Naval & Maritime History
People working in & posting about naval and maritime history. If you want to join the crew, let me know and I will add you to the muster ⚓️🫡
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@kejamieson.bsky.social
@navalhistory.bsky.social
Study watery history at the home of the Royal Navy through distance learning. Bringing together students from all over the world. #NavalHistory #CoastalHistory #MaritimeHistory
@seamuseum.bsky.social
Australia's National Maritime Museum located on Gadigal Country, Sydney 🐳 We share stories of the sea and waterways. Open 10am - 4pm | FREE ENTRY
@jennyrlee.bsky.social
Curator (Exhibitions & Special Projects) at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Historical Geographer of imperialism, design, visual culture, exhibitions, maps, and communication. Chair of Trustees for Museum of Cornish Life. AuDHD. Views my own.
@fenken.bsky.social
Archaeological geophysicist, heritage nerd, Running Punk, musician and ex-dancer.
@brianmackie.bsky.social
WW2 Clyde history. HMCS Niobe / Royal Canadian Navy. Greenock Morton / In the Community. Slava Ukraini!
@salisbot.bsky.social
Naval Iconoclast - Editor of The Broadside, Sea Power Research Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy, Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, War on the Rocks
@mabernier-uwarch.bsky.social
Underwater/maritime archaeologist, formerly Parks Canada, ICUCH, ACUA, Slave Wrecks Project, Opinions are my own
@marcusrediker.bsky.social
Historian (from below), award-winning author, filmmaker, playwright, Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh marcusrediker.com
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
Cartographic Collections Manager at the RGS-IBG. Teach history of London architecture at NYU London. Cultural historian interested in books, maps, museums, exploration, and the early modern maritime world, esp. the Pacific.
@milhistcurator.bsky.social
Curator @ National Museum of American History; National Historian Emeritus @ Civil Air Patrol; Secretary @ Air Force Historical Foundation; curator/historian, father/husband, lover of birds (pigeons especially).
@wreckmasterjay.bsky.social
Historian and author, writer of 23 published books on disasters, shipwrecks and history.
@navalnoerby.bsky.social
Naval historian. Mainly Danish. And submarines. #topgunisanavyfilm Www.noerby.net
@benjamin-asmussen.bsky.social
Maritime historian & Senior Researcher @National Museum of Denmark interested in global connections - especially early modern Danish-Norwegian trading companies and their encounters.
@trost1864.bsky.social
Christian Retired US naval flight officer, husband,father, grandfather, military & naval historian.
@alexchurchill.bsky.social
FRHistS Royal/Military Historian Director @greatwargroup 🕯️ www.istoriatravel.org ✈️ Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social 📚 #CFC ⚽️ #WW1 #WW2 🏴 But frequently bangs on about the French 🇫🇷 https://achurchill.substack.com
@strategyforward.bsky.social
Pseudo-academic, amphibious warfare geek and house husband. Not necessarily in that order!
@rnssc.bsky.social
The RNSSC serves as the 'think tank' for the Royal Navy. By harnessing internal and external intellect and progressive thought, we work to inform and strengthen current and future decision making and shape the fleet of today and tomorrow.
@navalhistorian.bsky.social
Historian, author and (occasional) broadcaster. 19th/20th Century naval history, particularly naval aviation. "Dunkirk & the Little Ships" Shire Library https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/dunkirk-and-the-little-ships-9781784423766/
@andrewlivsey.bsky.social
PhD candidate at KCL: Cold War sea power theory. Sails and cycles slowly.
@drachinifel.bsky.social
@profdm.bsky.social
Academic(ish), naval architect, naval wargames designer, cat dad and alpaca wrangler
@catsbeck.bsky.social
Historian of madness and disability among seafarers in the long 18th Century
@navyrecords.bsky.social
Publishing British naval documents and history since 1893. We'll post all the latest discoveries here...
@molliecarlyle.bsky.social
Maritime musicologist and author of 'The Shantyman's Compendium'. Recently completed a PhD on ‘the last shantyman’, Stan Hugill, at the University of Aberdeen.
@drmseiter.bsky.social
Historian of C19th Germany with an interest in port town cultures, national identities, spaces, borderlands, and Jewish Germans. Also VfB Stuttgart supporter & member (long-suffering)
@wreckybeccy.bsky.social
⚓️ Shipwrecks 🏊🏻♀️ Outdoor swimming 🛶 Maritime History 🦔 Wildlife 🌊 Thalassophile 🪼 Beach finds 🐚
@cpogies.bsky.social
Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) & Maritime Security | Managing Editor @JE_SIRIUS | Now @swud_org · formerly @mpilhlt.bsky.social | Member @voelkerrechtsblog.org | https://www.swud.org/en/swud/wer-bewegt-die-swud/mitarbeitende/profil-von-christian-pogies/
@thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social
I am a dad, historian, historical tailor, veteran, author, and a History Youtuber. In normal times I cover 17th century history, material culture, history, law, politics, and economics, with a focus on pirates. www.youtube.com/@thecreweofthefancy
@davidwilsonhist.bsky.social
Historian working on legal and environmental history within context of colonialism & oceans / lakes, esp. piracy, fishing, & marine science. Current focus: Law, Science, and the British Colonial Fisheries Advisory Committee. Senior Lecturer @ Strathclyde.
