Monthly Archives: January 2022

She has been undergoing a 20-year conservation, recently having her mast removed, with the next stage of works now unveiled. A £35m conservation project to renovate HMS Victory including replacing rotting planks has been announced on what is the 100th anniversary of the warship being brought into dry dock. Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson’s flagship was broughtContinue reading “HMS Victory conservation project to spend £35m on ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity”

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 7, 2022) Sailors conduct equipment checks on an F/A 18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 7, 2022. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th FleetContinue reading “Sailors conduct equipment checks on an F/A 18F Super Hornet aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).”

INDIAN OCEAN (Jan. 9, 2022) The amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), front, transits the Indian Ocean with the guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77), Jan. 9, 2021. Essex, flagship of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), along with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area ofContinue reading “USS Essex (LHD 2), front, and USS O’Kane (DDG 77) transit the Indian Ocean.”

HMS Niobe was a ship of the Diadem class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She served in the Boer War and was then given to Canada as the second ship of the newly created Naval Service of Canada as HMCS Niobe. The Naval Service of Canada became the Royal Canadian Navy in AugustContinue reading “HMCS NIOBE”