#AgeOfSail is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 6 people shared 28 posts with it — around 1 a day. The busiest day was Jul 17 with 5 posts.

Posts with #AgeOfSail

Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

23 days ago

The Swedish ship Vasa. She sank shortly after launch in 1628, but thanks to the conditions in the Baltic, which is tide free and has brackish water, her hull was almost perfectly preserved when raised in 1961. #SwedishNavy #Stockholm #Ageofsail

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

6 months ago

Ship at night by Marek Rużyk #RoyalNavy #Sea #Ageofsail

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

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

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

about 1 month ago

HMS Sandwich laying her mooring at sunset by English artist Jack Spurling She was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1759 at Chatham and designed by Thomas Slade, the naval architect behind HMS Victory. #RoyalNavy #Shipoftheline #Ageofsail

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

3 months ago

Something for Hornblower fans - how camels work. Two water-filled boxes are lashed tightly to each side of a ship. When they are pumped out, they lift it, reducing its draft. Invented by the Dutch to get large warships out of shallow harbours. #DutchNavy #Tallships #Ageofsail

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

9 months ago

Savannah by British Marine artist John Stobart. Stobart is best known for his 19th century harbour scenes, many of American ports at night. #MaritimeArt #Tallships #Ageofsail

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

25 days ago

The Medusa sailing from the Downs by US artist Mark Myers In the age of sail the Downs was a busy anchorage off the Kent coast where shipping would wait for a favourable tide/wind to take them up the Thames into London or down the Channel to the Atlantic #RoyalNavy #Navigation #Ageofsail

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

4 months ago

HMS Leopard pursued by the Dutch warship Waakzaamheid in the Roaring Forties by British artist Geoff Hunt. Readers of Patrick O’Brian may recognise it as the cover art for Desolation Island #RoyalNavy #Ageofsail #Navalfiction

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

5 months ago

Seascape by 19th century French artist Jules Noël #Maritime #Sea #Ageofsail

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

11 months ago

Farewell to England - HMS Victory leaving St. Helen's at dawn, 15 September 1805. A new picture by Geoff Hunt #Nelson #Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Trafalgar

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

6 months ago

French ship of the line Foudroyant by Auguste Mayer. Early 18th century ships may have been cumbersome, un-weatherly and struggled to operate in winter, but they did look magnificent. #FrenchNavy #LouisXIV #Ageofsail

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Philip K. Allan - Author

@philipkallan.bsky.social

11 months ago

Trimming the sails by British marine artist Montague Dawson Born in 1890, he was a keen sailor who served in the Royal Navy during WW1. His firsthand experience of ships and the sea gives his work a gritty authenticity. #Tallships #Ageofsail #Sea