Navy ‘Wasted’ $1.84 Billion in Repairs to Cruisers Cut from the fleet.

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Royal Australian Navy Evolved Cape-class patrol boats ADV Cape Naturaliste (316), ADV Cape Capricorn (317), ADV Cape Woolamai (318) and ADV Cape Pillar (319) being commissioned in Darwin, Australia – December 18, 2024.

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Future USS Iowa (SSN 797) Virginia-class Block IV nuclear-powered attack submarine coming into Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut for the first time – December 19, 2024.

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HMS Prince of Wales will lead CSG25 deployment next year while HMS Queen Elizabeth will head to Rosyth for refit The aircraft carriers have to be dry-docked for Lloyds hull inspection and certification every 5 years. HMSQNLZ was first floated off in 2014 – her refit will include the 2nd inspection dry docking. Her time in dry dock will be relatively short as the carriers have been well-maintained and upgraded in an on-going programme in a cost-effective manner.

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On this day in 1967, the Survey ship HMS Dampier returned to Dockyard Chatham under sail. Whilst returning to UK after nearly 20 years in Singapore, she lost her starboard shaft off Africa and with 3000 miles to run decided to rig sails to gain an extra 1/2 Knot to get home for Xmas.

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Imagery provided to the UK Defence Journal, taken by photographer Bob Shaw, shows the first section of HMS Belfast, the third of eight Type 26 Frigates, to enter the new Janet Harvey Hall at the BAE Systems Maritime shipyard in Govan, Glasgow.

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