Failed Italian Navy Attack on HMS Barham in Gibraltar. Submarine “Scirè” with SLC containers leaving La Spezia.

https://seawaves.com/failed-italian-navy-attack-on-hms-barham-in-gibraltar/ 

A bow view of USS Cook (FF-1083), USS McClusky (FFG-41), USS John Young (DD-973) and the USS Long Beach (CGN-9) participating in the RIMPAC '88.

 

FS Germinal F-735 Floreal class Frigate, France, arriving in Portsmouth1996.

 

On this day in 1942, minesweeper HMS Bramble, alone and ahead of her convoy, encountered German cruiser Admiral Hipper and three destroyers in the Barents Sea and came under attack. She returned fire until sunk. Nobody survived from her 121 crew.

 

USS GRAVELY shoots down two anti-ship ballistic missiles while responding to Houthi attack on merchant vessel. Today at approximately 8:30 p.m. (Sanaa time), the container ship MAERSK HANGZHOU reported that they were struck by a missile while transiting the Southern Red Sea. The Singapore-flagged, Denmark-owned/operated container ship requested assistance, and the USS GRAVELY (DDG 107) and USS LABOON (DDG 58) have responded to the ship. The vessel is reportedly seaworthy and there are no reported injuries. While responding, the USS GRAVELY shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen toward the ships. This is the 23rd illegal attack by the Houthis on international shipping since Nov. 19.

 

On this day 200 years ago in 1823, Plymouth Dock is renamed to Devonport. The town sprung up after the Royal Navy began building HMNB Devonport. Located at south end of Union Street, so named as it linked up the 3 Towns of Devonport, East Stonehouse and Plymouth.

 

HMS Lincoln F99, A Salisbury class frigate rammed by Icelandic gunboat during the Cod Wars.

 

Former USS Texas (BB-35) in dry dock at Gulf Copper Galveston for maintenance and repairs with hull fully painted.

 

US Navy ships USS Bataan (LHD 5) and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), transited from the Red Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 28. The ships will join USS MesaVerde (LPD 19) and re-aggregate as an Amphibious Ready Group.

 

Venezuela has ordered the armed forces to hold military exercises "in response to the UK's decision to send a warship to support neighbouring Guyana" Note: HMS Trent is a lightly armed Offshore Patrol Vessel

 

On this day in 1943, the Colossus Class Carrier HMS Venerable was launched at Cammell Laird. Living up to her initial name she was finally decommissioned in 1997 after serving the Royal Navy, then Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Karel Doorman and then as Armada Arg as ARA Veinticinco de Mayo.

 

On this day in 1860, HMS WARRIOR, 1st UK ironclad was launched on the Thames. Obsolete by 1871 she became a tender at HMS VERNON and then a fuelling hulk at Pembroke Dock before restoration in Hartlepool and return to HMNB Portsmouth in 1987, where she is open to the public.

 

USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was commissioned on 25 November 1961 and completed 25 deployments during 51 years of service. Photo of USS Enterprise, Long Beach and Bainbridge, June 1964.

 

Peruvian Navy Type 209/1200 diesel-electric submarine BAP Chipana (SS-34) with launching ceremony in Callao - December 27, 2023.

 

USS Annapolis (SSN 760) Los Angeles-class Flight III 688i (Improved) attack submarine coming into Guam - December 21, 2023.

 

Looking a bit rough! USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer coming into Yokosuka, Japan - December 27, 2023.

 

CBL Cable workers - subcontractors to BAES Maritime, working on Type 26 Frigate construction on the Clyde to strike in pay dispute (for several days Jan-Mar 2024). !

 

Russia to strike UK's destroyer HMS Diamond in response for Crimea port attack. Kremlin propaganda channels urge that Houthis in Yemen be armed with Russian anti-ship missiles to "strike HMS Diamond".

https://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/158582-russia_uk_destroyer_diamond/  

Typhoon Class.

 

Scientists and engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center evaluate a DDG 51 small-scale model’s magnetic signature in its Large Scale Magnetic Field Range Bar Sensors in West Bethesda, Maryland on November 19, 2004.

 

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Osumi-class landing ship tank JS Osumi (LST-4001) leaving Yokosuka, Japan - December 24, 2023

 

County Class Destroyer HMS Glamorgan. 1982.

 

6 amphibious assault ships steaming together in the North Arabian Gulf. LHA-1 USS Tarawa is seen leading the group comprised of USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), USS Bataan (LHD-5), USS Saipan (LHA-2), and USS Boxer.

 

in 1982, USS Thomas A. Edison (SSN-610) collided with Spruance-class destroyer USS Leftwich (DD-984). She had to surface transit all the way from the Philippines back to Bangor.

 

HMCS Calgary (FFH 335) Halifax-class frigate sporting a new paint job in Esquimalt, British Columbia - December 26, 2023.

 

The remains of the Russian Ropucha Class landing ship RFS Novocherkassk in Feodosia, Crimea.

 

USS Howard and USS Robert Smalls Christmas lights in Yokosuka, Japan.

 

USS Hyman G Rickover arrives at SUBASE New London.

 

Ukrainian air force say they attacked and destroyed the Russian Ropucha Class landing ship RFS Novocherkassk in Feodosia, Crimea.

 

HMS Cutlass of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron, conducted Christmas Day patrols in Gibraltar waters sovereignty with a very special guest embarked.

 

On this day 10 years ago. HMS Protector. Merry Christmas to all Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel. Special thanks go to all those on duty in the UK and across the world protecting British interests and keeping the sea lanes open.

 

Past and Present of RN air defence: HMS Edinburgh entering Portsmouth harbour with HMS Defender following astern. Shows the difference between a Type 42 and a Type 45. 2017.

 

On this day in 1968, the crew of the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), after nearly a year in captivity, was finally released from North Korea. Their strength, resilience, and unwavering commitment to duty remain a testament to the spirit of the servicemen. The ship photo taken in 2012.

 

Kyiv; the Ukrainian Navy has joined the air defense effort in Ukraine's capital city this winter. Seen below, the newly-commissioned Gyurza-M-class gunboat Bucha sits on the Dnipro River, serving as an additional air defense asset for the city.

 

HMS Protector now alongside in the Falklands.

 

NORFOLK (Dec. 17, 2023) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs Norfolk Naval Shipyard en route to Naval Station Norfolk after completing its planned incremental availability (PIA).

 

USS Boxer steams in the Pacific Ocean. The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group are underway conducting integrated training and routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

 

LÉ Eithne, the former flagship of the Irish Naval Service, is to be taken apart for scrap after hopes to convert her into a museum have come to nothing. The 39-year-old vessel was the last naval ship built at the Verolme dockyard in Cork harbour before it shut.

 

6,500 personnel - about 20% of the Naval Service on duty or deployed this Christmas. Think of them! Units include: An SSN and an SSBN (underwater) HMS Diamond (Red Sea) HMS Lancaster HMS Chiddingfold, Middleton and Bangor and RFA Cardigan Bay (Bahrain) RFA Lyme Bay and RFA Argus (Eastern Med) HMS Tamar (South Pacific), HMS Spey (Singapore), HMS Trent (Barbados), HMS Forth (Falklands) and HMS Medway (Gibraltar) HMS Protector (Antarctica) HMS Scott (North Atlantic)

 

Christmas cheer as hundreds of loved ones welcome HMS Duncan home from Mediterranean. Hundreds of emotional families and loved ones welcomed the last Royal Navy warship to return home for Christmas as HMS Duncan returned to Portsmouth today. Some 700 people were waiting on the jetty for the 200 sailors aboard HMS Duncan, which has spent seven in every ten days of 2023 deployed.