Richard White – 20th May 2026 at 2:46pm HMS Stirling Castle has arrived in Gibraltar for the transfer of autonomous mine-hunting drone boats to RFA Lyme Bay. The two ships are moored next to each other so the unmanned surface vessels (USVs) can be craned over to Lyme Bay, which is intended to act asContinue reading “Ensuring safety in the strait: Mine-hunting drones transferred across from HMS Stirling Castle”
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Japan’s Largest Warship Preparing for F-35B Training with U.S. Marines
Dzirhan Mahadzir – May 20, 2026 11:52 AM U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft will conduct take-off and landing drills on Japan’s largest warship JS Kaga (DDH-184) in June as the warship prepares to load equipment at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, according to the government officials. Helicopter carrier Kaga will make a port call from JuneContinue reading “Japan’s Largest Warship Preparing for F-35B Training with U.S. Marines”
HMS Dragon Transits Suez Canal Ahead of Potential Hormuz Security Mission
The Royal Navy’s HMS Dragon conducts a southbound transit of the Suez Canal ahead of operations in the Middle East, May 9, 2026. UK MOD © Crown copyright 2026 Mike Schuler – Total Views: 12231 – May 19, 2026 Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon has transited the Suez Canal and entered the Middle East ahead of aContinue reading “HMS Dragon Transits Suez Canal Ahead of Potential Hormuz Security Mission”
BAE Systems Updates HMAS Hobart Modernization Progress
BySeaWaves Magazine – May 13, 2026 20% Production completed – Since the ship’s arrival, this work has progressed at pace and passing this point has accumulated in more than 220,000 Production hours reached. CIC Foundation completed – With the Combat Information Centre dismantled, all new major foundations and equipment mounting points have been fitted. ThisContinue reading “BAE Systems Updates HMAS Hobart Modernization Progress”
HMNZS Otago with me onboard – 1963
HMS Plymouth (F126), HMAS Vendetta (D08), HMS Salisbury (F32), HMS Cambrian (D85), HMS Albion (R07), HMAS Quiberon (F03), HMNZS Otago (F111) and HMS Duchess (D154), Malaya, 1963 – Near Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur in background. I was onboard Otago (F111)
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