#OnThisDay 50 years ago in 1975 the Royal Navy introduced rabies rules which ended cats and dogs in it's ships. Up until WW2 there were so many animals as mascots and gifts that the base HMS Excellent at Portsmouth had a zoo to care for them.

Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) returning home to Kings Bay in May of 2020 after being forward deployed for over 800 days.

HMS Astute S 119 🇬🇧 Arriving in Gibraltar May 18 2025

A birds-eye view of the Submarine Escape Training Tank at the former HMS Dolphin in Gosport 28/01/2005 ⚓️

The Bosuns Call is a whistle used to make announcements or pipes in Royal Navy which used to be used for all sorts of things. Such as to inform the crew to get their food whilst it’s still hot, hence ‘piping hot’ and at the end of the day when all must be quiet we ‘Pipe Down’

How to tell the difference And Quay is pronounce Key not QWAY!

The bottle not breaking is bad luck

An old but interesting documentary about Soviet submarine K19 youtu.be/EBSZloQ0vdg?si…

85 years ago, hundreds of sailors aboard Little Ships braved the English Channel to rescue 338,000 troops from Dunkirk. Today, 64 of those Little Ships set sail once more... a powerful tribute to an extraordinary mission. 🔗👇 forcesnews.com/services/navy/…

Marking the 120th anniversary of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The RFA is a fine organisation and construct, but don't celebrate too hard - currently, it can only crew and deploy 6 of its ships, mainly due to a failure to manage its people.

Kilo class submarine decks awash

Knock knock who’s there? oh your container ship from TEMU has arrived splash247.com/ncl-boxship-be…

Can’t park there mate

The first Type 31 rolled out of her hall today, a significant milestone that follows on nicely from last week's Type 26 naming (opposite coast) Thoughts on what they could be used for and why5⃣won't be enough📈 #people - build them and they will come telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/2…

A lovely picture of type 23 frigate HMS Monmouth

Ex HMS Monmouth at Alagia Turkey ready for scrapping Photo by Eren Topcu

RMS Queen Elizabeth II doing a RAS with RFA Bayleaf during the Falklands war I hope this answers the question can merchant ships refuel at sea Note she wasn’t the only one to do this