Monthly Archives: April 2020

HMNZS Futurist – Futurist was built as the German minesweeper, Papenburgh in WW1, surrendered in 1920, sold and in use as a Napier trawler. She had been nominated for requisition and was already fitted with basic minesweeping gear whilst still fishing in April 1940. On 20 June 1940, the day after the sinking of the liner Niagara, she was requisitioned and commissioned for permanent service as a minesweeper.

HMNZS Futurist HMNZS Futurist – Built: J.L. Meyer, Germany, 1917Type: Auxiliary MinesweeperPennant No.: T09Displacement: 234Length: 128.8 ft./39.3 m Beam: 23.4 ft./7.1 m Draft: 10.1 ft./3.1 mPropulsion: steam recip., ihp 550 , single screw, coal burnerSpeed: 10 knotsArmament: 1 x 4 in., MGs, DCsFuturist was built as the German minesweeper, Papenburgh in WW1, surrendered in 1920,Continue reading “HMNZS Futurist – Futurist was built as the German minesweeper, Papenburgh in WW1, surrendered in 1920, sold and in use as a Napier trawler. She had been nominated for requisition and was already fitted with basic minesweeping gear whilst still fishing in April 1940. On 20 June 1940, the day after the sinking of the liner Niagara, she was requisitioned and commissioned for permanent service as a minesweeper.”

Huntington Ingalls has delivered Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black to US Navy

World Defence Newsby Army Recognition / 15h   //  keep unread  //  hide Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) to the U.S. Navy on April 24, 2020. Read full Naval News at this link … US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black DDG 119. (PictureContinue reading “Huntington Ingalls has delivered Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black to US Navy”

ANZAC Cove at 105

laststandonzombieisland 13h   //  keep unread  //  hide The landing at ANZAC, Apr 25, 1915, Charles Dixon, New Zealand National Archives AAAC 898 NCWA Q388 On 25 April 1915, the Gallipoli landings to open up the Dardanelles and force the Ottoman Empire out of the Great War began in earnest with the landings at what became known as ANZAC cove.Continue reading “ANZAC Cove at 105”

US Navy has accepted the delivery of USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 guided missile destroyer

World Defence Newsby Army Recognition / 9h   //  keep unread  //  hide The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 guided missile destroyer, the lead ship of the Navy’s next-generation of multi-mission surface combatants, April 24, 2020. Following this delivery, the ship will transition from combat systems activation to the next phase of developmental and integrated at-sea testing. ReadContinue reading “US Navy has accepted the delivery of USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 guided missile destroyer”

Italian predreadnought battleship Emanuele Filiberto.

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