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Graduate in International Politics & Strategic Studies. Dabble in naval history. Frequently distracted by cricket.

England
Joined July 2009
New painting on the wall, as my dad has run out of wall space.
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The battleship HMS Duke of York on her full power trials, 1 November 1941. The ship had 8 boilers generating 110,000 SHP, driving 4 propeller shafts, allowing the 42,000 tons of ship to move through the water at speeds of 28 knots (32 mph, 52 kph).
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Well, this tweet is going well.
Do you want to find the cheapest petrol in Ipswich? Now you can with the Government's Fuel Finder. Partnering with Google, Fuel Finder provides real-time data and displays the prices at each petrol station. Give it a go by searching 'petrol' on Google Maps before you fill up.
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The Queen Elizabeth class battleship HMS Barham at the Suez Canal entrance, 1937.
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Colourisation removed the background, for some reason. Still there in the black and white version!
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Merlin was very pleased with his new castle.
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Today's adventure involved dragging my wife and in laws to another grey, floaty thing.
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I see @thinkdefence has been shopping again. (Yes this is a very boring car journey.)
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Second visit to Chatham dockyard today. Unlike last time, nice not to have to contend with Covid restrictions and by extension be able to go inside the ships!
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Goodbye to HMS Westminster, one of two Type 23s I had the pleasure of visiting, back in those halcyon days of 2019.
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