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HMAS Albatross (later HMS Albatross) was a seaplane tender of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)

  HMAS ALBATROSS 1932 AWM Caption: AN AERIAL VIEW OF SEAPLANE CARRIER HMAS ALBATROSS WITH ONE OF HER SEAGULL AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT FROM 101 FLEET COOPERATION FLIGHT, RAAF, OVERHEAD. NOTE THE HATCH COVERING THE HANGAR ENTRANCE JUST FORWARD OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND THE MOUNTING FOR THE UNFITTED CATAPULT TOWARDS THE BOWS.  The original uploader was Nick-D at English Wikipedia Hellenic Prince (former HMAS Albatross) HMAS Albatross in 1938 SContinue reading “HMAS Albatross (later HMS Albatross) was a seaplane tender of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)”

HMAS HMAS Whyalla (J153/B252), named for the city of Whyalla, South Australia was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1]

  The ship was sold to the Victorian Public Works Department at the end of the war, who renamed her Rip and used her as a maintenance ship.[1] In 1984, she was purchased by Whyalla City Council, who put her on display as a landlocked museum ship in 1987. https://ift.tt/SlRaZfE from Blogger https://ift.tt/YCZpRd4 via IFTTT

HMS Renown in NZ. Suspect that one caption is wrong – should be Lyttelton I think but maybe wrong. What do you think?

Photos and story of HMS Renown in New Zealand HMS Renown carried the Duke of York, later King George VI, to Australia and New Zealand and visited among others Wellington and Lyttelton HMS Renown is a Royal Navy battlecruiser built in 1916 and moored at Wellington wharves. In 1927,  HMS Renown visits Lyttelton,  New Zealand Continue reading “HMS Renown in NZ. Suspect that one caption is wrong – should be Lyttelton I think but maybe wrong. What do you think?”

End in sight for the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate LIFEX programme

Search for:SEARCH BUTTON     FEBRUARY 16, 2024 INSIGHTS End in sight for the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate LIFEX programme Here we provide an update on the complex support programme that is being undertaken to keep the Type 23 frigates in service. The programme of life extension refits to upgrade and repair the ageing TypeContinue reading “End in sight for the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate LIFEX programme”