Monthly Archives: August 2021

HMS Hercules was the second and last of the two Colossus-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy at the end of the first decade of the 20th century. She spent her whole career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets, often serving as a flagship. Aside from participating in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive action of 19 August, her service during World WarContinue reading “HMS HERCULES”

  HMS Dasher (D37) underway in 1942, showing her single lift. The port-side catapult can just be made out forward on the camouflaged flight deck. Note the single US-pattern 4″/50 gun at the stern. Two Swordfish Mk.II strike aircraft with wings folded can be seen parked forward. U.S. National Archives photo. Escort carrier HMS Dasher (D37) underway at sea during northernContinue reading “A History of HMS DASHER”

  The UK’s Carrier Strike Group has carried out a double replenishment at sea (RAS) – as F-35 jets took off from, and landed on, HMS Queen Elizabeth. RFA Tidespring and Dutch naval ship HNLMS Evertsen completed the replenishment alongside the carrier as the ships, currently on the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 21 deployment, sail through the disputed waters of the  South ChinaContinue reading “CSG21 Carrier Strike Group: Awesome Views Of Double Replenishment – As F-35s Fly!”

Naval News July 2021 Navy Forces Maritime Defense Industry POSTED ON FRIDAY, 30 JULY 2021 17:04         According to information published by NHK on July 30, 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Defense, Nobuo Kishi, said that F-35B fighter aircraft will begin trials aboard the Japanese aircraft carrier JS Izumo at the end ofContinue reading “F-35Bs to begin trials aboard Japanese aircraft carrier JS Izumo in 2021”

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