Robert Lock
@robertlock.bsky.social
Amateur Naval History enthusiast . Often found digging into odd corners of WW2 Naval History - very slowly writing book on Hertfordshire's Navy
Fisher Price in 1942, put its manufacturing skills to work on Corsair aircraft parts, ship fenders and medical supply crates for the troops in World War II.
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Fisher Price in 1942, put its manufacturing skills to work on Corsair aircraft parts, ship fenders and medical supply crates for the troops in World War II.
RIP HMS Rawalpindi and her crew
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
RIP HMS Rawalpindi and her crew
A little What if ery in Film World
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A little What if ery in Film World
Reposted by Robert Lock
23 Oct 1943 // Light cruiser HMS Charybdis was torpedoed and sunk, with 462 dead from 571 crew, by German torpedo boats off Guernsey during the Battle of Sept-Îles, an ill-planned and ill-executed sweep against German coastal convoys. (Image: Imperial War Museum A 6739) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
23 Oct 1943 // Light cruiser HMS Charybdis was torpedoed and sunk, with 462 dead from 571 crew, by German torpedo boats off Guernsey during the Battle of Sept-Îles, an ill-planned and ill-executed sweep against German coastal convoys. (Image: Imperial War Museum A 6739) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
Reposted by Robert Lock
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Reposted by Robert Lock
According to the Fullerian, a newsletter for alumni of Watford Grammar School for Boys, where Harry taught after the war: web.archive.org/web/20200920...
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
According to the Fullerian, a newsletter for alumni of Watford Grammar School for Boys, where Harry taught after the war: web.archive.org/web/20200920...
Reposted by Robert Lock
Today as I pass through Harrow and Wealdstone I will take a few moments to reflect
@garius.bsky.social was it you that did the thread about the nurse and how it changed paramedics ?
@garius.bsky.social was it you that did the thread about the nurse and how it changed paramedics ?
October 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Today as I pass through Harrow and Wealdstone I will take a few moments to reflect
@garius.bsky.social was it you that did the thread about the nurse and how it changed paramedics ?
@garius.bsky.social was it you that did the thread about the nurse and how it changed paramedics ?
Reposted by Robert Lock
5 Oct 1944 // Minesweeper BYMS 2255 sank in Boulogne harbour when a mine exploded under her stern just after she had anchored after returning from a sweeping operation. She caught fire and rapidly began to sink but her crew evacuated in good order and there were no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW2
October 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
5 Oct 1944 // Minesweeper BYMS 2255 sank in Boulogne harbour when a mine exploded under her stern just after she had anchored after returning from a sweeping operation. She caught fire and rapidly began to sink but her crew evacuated in good order and there were no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW2
Reposted by Robert Lock
Mordor on the Orient Express
September 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Mordor on the Orient Express
Reposted by Robert Lock
#OTD in 1942 the modern Italian merchant Francesco Barbaro was sunk by HM/Sub P.35 off Navarino, Greece.
Updated the article below with some technical info on these standardised Italian merchants.
#navalhistory @rjhammond215.bsky.social
Updated the article below with some technical info on these standardised Italian merchants.
#navalhistory @rjhammond215.bsky.social
The Italian ‘Liberty’ Ships
Background From 1939, Italian shipyards, including the Riunito Adriatico shipyard at Monfalcone produced a number of standardised, fast merchant vessels of about 6,300-6,830 tons for foreign and It…
crusaderproject.wordpress.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#OTD in 1942 the modern Italian merchant Francesco Barbaro was sunk by HM/Sub P.35 off Navarino, Greece.
Updated the article below with some technical info on these standardised Italian merchants.
#navalhistory @rjhammond215.bsky.social
Updated the article below with some technical info on these standardised Italian merchants.
#navalhistory @rjhammond215.bsky.social
Reposted by Robert Lock
25 Sept 1943 // HM Trawler Donna Nook sank after colliding with another naval trawler, the Stella Rigel, during actions in the early hours of the morning between armed trawlers and German torpedo boats off Lowestoft. All her crew were rescued. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
September 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
25 Sept 1943 // HM Trawler Donna Nook sank after colliding with another naval trawler, the Stella Rigel, during actions in the early hours of the morning between armed trawlers and German torpedo boats off Lowestoft. All her crew were rescued. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
WW2 Fireships - Operation Lucid
Late in the afternoon of 26 September 1940, War Nizam and Oakfield set sail from Sheerness and headed towards Calais and War Nawab set sail from Portsmouth to Boulogne.
Late in the afternoon of 26 September 1940, War Nizam and Oakfield set sail from Sheerness and headed towards Calais and War Nawab set sail from Portsmouth to Boulogne.
September 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
WW2 Fireships - Operation Lucid
Late in the afternoon of 26 September 1940, War Nizam and Oakfield set sail from Sheerness and headed towards Calais and War Nawab set sail from Portsmouth to Boulogne.
Late in the afternoon of 26 September 1940, War Nizam and Oakfield set sail from Sheerness and headed towards Calais and War Nawab set sail from Portsmouth to Boulogne.
Timothy Dexter a businessman who People jokingly told to "ship coal to Newcastle". Fortuitously, he did so during a miners' strike, and his cargo was sold at a premium
A man who was very canny or lucky or both
@garius.bsky.social , @dreadships.bsky.social
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy...
A man who was very canny or lucky or both
@garius.bsky.social , @dreadships.bsky.social
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy...
Timothy Dexter - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Timothy Dexter a businessman who People jokingly told to "ship coal to Newcastle". Fortuitously, he did so during a miners' strike, and his cargo was sold at a premium
A man who was very canny or lucky or both
@garius.bsky.social , @dreadships.bsky.social
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy...
