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Battleship HMS Valiant in floating dock at Invergordon, late 1918 or 1919. Quote from https://ift.tt/2Hgjxbv “The gun tampions have a cockerel emblem confirming that she is H.M.S. Valiant. The flying-off platforms were fitted to the ‘B’ and ‘X’ turrets in 1918 so the date of this picture is either late 1918 or 1919.”

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HMAS Toowoomba arrives in Middle East area of operations

MARITIME ANDUNDERSEA WARFARE | 11 FEBRUARY 2020 By: Reporter DefDefence Minister Linda Reynolds has announced that HMAS Toowoomba has arrived in Bahrain and commenced operations in the Middle East as part of Operation MANITOU. The Anzac Class frigate will also support the International Maritime Security Construct in its mission to ensure freedom of navigation through the Strait ofContinue reading “HMAS Toowoomba arrives in Middle East area of operations”

USN – Fleet Week prepares to sail back into New York Harbor

BY JOHN ALEXaNDER • FEBRUARY 10, 2020 @ 1:30 PM ebrooklyn media/Photos by Arthur De Gaeta Photos from last year’s Fleet Week from the Fort Hamilton Engeldrum Bluff. BOROUGHWIDE — For 32 years, a dynamic parade of ships has proudly sailed into New York Harbor in celebration of Fleet Week, a highly-anticipated annual event during which membersContinue reading “USN – Fleet Week prepares to sail back into New York Harbor”

Could You Give RAF Marham’s Gate Guardian A New Home?

AIRCRAFT The Cold War-era Victor aircraft faces being scrapped unless someone takes it off the base. James Knuckey 11th February 2020 at 10:59am RAF Marham’s gate guardian is being offered to people for free as the base cannot afford its repairs. The Cold War-era Victor jet currently sits at the entrance of the Norfolk stationContinue reading “Could You Give RAF Marham’s Gate Guardian A New Home?”

Northland landlubbers get taste of Navy life on Waitangi Day

NORTHERN ADVOCATE 12 Feb, 2020 12:00pm 2 minutes to read Whangārei Primary School pupils Max, left, and Mason try on a sailor’s firefighting gear. Photo / Supplied Northern Advocate Pupils from two Northland schools experienced a day in the Bay of Islands on offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington, after winning a Royal New Zealand Navy-sponsoredContinue reading “Northland landlubbers get taste of Navy life on Waitangi Day”