Royal Navy to equip 19 ships with trainable decoy launchers.

 

Finnish Navy Katanpaa-class mine countermeasures vessel FNS Vahterpaa (42) in the Kiel Canal.

 

German Navy Elbe-class tender FGS Donau (A516).

 

Destroyer Division 92 alongside in Terminal Island 1992. L to R: USS Shelton (DD 790). USS Blue (DD 744). USS Collett (DD 730). USS Lyman K Swenson (DD 729).

 

HMS Scott sailed from Gibraltar this morning.

 

RFA Cardigan Bay sailed from Cyprus and has now arrived off the coast of Gaza to support the construction of an 1,800-foot pier, along with a floating RoRo facility situated about three miles off the coast. Cardigan Bay is the command ship and will provide accommodation for several hundred US Army personnel involved in the aid effort.

 

Royal Netherlands Navy multi-function support ship HNLMS Karel Doorman (A833) eastbound in the Strait of Gibraltar - April 26, 2024.

 

USS Omaha (LCS 12) Independence-variant littoral combat ship leaving San Diego while USS Spruance (DDG 111) heads in - April 26, 2024.

 

Wildcat helicopters from 815 NAS worked with four P2000s in the Fjords of Norway for a game of cat and mouse in Exercise Timber Shield. Alongside HMS Biter, HMS Exploit, HMS Blazer and HMS Trumpeter, with Norwegian ship HNoMS Roald Amundsen. The Wildcats were tasked with finding and targeting Norwegian vessels.

USS Greeneville Returns to the Fleet.

 

Nearing the end! Former Irish Peacock-class coastal patrol vessels LE ORLA P 41 ( ex HMS SWIFT ) and LE CIARA P 42 ( ex HMS SWALLOW ) arrived at Terneuzen (Netherlands) on April, 25,2024 for their latest trip to the scrapyard at Gent ( Belgium ).

 

British ship to support US military builds new Gaza pier.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-ship-to-support-us-military-builds-new-gaza-pier/ 

Museum ship USS Kidd (DD-661) Fletcher-class destroyer leaving her "cradle" in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in preparation for a trip downriver to Houma, Louisiana for overhaul - April 25, 2024

 

Ex-RFA Diligence has arrived at Leyal shipyard in Aliaga, Turkey (the favoured place to dispose of RN and RFAs in the last 20 years). MoD says "Her sale for recycling avoids unnecessary environmental and financial costs while generating income for the UK.

 

HMS Spey (P234) River-class offshore patrol vessel leaving Yokosuka, Japan - April 27, 2024.

 

Portuguese Navy Tridente-class submarine NRP Arpão (S161) in Nuuk, Greenland - April 25, 2024.

 

HMS Victorious in the Far East 1961.

 

USS Harpers Ferry swim call at 7th Fleet.

 

USNS Effective (T-AGOS-21) Victorious-class ocean surveillance ship leaving Yokohama, Japan - April 25, 2024.

 

HMS Diamond ships' company in action, shooting down a Houthi ballistic missile yesterday morning.

    

Greek Frigate HS Hydra, while protecting a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, engaged 2 Houthi attack drones, shooting down one, while the other changed course.

 

Exercise MAJESTIC EAGLE 2004, Ships from the Moroccan Navy, US Navy, the German Navy underway in the Atlantic Ocean 7/12/2004. The Moroccan Navy Modified Descubierta Class Frigate, Lieutenant Colonel Errhamani (FFG 501) (foreground), underway in the Atlantic Ocean with the US Navy converted Raleigh Class: Miscellaneous Command Ship, USS La Salle (AGF 3) (center), the USN Aircraft Carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65), and the German Navy, Bremen class (Type 122): Frigate, Niedersachsen (F 208) (background right), while participating in Exercise MAJESTIC EAGLE 2004.

 

US Navy Littoral Combat Ship USS Mobile, HMAS Warramunga and Marine Nationale frigate FS Vendemiaire during a regional presence deployment.

 

Former USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) aircraft carrier awaiting disposition at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) in Philadelphia - April 20, 2024

 

HMS Tamar has been busy working with our partners from the FisheriesOf, Fiji Navy and NZ Navy, to help counter Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. Having boarded more than 20 vessels since beginning this type of tasking, our presence is already widely felt in the area.🇬🇧 🇫🇯 🇳🇿

 

Babcockplc, has been awarded a contract to manage the Type 23 class frigate Refit Support Group so the company takes end-to-end responsibility for vessel upkeep and regeneration - releasing RN personnel. This model is already used to deliver HMS St Albans to sea three months ahead of schedule.

 

USS Russell refuels from MSC Sealift USNS John Ericsson.

 

Combat Support Ship HNLMS Den Helder (A834) being completed for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

 

JMSDF submarine wolfpack, before and after the diesel startup.

 

HMS Medway looking smart with new dazzle paint scheme following upkeep period at Gibdock Ltd.

 

HMNZS Wellington F69 - Propeller The Frigate was decommissioned in 1999, and sunk in 2005 to become a dive site.

 

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) conducts a RAS with fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO-194) and destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59) in South China Sea on April 22.

 

K-329 Belgorod.

 

On this day in 1918, the Royal Navy Grand Fleet deployed in full fighting array for the last time in wartime to counter a German sortie in the North Sea. Admiral Beatty sailed with 193 ships including 31 battleships, 4 battle cruisers, 24 light cruisers & 85 destroyers.

 

16 inch shell, and six cordite bags on the deck of USS Iowa.

 

The Operations Room of HMS Queen Elizabeth.

 

Type 23 frigates in Devonport this week. (1) HMS Westminster - still in commission but will probably be scrapped. (2) HMS Kent about to begin refit outboard of HMS Argyll - completing refit? future uncertain. (3) HMS Sutherland LIFEX refit nearing completion, will rejoin the fleet later this year.

https://www.navylookout.com/snapshot-the-royal-navy-escort-fleet-in-april-2024/