P2000s of the Coastal Forces, Wildcats of 815 NAS and Norwegian fast patrol craft plus a frigate from the Norwegian Navy are locking horns near Bergen for 3 weeks on Ex Tamber Shield, to prepare for a joint global mission.

 

 

 

 

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Russian corvette RFS Boikiy entered the English Channel this morning, probably en route to escort another cargo ship returning to Baltic Sea base with military equipment evacuated from Syria (MV Baltic Leader).

 

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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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USS Shiloh (CG 67) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser coming into Papeete, French Polynesia – February 27, 2025.

 

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She was the World’s longest-serving warship, HMS Hermes, later INS Viraat was decommissioned in India, 2020.

https://marineindustrynews.co.uk/worlds-longest-serving-warship-hms-hermes-decommissioned-in-india/ 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.