Meanwhile the Royal New Zealand Navy Task Group comprising of frigate HMNZS Te Mana (F111) and fleet oiler HMNZS Aotearoa (A11) which had participated in RIMPAC 2026 is now headed to the Indo-Pacific as part of a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) deployment to the region to carry out joint operations, exercises and engagements throughout the Indo-Pacific from AugustContinue reading “Royal New Zealand Navy Task Group comprising of frigate HMNZS Te Mana (F111) and fleet oiler HMNZS Aotearoa (A11)”
Monthly Archives: August 2026
Navy Planning for Extended Carrier Deployments as Iran Conflict Continues, CNO, MCPON Say
Sam LaGrone – August 26, 2026 5:36 PM NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Families of sailors assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group are already preparing for a deployment that will last more than seven months as the U.S. conflict with Iran continues. When USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), its escorts and the embarked CarrierContinue reading “Navy Planning for Extended Carrier Deployments as Iran Conflict Continues, CNO, MCPON Say”
China’s ‘No. 1 warship,’ Type 052 destroyer Harbin, retires after over 30 years of extraordinary service
Orderly replacement of legacy warships with advanced vessels highlights Chinese Navy’s growing combat capability By Guo Yuandan in Qingdao and Liu Xin in BeijingPublished: Aug 28, 2026 11:52 PM China’s Type 052 guided-missile destroyer Harbin, hull number 112, often hailed as “China’s No. 1 warship” and the lead ship of the country’s second generation of domesticallyContinue reading “China’s ‘No. 1 warship,’ Type 052 destroyer Harbin, retires after over 30 years of extraordinary service”
Royal Navy to study extending Type 45 destroyers service life
Having previously been committed to an out of service date of 2035-38, the MoD now says it has set aside money to study whether the Type 45 destroyers will need to be extended in service. The Type 83 replacement programme has been abandoned, and the alternative Hybrid Navy vision of Common Combat Vessels (CCV) and uncrewed platformsContinue reading “Royal Navy to study extending Type 45 destroyers service life”
Are you a landlubber? The nautical questions you’ve always wanted answered
Xenia Zubova – 28th August 2026 at 10:30am A Royal Navy warship can be weighed without touching a scale, travel at 30 knots without tying anything and reach eight bells at noon. Its kitchen is a galley, its toilet is the heads, its walls are bulkheads and its ceiling is the deckhead. Go ashore andContinue reading “Are you a landlubber? The nautical questions you’ve always wanted answered”
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