Author Archives: David Arkwright

HMS Middleton has completed her 6-week Deployed Docking Period in Bahrain with an overlaid Capability Insertion Period. Collaboration between BAE Systems, Royal Navy and BASREC ensured essential maintenance was completed to keep her mission-ready.

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Block IV Virginia-class submarine, future USS Iowa (SSN 797), being floated for the first time at Electric Boat’s Graving Dock 3. (August 11, 2023) She’s expected to be commissioned in the Spring of 2025.

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August 28th in 1976, the Soviet Echo II-class submarine K-22 collided with the frigate USS Voge (FF 1047), Souda Bay, Crete. The Soviet captain attempted to avoid the collision by ordering an emergency dive but rammed Voge’s port quarter. Both vessels suffered severe damage.

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