Monthly Archives: May 2022

She has not been decommissioned but her future is undecided. Here we look at why the RN will, at least temporarily, make do without another ship. The RN will not officially confirm the status of HMS Echo as they do not routinely comment on readiness levels, although there may be a more formal announcement inContinue reading “Survey vessel, HMS Echo arrived in Portsmouth on 29 March. For the last few weeks she has been de-storing and has now joined RFA Wave Knight laid up in the non-tidal basin.”

  One hundred and twenty UK troops have been training alongside Finnish allies on Exercise Arrow 22. The UK’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who’s been watching the exercise, says it is “incomprehensible” that the UK would not come to Finland’s aid if attacked by Russia. It follows Russian threats that any move from Finland toContinue reading “UK troops exercise with Finnish allies amid Russian threats The UK Defence Secretary, who watched Exercise Arrow 22, says Britain would come to Finland’s aid, if attacked.”

Specifications:Class: RudderowType: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5″ guns)Displacement: 1,450 tons (light), 1,810 tons (full)Length: 300′ (wl), 306′ (oa)Beam: 36′ 9″ (extreme)Draft: 13′ 9″ (draft limit)Propulsion: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screwsSpeed: 24 ktsRange: 5,050 nm @ 12 knotsArmament: 2 – 5″/38 Mk30, 4 – 40mm Mk1 AA (2×2),Continue reading “USS DeLong (DE 684)”

HMS Blackwood (K.313) Building and Operational Data: 01 November 1941: Contract awarded 22 September 1942: Keel laid by the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. 23 November 194: Launched 27 March 1943: Transferred to Great Britain as Lend-Lease, named HMS Blackwood (K.313) 15 June 1944: Torpedoed by U-764 south of Portland Bill, England 16 June 1944:Continue reading “HMS Blackwood (K.313)”

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