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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This week’s podcast is on a naval accident off Folkestone in 1878…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This week’s podcast is on a naval accident off Folkestone in 1878…
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#navalhistory #podcast
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That was a good day! Lovely weather for it all too!
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
That was a good day! Lovely weather for it all too!
So the first look on the finale of the Java Seas battle is up for the subscribers!
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
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#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
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#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
So the first look on the finale of the Java Seas battle is up for the subscribers!
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
Just finishing up some bits for this week's substack releases... Tomorrow (for the paid subscribers) is the first look at the night action of the Battle of Java Seas (1942) with general release on Saturday...
Podcast is on an early German Navy accident in the Channel and Thursday is on canabalism
Podcast is on an early German Navy accident in the Channel and Thursday is on canabalism
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Just finishing up some bits for this week's substack releases... Tomorrow (for the paid subscribers) is the first look at the night action of the Battle of Java Seas (1942) with general release on Saturday...
Podcast is on an early German Navy accident in the Channel and Thursday is on canabalism
Podcast is on an early German Navy accident in the Channel and Thursday is on canabalism
Another dockyard and a different submarine (Ocelot at Chatham)
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Another dockyard and a different submarine (Ocelot at Chatham)
Dock No.3 has HMS Bombay (built 1828 in Bombay) which was being modified to have a screw propeller fitted in 1861. She would be lost in an explosion off the River Plate in 1864.
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Dock No.3 has HMS Bombay (built 1828 in Bombay) which was being modified to have a screw propeller fitted in 1861. She would be lost in an explosion off the River Plate in 1864.
HMS Achilles under construction in Dock No.2 at Chatham. Achilles was the first ironclad warship to be built in a Royal Dockyard & her construction was immortalised by Dickens.
The dock was also where Victory was built a century before where Cavalier now resides.
The dock was also where Victory was built a century before where Cavalier now resides.
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
HMS Achilles under construction in Dock No.2 at Chatham. Achilles was the first ironclad warship to be built in a Royal Dockyard & her construction was immortalised by Dickens.
The dock was also where Victory was built a century before where Cavalier now resides.
The dock was also where Victory was built a century before where Cavalier now resides.
The battleship Gneisenau (with Scharnhorst behind) taken from the heavy cruiser Hipper during Operation Juno in July 1940.
#navalhistory #ww2
#navalhistory #ww2
November 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The battleship Gneisenau (with Scharnhorst behind) taken from the heavy cruiser Hipper during Operation Juno in July 1940.
#navalhistory #ww2
#navalhistory #ww2
The armoured cruiser Scharnhorst and light cruiser Nürnberg pre World War One - I want to say at Tsingtau
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#Navalhistory
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The armoured cruiser Scharnhorst and light cruiser Nürnberg pre World War One - I want to say at Tsingtau
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#Navalhistory
The Andrea Doria sinking after colliding with the Stockholm - you can see the hole beneath the wing bridge
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Andrea Doria sinking after colliding with the Stockholm - you can see the hole beneath the wing bridge
Was sorting through my photos on my phone and found this one favourited from November 2019.
For context, I had found out my wife was seeing someone else, she had asked for a divorce and timetabled my moving out within 4 weeks beforehand.
I’ve come a long way since then!
For context, I had found out my wife was seeing someone else, she had asked for a divorce and timetabled my moving out within 4 weeks beforehand.
I’ve come a long way since then!
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Was sorting through my photos on my phone and found this one favourited from November 2019.
For context, I had found out my wife was seeing someone else, she had asked for a divorce and timetabled my moving out within 4 weeks beforehand.
I’ve come a long way since then!
For context, I had found out my wife was seeing someone else, she had asked for a divorce and timetabled my moving out within 4 weeks beforehand.
I’ve come a long way since then!
The Prinz Eugen and Scheer firing on Soviet positions in the Baltic in late 1944
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Prinz Eugen and Scheer firing on Soviet positions in the Baltic in late 1944
This week’s Halloween episode for the podcast has dropped - on a U-boat ghost story and sea monsters…
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October 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This week’s Halloween episode for the podcast has dropped - on a U-boat ghost story and sea monsters…
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#history #podcast #navalhistory
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SMS Scharnhorst in the Pacific pre WW1
October 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
SMS Scharnhorst in the Pacific pre WW1
The Dockyard’s anti mine pillbox overlooking the river between dock 2 and 3
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Dockyard’s anti mine pillbox overlooking the river between dock 2 and 3
October 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Dorniers over London
October 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Dorniers over London
Finished my first ghost tour at Chatham Dockyard, taking people around some of the lesser used buildings and telling stories of spooky goings on…
October 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Finished my first ghost tour at Chatham Dockyard, taking people around some of the lesser used buildings and telling stories of spooky goings on…
Also HMS CC1 and CC2 the first two Canadian submarines were acquired
October 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Also HMS CC1 and CC2 the first two Canadian submarines were acquired
I might give it a miss then 😉
October 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I might give it a miss then 😉
The construction of battleships as part of a modern war fleet is, in my opinion, a daft idea and makes no strategic sense.
At the same time though…
At the same time though…
October 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The construction of battleships as part of a modern war fleet is, in my opinion, a daft idea and makes no strategic sense.
At the same time though…
At the same time though…
Born #otd 1863 - Admiral Reinhard Scheer, commander of the Hochseeflotte during the battle of Jutland.
One of Germany’s greatest Admirals
One of Germany’s greatest Admirals
September 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Born #otd 1863 - Admiral Reinhard Scheer, commander of the Hochseeflotte during the battle of Jutland.
One of Germany’s greatest Admirals
One of Germany’s greatest Admirals