Chris Sams
@jerijerod14.bsky.social
World War 1 & 2 Naval historian, also likes RAF bombers & the Luftwaffe between 1935-45. Working on Bristol Beauforts & WW1 U-boats.
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I’m really pleased with this one!
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’m really pleased with this one!
Yeah but Gneisenau gets all of the love because of Pochhammer’s book 😉
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Yeah but Gneisenau gets all of the love because of Pochhammer’s book 😉
Yes and no - it’s odd in a way to use it but at the same time it gives me conversational practice which I can’t get otherwise. Everyone I know is doing French or Spanish so I have no one to speak German with in the real world.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yes and no - it’s odd in a way to use it but at the same time it gives me conversational practice which I can’t get otherwise. Everyone I know is doing French or Spanish so I have no one to speak German with in the real world.
The audio didn’t pickup that I said;
Die SMS Scharnhorst. Sis war ein panzerkreuzer im ersten welte krieg
Die SMS Scharnhorst. Sis war ein panzerkreuzer im ersten welte krieg
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The audio didn’t pickup that I said;
Die SMS Scharnhorst. Sis war ein panzerkreuzer im ersten welte krieg
Die SMS Scharnhorst. Sis war ein panzerkreuzer im ersten welte krieg
It has slowly over five years just want to get through it
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It has slowly over five years just want to get through it
That was one of the Maunsell forts
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
That was one of the Maunsell forts
Reposted by Chris Sams
HMS Caroline's 1919-1922 deck logs are available in Journey Plotter.
See where she went and learn more about daily activities and the people on board, complemented by editor's notes.
#NavalHistory #CitizenScience #Ancestry
See where she went and learn more about daily activities and the people on board, complemented by editor's notes.
#NavalHistory #CitizenScience #Ancestry
![Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1919-1922 journey of HMS Caroline, and the events recorded in her log-book for 29 September 1919.
8.15am: Hands arrived on board, employed scraping, painting & refitting
11.0am: Training classes at instruction, paid monthly money
12.45pm: Hands left ship
5.30pm: Part of ship's company proceeded to Deolali camp [Deolali was an army transit camp in India, used as a sailors' home. It is the source of the phrase "gone doolally" meaning to lose one's mind]
Number on sick list = 11](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:errz23tprkacumhb536zxtka/bafkreib3ukbpfykycxe6dacp6qegmcn2a6qb6ybp7v5ttgvljjad73fqgq@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
HMS Caroline's 1919-1922 deck logs are available in Journey Plotter.
See where she went and learn more about daily activities and the people on board, complemented by editor's notes.
#NavalHistory #CitizenScience #Ancestry
See where she went and learn more about daily activities and the people on board, complemented by editor's notes.
#NavalHistory #CitizenScience #Ancestry
That’s great news, congrats!
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
That’s great news, congrats!