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ICE PATROL: To survey and protect

The Royal Navy has a new interim Antarctic patrol vessel. The leased icebreaker was commissioned HMS Protector on 23 June, a date that coincided...

FRENCH NAVY: The sovereignty enforcer

DCNS has launched its first Gowind type offshore patrol vessel. The 87m L’Adroit is unusual in being an entirely self-funded showcase project with eleven...

US NAVY: Maiden cruise for nuclear carrier

USS George H. W. Bush, the United States’ newest aircraft carrier, has embarked on her maiden deployment. The 2009-built Nimitz class vessel is accompanied...

DECOMMISSIONING: ‘Fighting G’ bows out

Another of the Royal Navy’s old guard has passed into history, with the decommissioning of HMS Gloucester on 30 June. The Type 42 destroyer...

ROYAL NAVY: Antarctic patrol vessel named

In a ceremony in Portsmouth the Royal Navy's new Antarctic patrol vessel was officially named HMS 'Protector' before being formally commissioned into the Navy's...

IRAQI NAVY: Iraq’s self-sufficiency

An eight-year mission safeguarding two important oil platforms has come to an end for Coalition forces, with the Iraqi Navy taking over full responsibility...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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