HMAS Success (OR 304) was a Durance-class multi-product replenishment oiler that previously served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

HMAS Success Built by Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company in Sydney, Australia, during the 1980s, she is the only ship of the class to be constructed outside France, and the only one to not originally serve in the Marine Nationale (French Navy). The ship was part of the Australian contribution to the 1991 Gulf War,Continue reading “HMAS Success (OR 304) was a Durance-class multi-product replenishment oiler that previously served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).”

Chinese Warships, Aircraft Operate Near Japan, Taiwan

DZIRHAN MAHADZIR MARCH 22, 2024 5:11 PM Several People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships have been sailing near Japan this week, including a pair of frigates that conducted a cruise around Japanese islands before sailing near Taiwan, according to releases by the Joint Staff Office (JSO) of Japan’s Ministry of Defense. On Friday, the JSOContinue reading “Chinese Warships, Aircraft Operate Near Japan, Taiwan”

HMS Albion, RFA Tidereach, HMS Brighton, HMS Barrosa. 1965

HMAS Australia 1928-55, at Boston Navy Yard c1928-1936.

HMCS Vancouver is a Halifax-class frigate, of the Royal Canadian Navy launched on 8 July 1989, as the second vessel of her class.

HMCS Vancouver is a Halifax-class frigate, of the Royal Canadian Navy launched on 8 July 1989, as the second vessel of her class. She was based at CFB Esquimalt on the west coast of Canada. She is the third vessel to be named for Vancouver, British Columbia.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Vancouver_(FFH_331)