SeaTransport in successful beach landing
SeaTransport's 73m Matilda 1, an Australian-designed stern landing vessel (SLV) under lease to support the US Marine Corps (USMC), has successfully undertaken beach landing...
UK’s reasons for cancelling T83 destroyers
The UK Ministry of Defence has set out its thinking behind cancelling the Type 83 destroyer, saying the classified analysis that shaped the decision...
French seizes shadow fleet tanker
The French Navy boarded and diverted a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean off Sicily. In a social media post, French President...
Russian battlecruiser back after 27 years
The refurbished Soviet-era giant Admiral Nakhimov nuclear-powered battlecruiser has returned to Severomorsk for first time in 27 years, the Barents Observer reports.
The refurbished Soviet-era...
Singapore’s carbon-fibre ship feat
A Singapore shipyard has built the largest composite structure ever assembled for a vessel in the country’s history, and it is destined for a...
RN’s controversial new vision
By Tom Sharpe*
The Royal Navy has developed a bold and controversial vision for its future fleet.
Our troubled but finally effective Type 45 destroyers will...
Hormuz: Merchant ships could go uncrewed
Reportedly, approximately 20,000 seafarers on board some 2,000 ships, including tankers, bulk carriers, cargo ships, and cruise ships, were stranded in the Persian Gulf...
India’s three new ships
The Indian Navy commissioned the Nilgiri-class frigate INS Dunagiri, Survey Vessel (Large) INS Sanshodhak and ASW Shallow Water Craft INS Agray on June 21,...
Russian faults in yacht near-miss incident
By Tom Sharpe*
The Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich firing warning shots across the bow of the British yacht Bright Future on June 16 was not...
Trump battleship: detail before money.
The House Armed Services Committee doesn’t want the Navy to sign off on a construction contract for the Trump-class battleship until the service provides...