Images show the new British warship, HMS Glasgow, ahead of sea trials.

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A photograph from February 1974 shows HMS Tiger (C20) at Portsmouth Dockyard, with HMS Blake (C99) alongside. Both were Tiger-class cruisers, originally laid down during the Second World War but completed much later. By the early 1970s they had been converted into helicopter cruisers, their aft gun turrets replaced with a flight deck and hangar to operate Westland Wessex helicopters. It was an attempt to adapt ageing gun cruisers to a navy increasingly shaped by aviation and anti-submarine warfare. Tiger and Blake represented the last gun cruisers to serve with the Royal Navy. Their mix of automatic 6-inch guns forward and helicopter capability aft made them distinctive, though expensive to operate. By the late 1970s both would be decommissioned as defence cuts and changing priorities reshaped the fleet.

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RFA Fort Austin (nearest) with RFA Fort Grange undertaking stores consolidation by RAS north of the Falklands in 1982. The former was heading home to UK from the South Atlantic for the second time and the latter was heading South to FI for the second time.

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USS America (LHA 6) America-class amphibious assault ship arrives at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) shipyard dry dock for modernization and repairs – February 21, 2026

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HMS Anson, has arrived in Western Australia after an 8,000-nautical-mile deployment – strengthening ties with allies and supporting the AUKUS partnership.

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https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/february/22/20260222-royal-navy-submarine-in-historic-visit-to-australia 

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Up close on F99, HMS Cornwall whilst at sea with US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Mark 8 gun, forward GWS-25 Sea Wolf SAM missile launcher and Mk-141 launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon SSM

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HMS Yarmouth returns to Portsmouth from the far east in 1970. Relatives were waiting at Pitch House Jetty for the ship to berth.

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