Christmas article.
This week’s free to read compares the Christmas of the cruisers SMS Dresden & HMS Kent (the latter hunting the former) off Tierra del Fuego I n December 1914.
#navalhistory #ww1
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This week’s free to read compares the Christmas of the cruisers SMS Dresden & HMS Kent (the latter hunting the former) off Tierra del Fuego I n December 1914.
#navalhistory #ww1
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Two Cruisers, two Chrismases
Christmas 1914 is famous for its Christmas truce on the Western Front but if you head south, as south as you can go, there was a German cruiser, SMS Dresden, hiding in the myriad of islands of Tierra ...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
As it is a week to Christmas I thought I should do a Christmas article.
This week’s free to read compares the Christmas of the cruisers SMS Dresden & HMS Kent (the latter hunting the former) off Tierra del Fuego I n December 1914.
#navalhistory #ww1
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/two-cruise...
This week’s free to read compares the Christmas of the cruisers SMS Dresden & HMS Kent (the latter hunting the former) off Tierra del Fuego I n December 1914.
#navalhistory #ww1
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... and the week after is part 2.
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
... and the week after is part 2.
This week’s podcast is out wherever you get them.
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A Skua patrol gets bounced and wiped out but by whom?
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A Skua patrol gets bounced and wiped out but by whom?
December 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This week’s podcast is out wherever you get them.
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A Skua patrol gets bounced and wiped out but by whom?
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A Skua patrol gets bounced and wiped out but by whom?
One day I will stop confusing HMS Vengeance and Venerable when it coms to the Daradanelles...
Spent an hour sorting out screenshots of a diary for HMS Vengeance's gunnery officer to find the battle date I wanted 19/2/15 only to find "Geneal Quarters" - he was on Venerable...
#Navalhistory #ww1
Spent an hour sorting out screenshots of a diary for HMS Vengeance's gunnery officer to find the battle date I wanted 19/2/15 only to find "Geneal Quarters" - he was on Venerable...
#Navalhistory #ww1
December 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
One day I will stop confusing HMS Vengeance and Venerable when it coms to the Daradanelles...
Spent an hour sorting out screenshots of a diary for HMS Vengeance's gunnery officer to find the battle date I wanted 19/2/15 only to find "Geneal Quarters" - he was on Venerable...
#Navalhistory #ww1
Spent an hour sorting out screenshots of a diary for HMS Vengeance's gunnery officer to find the battle date I wanted 19/2/15 only to find "Geneal Quarters" - he was on Venerable...
#Navalhistory #ww1
First post of 2026 is already written... The opening stages of the Naval assualt on the Dardanelles Straits from 1914 - January 1915, why the Royal Navy were going in, what London was planning, who was planning it and what ships were going...
Out on general release 3 January
#ww1 #navalhistory
Out on general release 3 January
#ww1 #navalhistory
December 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
First post of 2026 is already written... The opening stages of the Naval assualt on the Dardanelles Straits from 1914 - January 1915, why the Royal Navy were going in, what London was planning, who was planning it and what ships were going...
Out on general release 3 January
#ww1 #navalhistory
Out on general release 3 January
#ww1 #navalhistory
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Don’t for get the Cumberland steaming 3000 miles is days to help blockade her in.
December 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Don’t for get the Cumberland steaming 3000 miles is days to help blockade her in.
#otd 1939 the Graf Spee engaged by HMS Ajax, Exeter and HMNZS Achilles off the River Plate.
Critically the Graf Spee also suffered damage which limited her seaworthiness and she was forced to put in to Montevideo for repairs. From that moment on she was doomed.
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
Critically the Graf Spee also suffered damage which limited her seaworthiness and she was forced to put in to Montevideo for repairs. From that moment on she was doomed.
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#otd 1939 the Graf Spee engaged by HMS Ajax, Exeter and HMNZS Achilles off the River Plate.
Critically the Graf Spee also suffered damage which limited her seaworthiness and she was forced to put in to Montevideo for repairs. From that moment on she was doomed.
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
Critically the Graf Spee also suffered damage which limited her seaworthiness and she was forced to put in to Montevideo for repairs. From that moment on she was doomed.
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
Also subscribers can see next week’s full article a week early…
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The Collapse of the Luftwaffe was caused by the Heer
Part 2 of my Undergraduate FYP
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December 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Also subscribers can see next week’s full article a week early…
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-collap...
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-collap...
It’s what you’ve been waiting for (probably) but the Force Z article is now free and ready to read 😉
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/catastrophe
#ww2 #navalhistory #forceZ #history
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#ww2 #navalhistory #forceZ #history
Catastrophe
The loss of Prince of Wales and Repulse
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December 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s what you’ve been waiting for (probably) but the Force Z article is now free and ready to read 😉
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/catastrophe
#ww2 #navalhistory #forceZ #history
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/catastrophe
#ww2 #navalhistory #forceZ #history