Protected cruiser Aurora, St. Petersburg Russia Protected cruiser Aurora, St. Petersburg Russia Russian protected cruiser Aurora on her official main machinery trials (June 14th, 1903) Aurora (Russian: Авро́ра, tr. Avrora, IPA: [ɐˈvrorə]) is a 1900 Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in Saint Petersburg. Aurora was one of three Pallada-class cruisers, built in SaintContinue reading “Protected cruiser Aurora, St. Petersburg Russia”
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Royal Netherlands Navy takes command of NATO SNMCMG1
NATO MARCOM picture Royal Netherlands Navy Takes Command Of NATO SNMCMG1 In a ceremony held remotely by video teleconference on 14 January, 2021, Commander Audrius Venckunas (Lithuanian Navy) handed over the command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) to Commander Jan Wijchers (Royal Netherlands Navy). Naval News Staff 18 Jan 2021 NATO MARCOM pressContinue reading “Royal Netherlands Navy takes command of NATO SNMCMG1”
RAF 100: Take A Tour Of The Royal Air Force’s Top 10 Planes Of All Time Throughout the year the RAF is celebrating its 100th birthday. To celebrate this momentous anniversary, we at Forces Network have put…
2nd July 2018 at 9:01am RADIO Three Quarters Of The British Public Do Not Know The RAF Is 100 2nd July 2018 Throughout the year the RAF is celebrating its 100th birthday, having been created towards the end of the First World War. It’s the oldest independent air force in the world, born after the merging of theContinue reading “RAF 100: Take A Tour Of The Royal Air Force’s Top 10 Planes Of All Time Throughout the year the RAF is celebrating its 100th birthday. To celebrate this momentous anniversary, we at Forces Network have put…”
HMS Protector: Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship Returns To Sea After £14m Revamp The Royal Navy said extra weight added to the vessel during the work has improved her ice-breaking capability.
18th January 2021 at 4:30pm The Royal Navy’s only ice patrol ship has returned to sea after a £14m revamp to improve her ability to work in Antarctica. HMS Protector has left Teeside after the 10-month overhaul, the biggest and longest during her career under the White Ensign. The work means the ship will be betterContinue reading “HMS Protector: Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship Returns To Sea After £14m Revamp The Royal Navy said extra weight added to the vessel during the work has improved her ice-breaking capability.”
USS Boston (CA-69/CAG-1), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser and later a Boston-class guided missile cruiser, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was launched 26 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company’s, Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. Helen Noonan Tobin, wife of the Mayor of Boston, Maurice J. Tobin; and commissioned 30 June 1943, Captain J. H. Carson in command
USS Boston (CA-69/CAG-1), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser and later a Boston-class guided missile cruiser, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was launched 26 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company’s, Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. Helen Noonan Tobin,Continue reading “USS Boston (CA-69/CAG-1), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser and later a Boston-class guided missile cruiser, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was launched 26 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company’s, Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. Helen Noonan Tobin, wife of the Mayor of Boston, Maurice J. Tobin; and commissioned 30 June 1943, Captain J. H. Carson in command”
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