HMS DAGGER patrolled British and Gibraltar Territorial Waters this Christmas morning with a new recruit embarked. The Ship took Santa to the Western Beach where the forces families of MOD Gibraltar were gathered!

 

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USCGC Healy (WAGB 20), a 420-foot polar icebreaker, returns home to Seattle after spending more than five months at sea Dec. 12, 2024.

 

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There is little rest or family time for 1,600 RN, RM & RFA personnel this Xmas – deployed or on call in the Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean, Middle East and Antarctica – to guarantee the freedoms & values we cherish. Thank you all.

 

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

Fleet.https://news.usni.org/2024/12/17/gao-navy-wasted-1-84-billion-in-repairs-to-cruisers-cut-from-the-fleet 

 

 
USS Anzio (CG-68) pier-side at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on April 7, 2022.

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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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