Boost for Royal Navy as RFA Mounts Bay returns to sea after year-long refit complete

7th July 2026 at 1:10pm RFA Mounts Bay is finally back at sea after more than a year in regeneration at Falmouth Docks. The Bay-class landing ship dock will now undergo sea trials to check systems are functioning as expected before doing Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) to prepare for operational duties.  Named after Mount’s Bay inContinue reading “Boost for Royal Navy as RFA Mounts Bay returns to sea after year-long refit complete”

Navy Plans to Homeport 9 LSMs at Pearl Harbor

Aaron-Matthew Lariosa – July 6, 2026 1:47 PM The U.S. Navy plans to homeport up to nine McClung-class medium landing ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to support the Marine Corps’ area denial and sensing operations across the Pacific. According to an environmental impact statement released last month by the sea service, the proposed homeporting facilitiesContinue reading “Navy Plans to Homeport 9 LSMs at Pearl Harbor”

Myanmar Navy patrol ship with drone protection

A British F-35B Lightning escorts a Russian Bear-F bomber over the destroyer HMS Duncan.

Light cruiser BAP Almirante Grau (CLM-81), circa 1970 

warshipnerd•57m ago The world’s last gun cruiser. After 65 years of service in the Dutch and Peruvian Navies, was finally decommissioned in 2017. Plans to preserve her as a museum fell through and she has sadly been scrapped.