Navy Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/navy/ Mechanically-minded travel Fri, 01 May 2026 09:43:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Review: Musee 39-45, Ambleteuse, France https://mechtraveller.com/2020/02/review-musee-39-45-ambleteuse-france/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/02/review-musee-39-45-ambleteuse-france/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:58:34 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=5871 The Musee 39-45 * north of Boulogne in Pas-de-Calais, differs from many WW2 museums in that it is dedicated to the uniforms and accessories of the combatants, rather than their equipment. The only large pieces of military equipment are parked outside, namely ‘Jean Beart’, a Sherman M4 and a few pieces of field artillery (eg. […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2020/02/review-musee-39-45-ambleteuse-france/feed/ 0 Why Do Aircraft Carriers Have Their Island On The Starboard Side? https://mechtraveller.com/2019/11/why-do-aircraft-carriers-have-their-island-on-the-starboard-side/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/11/why-do-aircraft-carriers-have-their-island-on-the-starboard-side/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:25:19 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=5510 I came across this little ‘factoid’ in the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s in-house magazine, Scuttlebutt, which was a fascinating publication until they stopped publishing it! It’s one of those ‘unknown unknowns’ as Donald Rumsfeld would say. I didn’t know that I didn’t know it… until I read it! Have you ever noticed that […]

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