HMS Iwo Jima? When in 1982, Argentina invaded the Falklands. Revealed years later, Reagan had secretly prepared to give Thatcher the USS Iwo Jima if the Royal Navy needed it. The crew would have included U.S. “contract advisors” to operate the systems.

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Swedish 32 Class Motor Torpedo Boats Class of 10 commissioned in 1951 and 1952. Pictured here is T41, which decommissioned in 1977 to become picket boat Viken (V04) until 1990.

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HMS Chiddingfold was towed into Portsmouth this morning after 6 years, being brought back from the Gulf to Southampton on a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel. Under Lloyds rules, she needs dry docking and recertification as her last refit was completed in February 2019.

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