@davidkneale.bsky.social
Isle of Man based press photographer and maritime historian. MA dissertation published in the International Journal of Maritime History. Writing about press gangs, steam packets and whatever the tide brings.
@wadehistory.bsky.social
Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at Leiden | Historian of early modern French global commerce - political/economic/social/maritime history 🇫🇷🌍🏳️🌈 | Privilege, Economy and State in Old Regime France out now - download for free http://t.ly/NMc17
@msdsmarine.bsky.social
MSDS provide an integrated approach to heritage and a wide range of services specialising in archaeological projects in a range of environments from land to sea.
@annabellelaf.bsky.social
PhD History about transatlantic letters in the 18th century, between Basque country, Aquitaine and French colonies. Maritime & colonial history. CORBAN project & Prize Papers Project. Rugbywoman, fan of photography, videogame, Tifosi and ocean lover 🌊🏉📸🏎️🎮
@iainballantyne.bsky.social
Editor Warships IFR magazine and its associated guides to the US Navy and Royal Navy. Author of books, including 'Hunter Killers', 'The Deadly Trade', 'Arnhem: Ten Days in The Cauldron', 'Killing the Bismarck', 'Warspite', a forthcoming novel.
@gcalafat.bsky.social
Historian, early modern period, Mediterranean shipwrecks Associate Professor, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (IHMC) Institut Universitaire de France (Junior Member) Editor of Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales (@annales.ehess.fr)
@shipwreckspod.bsky.social
A maritime history podcast!⚓ shipwrecksandseadogs.com youtube.com/@shipwreckspod patreon.com/shipwreckspod intohistory.com/shipwreckspod
@destinationsjou.bsky.social
Retired mining engineer. Proud father and husband. Living the dream in Australia's Hunter Valley. Collector of historical military photos. See the collection at https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/
@tallsimon.bsky.social
IT Contractor, wargamer, ex-RN tiff and submariner, volunteer guide at RN Submarine Museum. Can cook. Partial to a single malt or a good red wine
@oceanicing.bsky.social
Assistant Curator Australian National Maritime Museum, loves lighthouses and ocean liners, vintage and antique clothing collector, historian, 1920s aesthetic, literature and art lover, silent film watcher and chihuahua attendant
@drdan.bsky.social
Historian of undertakers and funerals in Eighteenth Century England. Researching the trade and their goods. Visiting Research Fellow at CDAS, University of Bath. Associate Fellow of Royal Historical Society
@c21st-sailor.bsky.social
Naval officer, writer, reader. Author of 21st Century Gorshkov & Naval Diplomacy in the 21st Century. PhD War Studies.
@saracaputo.bsky.social
History Senior Research Fellow & Director of Studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge; British Academy PDRF. Histories of maritime labour, mapping, and medicine (Britain, France, Spain, & Italy). https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-sara-caputo
@humbledore.bsky.social
Archivist, researcher, genealogist Interests: History (mainly Great Lakes, Home Front, maritime transport, Naval, Canadian & Indigenous, Ethiopian, Austrian, and general military history) and also archaeology. Newly dry.
@maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
Home of Henry VIII's favourite ship, the Mary Rose, which sank off the English coast in 1545 after a 34 year long career. #Portsmouth's top visitor attraction on TripAdvisor. Part of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
@hatchthedog.bsky.social
Former ratter on Henry VIII's Mary Rose, these days I live at the Mary Rose Museum. Doggy opinions my own. Woof.
@wdjames.bsky.social
Asst. Professor in Strategic Studies at NTU Singapore. Author of British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony (OUP, 2024). Research: Alliances, UK foreign & defence policy, European security & transatlantic relations. www.williamdjames.com
@mhafhs.bsky.social
We research Military History at the Swedish Defence University (Försvarshögskolan) - We were founded 1873 by Generalmajor Hugo Raab. Find us here: https://www.fhs.se/en/swedish-defence-university/about-sedu/organisation/department-of-military-history.html
@wanderingyeti.bsky.social
Historian, Archivist, Photographer. Will happily chat about most things but especially about maritime history, swordfighting, folklore, D&D, and dusty boxes full of old stuff. I’m also a tired human who is going to grad school...again. She/Her 🏳️🌈
@napwarspod.bsky.social
World class podcast covering everything and anything related to the period 1775-1815. Hosted by award-winning historians Zack White, Luke Reynolds, Liam Telfer & Josh Redden
@heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social
historian | training for my first marathon (in 2026) | plant & cat mom | views expressed are mine alone
@hanstino.bsky.social
Realistic optimist, Founder & CEO Risk Intelligence, IR & economics, defence, security, military and naval history - especially during the Napoleonic period - the Cold War…and football On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
@nushpowell.bsky.social
Professor of eighteenth-century lit and culture; person who studies pirates; dragon aficionado; proud parliamentarian dork.
