HMS Somerset chased allied submarines on Exercise Arctic Dolphin (Picture: Royal Navy) Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset has spent two weeks hunting allied submarines in the Norwegian fjords, engaging in a tense cat-and-mouse game to push trainee commanders to their limits. The Plymouth-based warship took part in Exercise Arctic Dolphin, working with Norwegian, Danish andContinue reading “HMS Somerset in high-stakes cat-and-mouse chase with allied submarines in Arctic – 19th February 2025 at 1:05pm”
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U.S., Japan and French Naval Forces Wrap Up Drills in Philippine Sea
Dzirhan Mahadzir – February 19, 2025 12:41 PM Aircraft from the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) and French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) fly in formation over the Philippine Sea with ships from VINCSG, French CSG, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) during Pacific Steller 2025, Feb. 12. U.S.Continue reading “U.S., Japan and French Naval Forces Wrap Up Drills in Philippine Sea”
UPDATED: Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer in Taiwan Strait Transit – By: Sam LaGrone June 3, 2023 7:00 AM • Updated: June 3, 2023 8:40 PM
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) steams alongside the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on Feb. 15, 2023. US Navy Photo This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. A People’s Liberation Army Navy warship cut across the bow of a U.S. guided-missile destroyer on Saturday while it was transitingContinue reading “UPDATED: Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer in Taiwan Strait Transit – By: Sam LaGrone June 3, 2023 7:00 AM • Updated: June 3, 2023 8:40 PM”
HMS Furious’ double stacker flight decks.
After her 1920’s conversion to a traditional aircraft carrier you could launch aircraft from the main deck as well as the hangar deck! This configuration wasn’t particularly successful and was not repeated in later Royal Navy carrier designs. More on HMS Furious here – http://jcsnavy.weebly.com/marine-naval-and-military-posts/hms-furious from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/EK9sw2a via IFTTT
The experimental cruiser submarine HMS X1, armed with 4 x 5.2″ guns.
HM Submarine X1 was a British submarine of the interwar period. Conceived and designed as a submersible commerce raider for the Royal Navy; at the time of her launching she was the largest submarine in the world. For Britain, the idea of a submarine cruiser had been proposed as early as 1915, but the type was not put into practice until after theContinue reading “The experimental cruiser submarine HMS X1, armed with 4 x 5.2″ guns.”
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