Author Archives: David Arkwright

HMS Somerset and RFA Tidespring shadowed Russian destroyer RFS Severomorsk and support tanker MV Kama were through the Channel last night and are now in the North Sea.

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The Los Angeles class fast attack submarine USS Albany (SSN 753) is prepared to be guided out of the floating dry dock, Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock (RDM 4), on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. Albany, the fifth U.S. Navy ship to be named for the capital city of New York, underwent regularly scheduled maintenance while docked.

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The MoD has extended legal protection to more than two dozen naval shipwrecks. The move follows decades of disturbance, with at least 3,000 artefacts recovered by divers from wrecks in UK waters. Newly protected sites include HMS Jason, HMS Hawke and HMS Nottingham (all off the Scottish coast), French minesweeper Emile Deschamps (off North Foreland) and RFA tanker Cairndale (off Casablanca). Also covered are HMCS Regina (north of Padstow) and HMCS Trentonian (K 368) (off Mevagissey), while HMCS Cobra lies off the Lincolnshire coast. USCG Cutter Tampa, lost around 45 miles northwest of Land’s End in 1918, is also included despite its wreck not yet being located. Battleships Royal Oak in Scapa Flow and HMS Vanguard in the Cromarty Firth, are already designated controlled sites but the exclusion zone around both is now being extended to provide extra protection.

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ex-HMS Argyll and HMS Westminster now on the trots in Fareham Creek awaiting tow to Turkey to be scrapped. Westminster’s flight deck was cut open to allow Towed Array sonar winch removal.

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The Royal Navy is stepping up its minehunting capabilities as RFA Lyme Bay gets ready to take on new cutting-edge uncrewed equipment. The kit will be able to detect, identify and neutralise threats, with Lyme Bay acting as ‘mothership’.

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USS Gerald R Ford has arrived in Split, Croatia, for repairs and crew rest. The ship has been deployed for over 9 months, crossing the Atlantic twice from the North Sea to operations in the Caribbean, Mediterranean and Red Sea. She departed Souda Bay, Crete, following local protests against her presence and lack of options for crew to go ashore.

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