@kingludd.bsky.social
Historian, wargamer, miniatures painter. Lego, classic menswear, scale models, vinylcollecting, heavy metal, music, history, art, boardgames, movies, ships. Disgusted by racism, climate change and social injustice! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. #actuallyautistic and ADHD
@dbfenthusiast.bsky.social
DBF but in a preservation sort of way. Maritime historian and museum professional. Talks a lot about submarines. Views my own.
@lhaasis.bsky.social
Senior Researcher | German Maritime Museum Leibniz Institute for Maritime History Former Research Coordinator | Prize Papers Lecturer Early Modern History & Games | Oldenburg University Founder Gamelab Oldenburg | Games in School
@samuelhelfont.bsky.social
Middle East/International history. Newest book: Iraq against the World (OUP, 2023). Naval War College@Naval Postgraduate School. PhD@Princeton. Views my own. https://www.samuelhelfont.com
@lydiajane13.bsky.social
Author/historian. Bomber Command Minelaying, RAF/Admiralty Co-operation, Norwegian Campaign. Learning 🇳🇴 slowly. Co-host nmtdambusters.bsky.social The Invisible Campaign: Bomber Command Gardening Operations1940-1945 out now
@paodonnell.bsky.social
History, Ships, Manufacturing and Trade Policy. Attempting a PhD (the left and the navy in early C20/interwar Britain) twenty years later than is traditional.
@thethousandthpart.com
RN/polar exploration | C18-19 British/Irish history | Photographer; librarian; independent researcher of life and career of Capt. Francis Crozier. www.thethousandthpart.com
@honer.bsky.social
Historian & Management Consultant. Author of Learning War, Battle Line, & Mastering the Art of Command.
@pbhellawell.bsky.social
Historian | Head of Collections Research at The National Archives (UK) | Maritime & colonial history | History of science & medicine | Currently researching Royal African Company/Company of Merchants.
@rjhammond215.bsky.social
Historian. Senior Lecturer. Vice-President and Founder Member of the Second World War Research Group: https://www.swwresearch.com/. Co-Editor of War in History journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/WIH
@jamiemctrusty.bsky.social
Posts on (mostly) Second World War aviation and naval history. See ALT text for picture credits and additional information!
@marcusfaulkner.bsky.social
Naval and intelligence historian. Familiar with the Second World War. PhD, MA etc. Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies @ King's College London
@rednavy70.bsky.social
Museum Tech for a Naval History organization. Midwestern/EastCoaster. Overall weirdo.
@ancientsea.bsky.social
- Covering mostly Prehistoric and Ancient Maritime History, though I will post examples of both river and sea vessels - Cross-section enthusiast
@maritimetexas.bsky.social
Maritime, naval, and military history guy, occasional author. Texas Marine Archaeological Steward. Iconoclastic tendencies. Opinions mine, not my employer's.
@journalmaritime.bsky.social
IMHA is a professional association of Scholars. The International; Journal of Maritime History is published quarterly, on various dimensions of maritime history www.imha.info
@maritimesmuseum.bsky.social
The Maritime History of Humanity told through the worldwide largest maritime private collection of Prof. Peter Tamm at the heart of the Port of Hamburg. https://www.imm-hamburg.de
@thatsmcintosh.bsky.social
Proud Canadian. Over 25 years in IT. Proud Father of an Autistic Person. Amateur historian. Mediocre middle aged cyclist. Go Flames Go!
@sfhomoutremers.bsky.social
La Société française d'Histoire des Outre-Mers. Association universitaire. Publications & Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire coloniale et impériale (@guillaume.vial.bsky.social) www.sfhom.com
@timdocchoi.bsky.social
Ship modeler, all-around Canadian boat guy (and gov't goon, so usual caveats apply). PhD'd in Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian naval forces: book version coming Soon™️.
@michalyoudoing.bsky.social
History of Science, Astronomy, Cartography, Transport, Software, AI Translating 17th century Astronomy texts Author: -The Perfect Transport: and the science of why you can't have it -Almagestum Novum: History of Astronomy
@jim09ea63.bsky.social
A normal bloke, happy family guy. With a few interests (planes, trains, tanks etc), oh, & an MBA from @uniofleicester. I was a soldier once. @09EA63 on the bird app if it's still going, and on Insta
@jimsmithson.bsky.social
Military historian. Great War Group Trustee. Written a couple of Great War books plus articles. Francophile, but also lived 30+ years in Germany so pretty European in outlook.
