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Dreadnought Holiday

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It often seems that the golden age of naval idiocy has disappeared forever. I'm therefore pleased to note that the Venezuelan patrol vessel Naiguatá has managed to recapture some of

This here is the bustling, picturesque fishing village of Hallsands in South Devon. Hang on, let's try that again...This here is the bustling, picturesque fishing village of Hallsands in South

It has come to my attention that a disturbing number of people who follow this account have never heard of ekranoplans, despite this thing regularly appearing in my mentions... This

This here is a legend of British engineering.And I'm not talking about the bike.Let's meet Beatrice Shilling.#ALD2020 But first, let's talk about another hero who's less well known today. This

So everybody on Twitter is very excited by the idea of "fleets that last for less than 24 hours", which can only mean that - contrary to all expectations -

Ah, the battle cry of the French pre-dreadnoughts...Liberté! Égalité! Explodité! This thing here is the French pre-dreadnought Liberté, and by the standards of the pre-dreads it's almost disappointingly normal. Part

It occurs to me that some of you might not have got the joke here... This account generally specialises in failure, but I will happily throw everything out the window

Alarmed by the number of novice drivers causing their tanks to topple over, the allied forces in WWII took the logical step of adding training stabilisers... Oh all right...This thing

Let's talk about Fuse 13. But first, let's meet the Folland Gnat. 65 years ago today the Gnat made its maiden flight, and looking at those stumpy little legs I

If there weren't decent documentary sources for this thing existing I'd assume the artist was having a laugh at my expense. This thing - the Taureau - was designed by

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