French Navy’s replenishment tanker FS Jacques Stosskopf (A726), the second ship in the Jacques Chevallier class, left, and the amphibious helicopter carrier Dixmude (right).

https://seawaves.com/jacques-stosskopf-admitted-to-active-service/ 

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2026-06-13T17:43:25+01:00

Canadian Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, HMCS William Hall, alongside HMS Belfast (1939) in London over last weekend.

 

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2026-06-13T17:31:56+01:00

In 1983 the Royal Navy conducted a secret set of meetings to assess the performance of weapon systems across the Fleet. This is a short thread on internal RN analysis of just how (un)reliable its weapons really were in the aftermath of the Falklands War. This photo depicts the HMS Edinburgh (D97) conducting the final firing of its Sea Dart missile system in 2012.

 

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2026-06-08T18:22:44+01:00

The Admiral Nakhimov, a Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, has begun the third stage of sea trials. According to the press service of the Northern Fleet, this is the final stage of testing.

 

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2026-06-08T17:20:39+01:00

Destroyer HMS Dragon has joined MarineNationale flagship FS Charles de Gaulle and her carrier strike group in the Arabian Sea on the latest stage of her security mission, taking on fuel and conducting joint aviation training.

 

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2026-06-08T09:06:51+01:00

Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) struck the Russian Steregushchy-class corvette RFS Boiky on the morning of June 3rd.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/06/ukrainian-drones-strike-russian-corvette-rfs-boiky-near-saint-petersburg/

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2026-06-06T18:11:54+01:00

Today, we remember the men and women who took part in the great crusade and the largest amphibious operation in history.

The crew of HMS Dragon took time during operations in the Arabian Sea to pay a traditional flight deck tribute to all those involved in D-Day and Operation Neptune.

 

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2026-06-06T08:18:03+01:00