Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialhush @hush-ndb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026During this time, Akidzuki engaged 2 B-17 bombers and shot down 1, which appears to have been the first instance of a ship shooting down a B-17. 1137
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 19/09/20261/x Two 10,000 ton Japanese raiders, sixteen heavy guns, torpedoes, seaplanes, 21 knots, against a corvette with one 12-pounder and a tanker with one old 4-inch. The raiders lost. 11 November 1942. A thread. 18117
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialChris Sams @jerijerod14.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Again pictures lifted from Facebook but… the first mast of the Richard Montgomery has been removed and the second shot shows the inside of the mast. “No boom today… boom tomorrow, there’s always boom tomorrow” 49313
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialH I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The world needs more no-nonsense grandmas 625433
armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My copy arrived today. Excellent stuff. Thanks to Matthew Willis for pulling it together. The only other publication I have found dedicated to this aircraft is a late 70s, early 80s aircraft profile booklet ... That was a real eye-opener. Expecting more revelations from this one! 173
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 14/09/2026The best space game I've been playing every year for exactly 14 years, to the day. Happy anniversary, challenging runs. 🚀💀youtube.comFTL: Faster Than Light TrailerYouTube video by IGN Guides 1417114
armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026People flew it, died in it, did a job in it. People. Their story is worth reading/hearing about. And the story of the aircraft itself is actually quite revelatory - not to mention counter-culture: youtu.be/vrwpRP7ZQF0youtu.beFairey Fulmar: The fleet fighter that 'held the line'YouTube video by Armoured Archivist 0143
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialMatthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 14/09/2026Why should anyone read my book on the Fairey Fulmar? Isn’t it a niche aircraft of a niche service? Arguably yes, but for me the important thing is the story that can be told through the aircraft. 1 It’s the story of the Fleet Air Arm 1940-43… 1014236
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialRG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026(Not colourised.) #OTD in 1944, the Hawker Tempest in front, flown by Squadron Leader K.A. Wigglesworth fired on a V2 launch site target near The Hague, causing an explosion which destroyed his aircraft and killing him. R.I.P. #WW2 #HISTORY 16512
armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026From the pilots who few the mission: youtu.be/DJZQr5eecjk?...youtu.beMosquito Strike | "Don't look now, but his wing's about to fall off!"YouTube video by Armoured Archivist 073
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026One of the locks from a cell at Amiens prison is in the IWM collection, presented by the prison doctor Antonin Mans in memory of Group Captain Pickard, who was killed on the raid. 0192
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialJMcN @jmcn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I have preordered this book from @foxlanebooks.bsky.social, you should too. #histbookchat 064
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialMatthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 25/08/2026My Fairey Fulmar book goes on sale today. This was a real labour of love, following on from my biography of Fulmar test pilot Duncan Menzies. It is I believe the first comprehensive history of the type in print www.crowood.com/book/fairey-... 813830
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialLloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre @lrfheritage.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🌊 Today, on #UnderwaterCulturalHeritageDay, we are highlighting a hidden threat beneath the waves. More than 8,500 potentially polluting shipwrecks lie on the ocean floor, many still containing oil that could harm marine ecosystems and coastal communities. 2810
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialJamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The Royal Navy’s Dido-Class light cruisers, often described as AA cruisers, were originally designed to have a dual role against aircraft and surface targets. 11 were built, plus 5 of a modified ‘Bellona’ sub-class. They saw extensive service, particularly in the Mediterranean. 🧵1/16 #NavalHistory 44412
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialNaval Estimates @navalestimates.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Also in version 1.2.X, the first version of the penetration analysis tool - fire a gun (from your design library, or freely specified) at your ship, and see what's vulnerable. 094
armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Given that warship aesthetics are now a critical design issue, what do you think should be the inspiration for the looks of the new Trump Class battleship, US Nuclear Aircraft Carriers (with steam catapults), and next-generation destroyers/cruisers/frigates? Here's my view: 361
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialRG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026On board HMS Nelson, the "pom pom" on the roof of "B" turret opening fire on a high-angle target moving along her starboard side, during operation Pedestal, the largest convoy to supply the besieged island of Malta. #WW2 #HISTORY 49317
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialWhat's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 15/08/2026USS Abraham Lincoln: Is Logistics the U.S. Navy’s Greatest Weakness? ⚓The Lincoln Case Study ⚓Wartime Tempo vs. Peacetime Support ⚓The "Gutting" of the Logistics Fleet ⚓Loss of Forward Bases ⚓The Tyranny of Distance ⚓The Invisible Force Video: youtu.be/FT784GgO8-o 158727
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialRobert Lock @robertlock.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The ASW trawlers were operated by a WRNS officer, 1st Officer Audrey Parker. I think she was the only Wren officer to be given an operational job. She sat at the next table to mine in the office, and we worked together in perfect harmony. She really knew about ships. From Escort by D Rayner 1144
armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I've heard of rats jumping ship, but things must be bad when the cat wants off ... 280
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialU.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 08/08/2026#OTD in 1944, an overloaded PB4Y-1 Liberator patrol bomber trying to take off from the airfield on Enewetak Atoll crashed into a row of parked carrier replacement planes. The ensuing fire caused the Liberator's bombs to detonate, destroying 84 aircraft and damaging dozens more. 1214
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialJamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 08/08/2026From a report into the incident 👇 33010
