HMS Cutlass made her longest voyage yet: a 400-mile round-trip from her home in Gibraltar to train with the Portuguese Navy in the Algarve. It's the first time in 6 years that the RN Gib Sqn has worked with Marinha PT.

 

Italian Navy Maestrale-class anti-submarine frigate ITS Libeccio (F 572) coming into Valletta, Malta

 

Guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, May 17, 2024, marking their final deployment.

 

Nautilus International, the RFA officers union have announced they will join their RMT Union colleagues and take industrial action over pay. Nautilus members will strike on Saturday 1st June (RMT on strike this Sunday 19th May).

 

HMS Cattistock returned to Portsmouth today passing HMSPWLS.

 

HMS Cattistock returned to Portsmouth today passing HMSPWLS.

 

USS NIMITZ (CVN 68), the replenishment oiler USS KALAMAZOO (AOR 6), the guided missile destroyer USS RICHARD D. BYRD (DDG 23) and the guided missile cruiser USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG 27) underway. The ships are part of Carrier Group Eight USN.

 

On this day in 1956 Destroyer HMS DIANA steamed through the nuclear fallout created by UK atomic tests off the Monte Bello islands. She then repeated the task the following month. The Chiefs of Staff wanted to know how the Ship and men would fair. Many died early or suffered.

 

On this day 10 years ago in 2014, the 3rd Astute Class submarine HMS ARTFUL was launched at BAES Maritime in Barrow. Of the class, 2 are still in build, (Agamemnon and Agincourt) and are due to enter service by the end of the decade.

 

Rocket exploded on the port side of the destroyer The Sullivans immediately after launch. The incident occurred on July 18, 2015 in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia.

 

Phalanx CIWS being refitted to HMS Prince of Wales in Portsmouth today following their removal when she was docked in Rosyth for the shaft repair.

 

The Surface Force will establish the Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron Three this Friday, May 17. The Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) is an unmanned surface vessel (USV).

https://twitter.com/i/status/1790875289762820553 

Peregrine Future Tactical Uncrewed Air System (FUTAS) finally due to be in service with the RN "within weeks".

https://www.navylookout.com/peregrine-rotary-wing-uav-to-enter-service-with-the-royal-navy/ 

In better days! Innocent days... HMS Argyll and HMS Westminster sail from Devonport in early 2010, both now gone.

 

HMS Whimbrel and HMS Zenith. HMS Whimbrel is a famous warship with a rich history. It is the final Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. The ship was laid down in 1941, and it participated in various operations, including convoy escort duties, anti-submarine patrols, and the Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union. HMS Whimbrel also played a significant role in the Battle of the Atlantic. NOTABLY it is the LAST Royal Navy warship that was present during the surrender of Japan in WW2. After the war, the ship was decommissioned in 1947 and subsequently sold to the Egyptian Navy, where it was renamed El Malek Farouk. The ship was finally retired in 1989 and has since become a training ship laid up in Egypt. In 2006 talks opened up between Britain and Egypt to see if the ship could be repurchased by Britain so that it could be saved for future generations. Talks continued in 2008 and by 2016 the Egyptians offered to sell the ship for 725,000 pounds, unfortunately however the funds could not be found and the ship sits laid up in Egypt as of 2023. HMS Zenith had a far less extensive service within the Royal Navy as it was only commissioned late into the war and served in the Far East. Zenith would also be sold to Egypt and named El Fateh. The notable thing about Zenith however is as of 2015 it was still in existence meaning that along with HMS Cavalier which is a museum ship in Chatham, Zenith was the last WW2 era Royal Navy destroyer in the world meaning it held immense historic value despite it’s uneventful service. Tragically in 2015 satellite imagery depicted Zenith being scrapped and by 2016 it seemed that the process was complete. In 2017 the name El Fateh was given to another Egyptian warships all but confirming the Zeniths tragic fate.

 

Offshore patrol vessel ITS Paolo Thaon di Revel (P430) in Piraeus, Greece - May 11, 2024.

 

JS AKIZUKI conducted a Japan-U.S.-New Zealand trilateral exercise (Noble Raven 24) with U.S. Navy USS MIGUEL KEITH, and Royal New Zealand Air Force’s patrol Aircraft P-8 in the East China Sea.

 

RN today has confirmed HMS Westminster will be scrapped. HMS Argyll will be retired and sold to BAE Systems as a training ship for their Clyde Shipbuilding Academy in Glasgow

 

HMS Lancaster is a Duke-class Type 23 frigate

 

HMS Duncan, the RN's sixth Type 45 Destroyer doing her sea trials 2012.

 

Britain getting six new amphibious warships.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-getting-six-new-amphibious-warships/ 

USS Jackson (LCS 6) Independence-variant littoral combat ship coming into San Diego - May 13, 2024.

 

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

 

People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan Wang-class (Type 718) Ballistic Missile Tracking ship PLAN Yuan Wang 5 entering the port of Papeete, French Polynesia, in the early morning of May 6, 2024.

 

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Duncan in Portsmouth.

 

Royal Navy joins NATO allies for submarine war games.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2024/may/13/240513-dynamic-mongoose?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2dnjIbuxkBIGug6aLYUFxxQMtmGJNdQ37UVdeKGvTWD_y9oLZs_XtE9vU_aem_AdOpvleJ-VQygn5HdECIlUKrib-A2cFJiZXSVv0nFhq0JOCKZcriCGV0Z1h780bMVXO24Xe2lGAaxReqytmiOB9C 

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier at PSNS in Bremerton - May 11, 2024.

 

RFA Proteus (K 60) Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance vessel in London, alongside HMS Belfast, May 12, 2024.

 

Former USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers in Bremerton - May 11, 2024

 

Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Trent has successfully intercepted drugs worth over half a billion pounds, significantly disrupting the flow of narcotics interdiction operations, cumulatively seizing narcotics valued at approximately £511 million. The most recent operation saw the ship prevent £204 million worth of cocaine from reaching British shores following a night-time pursuit. The operation started after HMS Trent was alerted by a United States maritime patrol aircraft about a suspicious go-fast boat. Using its powerful radars, Trent tracked the vessel, which matched the reported course and speed, leading to an intense chase as night fell.

 

USS Sterett (DDG 104) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer leaving San Diego - May 10, 2024

 

HMS Duncan sails this afternoon for the first time since last year. RN says she is not deploying to the Red Sea, at least for now.

 

HMS Challenger. (seabed operations vessel 1983-90).

https://thinpinstripedline.blogspot.com/2024/05/hms-challenger-warship-that-never-was.html 

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and JS Izumo (DDH-183), in Yokosuka, uploaded to Twitter have the US Navy and JMSDF a bit concerned.

 

Deep Submergence Rescue vehicle Mystic (DSRV 1) is lowered on to fast-attack submarine USS Dallas (SSN 700), Askaz Naval Base in Turkey.