Author Archives: David Arkwright

USS Lake Erie (CG 70), a U.S. guided-missile cruiser, transiting the Panama Canal at night. This event occurred on the night of August 30, 2025, as the ship moved from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea. The deployment of the USS Lake Erie and other warships to the southern Caribbean was officially described by the U.S. as an anti-drug trafficking operation.

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Russian one-way attack USV has sunk the Ukrainian intelligence gathering ship (AGI) UNS Simferopol at the mouth of the Danube, just metres from Romanian territorial waters. At least 2 sailors killed, several missing or injured. First successful Russian USV strike in the public domain.

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Worse than described in the quoted tweet for the frigates of the Mariscal Sucre class. ARV General Soublette (F-24), a Lupo-class frigate of the Venezuelan Navy, is seen in a state of disrepair. The right hand ship sank after a collision with a German cruise ship. The Lupo-class frigates were originally built by Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR) for the Italian Navy, with some later acquired by other navies, including Venezuela.

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JS Kirishima (DDG-174), a Kongō-class guided-missile destroyer belonging to the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), is in the foreground. HMS Dauntless (D33), alongside the Norwegian Navy’s Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate, KNM Roald Amundsen (F311), CSG25.

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HMSQNLZ still alongside in the basin at Rosyth today, pending entry into number 1 dry dock. Accommodation barge, Sans Vitesse, for use by the ship’s duty watch in the foreground.

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Yesterday at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso site, the F589 ITS Emilio Bianchi a FREMM was launched. This being the last of 10 which were built for the Italian Navy. It is expected to enter service sometime in 2025 once outfitting reaches completion.

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Reuters confirms the deployment of Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Newport News (SSN-750) to the coast of Venezuela. Newport News (SSN-750) is a Flight II Los Angeles-class with Tomahawk VLS.

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HMS Agamemnon on the test and commissioning berth in Devonshire Dock, Barrow, BAES Maritime, with the steam barge (Steamhammer) alongside. The submarine is scheduled to be formally commissioned in the yard within the next few weeks, although it will not be operational for at least 18 months after that.

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