DAILY NEWSNEWSKWAZULU NATAL The JR More, based at the Durban Maritime Museum had steelwork refurbished was blasted and repainted during an extensive refurbishment. Picture: Supplied. The SAS Durban, the refurbishment included repairs to damage and rotten woodwork. Picture: Supplied. Grand old ladies of Durban Maritime Museum back after refurbishment By Daily News Reporter 17h ago DurbanContinue reading “Grand old ladies of Durban Maritime Museum back after refurbishment”
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Durban – Dry docks set for major refurbishment
The East London dry dock. By Terry Hutson Sep 20, 2019 Durban – The dry dock at the Port of East London is about to be shut down for a major refurbishment over a seven-week period commencing in mid-October, according to Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) which adds it will be executing two major projects representingContinue reading “Durban – Dry docks set for major refurbishment”
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 9, 2020
March 9, 2020 3:52 PM USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of March 9, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the locationContinue reading “USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 9, 2020”
Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Operating in Red Sea
By: Ben Werner March 9, 2020 5:12 PM USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) transits the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 8, 2020. US Navy Photo USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) transited the Suez Canal and is now operating in the Red Sea, according to the Navy. Eisenhower joins the Truman Carrier Strike Group and the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group alreadyContinue reading “Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Operating in Red Sea”
HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during World War II and commissioned after the war. She was the only ship of her class and was the biggest, fastest and last of the Royal Navy’s battleships,[2] and the final battleship to be launched in the world. Work on the ship’s design commenced before the war because the Royal Navy anticipated being outnumbered by the combined German and Japanese battleships in the early 1940s. The British had enough 15-inch (380 mm) guns and turrets in storage to allow one ship of a modified Lion-class battleship design to be completed faster than the ships of that class that had already been laid down. Work on Vanguard was started and stopped several times during the war and even after construction had begun, her design was revised several times to reflect war experience. These stoppages and changes prevented her from being completed during the war. Vanguard ‘s first task after completing her sea trial at the end of 1946 was, early the next year, to convey King George VI and his family on the first Royal Tour of South Africa by a reigning monarch.[3] While refitting after her return, she was selected for another Royal Tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1948. This was cancelled, however, by King George’s declining health, and Vanguard briefly became flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet in early 1949. After her return home in mid-1949, she became flagship of the Home Fleet Training Squadron. Throughout her career, the battleship usually served as the flagship of whichever unit she was assigned to. During the early 1950s, Vanguard was involved in a number of training exercises with NATO forces. In 1953 she participated in Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation Review. While she was refitting in 1955, the Admiralty announced that the ship was going to be put into reserve upon completion of the work. Vanguard was sold for scrap and was broken up beginning in 1960.
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