Dreadnought Holiday

19 Nov 2024

Starting a temporary thread of threads so I can find stuff again, starting with a subject close to my heart...

Dreadnought Holiday@dreadships.bsky.social

This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War. Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...

Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't- well actually your scientists are fucking geniuses. Why didn't they do this sooner?

Wine, uh, finds a way.

Those wanting a demonstration of the wine vending machine can wait - I'm in the Mosel at harvest time and we're about to play Federweiser roulette. This is wine that's just started to ferment and can be anything from fizzy grape juice to 12% abv. Wish me luck!

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Yen-han Chen 陳彥翰 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦

@chen-yenhan.bsky.social

"Is this a tank" locked after 12,239 pages of heated debate

A Glowing Indelible Stain@nemo616.bsky.social

Don't let your dreams be dreams

All right, who's up for some Industriekultur? First up - here's the Industrie...

17h

This isn't the part of Germany you get in the tourist brochures. It's an area that's had to find a way to move beyond the coal and steel that it was built on. It's not entirely there yet. But it's got a spark of its own...

PS: Go home, Ruhrgebiet. You're drunk.

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Actually, forget the 'almost'. This is a model railway in the rarely seen 1:1 scale. I could have spent hours up here.

All right, who's up for some Industriekultur? First up - here's the Industrie...

Despite stretching as far as the eye can see, the height makes it Lilliputian. Below you the traffic looks almost like a model railway.

Actually, forget the 'almost'. This is a model railway in the rarely seen 1:1 scale. I could have spent hours up here.

All right, who's up for some Industriekultur? First up - here's the Industrie...

It's so big inside, in fact, that a few years ago the spare envelope and gondola of Breitling Orbiter 3 - the first crewed balloon to circumnavigate the world nonstop - was on display there. That had room to spare as well.

The fun hasn't stopped though, because from here you can step outside for some of the best views in the Ruhrgebiet. This is still the powerhouse of German industry, but a surprising amount of nature now sits between the chimneys and factories.

All right, who's up for some Industriekultur? First up - here's the Industrie...

And once you've had your fill it's time for the Gasometer's party trick - a glass elevator that takes you up inside the building to the very top.

It's quite the view back down - this particular installation 'only' takes up about a third of the available height.

Will add some more to this later - catching up with friends. YES I DO HAVE SOME!

Dreadnought Holiday@dreadships.bsky.social

All right, who's up for some Industriekultur? First up - here's the Industrie...

All right, who's up for some Industriekultur? First up - here's the Industrie...

Above the pressure cap, fixed permanently 4m above the base, a semi-conical auditorium has been installed, giving another space for exhibiting photos. I, er, forgot to photo this bit.

Inside the auditorium is the star installation though. A "tree" made of lighting and projection onto a circular screen above. Below it people on beanbags laze, watching the changing colours. Those of you who saw the Weather Project at the Tate will recognise the vibe.

All right, who's up for some Industriekultur? First up - here's the Industrie...

Yup, it's time to visit Oberhausen's Gasometer - 117m of industrial engineering, built to store the gas from coking and ironmaking and after decommissioning in 1988 converted to one of Europe's most unusual exhibition spaces.

Mythos Wald follows the well-established model for a Gasometer blockbuster. The ground floor, underneath the massive 1200 ton cap that kept the gas under pressure, hosts photographs for the current exhibition.

All right, who's up for some Industriekultur? First up - here's the Industrie...

...and here's the Kultur.

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Odd This Day

@oddthisday.bsky.social

It is, today, not the 13th anniversary of the publication of Steven Morrissey’s autobiography (it had been out for ten days) but something much better: the 13th anniversary of the Sunday Times publishing A. A. Gill’s merciless mauling of it—a review which went on to win Hatchet Job of the Year

Righting the mistakes of the past

Dreadnought Holiday@dreadships.bsky.social

I regret to announce that a state of war now exists between Britain and Germany

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John Bull

@garius.eurosky.social

Prince Maurice's grave is interesting, because it was a good example of the conflicting thoughts families had. Princess Beatrice refused repatriation of the body. She felt he belonged with his men. But she fought for years for the right to spend her own money on a custom headstone. This was blocked

