Lord Nelson The ship was built by the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) and, along with the SV Tenacious, the pair were the only tall ships in the world that are wheelchair accessible throughout. The JST are an international UN accredited charity offering sailing adventures to people of all abilities and backgrounds. She was decommissioned in October 2019.[3] OnContinue reading “STS Lord Nelson was a sail training ship operated by the Jubilee Sailing Trust. She was designed by Colin Mudie and launched on 17 October 1986.”
Monthly Archives: January 2022
HMS Shannon was a Minotaur-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1900s.
HMS Shannon (1906) guns being assembled at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in Barrow-in-Furness in England British armored cruiser HMS Shannon as built with short funnels Shannon after her funnels were lengthened. Before the First World War, she served with the Home Fleet, generally as the flagship of a cruiser squadron. The ship remained with the Grand Fleet, as the Home Fleet was renamed when the war began, for the entireContinue reading “HMS Shannon was a Minotaur-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1900s.”
HNLMS Groningen is a Holland-class offshore patrol vessel operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy.
HNLMS_Groningen_(P843) HNLMS_Groningen_(P843) The vessel was built in the Romanian shipyards in Galati, by the Dutch firm Damen Group.https://ift.tt/2Er28ey from JC’s Naval and Military news and photos https://ift.tt/3qSDYlhvia IFTTT from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3F0PksD via IFTTT
German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the three other frigates of the Brandenburg class were designed as replacements for the Hamburg-class destroyers. She was laid in 1993 at the yards of Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack and launched in February 1995. Her sponsor was Annemarie Seite, wife of the then Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Berndt Seite. After undergoing trials sheContinue reading “German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern”
New in 2022: USS Carl Vinson expected to wrap up first deployment with F-35C fighter jets
By Diana Stancy Correll Jan 6, 10:39 AM The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class helicopter destroyer JS Kaga take part in Maritime Partnership Exercise 2021 on Oct. 17, 2021. (MC3 Erin C. Zorich/Navy) The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is expected to wrap up its current deployment — the first including the F-35C Lightning II fighter jetContinue reading “New in 2022: USS Carl Vinson expected to wrap up first deployment with F-35C fighter jets”
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