Monthly Archives: August 2026

HMS Ambuscade is a retired Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy.

She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland. She entered service in 1975. Ambuscade took part in the Falklands War of 1982. Ambuscade was sold to Pakistan in 1993 and served their navy as PNS Tariq until 2023. Type 21 Frigate, HMS Ambuscade, at the dock in the South Yard of the Royal Naval Dockyard on the island of Ireland in the British Overseas Territory, and former Imperial fortress, of Bermuda, which hadContinue reading “HMS Ambuscade is a retired Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy.”

 ” HMS Foxhound ” H69 .

HMS Foxhound was one of nine F-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. Although she was assigned to the Home Fleet, the ship was detached as part of the Mediterranean Fleet to enforce the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39. Several weeks after the start of the Second World War in September 1939, Foxhound helped toContinue reading ” ” HMS Foxhound ” H69 .”

 ” HMS ANSON ” . 1945

HMS Anson was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral George Anson. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Shipyard on the River Tyne and launched on 24 February 1940, being completed on 22 June 1942. Her completion was delayed to allow the fitting of fire-control radar and additional antiaircraft weapons. She was originally to have beenContinue reading ” ” HMS ANSON ” . 1945″

Greenwich, London. ” HMS Illustrious ” moored on the River Thames in Greenwich

The U.S. Navy seaplane tender USS Albemarle (AV-5) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 10 August 1944

USS Albemarle (AV-5) was one of only two Curtiss-class seaplane tenders built for the United States Navy just prior to the United States‘ entry into World War II. Named for Albemarle Sound on the North Carolina coast, she was the third U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Albemarle was laid down on 12 June 1939 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, and launched on 13 JulyContinue reading “The U.S. Navy seaplane tender USS Albemarle (AV-5) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 10 August 1944”