August 28th in 1976, the Soviet Echo II-class submarine K-22 collided with the frigate USS Voge (FF 1047), Souda Bay, Crete. The Soviet captain attempted to avoid the collision by ordering an emergency dive but rammed Voge’s port quarter. Both vessels suffered severe damage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Royal Canadian Navy Kingston-class coastal defence vessels HMCS Shawinigan (MM 704) and HMCS Glace Bay (MM 701) in Aalborg, Denmark – August 23, 2024.

 

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Setbacks in the Royal Navy’s effort to get newly acquired auxiliary ships into service.

https://www.navylookout.com/setbacks-in-the-royal-navys-effort-to-get-newly-acquired-auxiliary-ships-into-service/ 

 

 

 

 

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HMS Glasgow, first of eight Type 26 Frigates, was moved from one dry dock into another at the BAE Systems yard in Scotstoun, Glasgow to make way for HMS Cardiff, the second of eight, soon leaving the BAE Sytems yard at Govan, Glasgow.

 

 

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USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer transiting Godthab’s Fjord – August 21, 2024.

 

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Italian Navy Bergamini-class anti-submarine frigate, ITS Alpino (F594), leaving Yokosuka, Japan – August 27, 2024.

 

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On this day in 2010 HMS Astute was commissioned into the Royal Navy. HMS Astute symbolises how far the ‘silent service’ has come in a century. Her keel was laid almost 100 years to the day of Holland 1, the first Royal Navy submarine.

 

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