Author Archives: David Arkwright

RFA Tidespring taking on Fuel at Loch Striven. She sailed from the Mersey on Saturday after maintenance period at CammellLaird where she was also fitted with Phalanx CIWS ahead of participation in CSG25 deployment

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On this day 110 years ago, HMS Dreadnought become the only Battleship confirmed to have sunk a submarine when she rammed U29 off Scotland. Dreadnought sparked a Naval Arms Race after she was introduced in 1906 however she was sold for scrap just 15 years later.

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On March 27, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially launched the Perm, a fourth-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine belonging to the Yasen-M class. Named after the city of Perm in the Urals, it is the sixth vessel in the Yasen/Yasen-M series and the first Russian nuclear submarine to be officially equipped with the 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile as a standard feature. The submarine was laid down on July 29, 2016, at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk. Its launch marks a significant stage in the Russian Navy’s ongoing shipbuilding program. The Perm is scheduled to enter service with the Russian Navy in 2026.

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HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129) today, the third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the shipyard.

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