XVPTBK has returned to Portsmouth following refit and new paint job ready for a new series of trials and experimentation under the auspices of the Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office (DCTO).In Oct 2024, the RN issued a tender for a 5-year £6.6M contract to maintain XV Patrick Blackett that will run from April 2025 – March 2030.
The USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) arrived earlier today at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay in Crete, Greece for repairs, following last week’s collision with the Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel, Besiktas-M, in the Southern Mediterranean near the Suez Canal. Damage to the vessel appears to be mostly superficial, causing no injuries or flooding.
The high-speed transport (converted from a Clemson-class destroyer) USS Barry was decommissioned in 1945 after being severely damaged by a kamikaze near Okinawa. Because the ship’s silhouette above the main deck was intact, the Barry was towed to sea as a decoy to lure the kamikaze away from more valuable targets. Within hours, a suicide pilot took the bait and smashed into the Barry. The Barry sank but had absorbed a hit that could have destroyed another fighting ship.
On this day in 2006, the first Ohio-class guided missile submarine rejoined the fleet after completing the first-ever SSBN to SSGN conversion. The longest serving boat in US Navy history.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is now formally affiliated with the flagship of the British Merchant Fleet, cruise liner Queen Mary 2.
HMS Diamond Sampson Multi Function Radar removed and awaiting transport toBAES Maritime Cowes facility for refurbishment.
HMS Newcastle and HMS Cardiff, Type 42 destroyers, retired in reserve, Fareham Creek, Portsmouth. 2007.
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