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HDMS Sehested (P 547) a Willemoes-class fast attack craft of the Royal Danish Navy which was in commission from 1978 until 2000. It is now docked at Holmen in Copenhagen where it serves as a museum ship, part of the Royal Danish Naval Museum.

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In 1976, a U.S. Navy torpedo recovery boat was dragging a parachute as a sea anchor when it snagged something. After a fierce struggle, the crew managed to pull aboard a bizarre creature. They had discovered the megamouth shark. Only 100 have been seen since.

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On this day 40 years ago, in 1984, a major fire broke out in the Steam Turbine Room of the Destroyer HMS BRISTOL at anchor off Portsmouth. The fire was eventually dealt with but caused significant damage which was repaired in her refit period that year.

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July 14th 1982: HMS Plymouth arrives home to Rosyth with an incredible welcome. Easily one of the hardest working ships of the task force, she bears her scars well… not bad for a ship which was claimed sunk with all hands a month before.

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