Author Archives: David Arkwright

The U.S. Navy radar picket destroyer USS Frank Knox (DDR-742) aground on Pratas Reef, South China Sea, with several ships attempting to pull her off. She went aground on 18 July 1965. This view was probably taken at about the time she was finally refloated on 24 August 1965. Ships pulling are (from left to right): USS Grapple (ARS-7), USS Conserver (ARS-39), USS Sioux (ATF-75), USS Greenlet (ASR-10) and USS Cocopa (ATF-101).

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Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond returns to Portsmouth today after an historic Middle East deployment that saw her shoot down nine drones and a Houthi missile. The Type 45 spent six months helping safeguard vital international shipping lanes against indiscriminate attacks on merchant vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden – through which 11% of global trade passes.

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Malaysian law enforcement and naval personnel boarded the Chinese salvage vessel MV Chuan Hong 68 found to be operating illegally again after previously stealing scrap metal from WWII wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse. The Malaysian govt has yet to provide details of the ongoing case after the ship was detained last year.

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Fleetfest in Quebec City with the following attendees (top to bottom) – July 4, 2024 – USS Carney (DDG 64) Arleigh Burke-class Flight I guided missile destroyer – HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) Halifax-class frigate – HMCS William Hall (AOPV 433) Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel – HMS Protector (A173) Ice Patrol Ship – French Navy Loire-class offshore support vessel FS Rhone (A603) – CCGS Martha L. Black Martha L. Black-class light icebreaker/buoy tender

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