HMS Vanguard returned to Faslane today after 205 days away, breaking the previous record for the longest unbroken patrol by a Royal Navy submarine. https://ift.tt/Wu5m7Yk https://www.navylookout.com/royal-navy-nuclear-submarine-completes-longest-patrol-on-record/ https://ift.tt/aB07KwW
HMS Hurworth and HMS Cattistock alongside in Portsmouth, astern of decommissioned RFA Argus. https://ift.tt/3pgas1d https://ift.tt/yB3KYdv
In March 1993, beneath the freezing waters near the Kola Peninsula, a silent confrontation turned into a violent collision between the U.S. Navy submarine USS Grayling and the Russian nuclear ballistic missile submarine K-407 Novomoskovsk. https://ift.tt/OYpSl6B https://bremertonbasehistorian.org/2025/03/20/the-last-cold-war-collision/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-23-mn-14205-story.html https://ift.tt/bjdoTNu
Multiple British naval ships track Russian vessels around UK. https://ift.tt/q3n9HLy https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/multiple-british-naval-ships-track-russian-vessels-around-uk/ https://ift.tt/jvFHEu3
RFATideforce monitored two Russian shadow fleet tankers, MV Enigma and MV Universal, escorted by frigate RFS Admiral Grigorovich as they transited westwards through the English Channel recently. No boardings of illegal tankers have yet been conducted since Keir Starmer said he would authorise such operations on 25th March. https://ift.tt/akcCpbN https://ift.tt/QuVYKWG
Work has started on HMS Middleton in Portsmouth following her return from the Gulf last month. https://ift.tt/MyO2ZUP https://ift.tt/3nTqNuM
USS Chief (MCM-14) and USS Pioneer (MCM-9) Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships leaving Singapore – April 10, 2026 https://ift.tt/NoiLUSj https://ift.tt/ObU4dlW
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, observe the surrounding area while conducting a small craft action team drill aboard Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45), March 29, 2026. Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickam in Hawaii. https://ift.tt/ERxQLbD https://ift.tt/JZ5jmcN
Despite her brief time in Australia, some maintenance was done on HMS Anson before she was redeployed at short notice. About 600 man-hours of work were completed, and 35 locally manufactured components were fitted, including some made with additive manufacturing. https://ift.tt/yqaCJ5N https://ift.tt/9bYjDIl
BNS Anushandhan, (Ex-HMS Roebuck) seen here arriving in Chittagong. To starboard, the ancient former RN Type 41 frigates, which were transferred in 1978 but have now been scrapped https://ift.tt/rq50H7w https://ift.tt/Mvb9oT4