Everything you need to know about RMS Titanic is here.
This a very inspirational speech from Admiral McRaven, full of many truisms, no matter what you do in life.
Zumwalt, the US Navy's stealth ship.
Must admit I'm not a great sailor unless it's flat calm and certainly couldn't hack being in a submarine. My older brother has spent all his 45 years of working life at sea...20 years as a Captain for Chevron. He'll be 66 this year and still works as a master mariner consultant. I guess he can't settle being at home for long periods. I haven't the foggiest why he chose that career as there's no seafaring history in the family.
Did you never fancy following in your fathers footseteps Splinter?
I did at one point, but was let down by my appalling mathematics UK Man . You needed O levels to include maths to enter as a midshipman, but I failed the exam about six times, in spite of private tuition.
Anyway, here's some incredible German engineering precision.
A very interesting article which was short but to the point. It{s often lamented that the Royal Navy is lacking ships and submarines, but a smaller more agile force seems to be the order of the day.
Here's HMS Ambush, an Astute class nuclear submarine commissioned in 2013. My father was a Royal Navy submariner, hence my continued interest.
