Time to rethink Fleet Auxiliary
By Jennifer Parker*
On 14 December 1944, the Royal Australian Fleet Auxiliary freighting tanker Bishopdale was in the Philippines in San Pedro Bay refuelling Australian...
Submarine arrives caked in algae
Here at The War Zone, we’ve seen our fair share of naval vessels looking, how shall we say, worse for wear, the War Zone...
Sea trials set for China’s new carrier
The latest images surfacing on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo strongly indicate that China’s Fujian aircraft carrier is gearing up for its maiden sea...
How Putin’s yacht escaped sanctions
According to Aleksei Navalny's team of investigators, Vladimir Putin sent his much beloved Graceful through the icy and remote Arctic waters in order to...
US Navy completes first ammunitioning in Eden
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta completed the first ammunitioning for a US warship in Eden when it rearmed its Vertical Launch...
Philippines to commission two ex-USN patrol boats
On 11 September the Philippine Navy (PN) will commission into service two gifted US Navy Cyclone-class patrol vessels. They will be known as the...
China’s new frigate
The new class of guided missile frigate for the People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N), the Type 054B, will feature a longer operational range, more functions...
Thinking through surface combat needs
By Andrew Watts*
The possible outcome of the review of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatant fleet has generated a fair amount of public commentary,...
First RN ship to visit Timor-Leste for 25 years
The Patrol ship HMS Spey has become the first Royal Navy warship to visit the Pacific nation of Timor-Leste. A quarter of a century...
Report on F-35 loss has lessons for RAN
On 17th November 2021, an F-35B ditched into the sea on take-off from HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Eastern Mediterranean during operation FORTIS /...