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Also weekly video uploads on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heartofoak5153/featured
Tribal-class frigate HMS Zulu conducting RAS.
Source: militaryimages.net (user: zulu1224)
Source: militaryimages.net (user: zulu1224)
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Tribal-class frigate HMS Zulu conducting RAS.
Source: militaryimages.net (user: zulu1224)
Source: militaryimages.net (user: zulu1224)
Quiz time. Can you identify this light cruiser from the Second World War?
October 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Quiz time. Can you identify this light cruiser from the Second World War?
Flower-class corvette HMCS Sackville.
Source: Canadian Naval Memorial Trust
Source: Canadian Naval Memorial Trust
October 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Flower-class corvette HMCS Sackville.
Source: Canadian Naval Memorial Trust
Source: Canadian Naval Memorial Trust
HMS Defender conducting joint military training with the French ship FS Provence, February 2016.
MOD (ID: 45159479)
MOD (ID: 45159479)
October 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
HMS Defender conducting joint military training with the French ship FS Provence, February 2016.
MOD (ID: 45159479)
MOD (ID: 45159479)
Beginning of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748.
Painting by Samuel Scott (1702-1772)
NMM (ID: BHC0373)
Painting by Samuel Scott (1702-1772)
NMM (ID: BHC0373)
October 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Beginning of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748.
Painting by Samuel Scott (1702-1772)
NMM (ID: BHC0373)
Painting by Samuel Scott (1702-1772)
NMM (ID: BHC0373)
The largest and fastest battleship ever built by the navy: HMS Vanguard.
Source: Reddit (user: Freefight)
Source: Reddit (user: Freefight)
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The largest and fastest battleship ever built by the navy: HMS Vanguard.
Source: Reddit (user: Freefight)
Source: Reddit (user: Freefight)
Corsairs and Barracudas ranged on the flight deck of HMS Formidable, off Norway, July 1944. A County-class cruiser is in the background.
Source: Reddit (user: Mattzo12)
Source: Reddit (user: Mattzo12)
September 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Corsairs and Barracudas ranged on the flight deck of HMS Formidable, off Norway, July 1944. A County-class cruiser is in the background.
Source: Reddit (user: Mattzo12)
Source: Reddit (user: Mattzo12)
On this day in 1779: HMS Serapis (Captain Pearson) was taken by USS Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, in the North Sea in Flamborough Head. The Americans transferred her to the French, who commissioned her as a privateer. She was lost off Madagascar in 1781 to a fire.
September 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
On this day in 1779: HMS Serapis (Captain Pearson) was taken by USS Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, in the North Sea in Flamborough Head. The Americans transferred her to the French, who commissioned her as a privateer. She was lost off Madagascar in 1781 to a fire.
HMS Ark Royal (R09) and USS Nimitz (CVN-68) berthed at Norfolk Naval Base in April 1976.
September 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
HMS Ark Royal (R09) and USS Nimitz (CVN-68) berthed at Norfolk Naval Base in April 1976.
A Hawker Sea Hawk landing on the Colossus-class HNLMS Karel Doorman, the former HMS Venerable (in service with the RN between 1945 and 1947).
September 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A Hawker Sea Hawk landing on the Colossus-class HNLMS Karel Doorman, the former HMS Venerable (in service with the RN between 1945 and 1947).
Battle between Citoyenne Française and HMS Iris on 13 May 1793, by Thomas Luny.
September 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Battle between Citoyenne Française and HMS Iris on 13 May 1793, by Thomas Luny.
The newly transferred HMS Campbeltown (right) alongside her sister HMS Castleton.
IWM (ID: A 952)
IWM (ID: A 952)
September 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The newly transferred HMS Campbeltown (right) alongside her sister HMS Castleton.
IWM (ID: A 952)
IWM (ID: A 952)
Shipping in the Downs.
Painting by Charles Martin Powell (1775-1824)
Painting by Charles Martin Powell (1775-1824)
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Shipping in the Downs.
Painting by Charles Martin Powell (1775-1824)
Painting by Charles Martin Powell (1775-1824)
Abdiel class minelayer HMS Apollo alongside the depot ship HMS Tyne.