Dan P@danieljphelan.bsky.social

Remembering Prince Maurice of Battenberg, the youngest grandchild of Queen Victoria, who was killed in action on this day in 1914, aged just 23. In December 1918, his cousin, King George V, visited his grave to pay his respects. 📍 Ypres Town Cemetery 🇧🇪

What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano)

There are four kinds of Blue Sky poster

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@mercoglianos.bsky.social

Mein Schiff 3 Collision in Bremerhaven: What Happened? 🚢Incident Overview 🚢Damage Assessment 🚢Vessel Tracking & Route 🚢Tug Operations & Environmental Factors 🚢Maritime Regulations & Next Steps Video: youtu.be/hTuwMAwW7cQ

The best view on the ferry...

This is a good time to be taking a ferry, yes?

I've had worse seats for the arrival though.

Also means I get to watch these gentlemen about their business. The bridge crew get the big bucks, but it's men and women like this who keep global trade moving.

This is a good time to be taking a ferry, yes?

Full disclosure for those asking about my attitude towards this sort of thing - I've been out in worse, in smaller:

Dreadnought Holiday@dreadships.bsky.social

Just going through all my videos and stuff from this week, and honestly, this level of not giving a fuck about accidentally finding yourself in a force 9 gale with absolute novices is what I aspire to...

Approaching Rotterdam. Not too bad a crossing as far as I'm concerned; everybody else has turned a weird shade of green...

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youtube.comMein Schiff 3 Collision in BremerhavenYouTube video by Alex

I think it's fair to say this could have gone better...

Niels Bock@nielsbock.bsky.social

"Ich glaub, das war's mit der Reise." youtube.com/shorts/hP4LM...

youtube.comMein Schiff 3 Collision in BremerhavenYouTube video by Alex

I think it's fair to say this could have gone better...

Niels Bock@nielsbock.bsky.social

"Ich glaub, das war's mit der Reise." youtube.com/shorts/hP4LM...

Same vibes:

Anyway, for those wanting to know what a cruise itinerary looks like when it's both very, very boring and far, far too interesting, here's the entire voyage as seen on AIS.

youtube.comMein Schiff 3 Collision in BremerhavenYouTube video by Alex

I think it's fair to say this could have gone better...

Niels Bock@nielsbock.bsky.social

"Ich glaub, das war's mit der Reise." youtube.com/shorts/hP4LM...

I think the moment that really confirms that ship happens is when the tug that's valiantly been trying to fix matters NOPE NOPE NOPEs the heck out of there.

usni.orgWhy I Celebrate The Battle Of Leyte GulfIn the Battle of Leyte Gulf, we see the best of the U.S. Navy.

Meanwhile quite how they ended up in that particular pickle is... not one of the USN's most celebrated stories

U.S. Naval Institute@usni.org

#OTD in 1944, the outgunned ships of Taffy 3 fought a powerful Japanese fleet off Samar. Their extraordinary courage became one of the U.S. Navy's most celebrated stories. Read more in Proceedings: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/october/why-i-celebrate-battle-leyte-gulf

Take nothing away from Taffy 3 though. Facing up to a battlefleet whose biggest ship outdisplaces you *on its own* and handing out sufficient kicking that they turn tail and run is Royal Navy levels of silliness, and I mean that in the most admiring way.

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John Bull

@garius.eurosky.social

"This could have been an email." Aragorn whispers. "He ALWAYS pulls this shit in 'Any Other Business" Boromir replies, quietly. "It's why Faramir marked himself as busy when the invite went out."

The Shire-Reckoning@shire-reckoning.bsky.social

Elrond tells the long story of the One Ring, from its forging in the Mountain of Fire, to its betrayal of Isildur at the Gladden Fields. Frodo is startled to learn that Elrond himself marched with Gil-Galad in the Last Alliance against Sauron, more than three thousand years ago.

You can tell how minging the weather is tonight by the speed of ships ploughing into it...

Back from the wilds of Zone 3. Has there ever been a bigger gap in quality between a stadium and the club that play there?

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SeaNews

@seanews.bsky.social

Video of the LPG tanker *Zetagas* crossing the English Channel (Oct 23, 2026) during a storm!