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Artiglio: Careful as you go now

Varyag degrees of success
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Varyag degrees of success

DreadShips23 January 202423 January 2024

To lose a ship once, as Wilde nearly suggested, may be regarded as misfortune. To lose the same ship twice begins to look like carelessness…

Ships of Note: SS Daphne
Ships of Note

Ships of Note: SS Daphne

DreadShips26 October 202326 October 2023

Clyde-built SS Daphne had a fine career. For the first five seconds or so.

Learning to Sail: Incompetent Crew
Flotsam and Jetsam

Learning to Sail: Incompetent Crew

DreadShips21 October 202321 October 2023

My lack of practical experience was becoming increasingly embarrassing, so I decided to do something about it with an RYA Competent Crew course…

Artiglio: Careful as you go now
Deep dives

Artiglio: Careful as you go now

DreadShips11 September 202311 September 2023

In 1930 the Artiglio was the world’s most modern salvage ship. And its latest job was about to go with a bang…

Getting to the point
Deep dives

Getting to the point

DreadShips30 August 202331 August 2023

The ram: a damn old ding dong

Ships of Note: What the FLIP?
Ships of Note

Ships of Note: What the FLIP?

DreadShips10 August 202311 August 2023

Admiral Tryon made ships do this too. Accidentally, in his case…

Ukraine: Back to the Future
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Ukraine: Back to the Future

DreadShips4 August 20234 August 2023

All that’s old is new again. And this time it has a French accent…

In defence of the K-Class…
Deep dives

In defence of the K-Class…

DreadShips31 July 20231 August 2023

Steam-powered submarines are such an obviously stupid idea that only an idiot would build them. Right?

Ships of Note: The Swinging Saloon
Ships of Note

Ships of Note: The Swinging Saloon

DreadShips26 July 20234 August 2023

Oasis suggested that you gotta roll with it. Not if Sir Henry Bessemer had anything to do with it…

The enduring beauty of French predreadnoughts
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The enduring beauty of French predreadnoughts

DreadShips25 July 202325 July 2023

In the early 1890s the French navy had a problem, and as usual only half of it was across the English Channel…

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