IWM (ID: HU 129725)
IWM (ID: HU 129725)
September 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Abdiel class minelayer HMS Apollo alongside the depot ship HMS Tyne.
IWM (ID: HU 129725)
IWM (ID: HU 129725)
Frigate HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) departing from Pearl Harbor for the at-sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.
Source: MilitaryLeak.com
Source: MilitaryLeak.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Frigate HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) departing from Pearl Harbor for the at-sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.
Source: MilitaryLeak.com
Source: MilitaryLeak.com
Relief of Gibraltar by Admiral George Rodney, 1780, by Dominic Serres.
September 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Relief of Gibraltar by Admiral George Rodney, 1780, by Dominic Serres.
HMS Prince of Wales in dry dock, Rosyth, 1940.
Source: Reddit (user: frostedcat_74)
Source: Reddit (user: frostedcat_74)
September 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
HMS Prince of Wales in dry dock, Rosyth, 1940.
Source: Reddit (user: frostedcat_74)
Source: Reddit (user: frostedcat_74)
The destroyer HMS Jaguar manoeuvring at sea as seen from on board HMS Kelvin.
IWM (ID: A 880)
IWM (ID: A 880)
September 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The destroyer HMS Jaguar manoeuvring at sea as seen from on board HMS Kelvin.
IWM (ID: A 880)
IWM (ID: A 880)
HMS Brilliant (F90), HMS Broadsword (F88), HMS Sheffield (D80) and HMS Coventry (D118) during Exercise Springtrain in 1982. Tragically, the latter two would meet their end only months later in the Falklands conflict.
Source: Reddit (user: Freefight)
Source: Reddit (user: Freefight)
September 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
HMS Brilliant (F90), HMS Broadsword (F88), HMS Sheffield (D80) and HMS Coventry (D118) during Exercise Springtrain in 1982. Tragically, the latter two would meet their end only months later in the Falklands conflict.
Source: Reddit (user: Freefight)
Source: Reddit (user: Freefight)
A Yacht Becalmed.
Painting by Peter Monamy (1681-1749).
NMM (ID: BHC1013)
Painting by Peter Monamy (1681-1749).
NMM (ID: BHC1013)
September 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A Yacht Becalmed.
Painting by Peter Monamy (1681-1749).
NMM (ID: BHC1013)
Painting by Peter Monamy (1681-1749).
NMM (ID: BHC1013)
HMNZS Achilles photographed from an Allied transport ship off New Zealand in 1942.
September 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
HMNZS Achilles photographed from an Allied transport ship off New Zealand in 1942.
HMS Hood in the Firth of Forth during the 1920s.
Source: Mediumimages (User: DanielKnowles)
Source: Mediumimages (User: DanielKnowles)
September 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
HMS Hood in the Firth of Forth during the 1920s.
Source: Mediumimages (User: DanielKnowles)
Source: Mediumimages (User: DanielKnowles)
Three battlecruisers docked at the mole of Gibraltar. From left to right: HMS Renown, Repulse, and Tiger, c. 1930.
Source: reddit.com (user: dantooine327)
Source: reddit.com (user: dantooine327)
August 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Three battlecruisers docked at the mole of Gibraltar. From left to right: HMS Renown, Repulse, and Tiger, c. 1930.
Source: reddit.com (user: dantooine327)
Source: reddit.com (user: dantooine327)
A batman uses signal bats to guide the landing of a rocket-firing Fairey Swordfish of No 816 Squadron Fleet Air Arm on board HMS Tracker in the North Atlantic.
IWM (ID: A 19718)
IWM (ID: A 19718)
August 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A batman uses signal bats to guide the landing of a rocket-firing Fairey Swordfish of No 816 Squadron Fleet Air Arm on board HMS Tracker in the North Atlantic.
IWM (ID: A 19718)
IWM (ID: A 19718)
County-class guided missile destroyer HMS Glamorgan.
Source: shipspotting.com
Source: shipspotting.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
County-class guided missile destroyer HMS Glamorgan.
Source: shipspotting.com
Source: shipspotting.com