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On this day 150 years ago in 1875 the Royal Navy Corvette, HMS Challenger discovered the deepest point of the earth’s ocean in the Mariana Trench. Named the Challenger Deep, the depth was measured by line at 26,850 ft, and in 1952, the survey ship HMS Challenger measured it at 35,760 ft.

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 31, 2016) Sailors aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) gather on the port bridge wing as the ship prepares for a replenishment-at-sea. Germantown, attached to Expeditionary Strike Group 7, is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.

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USS Kitty Hawk and its Battle Group. Front row, left to right: frigate USS STEIN (FF-1065), guided missile cruiser HALSEY (CG-23) frigate USS BARBEY (FF-1088); second row, guided missile destroyer USS CALLAGHAN (DDG-994), ammunition ship USS MOUNT HOOD (AE-29), KITTY HAWK, combat stores ship USS MARS (AFS-1), and guided missile frigate USS VANDEGRIFT (FFG-48) with the fleet oiler USS WILLAMETTE (AO-180) following. Late 1980’s.

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The crew of the British Colossus-class light aircraft carrier HMS Ocean (R68) on deck for an inspection by Field Marshal Earl Alexander, the British Defense Minister, on 14 June 1952. Ocean was at the time off the Korean coast– a peninsula where she was highly active some 70 years ago– and she has Hawker Sea Furys of 802 Squadron and Fairey Fireflys of 825 Squadron aboard. It looks like the light cruiser HMS Belfast (C35) is off her stern.

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The Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Belfast (C35) approaching the aircraft carrier HMS Ocean (R68) off Korea, before the transfer of RADM Alan Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff, Flag Officer, Second in Command, Far East Station from his flagship Belfast to Ocean to observe air operations against targets in north-west Korea. Served on Belfast 61/62.

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On this day in 1984, K-314 collided with USS Kitty Hawk after the Soviet sub surfaced directly in front of the carrier. K-314 suffered significant damage, including losing a piece of a propeller blade embedded in the Kitty Hawk and chunks of the sub’s anechoic coating.

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The RN has changed the name of the future amphibious warfare vessel from the “Multi-Role Support Ship” to “Multi-Role Strike Ship” (MRSS). This is a sensible change reflecting the primarily offensive mission of these vessels. The programme is currently in the concept phase and needs to be funded in the coming SDR.

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