Apart from the darker paint scheme, these frigates have had little modification since their RN service. This is ex-HMS Norfolk, Almirante Cochrane seen in the Pacific in 2016.

 

Italian Navy landing helicopter dock ITS Trieste (L-9890) being officially delivered to the Italian Navy in Livorno - December 7, 2024.

 

(FFM-1) JS Mogami and (FFM-2) JS Kumano, Japanese Mogami Class frigate.

 

Enforcer 3.1 (modified Saab CB-90 amphibious landing craft) in San Diego - December 16, 2024.

 

HMS Ark Royal (R07).

 

Vanguard class nuclear deterrent submarine HMS Vengeance at sea.

 

USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) Seawolf-class attack submarine entering dry dock in Bremerton, Washington for 4-month maintenance period - August 21, 2024. As the only U.S. president to serve on a submarine, his legacy lives on in countless ways, including the USS Jimmy Carter—a remarkable 452.8 ft long! 2nd picture 2004 floating.

 

USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyers in Port Klang, Malaysia - December 28, 2024

 

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), USS Princeton(CG 59), USS Sterett (DDG 104), and USS Willam P Lawrence (DDG 110) arrived in Port Klang, Malaysia. December 29.

 

Finnish authorities investigating damage to subsea power and data cables in the Baltic Sea have found drag marks on the seabed left by the anchor of the seized Russian tanker MV Eagle S. The track is 'dozens of km in length'.

 

On this day in 1943, the Colossus Class Carrier HMS Venerable was launched at Cammell Laird. She was decommissioned in 1997 after serving the Royal Navy, then the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Karel Doorman and then Armada Arg, as ARA Vienticinco de Mayo.

 

HMS Northumberland will be decommissioned in cost-saving measures announced by Defence Secretary John Healey. Along with other savings, Mr Healey said that ageing Type 23 frigate HMS Northumberland is beyond economic repair and will be decommissioned along with two Wave class tankers. The Army’s Watchkeeper drones, which cost around £5m each and have been in service for a decade but have been beset by problems and are effectively obsolete, will be grounded and assault ships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, which have both been flagships, will be decommissioned. Helicopters will also be affected by the cuts, with the 14 oldest Chinook transport aircraft removed early from service and Puma’s lifespan not being extended beyond March 2025.

 

GARDEN ISLAND, Australia - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) moors at Royal Australian Navy HMAS Stirling Naval Base.

 

Photo shows huge volume of ammo on American carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

 

The so called spy ship, registered on Lloyds List, reports that MV Eagle S is also carrying intelligence-gathering equipment (ELINT and COMINT), is suspected of severing the power lines between Finland and Estonia in the Baltic. The ship, of the 'Black fleet' vessels exporting sanctioned Russian oil, and the tanker has also previously failed multiple safety, environmental and technical certification inspections. Finish services have seized the oil tanker MV Eagle, S suspected of deliberately severing undersea cables. With its crew of 20 still on board, the vessel is being moved to a protected anchorage in Svartbäck.

 

In 1860, HMS Warrior, the first UK ironclad, was launched on the Thames. By 1871, she had become obsolete and 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, she was opened to the public.

 

On this day in 1943, USS Gurnard (SS-254) took a photo of Mount Fuji through the periscope before sneaking into Tokyo Bay. The crew then had Christmas dinner as the Imperial Japanese Navy patrolled above them. Submariners are a different breed.

 

4th Yasen-M class SSGN RFS Arkhangelsk was commissioned into the Russian Northern Fleet today.

 

HMS Somerset made an unannounced departure from Devonport yesterday afternoon.

 

USS Lexington after her conversion to angled flight deck.

 

This is the world’s most advanced hunter-killer submarine putting to sea for the first time, Astute class submarine HMS Artful.

 

The LHD Trieste became the flagship of Italian Navy’s Amphibious Task Group (ATG) following its delivery on 7 December. The ship will be homeported in Taranto.

 

Former USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO-193) Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler being towed into Brownsville, Texas for scrapping - posted December 24, 2024.

 

Italian Navy Gorgona-class coastal transport ship ITS Caprera (A5349) and Ponza-class coastal transport ship ITS Levanzo (A5366) in Naples, Italy - December 24, 2024

 

HMS DAGGER patrolled British and Gibraltar Territorial Waters this Christmas morning with a new recruit embarked. The Ship took Santa to the Western Beach where the forces families of MOD Gibraltar were gathered!

 

USCGC Healy (WAGB 20), a 420-foot polar icebreaker, returns home to Seattle after spending more than five months at sea Dec. 12, 2024.

 

There is little rest or family time for 1,600 RN, RM & RFA personnel this Xmas - deployed or on call in the Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean, Middle East and Antarctica - to guarantee the freedoms & values we cherish. Thank you all.

 

Navy ‘Wasted’ $1.84 Billion in Repairs to Cruisers Cut from the fleet.

Fleet.https://news.usni.org/2024/12/17/gao-navy-wasted-1-84-billion-in-repairs-to-cruisers-cut-from-the-fleet 

USS Anzio (CG-68) pier-side at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on April 7, 2022.

Royal Australian Navy Evolved Cape-class patrol boats ADV Cape Naturaliste (316), ADV Cape Capricorn (317), ADV Cape Woolamai (318) and ADV Cape Pillar (319) being commissioned in Darwin, Australia - December 18, 2024.

 

USS Harry S Truman transitlng the Suez Canal, 16th December 2024.

 

HMS Forth in the Falklands for christmas.

 

Future USS Iowa (SSN 797) Virginia-class Block IV nuclear-powered attack submarine coming into Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut for the first time - December 19, 2024.

 

Norwegian Coast Guard Jan Mayen-class offshore patrol vessel KV Bjørnøya (W311) in Stefjorden, Norway.

 

HMS Prince of Wales will lead CSG25 deployment next year while HMS Queen Elizabeth will head to Rosyth for refit The aircraft carriers have to be dry-docked for Lloyds hull inspection and certification every 5 years. HMSQNLZ was first floated off in 2014 - her refit will include the 2nd inspection dry docking. Her time in dry dock will be relatively short as the carriers have been well-maintained and upgraded in an on-going programme in a cost-effective manner.

 

On this day in 1967, the Survey ship HMS Dampier returned to Dockyard Chatham under sail. Whilst returning to UK after nearly 20 years in Singapore, she lost her starboard shaft off Africa and with 3000 miles to run decided to rig sails to gain an extra 1/2 Knot to get home for Xmas.

 

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier coming into San Diego after 5-month deployment - December 20, 2024.

 

Imagery provided to the UK Defence Journal, taken by photographer Bob Shaw, shows the first section of HMS Belfast, the third of eight Type 26 Frigates, to enter the new Janet Harvey Hall at the BAE Systems Maritime shipyard in Govan, Glasgow.

 

HMS Dragon, HMS Dauntless, HMS Tyne and HMS Mersey home for christmas.