Construction begins on British Type 31 frigates
The keel was laid down in Rosyth of Venturer, the first general purpose Type 31 Inspiration class frigate. At 6,000 tonnes the Type 31...
Axe Hunter class, former RAN chief says
By David Shackleton*
In 2009, Australia’s government decided that it would replace eight Anzac-class frigates with nine ships optimised for anti-submarine warfare (ASW). There was...
New UK frigate under construction
A collection of videos and photographs show the current state of HMS Glasgow as the Type 26 Frigate is being built by BAE Systems...
US cruisers to go in five years
USS Vicksburg (CG-69) is in the middle of a $200 million repair period meant to keep the guided-missile cruiser in the fleet well into...
China’s first amphibious assault ship operational
In April the PLA-N's first Type-075 amphibious assault ship, the Hainan became operational.
This was China's first independently-built landing helicopter dock ship. It has the...
Guam sub force increased to five
The US Navy now has five submarines homeported in Guam — up from two the service had based there as of November 2021, the...
Second Japanese carrier’s F-35B conversion
DDH "Kaga" is being modified in order to operate the F-35B fighter. The battleship Yamato (once the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy) was built...
Two more Evolved-class patrol boats for Navy
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced the Department of Defence will order an additional two Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) for the Royal Australian Navy,...
Compo talks with French drag on
The Defence Minister Peter Dutton has conceded compensation negotiations with a French company over the dumped future submarine project are likely to drag well...
Anger after Defence buys ship off-shore
Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands and bought a five-year-old ship for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship...