Royal Netherlands Navy Snellius-class hydrographic survey vessel HNLMS Snellius (A802) in the Kiel Locks on the Kiel Canal in Germany - June 19, 2024.

 

Latouche-Tréville(D646) F70 type anti-submarine destroyer of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) and French frigate Hermione.

 

RFA Argus (A135) Primary Casualty Receiving Ship in the Johor Strait in Singapore passing USNS John Ericsson ( T-AO-194) Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler - June 28, 2024

 

HMS Liverpool, D 92, Sheffield Class Type 42 Guided Missile Destroyer, 1986 to 2012.

 

USS Sterett (DDG 104), USS Kidd (DDG 100) and USS Princeton (CG 59), arrive for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), Hawaii, 2024

 

Seven Royal Navy Archer-class P2000-type patrol vessels in Hamburg, Germany - June 29, 2024. HMS Archer (P264), HMS Ranger (P293). HMS Example (P165), HMS Pursuer (P273), HMS Puncher (P291), HMS Explorer (P164), HMS Express (P163).

 

On this day in 1966, HMS Ulster, which damaged her stern, received the 25-ton entire stern section of her sister HMS Urchin in the dock at HMNB Devonport. The engineering task which included machinery & steering gear took only 2 hours! HMS Ulster was ready to sail soon after.

 

The Philippines’ patrol ship BRP Andres Bonifacio leads the destroyer USS Ralph Johnson, the Japanese ship JS Kirisame and the Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal in the Philippine Sea during a two-day exercise June 16, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-06-18/japan-canada-us-philippines-navy-south-china-sea-14217920.html 

HMS Forth alongside at Mare Harbour in the Falkland Islands, during the South Atlantic winter.

 

Russian troops leaving a ZUBR class LCAC during exercise ZAPAD 2013. They certainly look eager and up for it....! Sunday afternoon stroll.

 

Italian destroyer Impavido (D 570) underway in the Mediterranean Sea, May 1983.

 

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier coming into Busan, South Korea - November 21, 2023

 

On this day in 1940, Operation Fish saw 5 Royal Navy ships and some merchant ships including HMS ENTERPRISE, EMERALD, BONAVENTURE, RESOLUTION & REVENGE transfer the bulk of UK gold and securities wealth to Canada for safe keeping in several vaults, one was Royal Sun Life Montreal.

 

US ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee inbound to Faslane, Scotland.

 

USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), prepares to fire a signal line over to the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) during an underway replenishment in June 2024.

 

British Defence Singapore Support Unit at BDSSU UK Task Groups are more than just warships. BDSSU is providing marine aviation fuel to enable 845 Naval Air Squadron embarked in RFA ARGUS and as part of LRG S.

 

 

Full House in Singapore. USNS, USS, RFA and RN assets are being supported by BDSSU. (British Defence Singapore Support Unit).

 

 

COM_SNMCMG1. Flagship 🇩🇪FGS Donau leads 🇪🇪EML Ugandi, 🇫🇷FS Cephee, 🇺🇦UKS Cherkasy and 🇺🇦UKS Chernihiv in the Firth of Clyde at the start of NATO MCM exercise Sea Breeze 2024.

 

On this day in 1961 the first Leander Class Frigate HMS LEANDER was launched at Harland and Wolff plc, Belfast. The class of 26 were a huge success and would serve the Royal Navy until the 1990s. The last British Leander was still in service with the Indian Navy until 2012.

                         

Welcome home HMS Scott, the ocean survey vessel of the Royal Navy, and the only ship of her class. She was returning to her home port of Devonport for the first time in almost 8 months this morning.

 

HMS SPEY recently completed defect rectification with the assistance of our friends in Japan and the support of Japan Marine United in Yokosuka. The Ship has now been fully restored to its capabilities and is back out on the high seas undertaking vital training for the Ship’s Co.

 

Future USS Beloit (LCS 29) Freedom-variant littoral combat ship being launched.

https://x.com/i/status/1523371891775336448  

On this day in 1982, The Argentine submarine ARA Santa Fe, aground off King Edward Point, South Georgia, is raised to clear the jetty. She still has 23 torpedoes aboard her. She is towed by tugs to a point about a mile from Grytviken to a shallow inlet called Moraine Fjord (Pic 3).

 

Royal Marines and Swedish Coastal Rangers operated together in the Stockholm Archipelago, honing raiding tactics across the complex region. This was all part of NATO's Baltops24 exercise, working for Baltic security.

 

Ukraine has now sunk or damaged around two dozen Russian ships of all sizes using one-way attack Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs). Recently USVs have also been successfully used to lay mines.

 

Sending a message is rare for SSBN to surface while on operations. USS Normandy and the ballistic missile submarine, USS Tennessee overflown by P-8A Poseidon and E-6B Mercury for PHOTEX in the Norwegian Sea on 23/6/24.

 

Latouche-Tréville(D646) F70 type anti-submarine destroyer of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) and French frigate Hermione

 

ITS Garibaldi moored at La Spezia

 

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Philippine Sea, June 4, 2024. Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force.

 

The Royal Navy has successfully used its smallest warships as a launchpad for autonomous mine-hunting operations for the first time. Seven P2000 patrol vessels of the Coastal Forces Squadron deployed on NATO’s annual Baltic exercise – known as Baltops 24 – during which 50 ships, dozens of aircraft and 9,000 personnel from 20 nations operated closely together for the security and safety of the region.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2024/june/25/240625-baltops-2024-p2000s-and-autonomous-mine-hunting 

Royal Navy Mediterranean fleet was stationed in Gibraltar in 1931. Its facilities are not sufficient enough to accommodate all ships so some can be seen outside the harbour.

 

HMS Spey is currently conducting the UK’s 12th surveillance patrol since 2018 in support of UN sanctions against North Korea. This is to prevent imports of materials for use in weapons of mass destruction including by illicit ship-to-ship transfers. Photo: @HNlEHupY4Nr6hRM outbound from Yokosuka after a short period in dry dock. In response to illegal maritime activities, including ship-to-ship transfers of North Korean-flagged vessels, which are prohibited by UN Security Council resolutions, HMS Spey conducted a vigilant surveillance activity in the waters around Japan from mid to late June.