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ATTACK CRAFT: Off to fight the pirates

A Maldon-based warship has been refurbished to take on Somali pirates. Defender, an ex-Omani Navy fast attack vessel which was featured in Ships Monthly...

RUSSIAN NAVY: Latest Russian submarine on trials

In November 2011 Vladimir Putin toured the Sevmash shipyards just outside Arkhangelsk in northern Russia to promote his latest increase in funding for the...

ROYAL NAVY: A risk worth taking . . .

The coalition government’s defence cuts have sparked further rows, with the MoD accepting that a Royal Navy frigate may have been sent into a...

US NAVY: The ‘Great Green Fleet’

The US Navy has moved a step closer towards its goal of halving reliance on fossil fuels by 2020 after successfully demonstrating an alternative...

US NAVY: First test for hybrid

The US Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship has embarked on her maiden deployment. USS Makin Island departed San Diego on 14 November as flagship...

Royal Navy comings and goings

Fresh from tours of duty in the Gulf and off Libya, HMS Iron Duke visited her affiliated city of Hull in November 2011. Arriving...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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