Author Archives: David Arkwright

The Milky Way Galaxy appears in the sky over the flight deck of the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) while underway in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless (D33), pictured returning to Portsmouth Harbour after maintenance.The vessel is a Daring-class air-defence destroyer, HMS Queen Elizabeth also berthed alonhgside.

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Patrol ship HMS Medway has completed a midwinter mercy mission to help prevent a viral outbreak on one of the world’s most remote islands.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/june/08/20260608-hms-medway-completes-midwinter-mercy-dash-to-worlds-remotest-island  via Blogger https://ift.tt/3vXaKAF 2026-06-15T17:00:35+01:00

Past and present: The USS Arthur W. Radford DD-968 and USS Mahan DDG-72 photographed in 2002. The Spruances were the workhorses of the US Navy during the 1980s and 1990s, being replaced by the Burkes at the beginning of the century.

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Overnight, Royal Marines Commandos of the Royal Navy, and HMS Sutherland, were involved in the interception of a shadow fleet vessel. They were supported by HMS Sutherland and HMS Ledbury, and the Maritime Air Group.

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French Navy’s replenishment tanker FS Jacques Stosskopf (A726), the second ship in the Jacques Chevallier class, left, and the amphibious helicopter carrier Dixmude (right).

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In 1983 the Royal Navy conducted a secret set of meetings to assess the performance of weapon systems across the Fleet. This is a short thread on internal RN analysis of just how (un)reliable its weapons really were in the aftermath of the Falklands War. This photo depicts the HMS Edinburgh (D97) conducting the final firing of its Sea Dart missile system in 2012.

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