Philip K Allan

Published Worldwide today! Book 3 in my Wolves WW2 series #WW2 #Uboats #BattleoftheAtlantic #royalnavywarship Amazon.com: Lone Wolf: 9798314689837: Allan, Philip K.: Books

Two Clippers at night by Montague Dawson #Ageofsail #MerchantNavy #Tallships

Corner of a hand-stitched sail from the 1800s. Every warship had a sailmaker who played a vital role in making and maintaining the huge number of sails required to power the ship in all weathers. #Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Tallships

Last night I was in Newcastle giving a talk to the Collingwood Society. What a splendid gathering, a really good audience of well-informed and hospitable people. The admiral’s memory is in safe hands. #trafalgar #ageofsail #royalnavy

Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin on the set of The Hunt for Red October #Coldwar #Submarines #Movies

Musket ball found lodged in the timbers of HMS Victory during her ongoing restoration. Probably fired during the battle of Trafalgar from the French ship Redoubtable. #Nelson #Trafalgar #RoyalNavy

Summer Quarterdeck 2025 - Globe Pequot The Summer edition of Quarterdeck Magazine is out – with a nice review of Lone Wolf “Lone Wolf surges with crisp prose and palpable page-turning tension.” #AmReading #AlexanderClay #RoyalNavy

The bark Europa in the Arctic. Perhaps it’s the heatwave currently engulfing Western Europe that made this appeal to me. #Arctic #Tallships #Ageofsail

Lynx helicopter leaving Leander-class frigate HMS Minerva in heavy seas, taken c1989. Landing it again looks a challenge. #Helicopter #Storm #RoyalNavy

On this day in 1941 – The Bismarck, pride of the Kriegsmarine, was sunk. Crippled by air attack from the carriers Ark Royal and Victorious, she was sunk by gunfire by units of the Home Fleet. Out of her crew of over 2,200 men, only 114 survived. #WW2 #GermanNavy #RoyalNavy

HMS Ville de Paris by Dereck Gardner A Royal Navy 1st rate launched in 1795. Her name comes from the French flagship, captured at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. The Royal Navy sometimes adopted names of foreign ship that had fought well. #AgeofSail #Napoleonic #RoyalNavy

The dreadnought HMS Superb, launched on Tyneside in 1907, coming down the river like a dragon leaving its den. Her masts have been secured flat to allow her to pass under bridges on her way to the sea. #WW1 #GrandFleet #RoyalNavy

USS Constitution. The Mediterranean Squadron by Dutch artist Maarten Platje A scene from the First Barbary War (1801–1805). The war is probably best known today for the attack on Tripoli referred to in the opening lines of the US Marine Corp hymn. #Ageofsail #Tripoli #USNavy

Frigate at sea by German artist Michael Zeno Diemer #Ageofsail #Tallships #RoyalNavy

Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū manoeuvring at speed to avoid bombs dropped by B-17 Flying Fortress bombers during the Battle of Midway #WW2 #JapaneseNavy #USNavy

HMS Warrior – a Royal Navy 74 gun 3rd rate ready to be launched at Portsmouth in 1781 painted by early 20th century British artist David C Bell #AgeofSail #Shipbuilding #RoyalNavy

Burial at sea by the 19th Century Norwegian artist Carl Sundt-Hansen #AgeofSail #Tallships #Norway

#OnThisDay 1789 Lt Fletcher Christian led a mutiny on HMS BOUNTY, casting Lt William Bligh, the Captain, and 19 loyal men adrift and fled to settle in #pitcairn Bligh made an epic 3500 mile voyage in an open boat to #timor and set about getting home to alert @RoyalNavy

Royal Navy cruiser HMS Nigeria in dry dock after she struck a mine in 1941 while operating off Norway against a German coastal convoy. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #Waratsea

#OnThisDay 1918 the Royal Navy Grand Fleet deployed in full fighting array for the last time in wartime to counter a German sortie in the North Sea. Admiral Beatty sailed with 193 ships including: 31 battleships, 4 battle cruisers, 24 light cruisers & 85 destroyers.

A useful guide to nautical knots for Millennials #Navy #tallships #Ageofsail