RT @marksimner: #OnThisDay (15 May 1904) The Japanese battleships #Hatsuse and #Yashima are sunk by Russian mines 15 miles off Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. https://t.co/YVXO9SRFbR Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1941 HMS HOOD is lost during Battle of Denmark Strait. HOOD, in company with @HMSPWLS was engaged with Bismarck and Prince Eugen & hit by shells sinking in only 3 minutes with the loss of 1,415 men. There were only 3 survivors. #lestweforget  @RoyalNavy @HMS_HoodUK https://t.co/WcSbVPpOnd Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1982 Type 42 Destroyer HMS COVENTRY is lost during action with Argentine Aircraft in which several bombs hit. 19 sailors died, most of which were in the Operations Room and Dining Hall areas where bombs hit. @falklands_utd @RoyalNavy #LestWeForget https://t.co/QksSlJuZ8S Capt_Navy

RT @penswordbooks: #OnThisDay 1916: The Battle of Jutland. You'll find a selection of recommended reading here: https://t.co/t0851HKe4Q #WW1 https://t.co/SX57WVAdsf Capt_Navy

RT @NatMuseumRN: #OnThisDay 20 Oct 1827 Greece was fighting for independence from the Ottoman Empire in The Battle of Navarino, the last major sea battle of the age of sail. The Allied navies of Britain, France & Russia helped reduce the Ottoman fleet from 78 ships to 8. #NMRN #NavigateTheNavy https://t.co/JRxk5QiGgJ Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1982 Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward, who was in @MODGibraltar in HMS ANTRIM, was given his orders under Operation CORPORATE. At 2130 he was told that Argentina had invaded #Falklands The next day he sailed South In HMS GLAMORGAN with 10 ships to meet up as a task force. https://t.co/hH2abTUupZ Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1982 HMS HERMES and HMS INVINCIBLE sail from @HMNBPortsmouth for #falklands HERMES would assume duties as Flag Ship from GLAMORGAN and by the height of conflict was operating 26 Harriers and 10 Sea Kings from the FAA & @RoyalAirForce @FalklandsGov https://t.co/SRhtei4jBH Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1940 Lt Cdr Gerard Roope awarded #VC for bravery during attack on the German Cruiser Admiral Hipper by HMS GLOWWORM .Roope rammed the Hipper causing it to retire for repairs prompting its Captain to contact the @RoyalNavy to tell of Roope’s bravery. #ww2 https://t.co/pD4AcgAess Capt_Navy

RT @TheSubHunter1: #OnThisDay in 1989 the #Russian Mike class #submarine caught fire and sank in the Norwegian Sea taking the lives of 42 of her crew #Accident #OTD #Russia #ColdWar #History https://t.co/TqZaXQx18n Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1982 HMS CONQUEROR torpedoed and sank the Argentine heavy cruiser General Belgrano (ex USS Phoenix) off Burdwood Bank with the loss of 323 hands, ending the Argentine Fleet's involvement in the war. This was the first torpedo attack by an SSN. #Remember https://t.co/jM9enwyT4J Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1982 Type 42 Destroyer HMS SHEFFIELD is hit by Argentine Exocet becoming the first @RoyalNavy ship lost in action since 1945. Though the missile did not detonate it started fires that killed 20 sailors. 260 were rescued by HMS ARROW. SHEFFIELD sank under tow #remember https://t.co/1rUwcPGHvl Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1962 the Frigate HMS PLYMOUTH was commissioned @HMNBDevonport She had a full career which included significant action in #Falklands war where she was involved in much of the action and was the venue for the Argentine surrender. https://t.co/g5HHEGCeK7 Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1982 The Battle of Falkland Sound began successfully establishing the British beachhead at San Carlos. @RoyalMarines & @TheParachuteReg put ashore by @RoyalNavy which suffered damage to numerous ships including HMS ARDENT with 22 sailors lost. #remember https://t.co/9HN6j6xUlK Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1870 @RoyalNavy completed a successful test firing of Robert Whiteheads self propelled torpedo, the ancestor of the modern weapon. The British engineer developed the torpedo for most of the worlds major navies in the late 19th century & it remains a formidable weapon https://t.co/rlSkNPDjS4 Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1956 Cdr Lionel ‘Buster’ Crabb OBE GM RNVR disappeared @HMNBPortsmouth during a visit by the Soviet leader Khrushchev in the Sverdlov class cruiser Ordzhonikidze. British PM Sir Anthony Eden told MPs that it was not in the public interest to discuss the circumstances. https://t.co/QsXQJq5W2x Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1941 Battleship HMS BARHAM struck by 3 torpedoes from U-331 in the Mediterranean. She capsizes to port & sinks within 4 mins after a massive explosion. 862 men were killed from a ships company of over 1200. I cannot imagine the terror of those 4 minutes. @RoyalNavy https://t.co/Sd9kGieZAg Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1991 Type 42 Destroyer HMS GLOUCESTER destroyed an Iraqi Silkworm missile bound for @USSMissouri with her Sea Dart missile system during Op. Granby. The first Gulf War. @RoyalNavy https://t.co/2WikW6cLff Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1982 HMS CONQUEROR torpedoed and sank the Argentine heavy cruiser General Belgrano (ex USS Phoenix) off Burdwood Bank with the loss of 323 hands, ending the Argentine Fleet's involvement in the war. This was the first torpedo attack by a nuclear submarine. #Remember https://t.co/kbpNKq9Z6Y Capt_Navy

#Navy #EternalPatrol How did the 🇬🇧British feel after reading this news in the morning papers? Was this feeling shocking and similar to the feelings of 🇷🇺Russians from the loss of the cruiser Moskva? https://t.co/j1vzAhJi4V Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1982 The Battle of Falkland Sound began successfully establishing the British beachhead at San Carlos. @RoyalMarines & @TheParachuteReg put ashore by @RoyalNavy which suffered damage to numerous ships including HMS ARDENT with 22 sailors lost. #remember https://t.co/5Wqx3PsfqZ Capt_Navy