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So capacity was there maybe, but materials seem to have been a serious issue.

Thoughts?

Number of health warnings apply - this is German wishful thinking, Italian wishful thinking might have differed.

#navalhistory #maritimehistory
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
East India Company, 4./14. Feb 1626

Kapitän John Pennington an den Herzog von Buckingham:
Ankunft zweier Schiffe der Ostindien-Kompanie, der „Fleming“ in Plymouth und der „Star of London“ in Dartmouth, beide mit persischen Botschaftern an Bord.

aus:
www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-pa...
East Indies: February 1626 | British History Online
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Persia, Volume 6, 1625-1629. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1884.
www.british-history.ac.uk
February 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Lt. Hemingway and his crew never found out. Nine days later they ended their patrol under the depth charges of RTp Circe and HM/Sub P.38 was lost with all hands. #navalhistory #maritimehistory
Sinking of HM Submarine P.38 – 23 February 1942
Background This is only indirectly related to Operation CRUSADER, but of interest nevertheless because it shows the increasing sophistication of Italian escort vessels which happened around the tim…
rommelsriposte.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:35 PM
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
By late 1942 most Italian units had been equipped with the German kit and many captains had gone through the Kriegsmarine ASW school at Gotenhafen. @ima-naval-history.bsky.social a good book on the subject is this: rommelsriposte.com/2019/08/14/d... #navalhistory #maritimehistory
David Greentree: British Submarine vs. Italian Torpedo Boat (Osprey Duel 74)
Four Stars out of Five – Buy Torpdiniera Sagittario – a Spica-class, Perseo-sub class torpedo boat equipped with German ASDIC from early 1942. On 8 February 1942 she detected and rammed…
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February 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Brand new book on seafaring women in #maritimehistory
👇
My new book has arrived already. On sale from Thurs 19 Feb.
You may want to help charity by ordering it it via the Marine Society: lnkd.in/eR8_Nr9D. 😊
February 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
🚢 In her latest history column, Kelley House Museum curator Averee McNear writes about the 1850 shipwreck of the Frolic — and how it helped launch Mendocino’s redwood lumber industry.

mendovoice.com/2026/02/when...

#MendocinoCounty #AmericanHistory #MaritimeHistory
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The semester has just wrapped up, so all that’s left is grading the exams. One of the assignments was to translate and analyse a text on the modernisation of the Ottoman fleet in the late 18th c. I’ve actually received some lovely feedback saying it was a really interesting piece.😊

#maritimehistory
February 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Individual fates within #maritimehistory
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North Sea Friday Folk #5 — lives shaped by the shallow sea on our doorstep

Today it’s the turn of Shetland knitter Betty Mouat, who in Jan 1886 found herself alone and adrift in a North Sea storm on the Columbine, after its captain was washed overboard

1/3

🖼️ The Graphic 13.3.1886
February 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
HMS Warspite aground in Prussia Cove, Cornwall, circa May 1947 on her way to be scrapped www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #maritimehistory #navalhistory #battleship #HMSWarspite #RoyalNavy
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Ten monitors of the Passaic-class, which John Ericsson designed, were built during the American Civil War. Eight survived the war while two, one of which was struck by a torpedo, were lost at Charleston. #AmericanCivilWar #MaritimeHistory
mattsmodelboats.substack.com/p/monitors-o...
Monitors of the Passaic-class.
Ten Passaic-class monitors were built for the United States Navy.
mattsmodelboats.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 AM
A historical narrative on the connected history of piracy and slave trade:

Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton @drangelasutton.bsky.social (Prometheus, 2023)

#maritimehistory #booksky
February 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Thomas Bowrey's 'Remarks of the Dif[f]erent Coasts & Points on the Nor[th]west Passage Yett Un[k]nown', May 1695.

He notes, among other things, levels and intensity of daylight and darkness in the course of it.

[Beinecke Library, Yale University]

#skystorians #earlymodern
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Maritime History and Culture Seminars 2026📣
📍Online
🗓️February-May 2026

Free talks that cover a range of fascinating subjects, from maritime art and naval strategy to Black History and museum exhibitions.

Find out more 👉 www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/mar...
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Image: The SS YARMOUTH, renamed FREDERICK DOUGLASS, was the Black Star Line’s first ship. From the R. Loren Graham Collection, SSHSA Archives.

#BlackHistoryMonth #MaritimeHistory
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Thanks for sharing, and bumping to the feeds 😊

#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory
February 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
17th century shipwreck uncovered by winter storms
Ancient timbers found on Dorset beach are believed to belong to a historic merchant vessel
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
A new publication on the history of the Swiss diaspora and agricultural colonies in the Russian-dominated Black Sea region in the 19th c. By Elena Simonato.
I have not read it yet. Here is the open access:
www.peterlang.com/document/169...

#maritimehistory
Peter Lang Verlag - Les Suisses de la mer Noire
Ce livre retrace, sous une forme popularisante mais rigoureusement documentée, l’histoire de la diaspora suisse de la mer Noire faisant partie de ...
www.peterlang.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Discover the story behind the Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light near #Munising—one of the tallest steel towers on the Great Lakes. ⚓🏞️
Read more: northernmichiganhistory.com/grand-island...
#NorthernMichiganHistory #GreatLakesLighthouses #LakeSuperior #MaritimeHistory
Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light and Its Legacy | Northern Michigan History
Explore the Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light, a historic lighthouse guiding vessels safely since 1868 in Northern Michigan.
northernmichiganhistory.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Here is a funding opportunity offered by the Honor Frost Foundation for graduate and doctoral studies in maritime archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean.

For more information: honorfrostfoundation.org/grants-offer...

#maritimehistory #maritime #archaeology
Available Scholarships - Honor Frost Foundation
A list of the available scholarships currently available from the Honor Frost Foundation.
honorfrostfoundation.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:23 PM
sehr gut, Lucas! #maritimehistory
Thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded a research scholarship from @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de to continue my work at the German Maritime Museum as Senior Fellow on my new project “Convicts’ Letters” (Calcutta to Australia, 1803) including research trips to the UK and Australia #earlymodern #history
February 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The Brits launched this thing today in 1906 and every big naval power of the time did a collective surprised pikachu face
#hmsdreadnought #maritimehistory
February 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM