Monthly Archives: June 2023

HMS Furious’ double stacker flight decks.

After her 1920’s conversion to a traditional aircraft carrier you could launch aircraft from the main deck as well as the hangar deck! This configuration wasn’t particularly successful and was not repeated in later Royal Navy carrier designs. More on HMS Furious here – http://jcsnavy.weebly.com/marine-naval-and-military-posts/hms-furious from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/EK9sw2a via IFTTT

The experimental cruiser submarine HMS X1, armed with 4 x 5.2″ guns.

  HM Submarine X1 was a British submarine of the interwar period. Conceived and designed as a submersible commerce raider for the Royal Navy; at the time of her launching she was the largest submarine in the world. For Britain, the idea of a submarine cruiser had been proposed as early as 1915, but the type was not put into practice until after theContinue reading “The experimental cruiser submarine HMS X1, armed with 4 x 5.2″ guns.”

HMS Hood meeting with HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson (the furthest one), late 1920s

  HMS Hood meeting with HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson (the furthest one), late 1920sThe battleship HMS Nelson in Norweigan waters, 1933 – a profile that is very reflective of the ship’s purpose of carrying heavy artillery into battle from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/KZugfFx via IFTTT

USS Oriskany was laid down in 1944 and sunk in 2006 to create an artificial reef.

USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34) – nicknamed Mighty O,[1] and occasionally referred to as the O-boat – was one of the few Essex-class aircraft carriers completed after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War. The history of Oriskany differs considerably from that ofContinue reading “USS Oriskany was laid down in 1944 and sunk in 2006 to create an artificial reef.”

New Zealand in AUKUS? The political Kiwi conundrum over Pillar 2 membership Among the political elite in Wellington, there is disagreement about the value of New Zealand joining this element of the partnership — disagreement that could end any realistic chances of New Zealand becoming the fourth member of AUKUS. – By TIM FISH

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins arrive for Question time at Parliament House on February 07, 2023 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Martin Ollman/Getty Images) WELLINGTON — When Kurt Campbell, the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific “Czar” visited the Kiwi capital in March, one of his main missions was toContinue reading “New Zealand in AUKUS? The political Kiwi conundrum over Pillar 2 membership Among the political elite in Wellington, there is disagreement about the value of New Zealand joining this element of the partnership — disagreement that could end any realistic chances of New Zealand becoming the fourth member of AUKUS. – By TIM FISH”