
On This Day RN
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Bringing you regular dits from nearly 500 years of Royal Navy history; to promote the ethos of the Senior Service and its legacy to British and global affairs
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#OnThisDay 80 yrs ago in 1945 legendary Royal Navy pilot, Lt Cdr Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown RNVR, made the first ever Aircraft Carrier deck landing and take off by a jet aircraft, a De Havilland Sea Vampire (LZ551), on HMS OCEAN. The jet is preserved at Fleet Air Arm Museum
On This Day RN29,379 次观看 • 11 个月前

#OnThisDay 1932 the first Royal Navy S-Class submarine HMS STURGEON was launched.After a stubborn launch her bad luck followed her to #WW2 where she was bombed by the RAF and fired torpedoes at her sister sub (all missed) she did get the first successful sub attack of war though
On This Day RN11,004 次观看 • 9 个月前
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