Brazilian crew trained in Devonport by RN and Babcock personnel to operate and maintain NDM Oiapoque (ex-HMS Bulwark) ahead of delivery voyage next year https://ift.tt/0kyA9t1 https://ift.tt/KBZAw95
UK to restart nuclear submarine defuelling in 2026. https://ift.tt/Zj3ftos https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-to-restart-nuclear-submarine-defuelling-in-2026/ https://ift.tt/3cvUhSb
RFA Proteus off Plymouth last month for a boat transfer (RM LCVP in foreground). After a period spent in the Irish Sea, last month then headed for Portland. https://ift.tt/YMnOspc https://ift.tt/xX6B39h
Battleship New Jersey (BB-62) in Camden, New Jersey December 21, 2025. https://ift.tt/A5QLret https://ift.tt/QrVuTxb
HMS Prince of Wales (center) conducting a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) operation with support ships. https://ift.tt/qOQz3DU https://ift.tt/QaLPRNJ
USNS Guam (T-HST-1) high speed transport vessel coming into Yokohama, Japan – December 8, 2025. Test 2
France to build large new nuclear aircraft carrier. https://ift.tt/TQWDn6S https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/france-to-build-large-new-nuclear-aircraft-carrier/ https://ift.tt/yXPHSIM
Home for christmas. USS John Finn (DDG 113), USS Shoup (DDG 86) and USS Howard (DDG 83) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyers surrounding USS Milius (DDG 69) Arleigh Burke-class Flight I guided missile destroyer in Yokosuka, Japan – December 21, 2025. https://ift.tt/aRgxeX7 https://ift.tt/TwP2OvQ
HMS Monmouth & HMS Trenchant In Feb 1996 they were deployed on OP SHARPSHOOTER – a secret mission tracking a Russian VICTOR 3 SSN off the UK coastline, which ended with RN personnel boarding the Russian boat. A sailor aboard the Victor III/project 671RTM b-448 Tambov developed symptoms of appendicitis. The Royal Navy evacuated the sailor by helicopter and provided medical treatment. https://ift.tt/4NPpSUZ https://www.reddit.com/r/submarines/comments/srf6ef/russian_video_of_the_royal_navy_rescue_of_a/ https://ift.tt/aDcC45A
Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) replenishment tanker RFA Tidespring, which has a small Christmas tree attached to its mast. The RFA Tidespring is the first of four Tide-class tankers in the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. https://ift.tt/hfN54Pd https://ift.tt/TDxuokc