King commissions Royal Navy’s newest attack submarine. His Majesty King Charles has officially commissioned HMS Agamemnon, the Royal Navy’s sixth Astute-class attack submarine, during a ceremony at BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness shipyard.

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USS Port Royal (CG-73) after running aground on a coral reef off Oahu, Hawaii, on February 5, 2009.

https://gcaptain.com/uss-port-royal-grounding-incident-photo-of-the-week/ 

 

 

 

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On this day 10 years ago in 2015, the last Type 42 Destroyer still afloat, HMS Gloucester, left HMNB Portsmouth to be scrapped at the Turkish yard that dismantled all but one (Birmingham) of her sisters. The departure is witnessed by the Type 42 successor, a Type 45 Destroyer.

The RN’s experimental XLUUV, XV Excalibur, continues its programme of trials and experimentation from Turnchapel Wharf in Plymouth.

https://www.navylookout.com/plans-for-the-royal-navys-extra-large-autonomous-underwater-vehicle-xv-excalibur/

Half of the RFA fleet is currently stationed next to the River Mersey.RFA Tidesurge, RFA Tiderace, RFA Proteus in theCammellLaird shipyard. RFA Fort Victoria and RFA Wave Ruler in Liverpool.