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HMS Queen Elizabeth arriving in New York.

German submarine U-462 was a Type XIV supply and replenishment U-boat ("Milchkuh") of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She served, first as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla while carrying out training, then as part of the 10th and 12th flotillas while taking part in operations. U-462 conducted eight patrols. As a supply boat, she avoided combat. She did not leave the Bay of Biscay, being attacked by Mosquito aircraft of 151 and 156 squadrons, RAF on 21 June 1943. One man was killed and four more were wounded. She had barely cleared the northwest Spanish coast when she was attacked by a British B-24 Liberator of 224 squadron, RAF. After sustaining sufficient damage to force a return, she entered Bordeaux harbour on 6 July 1943. On 30 July 1943, U-462 was sunk by a British Halifax bomber of 502 Squadron RAF and gunfire from the British Black Swan-class sloops HMS Wren, Kite, Woodpecker, Wild Goose and Woodcock, in the Bay of Biscay. One of these ships, Kite, registered a hit at 13,050 yd (11,930 m). One crewman was killed; the other 64 survived.

SSGN visitor - USS Florida arriving in Gibraltar yesterday afternoon.

This morning HMS Albion docked in Tripoli, the first visit by the Royal Navy to Libya in 8 years.According to the British Embassy in the country, the ship crew is looking forward to a great day with their Libyan Navy counterparts.

A USCG fast response cutter seized an estimated $85 million worth of heroin from a fishing vessel while patrolling the Gulf of Oman

Taken from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, of the Royal Navy warships HMS Fearless, HMS Nottingham and HMS Marlborough operating in the Gulf, 2001. RFA Fort Victoria can also be seen in the background.

The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin Sept. 20.The ship is the 12th Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designed and delivered by the Lockheed Martin-led industry team. Delivery marks the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. Following delivery, the ship will sail away for a commissioning ceremony in New York City before transiting to its homeport in Mayport, Florida.

HMS Ark Royal, 1978, flying her paying off pendant.

On this day in 1955, USS Seawolf SSN-575 was launched. The only US submarine made out of liquid metal (sodium).

On this day in1925, the Royal Navy submarine X1 was commissioned. At 3,600 Tonnes submerged, she was the largest submarine in the world at the time and the largest in the RN until HMS DREADNOUGHT in 1963.

 

USNS Leroy Grumman leaving Loch Striven this morning and passing RFA Tiderace at anchor on the Clyde.

 

HMS Westminster, a Wildcat helicopter and three Typhoon jets along with American forces unleashed "fire and fury" at decommissioned American frigate USS Boone using an array of high-powered weaponry.

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On this day in1850 the Royal Navy halved a sailors rum ration down to a mere 1/8 pint per day by removing the evening issue. Senior Ratings received their rum neat whilst Junior Ratings had them watered down by 2 parts water in a Grog mix.

 

USS Gerald Ford undergoing shock trials in 2021.

 

Little glimpse into the secret war going on - an unmanned vessel that washed up near Sevastopol and is assumed to be Ukrainian. Note the camera/ sensor pod, rather useful for observation and finding targets

 

HMS Queen Elizabeth alongside Naval Station Norfolk.

 

FGS Berlin (with Sea King embarked) and FGS Rheinland-Pfalz complete deutschemarine arrivals in Devonport today.

 

New French SSN FS Suffren (lead boat of the Barracuda-class) arrives for her first visit to Falsane this morning.

 

On this day in 1977, Devonport MP, Dr David Owen opened the Leander Refit Complex, now Frigate Support Complex in HMNB Devonport. The structure covers 3 dry docks and has been a Plymouth landmark ever since.

 

USS Hoel (DDG 13), USS Joseph Strauss (DDG 16), USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG 7) and USS Cochrane (DDG 21), decommissioned Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyers, Pearl Harbour 1991.

 

HMS Nelson passes under the Forth Bridge en route to scrapyard at Inverkeithing, Scotland, 16 March 1949.

 

RFA Argus is conducting sovereignty patrols in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters yesterday. Gibraltar in the background shrouded.

 

USS Marblehead (CL-12) in Dry Dock No.2, Boston Navy Yard, 1932.

 

HM Queen Elizabeth II visiting HMS Lancaster "The Queen's Frigate" in 2014.

 

Two Orca-class training vessels of the RCN docked in downtown Victoria.

 

Newport News Shipbuilding floods Dry Dock 12 to float the first-in-class aircraft carrier, Pre-Commissioning Unit USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on Oct. 11, 2013.

 

British Littoral Response Group deploys to the Mediterranean. HMS Defender, HMS Albion, RFA Tidesurge, RFA Argus and RFA Mounts Bay.

 

Good Morning, shipmates! Let's break out the hoses, scrubbers, and holystones! It's time to scrub the decks down to make them shine. Just like the crew of the USS New Jersey is doing in this picture from 1983.

Did this many years ago on HMS Bermuda and HMS Belfast.

 

HMS Somerset passing HMS Diamond in Cawsand Bay, the entrance to Plymouth Sound, this morning.

 

Royal Navy ratings pulling the Gun Carriage at the procession for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II funeral yesterday.

 

The United States’ first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571), is scheduled to reopen to the public in Groton, Connecticut, Sept. 9. Before closing in 2021, USS Nautilus (SSN-571) served as an exhibit at the Submarine Force Museum that allowed patrons to embark on the only nuclear submarine open to the public. During the scheduled closure, Nautilus received $36 million in refurbishments and preservation maintenance.

 

RIGA, Latvia - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) arrived in Riga, Latvia for a scheduled port visit.

 

Babcock International, the defence company has started a post-life extension (LIFEX) on the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll at Babcock Devonport’s Facility. It is the first Type 23 to begin its post-LIFEX upkeep, adopting a new innovative approach to re-certification at the Frigate Support Centre (FSC). Babcock will be overhauling key equipment and carrying out design changes for new capabilities such as communications upgrades and mixed crewing. The Duke Class frigate will also receive a full spray coat on the outer bottom and ship side.

 

Royal Navy personnel prepare to honour their Commander-in-Chief for the last 70 years, one last time.

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On this day in 1998, the last of Royal Navy Trident SSBN submarines, HMS Vengeance, is rolled out of the Devonshire Dock Hall at Barrow. She and her sisters will be replaced by the Dreadnaught submarines in next decade.

 

Empty Harpoon missile cells on HMS Westminster, likely fired in US led SINKEX, held in the North Atlantic during last couple of weeks. (USS Boone pictured here at Campbeltown before being used as the target).

 

HMS Audacious has completed her second Mediterranean patrol, conducting maritime security operations for the UK and her NATO allies, say the Royal Navy. The boat – normally based at Faslane on the Clyde, but operating out of NATO’s base in Souda Bay, Crete, for the past six months – has been working alongside NATO surface ships on Operation Sea Guardian, monitoring tankers and cargo vessels.