navtechlife: Naval Technology and Life on board
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Note that new photographs are inserted at the beginning of each topic unless otherwide stated in "What's New"?
- 29th October 2024
A new topic entitled "German cruiser Emden World cruise" been added under the heading "The Ships".
- 8th September 2024
An interesting photograph of the Gallipoli landing has been added to the topic "The Navy Landing Party" under the heading "Ship's Company".
- 28th July 2024
More new photographs have been added to the topic "Prangs, bangs and other mishaps" under the heading "Ship's Company".
- 27th July 2024
More new photographs have been added to the topic "Submarine Depot ships and Submarine Rescue ships" under the heading "The Ships".
- 29th February 2024
Part 2: Minelayers has been added to the new topic entitled "Mine Warfare: Mines, Minelayers, Minesweepers" under the heading "Weapons".
- 10th January 2024
Part 1: Mines has added to the new topic entitled "Mine Warfare: Mines, Minelayers, Minesweepers" under the heading "Weapons".
- 27th October 2023
A whole new series of photographs from 1890 onwards has been added to the topic "Naval Construction and Propulsion" under the heading "The Ships"
- 23rd May 2022
A new topic entitled "Aerial View" has been added to the heading "The Ships".
- 25th February 2023
New photographs of the 1938 Ark Royal's turbines have been added to the topic "Naval Construction and Propulsion" under the heading "The Ships"
- 29th December 2022
Yet more new photographs have been added to the topic "Prangs, bangs and other mishaps" under the heading "Ship's Company".
- 23rd December 2022
"Part Three: The transition to Japanese-built warships" has been added to the topic entitled "The Emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy" under the heading "The Ships".
- 15th December 2022
A new photograph of a Rear Admiral's barge has been added to the topic "Steam Pinnacles, Pickets and Tenders" under the heading "The Ships".
- 28th November 2022
"Part Two: Officers and men" has been added to the topic entitled "The Emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy" under the heading "The Ships".
- 19th October 2022
A new topic entitled "The Emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy" has been added to the heading "The Ships".
- 4th October 2022
New photographs of the torpedo boat carrier Foudre have been added to the topic "Fast and Furious" under the heading "The Ships".
- 17th July 2022
New photographs in the subheading "The Breguet 521 Bizerte" have been added to the heading "Naval Aviation. II".
- 31st May 2022
New photographs have been added to the topic "Women in the Navy" under the heading "Life on board".
- 23rd May 2022
New photographs in the subheading "Some Floatplanes from the Interwar years" have been added to the heading "Naval Aviation. II".
- 16th May 2022
A new photograph of the Russian G5 boat and its torpedo launching trough have been added to the topic "Fast and Furious" under the heading "The Ships".
- 16th May 2022
New photographs have been added to the topic "Prangs, bangs and other mishaps" under the heading "Ship's Company".
- 4th May 2022
New photographs of the construction of submarines Osvetnik and Smeli have been added to the topic "Submarines and Submariners" under the heading "The Ships".
- 22nd March 2022
A new topic entitled "Canal and Fluvial Armed Barges and Gunboats" has been added to the heading "The Ships".
- 3rd March 2022
New photographs of the Martin Mars, Marlin and Mariner seaplanes have been inserted under the subheading "Large Seaplane Flying Boats" of "Naval Aviation. II".
- 19th February 2022
New photographs in the subheading "Large Seaplane Flying Boats: The Saunders-Roe London" have been added to the heading "Naval Aviation. II".
- 31th January 2022
New photographs in the subheading "Large Seaplane Flying Boats" have been added to the heading "Naval Aviation. II".
- 25th January 2022
More new photographs of the early submarines have been added to the topic "Submarines and Submariners" under the heading "The Ships".
- 15th December 2021
More new photographs have been added to the topic "The Torpedo and Torpedo Damage" under the heading "Weapons".
- 6th December 2021
A new topic entitled "Royalty at sea" has been added to the heading "Ship's Company". To be continued.
- 2nd December 2021
Yet more new photographs have been added to the topic "Prangs, bangs and other mishaps" under the heading "Ship's Company".
- 10th November 2021
More new photographs have been added to the topic "Submarine Depot ships and Submarine Rescue ships" under the heading "The Ships".
- 9th November 2021
Back in business after a hard disk failure! More new photographs have been added to the topic "Prangs, bangs and other mishaps" under the heading "Ship's Company".
- 22nd August 2021
New photographs have been added to the topic "Prangs, bangs and other mishaps" under the heading "Ship's Company".
- 15th August 2021
New photographs have been added to the topic "Women in the Navy" under the heading "Life on board".
- 26th July 2021
More new photographs have been added to the topic "Naval Automatic guns: Part 3 Light machine guns" under the heading "Weapons".
- 20th July 2021
More new photographs have been added to the topic "Wooden walls: the ship of the line" under the heading "The Ships".
- 18th July 2021
A new topic entitled "Naval Balloons and Airships" has been added to the heading "Naval Aviation".
- 10th June 2021
More new photographs have been added to the topic "The Raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend, April 1918" under the heading "The Ships".
- 29th May 2021
A new topic entitled "Recreation on board" has been added to the heading "Ship's Company".
- 27th May 2021
More new photographs have been added to the topic "Steam Pinnacles, Pickets and Tenders" under the heading "The Ships".
- 6th April 2021
A new topic entitled "Submarines and Submariners" has been added to the heading "The Ships".
- 23rd March 2021
A new topic entitled "Submarine Surcouf and cruiser submarines of the Inter-war period" has been added to the heading "The Ships".
- 10th March 2021
New photographs have been added to the heading "Women in the Navy".
- 9th March 2021
The front page has been redesigned with four columns: The Ships, Ship's Company, Weapons and Naval Aviation.
- 4th March 2021
New photographs showing post-war trials of airborne lifeboats have been added to the heading "Airborne Lifeboats".
- 22nd February 2021
New photographs showing the early aircraft carriers have been added to the heading "Naval Aviation. II".
- 1st February 2021
The topic "Naval Aviation" has been split into two topics with new photographs now going to "Naval Aviation. II".