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HMS Spey patrol ship to commence contractor sea trials 21 September 2020 (Last Updated September 21st, 2020 12:51) The British Royal Navy’s fifth and final next-generation River-class offshore patrol vessel HMS Spey will begin contractor sea trials.

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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Sept. 21, 2020

200+USNI Newsby U.S. Naval Institute Staff / 8h //keep unread//hide USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Sept. 21, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chartContinue reading “USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Sept. 21, 2020”

US Navy USS Antietam Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser conducts Tomahawk cruise missile strike scenario

World Defence Newsby Army Recognition / 6h //keep unread//hide According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on September 20, 2020, the U.S. Navy ship USS Antietam (CG 54) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser conducted a Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile (TLAM) strike scenario, September 20, 2020, targeting the Farallon de Medinilla range, located on an uninhabitedContinue reading “US Navy USS Antietam Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser conducts Tomahawk cruise missile strike scenario”

Crewmen load the 4″ gun on Flower class corvette HMS Vervain, July 1942

Crewmen load the 4″ gun on Flower class corvette HMS Vervain, July 1942 HMS Vervain was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. In March 1942, the ship was adopted by the village of Queensbury in West Yorkshire.[2] On 28 February 1943 the liberty ship SS Wade Hampton was torpedoed by German submarine U-405 while sailing in a convoy from New York to Murmansk, Russia. Survivors were picked up by Vervain and HMS Beverley near Greenland.[3]Continue reading “Crewmen load the 4″ gun on Flower class corvette HMS Vervain, July 1942”

Nostalgia: Brave souls who perished at sea during WWII

Nostalgia: Brave soulearly s 2020 0 comments By InYourArea Community Written by Dot Broady-Hawkes Taken from the Ormskirk Advertiser Launched in January 1933, the Neptune was the ninth Royal Navy vessel of that name. The Neptune was a Leander–class cruiser, built between 1931 and 1933 at Her Majesty’s Naval Boatyard in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Almost 170 metres inContinue reading “Nostalgia: Brave souls who perished at sea during WWII”