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Submarine maintenance at heart of £26bn naval base overhaul after years of underfunding

Xenia Zubova – 15th July 2026 at 1:29pm A £26bn overhaul of the Royal Navy’s main bases could be the largest since the Battle of Trafalgar, Defence Procurement Minister Luke Pollard has suggested, as he acknowledged that years of under-investment had held back submarine maintenance. Project Royal Oak will rebuild docks, berths and engineering facilitiesContinue reading “Submarine maintenance at heart of £26bn naval base overhaul after years of underfunding”

RFA Sir Tristram & MV Dan Lifter. Sir Tristram getting a ride home after the Falklands war.

Tristram (L3505) formerly RFA Sir Tristram, is a Round Table-class landing ship logistics that was converted to a Special Forces Training Vessel in 2008.[1] She was launched in 1966, and accepted into British Army service in 1967. As with others of her class, she was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1970, and was crewed by British officers and Hong Kong Chinese sailors.[2] The ship saw service in the FalklandsContinue reading “RFA Sir Tristram & MV Dan Lifter. Sir Tristram getting a ride home after the Falklands war.”

” HMS Beagle ” was a Bulldog class coastal survey vessel of the Royal Navy .

HMS Prince of Wales, replete with F-35Bs, docks in Iceland during Operation Firecrest

Jonathan Moynihan – 14th July 2026 at 12:43pm The Royal Navy’s flagship has spent time docked in Iceland while continuing her Nato air policing mission in the vicinity of the country. HMS Prince of Wales, which is leading the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) deployed in the High North and North Atlantic, is working withContinue reading “HMS Prince of Wales, replete with F-35Bs, docks in Iceland during Operation Firecrest”

USS Lake Erie Returns to San Diego

BySeaWaves Magazine – Jun 30, 2026 Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) returned to her homeport of Naval Base San Diego on June 27, 2026, following 11-months of sustained operations at sea to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations. Lake Erie conducted a wide range of command-and-control and maritime security missions inContinue reading “USS Lake Erie Returns to San Diego”