French frigate Vendémiaire is on ASIA 24 deployment. Its mission is to: Maintain cooperation with other navies bordering the area Preserve national interests in these strategic spaces Enforce freedom of navigation in the common areas of this area plagued by regional tensions.

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Autonomous mine hunting systems ship RFA Stirling Castle arrives in Leith. Ex Royal Yatch Britannia in the background, currently undergoing maintenance for repairs to corrosion around the funnel and the funnel deck plates.

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After a couple of weeks of reduced Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, CENTCOM reports that today coalition forces shot down a UAV and an anti-ship missile and destroyed a missile launch site in Yemen.

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U.S. Navy non-self propelled Repair, Berthing and Messing Barges YRBM(L) being towed out of Norfolk, Virginia – April 6, 2024.

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Future HMCS Max Bernays (AOPV 432) Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel coming into Alpha Pier in San Diego on her voyage to the new homeport of Esquimalt, British Columbia, April 4th.

Following defence engagement activity in Martinique, HMS Trent has made further successful drug busts. Two recent operations. resulted in the interception of narcotics worth £16.7 million. Trent has been involved in the seizure of drugs worth a total of £307m since she began operating in the Caribbean at the end of 2023.

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On this day in 2000, Rear Admiral Dennis Campbell died aged 92. He was the RN aviator who pioneered the angled or skewed flight deck, first tested in HMS Triumph and first fitted to US carrier USS Antietam followed by RN carrier HMS Centaur improving deck operations.

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RFA Tiderace is officially ‘in maintenance’ at CammellLaird, but has been significantly store robbed and is now at extended readiness indefinitely (Laid up next to RFA Fort Victoria). RFA personnel numbers are still falling.

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RFATiderace is officially ‘in maintenance’ @CammellLaird but actually has been significantly store robbed and is now at extended readiness indefinitely (Laid up next to @RFAFortVictoria ) RFA personnel numbers are still falling.

 

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