Visit to India The Chief of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Rear Admiral David Proctor arrived in New Delhi where he inspected the Guard of Honour and held talks with the Indian counterpart. He is on an official visit to India from Feb 19-27. (Photo: ANI) 02/8India-New Zealand ties In 2022-23, the bilateral trade betweenContinue reading “In pics: New Zealand Navy Chief receives Guard of Honour in Delhi; hold bilateral talks with Indian counterpart”
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USS Delbert D Black concludes brief surge deployment with carrier Ford = By Diana Stancy
The destroyer Delbert D. Black returned to its homeport in Mayport, Florida, Sunday following a three-month surge deployment to support the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group. Delbert D. Black departed Naval Station Mayport on Dec. 1 and joined the Ford in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to bolster deterrence efforts in the region following Hamas’Continue reading “USS Delbert D Black concludes brief surge deployment with carrier Ford = By Diana Stancy”
The USS St. Andrews (CVE-49) (originally AVG-49, later ACV-49) was assigned to MC hull 260 on 23 August 1942, a ship to be built to modified C3-S-A1 plans. She was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington; redesignated CVE-49 on 15 July; and launched on 31 July; sponsored by Mrs. Robert W. Morse; transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 7 December; and commissioned the same day as HMS Queen (D19) in the Royal Navy.
HMS Queen (D19) HMS Queen served British and Allied escort forces in protecting the vital convoy supply effort across the North Atlantic in 1944, and in the Pacific campaigns in 1945. On 4 May 1945 aircraft of Queen’s 853 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, took part in Operation Judgement, the last air-raid of the European war,Continue reading “The USS St. Andrews (CVE-49) (originally AVG-49, later ACV-49) was assigned to MC hull 260 on 23 August 1942, a ship to be built to modified C3-S-A1 plans. She was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington; redesignated CVE-49 on 15 July; and launched on 31 July; sponsored by Mrs. Robert W. Morse; transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 7 December; and commissioned the same day as HMS Queen (D19) in the Royal Navy.”
UK frigate HMS Sutherland needed 600 structural inserts in drydock
Numerous structural inserts have been carried out on some of the UK Type 23 frigates that have undergone refurbishment. The post UK frigate HMS Sutherland needed 600 structural inserts in drydock appeared first on Naval Technology. VISIT WEBSITE from Blogger https://ift.tt/20NTrSa via IFTTT
HMS Curacoa was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She was one of the five ships of the Ceres sub-class and spent much of her career as a flagship.
The ship was assigned to the Harwich Force during the war, but saw little action as she was completed less than a year before the war ended. Briefly assigned to the Atlantic Fleet in early 1919, Curacoa was deployed to the Baltic in May to support anti-Bolshevik forces during the British campaign in theContinue reading “HMS Curacoa was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She was one of the five ships of the Ceres sub-class and spent much of her career as a flagship.”
