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Italian de la Penne class air defence destroyer Francesco Mimbelli (D 561) entering Malta in 2005.
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FGS Nordrhein Westfalen (F223).
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In 2021 decommissioned USS John F Kennedy (CVA-67), Philadelphia Navy Yard.
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HMS Kent (D12), County Class Destroyer, and HMS Bristol (D23) Type 82 Destroyer, during Navy Days, Portsmouth 1975.
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HMS Illustrious fire on the 3rd of April 1986. At 23:30 whilst reaching full engine revs, she suffered a catastrophic gearbox failure which almost saw the end of the vessel’s naval career. Fire raged for 4 hours, being brought under control by her ship’s company
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70 years ago today USS Nautilus (SSN 571) began her shakedown cruise during which she hit the highest sustained speed for a submerged cruise ever recorded up to that point in history.
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On this day 70 years ago, HMS Protector, an RN Netlayer since 1936, began her new service as the Falklands and Antarctic patrol & survey ship. She was scrapped in 1970, but today her namesake, HMS Protector, still surveys the Antarctic as the RN’s only Ice Patrol Ship.
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Capt. Herman Shelanski, commanding officer of USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75), stands to attention as he and his crew render honours to HMS Manchester (D95). 2008.
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80 years ago, the first German U-boat surrendered. U-249 surrendered off the Isles of Scilly to a PB4Y-1 Liberator from Patrol Wing 7 (FAW-7) on May 9, 1945.
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