Author Archives: David Arkwright

On this day in 1983, the UK’s first nuclear-powered submarine HMS Dreadnought paid off in Chatham Dockyard. 42 years later she still awaits disposal in Rosyth but her famous name will return with the first Ballistic Missile Submarine of the Vanguard replacements later this decade.

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On this day in 1984, construction began on the last US Navy fast attack submarine built with fairwater planes, USS Newport News (SSN-750). Likely retiring next year, she’s the the lone operating 688 among a SSN fleet of 688is, a couple Seawolf boats, and the growing Virginia Blocks.

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The long, sad last major voyage of the SS UNITED STATES has ended with her docking in Mobile, Alabama at midday 3 March. That magnificent profile now will be destroyed with the removal of her funnels and mast as she’s prepped for reefing.

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A £9 billion contract between the Ministry of Defence and Rolls-Royce Submarines Ltd, Derby, has been announced, securing the future of the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet while delivering economic benefits across the UK.

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USS Mount Whitney LCC-20 as she participated in a memorial ceremony off the coast of Normandy, France, while in the English Channel, May 26, 2020. Mount Whitney was the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, homeported in Gaeta, and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners.

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The Gotland-class, to be fair, is not exactly a well-known submarine outside of naval circles. However, this submarine made some serious history when it took on the US Navy in a simulation and did the unthinkable. A few months back, the Swedish Defense Material Administration (FMV) announced that it had awarded a mid-life upgrade (MLU) contract to Saab for the Gotland-class submarine HMS Halland. Under the upgrade project, which is reportedly valued at $116.75 million, Saab will carry out modernization and modification work on the submarine – during which time the boat’s existing combat systems will also undergo an overhaul.

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