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  Indefatigable was one of two Implacable-class aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy (RN) during World War II. Completed in 1944, her aircraft made several attacks that year against the German battleship Tirpitz, inflicting only light damage; they also raided targets in Norway. The ship was transferred to the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) at the end of the year and attacked Japanese-controlled oil refineries in Sumatra in January 1945Continue reading “HMS Indefatigable with the HMNZS Maimai (T338)”

  HMAS Darwin (FFG 04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate, formerly in service with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of four ships ordered from the United States, Darwin entered service in 1984. During her career, she has operated in the Persian Gulf, as part ofContinue reading “HMAS Darwin (FFG 04)”

  The UK’s auxiliary vessel RFA Lyme Bay, pictured here on exercise off Norway in 2025, is being fitted with uncrewed capabilities to support mine-hunting operations. (Credit: Crown copyright/UK Ministry of Defence, 2025) The UK’s outfitting of its Bay-class auxiliary vessel RFA Lyme Bay as a naval mine warfare (NMW) ‘mothership’ carrying uncrewed systems for the mine-huntingContinue reading “Lyme Bay MCM Uncrewed Systems Fit Illustrates ‘Hybrid Navy’ Flexibility”

  HMAS QUICKMATCH. HMAS Quickmatch (G92/D21/D292/F04) was a Q-class destroyer operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although commissioned into the RAN in 1942, the ship was initially the property of the Royal Navy. Quickmatch served with both the British Eastern Fleet and British Pacific Fleet during World War II. In the 1950s, the destroyerContinue reading “HMAS Quickmatch (G92/D21/D292/F04) was a Q-class destroyer operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).”