Adventures of the Blackgang

historicaltimes:

Theodore Roosevelt visiting the Panama Canal construction site, 1904

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25/12/1904 Fishing Vessel AQUARIUS GY 214; stranded 3.5 miles S of Withernsea, Yorkshire (Lost Grimsby Vessels 1902-06)

Delfin (Дельфин, Russian: “Dolphin”) was the first Russian battle submarine. Laid down by Baltic plant at St. Petersburg, launched in 1902, and entered service in 1903, training officers and sailors.

On 29 June 1904 the submarine sank in the Neva River by the wall of the Baltic shipyard during a test dive. The captain and 24 crewmen were killed, and 12 men were rescued.

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Sailors observing from the Russian submarine ‘Delfin’, 1904.

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art-history:

Winslow Homer, Kissing the Moon, 1904. Oil on canvas