Not AoS, but I love this photograph from The National WWII Museum, New Orleans.


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...the strangest picture you will see of a sailor today. Or indeed any day!


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Since you were all so charmed with the portrait of Sir James Clark Ross (and lets face it, who wouldn't be?), here are a few more pictures of him. As you can see he remained a very striking man even in his later years. And like Cochrane, Ross was one of those iconic figures from the Age of Sail that lived long enough to be photographed.


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You know how sometimes you see an image that seems to make time collapse like a telescope? Have a look at this...


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Apologies for the lack of response to posts and comments over the last week. Work continues to be monumentally pish and is only getting more so. However life goes on and all that. nodbear is here and we are spending a few days doing navyboy research. And talking of navyboys, here are some very affectionate ones from Brett and Kate Mckay's wonderful ( Read more... )

Hope you've had a splendid day!


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Remember the pictures of the land ship I posted recently? Well it turns out that the US Navy had one too! USS Recruit was built in Union Square, Manhattan in 1917 and was used as a recruiting centre and training ship. She also seems to have been used for dancing classes ;)


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Better late than never, the crew of HMS Barham are here to wish you....

Many Happy Returns!


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The university were I'm based recently posted these fascinating images from their archive.


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