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Japanese destroyer laying down a smoke screen near a coastline; explosions are visible in the background.. Leyte Island, Philippines. 1944.

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The French ship SV Seine (built in 1899) was on her way to Falmouth with a charge of nitrate when she ran into a gale off Scilly on December 28, 1900. She ran ashore in Perran Bay, Perranporth, Cornwall.

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Russian steamer Aksai wrecked on White Island, Scilly, November 1875 [Photo: Alexander Gendall Gibson]

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“Fannie J. Bartlett” wrecked at Napeague, 1894, photograph by William Wallace Tooker.

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The kangaroo 'Boonah' on board the german warship 'Karlsruhe'., in 1934. The kangaroo was later placed in Karlsruhe's zoo in Germany. It was still there in 1941.

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Camouflage Design Drawings for U.S. Navy Commissioned Ships, U.S. Merchant Ships and British Ships. Type 3, Design C, Starboard Side, Sept. 1917.

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Still footage from Iranian State TV on July 28, 2020, showing an Iranian mockup imitating a US aircraft carrier being encircled by speedboats during a military exercise near the Strait of Hormuz.

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An Iranian mockup imitating a US aircraft carrier being hit during a military exercise near the Strait of Hormuz, 29 July 2020 (Luke O'Reilly, IRIB NEWS AGENCY/AFP)

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‘Muroc Maru’, 28 August 1944, Rogers Dry Lake, Southern California.
A 200 meters wooden replica of a Japanese Atago-class heavy cruiser (dubbed the Muroc Maru) was constructed during 1943 on this lakebed for skip-bombing practice. The bright Sand dunes, under certain conditions, created the illusion of water. [Edwards Air Force Base History Office]

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The schooner Estelle S. Nunam shipwreck, Cape Cod, May 17, 1910. After unloading a cargo of gasoline onto a barge, a crewman aboard the schooner Estelle S. Nunam lit…

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