This is the training variant of a Ship Launched Stingray Torpedo launched from HMS MONTROSE, in what was likely her last firing. Stingray can launch up to 4 from the ship and more from a helicopter, which gives the Type 23 its anti-submarine teeth.

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On this day in 1945, the Japanese surrender marking the end of major fighting in all theatres of WW2. Royal Navy sailors from HMS Duke of York celebrate with a Fly Past a few weeks later.

 

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Sailing alongside a friend. USS William P Lawrence (DDG 110) steams alongside USS Somerset (LPD 25) in the Pacific Ocean, preserving the peace in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility.

 

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Italy’s Carrier Strike Group, consisting of the aircraft carrier Cavour and the frigate Alpino, will visit the US Navy’s Naval Base in Guam while on its way to Japan.

 

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Brazilian Frigate Liberal. Liberal is a Niterói-class frigate of the Brazilian Navy. She was the fourth ship of her class ordered by the Brazilian Navy, on 20 September 1970. Liberal was launched on 7 February 1977, and was commissioned on 18 November 1978.

 

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After a northern mission to Hudson Bay during which she worked with the CoastGuardCAN, the RoyalNavy’s ice breaker HMS Protector is heading south ahead of her next Antarctic deployment.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2024/august/12/20240812-hms-protector-heads-south-after-northern-mission 

 

 

 

 

 

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RFA Mounts Bay has replaced RFA Cardigan Bay in the Mediterranean as part of routine ship and crew rotation. It will continue to support humanitarian requirements in the region.

 

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Yesterday, the wreck of the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Hawke, was found, lost after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-9 on 15 October 1914, off the coast of Aberdeen. This is a nationally important find – 524 sailors died and only 74 survived.

 

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