Naval

  • New Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigates

    New Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigates

    3rd July 2023

    On 29 June 2023 the Dutch Ministry of Defence, Damen and Thales signed a contract for the design, construction, and delivery of four Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Frigates; two for the Netherlands and two for Belgium. The agreement was signed on…

  • Ships Monthly July 2023 issue out now

    Ships Monthly July 2023 issue out now

    27th June 2023

    SHIPS MONTHLY July 2023 The July 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – Donation helps restore the famous Clyde-built ship Queen Mary, Grimaldi…

  • USS Canberra set to be named in Australia

    USS Canberra set to be named in Australia

    6th June 2023

    In July 2023 The United States Navy will be commissioning a vessel, USS Canberra, in an allied country for the first time. The ship is an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, and once commissioned will serve as USS Canberra (LCS 30),…

  • Ships Monthly June 2023 issue out now

    Ships Monthly June 2023 issue out now

    26th May 2023

    The June 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – the small cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot visits the Solent, Holland America celebrates 150…

  • French and Finnish naval ships call at London

    French and Finnish naval ships call at London

    24th May 2023

    The River Thames welcomes the Finnish Navy’s FNS Hämeenmaa for a port call to the Upper Pool of London where the 77.8m minelayer will berth alongside HMS Belfast. Finland has recently joined NATO, and this is the first visit to…

  • Latest Arleigh Burke destroyer officially named

    Latest Arleigh Burke destroyer officially named

    19th May 2023

    The US Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), at a ceremony in Key West, Florida, on 13 May. The ship’s namesake, Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, served as the second Superintendent of the Navy…

  • Navy’s experimental vessel XV Patrick Blackett on the Thames

    Navy’s experimental vessel XV Patrick Blackett on the Thames

    17th May 2023

    The Royal Navy’s mysterious experimental vessel XV Patrick Blackett made her debut on the Thames in mid May 2023, as she has been visiting London. The vessel, which is a Damen-built and -adapted Fast Crew Supplier 4008 (FCS 4008), was…

  • HMS Spey in New Zealand

    HMS Spey in New Zealand

    13th May 2023

    HMS Spey (P234), the last of the Royal Navy’s five offshore patrol vessels which replaced the old River class vessels, sailed into Auckland on the morning of 10 May 2023 for a ten-day stop-over. Spey is currently in the middle…

  • Algerian naval ship at Poole

    Algerian naval ship at Poole

    11th May 2023

    The Algerian navy’s Kalaat Beni Hammed (pennant number 472) arrived at the Dorset port of Poole on 8 May and berthed alongside South Quay for several days to load a helicopter. The 93m landing ship tank was laid down by…

  • GALLERY: San Francisco  Fleet week

    GALLERY: San Francisco Fleet week

    30th April 2023

    Photographs supplied by Benson Lee The annual Fleet Week in San Francisco in early October 2022 is the highlight of the maritime calendar in Northern California, and consists of the largest parade of ships on the West Coast. The Fleet…

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