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Super pictures!

Glad to see it - thanks Stuart My sister saw it clearly in Manchester and said it was beautiful. Sadly we had cloud

HMS Unicorn (one of the 6 oldest ships in the world - launched 1824!) is being surveyed before moving into dry-dock for restoration work.

Neat! Thanks for posting!

That's 2 off 200 years old -that's amazing given that she hasn't had the tender loving care showered upon the Victory.

One for Morgan who loves the Tamar on Shipopoly...

Dazzle paint job for Royal Navy warship HMS Tamar (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-56904257)

An "iconic" paint scheme has been applied to a Royal Navy ship for the first time since World War Two. New patrol ship HMS Tamar will deploy to the Asia-Pacific region with a so-called "dazzle camouflage" paint job. Shipwrights in Falmouth, Cornwall used 200 litres of paint in four shades of grey and black to recreate the design. The paint job has been done to give the ship a "distinct identity", the Royal Navy said.

Captain of HMS Tamar, Lieutenant Commander Michael Hutchinson, said: "Different styles of dazzle were used by the Royal Navy on ships in various stations throughout the world and we are pleased to have been given an iconic new look before we deploy in the summer."
The paint style was first introduced by the Royal Navy towards the end of World War One. With Britain struggling to deal with the U-boat threat, artist and sailor, Norman Wilkinson, came up with the idea of confusing U-boat skippers during patrols out of Plymouth. The contrasting shapes, angles and colours were devised to make it difficult for submariners to gauge the ship's direction of travel and speed. This caused them to either delay long enough to give away their position, or miss their target when firing a torpedo.

More than 2,000 ships received the unusual livery by 1918 with the concept used once again during World War Two. Dazzle camouflage was phased out by the Royal Navy after 1945. Commander David Louis of the Overseas Patrol Squadron, said "Dazzle has much less military value in the 21st Century" but "it is very much more about supporting the unique identity of the squadron within the Royal Navy."

Cool!

The ship that saved the unknown soldier from disaster
In 1921, the USS Olympia nearly capsized in a storm bringing the unknown from France to Washington.

That would be a good log book to transcribe. Two hurricanes!

His Ship Vanished in the Arctic 176 Years Ago. DNA Has Offered a Clue.

For the first time, researchers have identified the remains of a sailor from the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition of the fabled Northwest Passage.

Oh my! That's amazing. I wonder if they will ever retrieve the log books? They'd have a big story to tell.

A tragedy for the RN remembered 75 years on.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... d-29538313

An unusual view of a lighthouse. It's now a museum but was active until 1976.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-57010623

(my vertigo is impressed by that chap and his paint pot)