Category Archives: RN Destroyers

HMS Kempenfelt/HMCS Assiniboine a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s.

A flotilla leader, she saw service in the Home Fleet before World War II and the ship made several deployments to Spanish waters during the Spanish Civil War, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Kempenfelt was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1939 andContinue reading “HMS Kempenfelt/HMCS Assiniboine a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s.”

HMS Dauntless (D33) Daring-class air defence destroyer coming into Plymouth, England – September 11, 2026 SRC: FB- Gemzies photography

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.

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.”

Royal Navy to study extending Type 45 destroyers service life

Having previously been committed to an out of service date of 2035-38, the MoD now says it has set aside money to study whether the Type 45 destroyers will need to be extended in service. The Type 83 replacement programme has been abandoned, and the alternative Hybrid Navy vision of Common Combat Vessels (CCV) and uncrewed platformsContinue reading “Royal Navy to study extending Type 45 destroyers service life”

Royal Navy ships take respite in Kenya after months in Middle East

HMS Dragon and RFA Lyme Bay have arrived in Mombasa for maintenance, resupply and crew rest after several months deployed in the Middle East. The visit takes the two ships temporarily away from preparations for a potential multinational operation in the Strait of Hormuz. HMS Dragon sailed from the UK on 10 March, in theContinue reading “Royal Navy ships take respite in Kenya after months in Middle East”