Monthly Archives: November 2021

Reserve fleet in UK 1960

Reserve fleet in UK 1960 from JC’s Naval and Military news and photos https://ift.tt/2ZgWV7u via IFTTT

HMAS Curlew (M 1121) was a Ton-class minesweeper operated by the Royal Navy (as HMS Chediston) from 1953 to 1961, and the Royal Australian Navy from 1962 to 1991.

Imagery Scanned from Navy Historic Archive During her Australian service, the ship operated off Malaysia during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation during the mid-1960s, then was modified for use as a minehunter. Delays in bringing a replacement class into service kept Curlew operational until 1990, and she was sold into civilian service in 1991.https://ift.tt/3xfPKJ3 from JC’s NavalContinue reading “HMAS Curlew (M 1121) was a Ton-class minesweeper operated by the Royal Navy (as HMS Chediston) from 1953 to 1961, and the Royal Australian Navy from 1962 to 1991.”

USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was the lead ship of the Pennsylvania class of super-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1910s.

USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was the lead ship of the Pennsylvania class of super-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. The Pennsylvanias were part of the standard-type battleship series, and marked an incremental improvement over the preceding Nevada class, carrying an extra pair of 14-inch (356 mm) guns for a total ofContinue reading “USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was the lead ship of the Pennsylvania class of super-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1910s.”

USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) arrives in Pearl Harbor.

PEARL HARBOR (Nov. 18, 2021) The U.S. Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), arrives in Pearl Harbor. Daniel Inouye made its maiden voyage, transiting to its home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, prior to its commissioning in December. Inouye conducted a tour through the Hawaiian Islands to pay tribute toContinue reading “USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) arrives in Pearl Harbor.”

HMS Dragon joins French navy’s biggest exercise of the year

Six navies are taking part in Exercise Polaris 21, as well as 25 warships, support vessels, submarines and French carrier Charles de Gaulle.Harry Adams22nd November 2021 at 9:56am Play Video HMS Dragon has joined the French Navy for its biggest exercise of the year. Split between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, Exercise Polaris 21 combinesContinue reading “HMS Dragon joins French navy’s biggest exercise of the year”