Subsea Craft VICTA Diver Delivery Unit (High speed covert special forces insertion craft) on trials in Portsmouth harbour. Via Steve A Wenham

Latest in-depth article: Constellation-class: the US Navy’s struggle to forge a new generation of frigates navylookout.com/constellation-…

The British Defence 🇸🇬Singapore Support Unit British Defence Singapore Support Unit 2024 team photo with HMS Spey RFA LYME BAY alongside at Sembawang.

Would be hilarious if implications were not so serious... Senior enlisted personnel on 🇺🇸USS Manchester secretly installed Starlink dish and private WiFi network (named "STINKY") on board to check sports scores, text home and stream movies. navytimes.com/news/your-navy…

.HMS Forth at anchor off Port Stanley, 🇫🇰Falkland Islands yesterday. Via Stephen Luxton

Both RN aircraft carriers now at sea. HMS Prince of Wales sails from Portsmouth this afternoon. Via Steve A Wenham

New article: 🇺🇸Constellation-class: the US Navy’s struggle to forge a new generation of frigates navylookout.com/constellation-…

.JFD Global NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) being embarked on board 🇳🇴Norwegian Coastguard vessel KGV Barentshav in Leith ahead of forthcoming exercise. Submarine Rescue Vehicle (SRV) also being tested in the dock. Photos: Dave Cullen Photography In-depth article covering NSRS:

🇹🇷Turkish submarine rescue /mothership TCG Alemdar departed from Devonport this morning to participate in the submarine rescue exercise. French support vessel 🇫🇷FS Rhone also due to sail from Portsmouth today. Via Kevin Kelway, BCAc Steve A Wenham

Well-deserved recognition for civilian sailors. U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command crew of 🇺🇸USNS Supply are being awarded the Navy Unit Commendation (NUC) for support of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group during operations in the Red Sea / Gulf of Aden (Oct 2023 - May 2024) Via

BREAKING: Sad to report one person has died as Merlin helicopter ditches while operating from HMS Queen Elizabeth. navylookout.com/merlin-helicop…

.RFA Tidesurge outbound from Loch Striven this morning. Via Sheila Weir

.HMS EXPRESS and HMS Ranger passing up the Thames today and now alongside at HMS President Via Mark Leishman

JS Kashima, 🇯🇵JMSDF training ship arriving in London today - now alongside HMS Belfast (1938). Via Andrew Wood JS Shimakaze at anchor in the Solent - now alongside in Southampton. Via Steve A Wenham

.HMS St Albans back into Devonport this evening. Via Kevin Kelway, BCAc

HMS Cardiff passing cunardline RMS Queen Mary II in Greenock on her way up the Clyde today. Via Michael Cuthbert Photography

Defence Secretary John Healey and First Sea Lord visited HMS Diamond in Portsmouth yesterday. Ahead of the defence review he underlined: “The carriers are at the heart of the Royal navy capabilities, and the navy is at the heart of defending this country"