Author Archives: David Arkwright

Even before the defence review has begun, five Royal Navy warships are to be scrapped, not good news, all five ships to be axed have already been inactive for some time and this does not actually weaken the frontline strength of the RN right now any further. In some ways, this announcement is simply about being honest that ships officially listed as part of the ORBAT, (in some cases for years) should no longer be considered part of the fleet.

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Strong circumstantial evidence that Chinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng was responsible for breaking two underwater telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea (17-18th November). CLion1 connecting Finland and Germany and BSC connecting Sweden and Lithuania severed. Chinese-flagged bulk carrier MV Yi Peng 3 appears to have deliberately dragged anchor to break two underwater telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea. Now stopped in Kattegat belived to have been intercepted by Danish naval vessels HDMS Hvidbjørnen and HDMS Søløven. Similar to incident in Oct 2023 when MV Newnew Polar Bear damaged undersea Balticconnector pipeline. Both Chinese flagged vessels that had departed from Russian ports.

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The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Nantucket (LCS 27) November 16, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. To honor naval history, Nantucket became the newest ship in the fleet while moored stern-to-stern with USS Constitution, the U.S. Navy’s oldest commissioned ship.

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