BySeaWaves Magazine – Jul 3, 2026 With a symbolic fireworks display, the Visby corvette HMS Härnösand recently left Naval Harbour Berga for transport to the shipyard in Karlskrona, where she will be modernized and equipped with an anti-aircraft missile system. Photo: Erik Wibaeus/The Swedish Armed Forces With a symbolic fireworks display, the Visby corvette HMSContinue reading “Härnösand is First Visby Corvette with Anti-Aircraft Missiles”
Monthly Archives: July 2026
13th Horse on the March
Posted on June 29, 2026 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment Some 90 years ago today. Fort Riley, Kansas, 29 June 1936. The 13th U.S. Cavalry Regiment is seen returning to garrison from its last march as a horse cavalry outfit before shipping off their mounts, trading horse shoes and oats for tires and tracks. The regiment’s colonel at theContinue reading “13th Horse on the March”
Bicentennial, RN Flattop style – HMS Ark Royal
Posted on June 30, 2026 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment Some 50 years ago today. A full half-century, “an old ship with a young crew” calls at a lost colony, “all’s forgiven.” The pride of the Royal Navy, the Audacious-class aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (R09) entering Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on 30 June 1976, with the crew eager toContinue reading “Bicentennial, RN Flattop style – HMS Ark Royal”
Iceland’s Protectors Turn 100
Posted on July 2, 2026 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment While the Royal Danish Navy was tasked with policing and defending the far-flung colony of Iceland, and, generally, a station ship or patrol boat of some sort was on location since 1859, the locals knew the score. Denmark was 1,300 miles away and, during the Great War, with theContinue reading “Iceland’s Protectors Turn 100”
U.S. Navy Tests Saronic Mirage Drone Boat for 2500 Nautical Mile Unmanned Sea Missions
Saronic Technologies has launched Mirage, a 52-foot autonomous surface vessel that gives the U.S. Navy a larger unmanned platform for long-range missions and heavier payloads. The company announced the launch on July 3, 2026, as the vessel began trials in Galveston, Texas, at a time when the Navy is shifting unmanned surface systems from experimentationContinue reading “U.S. Navy Tests Saronic Mirage Drone Boat for 2500 Nautical Mile Unmanned Sea Missions”
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