Monthly Archives: September 2021

HMS Prince of Wales leaving Portsmouth, as seen from the stern of HMS Warrior (5th September 2021)

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An aircraft carrier and a multi-purpose destroyer, HMS Queen Elizabeth and JS Izumo

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Ironclad Le Redoutable in 1889. Launched 1876, she was the first warship in the world to use steel as the principal building material.

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USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59) (later CV-59 and AVT-59)

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) underway on trials, 29 September 1955, just prior to commissioning.  USS Betelgeuse (AK-260) and USS Forrestal (CVA-59), 21 June 1957, near Barcelona, Spain. USS Forrestal CVA-59) in the Caribbean Sea during her shakedown cruise, 24 January–31 March 1956. She embarked ATG-181, consisting of the following squadrons: VF-41 “Black Aces” (F2H-3 Banshee), VF-21 “Mach Busters” (FJ-3 Fury), VA-86 “Sidewinders” (F7U-3M Cutlass), VA-42 “Green Pawns”Continue reading “USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59) (later CV-59 and AVT-59)”

HMS VICTORIOUS leaving HMNB Portsmouth for sea trials after an 8 year refit in which she was almost rebuilt and significantly upgraded since her initial launch in 1939.

She would serve until 1968 when she was deleted early as part of defence cuts Type 984 radar (Searchlight) Type 984 was a Royal Navy radar system introduced in the mid-1950s, designed by the Admiralty Signals Research Establishment. Type 984 was a 3D S band system used for both ground controlled interception (GCI) and asContinue reading “HMS VICTORIOUS leaving HMNB Portsmouth for sea trials after an 8 year refit in which she was almost rebuilt and significantly upgraded since her initial launch in 1939.”