@mromero.bsky.social
Science-Fiction fan, World History teacher, Naval Historian, always something more I need to be writing or reading...
@drangelasutton.bsky.social
Author: Pirates of the Slave Trade Professor: Communication of Science & Tech Director: Fort Negley Descendants Project & Builders and Defenders Database www.buildersanddefenders.org www.AngelaSutton.info
@nmkennedy.bsky.social
Historian and archaeologist of the early modern Atlantic World, specializing in Bermuda, slavery and the slave trade, maritime history, maritime emancipation, Caribbean history, sensory history. Dept of History, Memorial University, Newfoundland.
@tudorwench.bsky.social
Historical Gangsta. Aspiring meme queen. Hangs with salty dead English guys from the Tudor-Stuart era & tries to avoid scurvy. 🇨🇦⚓️ early East India co voyages. Holocaust educator. Teaches whatever needs teaching.
@gabyrobilliard.bsky.social
Historian of early modern food (especially tea and coffee), intoxicants, medicine, material culture, religion (German Pietism), maritime and global history. Also currently researching sailors‘ stuff. Postdoc, Prize Papers Project, Oldenburg University
@andrewayton.bsky.social
Historian (ret’d Univ of Hull, UK) working on late medieval military, maritime, soc & economic; & Napoleonic. MSS, prosopography, networks. Classical music, wildlife, cinema, coins, postal history, Dorset, France, Hungary. 🦋& #Shugborough Staffs pictures.
@maximemorel.bsky.social
French PhD Researcher in history at the EUI (Florence) Early Modern Mediterranean | Naval Ceremony | Diplomatic History Coordinator of the Diplomatic and International History working group Alumnus Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and ENS Paris-Saclay
@benjaminredding.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at UEA researching the Gloucester shipwreck 1654-82. Early modern maritime and naval historian. https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/benjamin-redding https://www.gloucestershipwreck.co.uk/
@timbenbow.bsky.social
Professor of Strategic Studies, King's College London My research focusses on UK naval strategy and naval history in the Second World War and Cold War.
@cjwexler.bsky.social
Civil War Naval historian examining Confederate ironclad construction and the Federal Blockade off Charleston Harbor. Philly sports fan, PhD, Associate Professor at a community college. Also: metal, foodways. Views are my own, not my employers, etc.
@jconnellstryker.bsky.social
PhD in History, UT Austin; Pratt Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland - Women's Work at Sea, Histories of Maritime, Gender, Labor, Empire, Technology, and the Digital Humanities, etc
@schottemargaret.bsky.social
Early modern history, DH & Indian Ocean @ YorkU. Loves all things bookish, maritime, & history-of-science. ☞ She/her 🌈
@jwsc03.bsky.social
RT/Like =/= endorsement; ship =/= boat. MA Naval History student at Uni Portsmouth. He/Him. Formerly CIMSEC Sea Control: https://sea-control.simplecast.com/
@pkhardy.bsky.social
Historian of science, technology, & medicine, especially tech of ocean science. Associate history professor at UW-La Crosse. Book review editor for H-Sci-Med-Tech & H-Oceans. She/her/hers.
@roperlou.bsky.social
Historian of the Anglophone world in the very long seventeenth century: https://go.bsky.app/BtkNcRq Co-General Editor, Journal of Early American History Professor @ SUNY-New Paltz. ORCID 0000-0001-8375-0939 #earlymodern
@lhistorienne.bsky.social
History PhD. Pirate expert. ☠🏴☠️⚓️ Author/Editor. Educator. Elder Millennial. Forever emo kid. ♉ Tattoo lover. AuDHD. LEGO enthusiast & vinyl hoarder. Self-proclaimed connoisseur of 📚🏝️🍸🍺🍷. As seen on TV (History Channel). 📺 📸: L_Historienne
@mooregraham.bsky.social
Maritime & social historian; 18th-C Collections Researcher for The National Archives UK. Sometime pirate. Views own &c
@redlunapixie.bsky.social
Necromancer of time. C18th Naval historian & BCMH MA dissertation winner: Hulks of the Hamoaze. Member of Royal Hist Soc. Friendly neighbourhood Goth 🖤⚓🖤 🗃️
@britjnlmilhist.bsky.social
The British Journal for Military History is the scholarly journal of the British Commission for Military History. Website: https://journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/
@17thline.bsky.social
Historian, novelist, not enrolled in a political party since 1994, #StarTrek, Contributing editor warontherocks.com, retired USNA prof & retired USNR Bio https://go.authorsguild.org/members/6264 https://open.substack.com/pub/claudeberube