This historic photograph shows crew members from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Eagle (R05) taking part in a traditional “Hands to Bathe” swim call in the Mediterranean Sea.
Royal Navy Type 23 Duke-class frigate HMS Richmond (F239) being towed into Portsmouth in October 2026 for storage and eventual scrapping. What a state our Navy is in!
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to deliver 4 Bofors 57mm Mk3 naval gun systems along with 3P (Pre-fragmented, Programmable, Proximity-fused) ammunition. This will equip the 4 Luleå-class FDI frigates being built by Naval Group.
Two more defueled reactor compartments from retired nuclear-powered submarines arrived at the Port of Benton this fall for safe, permanent disposal at the Hanford Site. These compartments once powered two 361-foot-long Los Angeles-class submarines: the USS Norfolk (SSN-714) and the USS Bremerton (SSN-698). The submarines were decommissioned in 2014 and 2021, respectively, and transported to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) for recycling. Since 1986, the U.S. Navy has safely delivered nearly 150 Reactor Compartment Disposal packages to Hanford.
USS McFaul (DDG 74) returned to Naval Station Norfolk on Oct. 23, 2026, concluding an 11-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation.
UK deploys three of its four Vanguard-class nuclear submarines at sea for the first time in more than five years. https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2026/uk-deploys-three-of-four-vanguard-class-nuclear-submarines-at-sea-for-first-time-in-more-than-five-years
14-inch (35.6 cm) shells on deck of the U.S. Navy battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40), while the battleship was replenishing her ammunition supply prior to the invasion of Guam, July 1944.
U.S. Navy warships pictured in the Hudson River with the New York City skyline in the background for the Navy Day celebrations on 27 October 1945. Visible in the foreground are the anchored warships USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Midway (CVB-41), USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Missouri (BB-63), USS New York (BB-34), USS Helena (CA-75), and USS Macon (CA-132). The aircraft flying over the Hudson River on October 27, 1945, was a U.S. Navy K-class patrol blimp.
HMS Richmond (F239) was towed into Portsmouth last week and handed over to the Disposal and Reserve Ships Organisation for preparation for scrapping. https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/2110671595702563017/video/1
