Service history Convoy PQ 17 Martin was an escort for the Home Fleet during the ill-fated Convoy PQ 17, sailing from Scapa on 30 June and cruising off Bear Island, arriving back at Scapa Flow on 11 July. Martin left Scapa Flow on 15 July for Seidisfjord and left there on 20 July in company with Marne, Middleton and Blankney for Archangel loaded with replenishments for the escorts and merchant ships. They arrived atContinue reading “HMS Martin was an M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched at the Tyneside yard of Vickers-Armstrongs on 12 December 1940. She had a busy but brief wartime career, being sunk by the German submarine U-431 on 10 November 1942 off Algiers.”
Monthly Archives: September 2026
USS Missouri September 2, 1945
By SeaWaves Magazine – Sep 2, 2026 Aboard the USS Missouri, this instrument of surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, by the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamora Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu. On September 2, 1945, Japanese representatives signed the official Instrument of Surrender, prepared by the War Department and approved by President Harry S.Continue reading “USS Missouri September 2, 1945”
FGS Berlin to Join SNMG1
By SeaWaves Magazine – Aug 30, 2026 On Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 12 noon, the replenishment ship “Berlin” under the command of Frigate Captain Martin Kiesewetter will leave its home port of Wilhelmshaven to participate in the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1). “Over the past few months, we have completed an extremelyContinue reading “FGS Berlin to Join SNMG1”
US Navy eyes three foreign frigate designs to rapidly match China’s growing production rates.
On September 1, 2026, the U.S. Navy initiated formal evaluations of three foreign frigate designs (Japan’s Mogami-class, South Korea’s Chungnam-class, and Türkiye’s Istanbul-class) to rapidly restore surface fleet capacity following the truncation of the domestic Constellation-class program. The foreign procurement framework allocates $1.85 billion in FY2027 funds to acquire up to two overseas-built lead shipsContinue reading “US Navy eyes three foreign frigate designs to rapidly match China’s growing production rates.”
Royal Australian Navy commissions two new patrol boats
The Royal Australian Navy Evolved Cape-class patrol boats HMAS Cape Spencer (left) and HMAS Cape Hawke – Department of Defence Will Xavier – Published on: 03 Sep 2026, 2:16 pm The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has commissioned the final two of ten Evolved Cape-class patrol boats built for the service by local shipyard Austal. HMAS Cape Spencer and HMAS Cape Hawke each haveContinue reading “Royal Australian Navy commissions two new patrol boats”
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