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It was an absolute privilege to host General Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE RM in the Fighting Clan today 🫡 A moment that will live long in our memories as the announcement of his new appointment was made during the time he was on board meeting our Ship's Company 🚢 #SansPeur #1SL

1/2 Meet Excalibur. The Royal Navy's first uncrewed submarine. Made its public debut & was named today at HMNB Devonport Is 12 metres long with a displacement of 19 tonnes. Created by Plymouth-based MSubs. Photo: LPhot Unaisi Luke/Royal Navy.

Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon has 'obliterated a supersonic missile' says the Royal Navy. Modified Sea Viper missile launched by the ship during Exercise Formidable Shield, in waters off the UK. First time RN has shot down such a target that used 'corkscrew & weave manoeuvres.'

June ed of Warships IFR mag is deployed. Front cover image is the Type 212 submarine U33 of today's German Navy. Photo by the excellent Michael Nitz. Relates to a commentary suggesting the UK again invests in conventional boats. In shops & from publisher warshipsifr.com/subscriptions/

#OTD 1941 WW2: 'The opening engagement of the famous Bismarck Action was a brutally short fight that saw great loss of life in a very short space of time...' A blog on the Battle of the Denmark Strait and the loss of HMS Hood bismarckbattle.com/battle-of-denm…

.HMS Prince of Wales passed through the Suez Canal yesterday. HMS Dauntless ahead of her with HMS Richmond astern. Followed by 🇳🇴HNoMS Roald Amundsen,🇨🇦 HMCS Ville De Québec, 🇳🇴HNoMS Maud and 🇪🇸ESPS Méndez Núñez. Carrier Strike Group now in the Red Sea #CSG25

A blog on the brutal finale of the Bismarck Action. The Royal Navy corners injured Bismarck, but with some humanity amid the horror: 'We had done our job, which was to sink the Bismarck and so now we offered them mercy' - George Bell, HMS Dorsetshire. bismarckbattle.com/the-final-reck…

Terry Goddard was Observer of the last Swordfish to attack battleship Bismarck on the night of 26 May 1941, and here's some of what he said as part of my 'Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom' project, which involved myself and stuart Antrobus filming veterans youtube.com/watch?v=PoElgo…

Decommissioned Duke Class (Type 23) frigate Northumberland departed HMNB Devonport Plymouth for the last time this morning. Heading off to be laid up at Portsmouth. Video courtesy of Stephen Jagger

The Mistral Class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) FS Dixmude of the Marine nationale (French Navy) is seen in this video inbound to HMNB Devonport Plymouth early this afternoon. Video courtesy of Stephen Jagger

My expectations are low ☹️

The Italian Navy San Giorgio Class Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ITS San Giorgio inbound to HMNB Devonport Plymouth, UK, this afternoon. Video courtesy of Stephen Jagger

Peregrine RWUAS operating from HMS Lancaster made the initial detection for another drugs bust in the North Arabian Sea. 1000kg of heroin, 660kg hashish, and 6kg of amphetamine worth about $36M seized from dhow on 22nd May #CTF150 Combined Maritime Forces combinedmaritimeforces.com/2025/05/29/new…

An utterly shambolic failure, which speaks volumes about the entirely avoidable, near total collapse of the RFA in recent years. While the RN struggles to get a single mothership to sea, many smaller navies have theirs delivered and operational. navylookout.com/rfa-stirling-c…

The Spanish Navy Alvaro de Bazan (F100) Class frigate ESPS Cristobal Colon inbound to HMNB Devonport Plymouth yesterday evening. Video courtesy of Stephen Jagger

Someone from the UK MOD should tell the Russians - or the French and Italian amphibs currently exercising off Devonport - that LPDs/LPHs are obsolete now, because they’ll just be destroyed at range by air-/land-launched anti-ship weapons. Which we also don’t have.

Today's Sunday Times scoop is that the UK will buy A variant F-35 jets with possible nuclear role carrying US B61 bombs. As always politics are paramount with nukes & this means putting more eggs in the American basket, while shunning ideas of expanded UK or European capability

German Navy Deutsche Marine Baden-Wurttemberg Class frigate FGS Sachsen-Anhalt outbound from HMNB Devonport Plymouth, UK, early this morning. Video courtesy of Stephen Jagger

Here's the Royal Navy Mine Counter-measures Vessel (MCMV) HMS Cattistock, intrepid shadower of Russian Navy ships on several occasions in recent months. The Hunt Class MCMV was outward bound from HMNB Devonport Plymouth yesterday. Video courtesy of Stephen Jagger