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialMatthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 07/08/2026'USS Robin' Was a minesweeper. NOT an alias for HMS Victorious. We really have to stop saying this. I've noticed more and more sources blithely referring to Victorious as 'USS Robin' during her stint with the US Pacific Fleet in 1943 and I'm increasingly convinced it's ahistorical... 🧵 3208
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialhush @hush-ndb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A ship name that will likely never be used again. 262
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialTony Boccia @tonyboccia.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Instant buy! www.troublemakergames.co.uk/product-page...troublemakergames.co.ukCount Binface | Troublemaker GamesNOTE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS: We are absolutely delighted at the gargantuan amount of orders we're taking for our charity model of Count Binface at the moment. We are a small family business and will work t... 031
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover. 631891490
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 04/08/2026File Fantasy 0123
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialSophia Jetta @werkoderko.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Playing you the song of their people at 5 am. 1235
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialBrian Dunn@briandunn.bsky.social @briandunn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026When HMS Royal Sovereign was broken up, the elevation gear from her main guns were salvaged and repurposed for the Mark 1 radio telescope at Jodrell Bank built between 1955-57. #NavalHistory 27319
armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Lets play "Spot the Accuracies". I asked ChatGTP if it could do a complex infographic based solely on the information from specific pages on my website. It said: "easy". Sure .... 2114
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialMatthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 22/07/2026This skeleton warrior grown from a hydra's teeth is historically inaccurate!static.klipy.comSkeleton HarryhausenAlt: Stop-motion skeleton soldier emerging from the ground in Harryhausen's film Jason and the Argonauts 1221
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 19/07/202619 July 1940 - the battle of Cape Spada The first major surface unit of the Regia Marina, light cruiser Batrtolomeo Colleoni, is lost in a dusk engagement with HMAS Sydney just off the north-western corner of Crete. @karljames1945.bsky.social 2459
armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 13/07/2026It has only taken 15 years (I am ashamed to admit I actually forgot I had not completed it), but here is the second part of the story of the CVB(Battle) class of US Navy aircraft carriers - the culmination of the "armour or not to armour" flight decks debate. www.armouredcarriers.com/uss-midway-d...armouredcarriers.comArmoured Aircraft CarriersThe US Navy's armoured flight deck debate produced the USS Midway (CVB) class of aircraft carrier in 1945. 3204
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Ahead of England v Norway in the World Cup, enjoy this classic from my old pal Patrick Kidd in The Times 5973711606
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialJustin Pyke @justinpykehistory.bsky.social · 11/07/2026This thread is long overdue. There's an article in my field, one of the only published in a peer-reviewed journal in fact, that is so astonishingly bad and commonly cited that I need to warn people about it. I don't blame unassuming scholars for citing it. Expertise on Japanese aviation is rare. 519932
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialRG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Looks like a Mosquito, right? But, it's a De Havilland Hornet. (#OTD in 1945. #WW2 #HISTORY 2528
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026And people say the Gettysburg Address was a masterpiece of concision. 0202
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialDashie @dmdash71.bsky.social · 09/07/2026A typical common sailor’s wooden plate from the age of sail. This gave rise to the saying “three square meals a day.” #NavalHistory 0103
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialChris Sams @jerijerod14.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The Polish president Raczkiewicz visiting the ORP Błyskawica in wartime Pathe footage. Błyskawica served with the Royal Navy from September 1939 until the cessation of hostilities. She served in pretty much every European theatre and covered many miles. #history #navalhistory #ww2 45914
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Reminded - by a brill presentation by a colleague - of this piece of film. Shot by a Royal Air Force cameraman at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in 1945, it captures a majestic fly past and landing by a Sunderland flying boat #filmcataloguing Film: IWM ABY 139 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/... 18687118
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialarmouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The "London Illustrated News" ink style works better for me, I think. It captures the era, while not pretending to be photo-realistic. 121
armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Stuffing around with ChatGTP to see if it has potential in illustrating combat narratives. (This scene never happened). I can verify that it is very hard to stop AI imposing its hallucinations on even composite photographic images (It wants to keep giving the Seafire an Me109 nose!) 160
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialAustralian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · 12/06/2026No thoughts, just 1,000-year-old Viking-age treasure on loop. 🫠✨ Standard museum behaviour, honestly. 🏛️ Wow! 📍 Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard ⚓️ Open daily | 10am - 4pm www.sea.museum/galloway-hoard Presented by @nationalmuseumsscotland #GallowayHoard #MuseumTok # 0103
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 08/06/2026This is exactly it. The work is the point. 1460972247
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialarmouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 07/06/2026The same as they always did. Just closer to home: youtu.be/o-kHn2rR8SQ?...youtu.beBristol Beaufighter | Scourge of the North SeaYouTube video by Armoured Archivist 073
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialChris Sams @jerijerod14.bsky.social · 06/06/2026This week’s feature article answers the question - what were the Beaufighers of Coastal Command doing on #dday? jerijerod14.substack.com/p/beaufighte...jerijerod14.substack.comBeaufighters and D-DayThe Allied invasion of France was a mult-service undertaking that required every arm of all the services working towards getting the boots on the ground and the Strike wings of Coastal Command were no... 1125
Reposted by @armouredcarriers.bsky.socialThe Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 06/06/2026Right about now (BDST) W/C L.E. Healy, the AAEAF armaments officer, received a call from the Air Ministry reminding him that the 1000 lb bomb had not been cleared for use on the Hawker Typhoon. Healy replied with one of the finest memos of WW2. RCAF Typhoons had dropped 48 of them that morning. 617360
