Following the completion of construction and successful Factory Acceptance Testing at Manor Marine in Portland, first-of-class Oceanus17 has now been delivered to ZeroUSV’s headquarters at Turnchapel Wharf, Plymouth. The 17m USV has an operational endurance in excess of 50 days, a range of more than 5,000nm, a capacity of up to 4 tonnes and a payload bay for a TEU container.
The ipaper claims MoD has set aside £217M to cover potential costs associated with the Devonshire Dock Hall fire at BAES Maritime, Barrow in October 2024. A large proportion relates to smoke damage sustained to HMS Achilles. Rumours that the fire was Russian sabotage, but a 17-month police investigation by Cumbria police found “no evidence of deliberate or reckless cause”.
Fire yesterday morning aboard Charles L. Gilliland (part of the US MARAD’s Ready Reserve Force) laid up in the Patapsco River, Baltimore, Maryland.2 lifeboats caught fire but extinguished by the Baltimore Fire Department.
HMS Montrose, Duke-class Type 23 frigate under tow of Protug 75, leaving Portsmouth for disposal in Turkey. She was the eighth of the sixteen in her class, launched in 1992.
Guided-missile cruiser USS Springfield (CLG-7), shown here in a dry dock in Toulon, France, during March 1965. Originally built as a WWII-era Cleveland-class light cruiser, she was modernised into a Providence-class guided-missile cruiser between 1957 and 1960. The vessel was decommissioned in 1974 and ultimately sold for scrap in 1980.
The old USS Juneau (LPD-10) sinks slowly after being struck by two AGM-84J missiles launched by a New Zealand P-8, an LRASM launched by a B-2, and finally a Japanese heavy torpedo during the Valiant Shield 2026 exercise in the waters of the Philippine Sea.
Second Type 31 frigate, HMS Active, moved into Number 1 dock at Babcock plc Rosyth this week. Plans have been changed – HMS Venturer continues fitting out in Number 3 dock.
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