Author Archives: David Arkwright

Marines stand on the deck of the frigate “Brandenburg” (F215) on its return from the Mediterranean. The “Brandenburg” left Wilhelmshaven in March 2024 to support maritime surveillance off the Lebanese coast and train the Lebanese navy as part of the UN Unifil mission.

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Aerial view of the RV – Research Vessel Triton – former prototype British warship demonstrator on the River Yare in Great Yarmouth – Norfolk UK. The Research Vessel Triton is a trimaran vessel owned by Gardline Marine Sciences Limited and a former prototype British warship demonstrator for the UK’s Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (later QinetiQ). She was built as a technology demonstrator ship for the Royal Navy’s Future Surface Combatant and has been used to prove the hull form’s viability and as a trial platform for other QinetiQ innovations. The ship was used by the Australian Border Force’s Marine Unit and was for a time moored in the River Fal near the King Harry chain ferry. As of 4 October 2017, she was moored on the River Yare, Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England.

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The last 35 crucial small boats have been delivered – ending a 7-year replacement project, Vahana. 3 hi-tech, modern small for the hydrographic squadron at HMNB Devonport complete the £48m programme to upgrade RN workboats.

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Plainview (AGEH-1) lifts her hull from the waters of Puget Sound during tests by her builder, Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co., Seattle, WA. 20 June 1968. The remains of ex-Plainview (AGEH-1) resting on a mud flat near Astoria.

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