A man who was very canny or lucky or both
@garius.bsky.social , @dreadships.bsky.social
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy...
@dreadships.bsky.social
Having a quick look at previous HMS Glsttons led me down a rabbit hole of the Crimean Floating Batteries .
Here we have the French Lave or Lava . Looking like any vaguely ship like qualities were an afterthought
military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Floatin...
Having a quick look at previous HMS Glsttons led me down a rabbit hole of the Crimean Floating Batteries .
Here we have the French Lave or Lava . Looking like any vaguely ship like qualities were an afterthought
military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Floatin...
September 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
@dreadships.bsky.social
Having a quick look at previous HMS Glsttons led me down a rabbit hole of the Crimean Floating Batteries .
Here we have the French Lave or Lava . Looking like any vaguely ship like qualities were an afterthought
military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Floatin...
Having a quick look at previous HMS Glsttons led me down a rabbit hole of the Crimean Floating Batteries .
Here we have the French Lave or Lava . Looking like any vaguely ship like qualities were an afterthought
military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Floatin...
Reposted by Robert Lock
Please enjoy this sculpture of the Prince of Wales and his horse made entirely of butter, courtesy of the Canadians at the British Empire Exhibition, 1924.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
September 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Please enjoy this sculpture of the Prince of Wales and his horse made entirely of butter, courtesy of the Canadians at the British Empire Exhibition, 1924.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
@dreadships.bsky.social
A bad day at work for the crew of a drilling rig that caused a Quarter mile wide whirlpool and permanently changed the landscape
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pe...
A bad day at work for the crew of a drilling rig that caused a Quarter mile wide whirlpool and permanently changed the landscape
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pe...
September 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
@dreadships.bsky.social
A bad day at work for the crew of a drilling rig that caused a Quarter mile wide whirlpool and permanently changed the landscape
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pe...
A bad day at work for the crew of a drilling rig that caused a Quarter mile wide whirlpool and permanently changed the landscape
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pe...
@dreadships.bsky.social
A story in 3 pictures
Built by Cantiere Navale di Riva Trigoso for the Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI) shipping company the ship was intended for the NGI's South American service. The Principessa Jolanda has also been called the first true Italian luxury liner.
A story in 3 pictures
Built by Cantiere Navale di Riva Trigoso for the Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI) shipping company the ship was intended for the NGI's South American service. The Principessa Jolanda has also been called the first true Italian luxury liner.
September 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@dreadships.bsky.social
A story in 3 pictures
Built by Cantiere Navale di Riva Trigoso for the Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI) shipping company the ship was intended for the NGI's South American service. The Principessa Jolanda has also been called the first true Italian luxury liner.
A story in 3 pictures
Built by Cantiere Navale di Riva Trigoso for the Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI) shipping company the ship was intended for the NGI's South American service. The Principessa Jolanda has also been called the first true Italian luxury liner.
@navalairhistory.com just discovered this on the Osprey Blog.
Something to look forward to in 2026
Beaufighter vs German Flak Ships: North Sea and Mediterranean 1941–45.
Good to get some unknown naval history spotlights
:)
Something to look forward to in 2026
Beaufighter vs German Flak Ships: North Sea and Mediterranean 1941–45.
Good to get some unknown naval history spotlights
:)
August 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
@navalairhistory.com just discovered this on the Osprey Blog.
Something to look forward to in 2026
Beaufighter vs German Flak Ships: North Sea and Mediterranean 1941–45.
Good to get some unknown naval history spotlights
:)
Something to look forward to in 2026
Beaufighter vs German Flak Ships: North Sea and Mediterranean 1941–45.
Good to get some unknown naval history spotlights
:)
Reposted by Robert Lock
A good illustrated thread from Jamie. The idea of an aircraft capturing a submarine is so counter-intuitive you wonder how it was possible.
27th August 1941: The capture of U-570. On 24th August, the newly-commissioned Type VIIC submarine left harbour in Lofjord, Norway, for its first war patrol in the North Atlantic. In command was Kplt. Hans-Joachim Rahmlow, who had never seen action before.
#NavalHistory
🧵1/14
#NavalHistory
🧵1/14
August 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A good illustrated thread from Jamie. The idea of an aircraft capturing a submarine is so counter-intuitive you wonder how it was possible.
August 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Reposted by Robert Lock
Our new Mosquito Flight Simulator
July 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Our new Mosquito Flight Simulator
Reposted by Robert Lock
Could you help us out? It's been one of the quietest months in a decade, and partly I believe it's because people don't know we exist! Hi! I'm Annie! I run Bad Squiddo Games! We hand sculpt & hand cast 28mm scale models of women, critters, scenics & occasionally a man!
www.badsquiddogames.com
www.badsquiddogames.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Could you help us out? It's been one of the quietest months in a decade, and partly I believe it's because people don't know we exist! Hi! I'm Annie! I run Bad Squiddo Games! We hand sculpt & hand cast 28mm scale models of women, critters, scenics & occasionally a man!
www.badsquiddogames.com
www.badsquiddogames.com
Reposted by Robert Lock
Buy Jack’s book because it will be undoubtably be excellent.
June 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Buy Jack’s book because it will be undoubtably be excellent.
July 1945 and on the Brazilian ship Bahia crewmen were conducting anti-aircraft target practice, firing the ship's 20 mm guns at a kite that was being towed behind the ship.
May 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
July 1945 and on the Brazilian ship Bahia crewmen were conducting anti-aircraft target practice, firing the ship's 20 mm guns at a kite that was being towed behind the ship.