It’s mind blowing that nearly 400 men survived the... HMS Barham exploding during WW2. The British battleship was sunk by German submarine U-331 in 1941.show more

HMS Barham The Queen Elizabeth-class battleship HMS Barham served... the Royal Navy through two world wars before being sunk by the German submarine U-331. In December 1939, it was torpedoed by U-30 but was repaired and returned to service. On 25 November 1941, in the Mediterranean off the Egyptian coast, it was hit by three torpedoes from U-331. A magazine explosion caused the ship to capsize and blow up within minutes. Of the roughly 1,184 crew, 862 were killed. The sinking was filmed by a cameraman aboard its sister ship, HMS Valiant.show more

#OTD 84 years ago the German battleship Bismarck, seen... here from the deck of heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen firing and receiving return fire, sank British battlecruiser HMS Hood in the Denmark Strait More:show more

The British bouncing bomb. The goal was to develop... a weapon that skipped over water and breach German dams during WW2. It was used successfully. Here it is being tested for spin, speed, and release height.show more

Hegseth on Iran: Yesterday in the Indian Ocean, an... American submarine sank an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo.show more

Hegseth on Iran: Yesterday in the Indian Ocean, an... American submarine sank an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo.show more

BREAKING: Ukraine opens new chapter in the history of... naval warfare by blowing up a submarine in the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It’s the first time an underwater naval drone was used in an attack. The submarine was used to fire cruise missiles on Ukrainian citiesshow more

British-made WWI-vintage Mark V and rare Medium Mark B... tanks among the stocks of Soviet armor captured by German forces in 1941show more

US "Amazon" variant of the British "Grand Slam" earthquake... bomb dropped by B-29s on reinforced U-boat pens in Germany during post-war trials full clip: The Valentin submarine pens are a reinforced concrete facility on the Weser River at the Bremen suburb of Rekum, built to protect German U-boats during World War II. The factory was under construction from 1943 to March 1945 using forced labor, but was damaged by air-raids and unfinished by the end of the war. The Valentin factory was the largest fortified U-boat facility in Germany, and was second only to those built at Brest in France. After the war, the facility was used as a target for Project Ruby, a series of joint British and American tests to determine the viability of various munitions against reinforced concrete targets. It had been hit by British "Tallboy" and "Grand Slam" earthquake bombs during a raid on March 27th 1945 and one of the weapons tested in 1947 was "Amazon", the US variant of the 22,000 lb "Grand Slam" that weighed in at 25,000 lbs and was dropped by B-29 Superfortress bombers flying from RAF Marham in England. Fifteen such inert bombs were dropped from 17,000 feet and of these two hits were obtained on the thinner roof section that was approximately 15 feet thick. #grandslam #barneswallis #bunkerbuster #earthquakebomb #ww2 #wwiishow more

💥 Iranian warship IRIS Dena sunk by an American... submarine near Sri Lanka in international waters. There was a children's hospital on board the ship.show more

The British bouncing bomb test aimed to perfect a... weapon that skipped over water to breach German dams in WWII. Developed by Barnes Wallis, it was tested for spin, speed, and release height. In this test, the bomb nearly hits the cameraman.show more

Czech-made 10.5cm hrubý kanón vz. 35 in German service... as the 10.5cm K 35(t) deployed by Gebirgsjäger troops near Murmansk during Operation Silberfuchs in 1941show more

French troops examine the remains of a captured British... Mark IV Female tank in German service. The vehicle was blown apart by artillery fire near Tahure during the Third Battle of Champagne in April 1917show more

The German Arado Ar 196 holds a truly bizarre... record in naval history as one of the only aircraft to ever capture a submarine. In May 1940, the British submarine HMS Seal became trapped in a minefield in the Kattegat strait. After sustaining heavy damage, the sub was forced to surface, unable to dive or escape. Two German Arado Ar 196 floatplanes spotted the vulnerable vessel from above. Instead of just reporting the position, the pilots immediately attacked with bombs and strafed the deck with their 20mm cannons. With his steering gear wrecked and no way to submerge, the British commander did the unthinkable. He waved a white mess cloth, signaling surrender to the circling aircraft. One of the Arado pilots actually landed his floatplane on the water next to the submarine, taxied over, and took the British captain aboard as a prisoner.show more

The fictional Flower-class corvette HMS Compass Rose (K49) that... appeared in the 1953 film The Cruel Sea was the real-life warship HMS Coreopsis. The vessel, which served as a convoy escort during the Battle of the Atlantic, was scrapped shortly after production.show more

Slight Malfunction 😂 🇬🇧 UK: The British Navy misfired... a Trident II missile from a nuclear submarine and nearly killed Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, on January 30, The Sun reports. "After the launch, the missile deviated from its course, spun and fell next to the submarine in which the minister was, the newspaper writes." 🔗 Sprintershow more

The German-built Amphicar only survived briefly, sinking from the... market after roughly 3,900 were sold from 1961 through ‘68, nearly 80% in North America. President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an Amphicar, but that endorsement didn’t seem to help sales.show more

Man CATAPULTED during storm in India He flew 40ft... up after the roof he was clinging to was torn off by a gale The man luckily survived, Daily Mail reportsshow more

British troops examine a German early production Marder II... tank destroyer near Hechtel in September 1944 after the vehicle was apparently knocked out by PIAT fireshow more