Rough seas filmed from the battleship HMS Duke of York during an Arctic convoy to the Soviet Union, 1942. Film: IWM ADM 545 <1/2>

Unpopular view, but entirely true. The UK has little to add to European land forces, and shouldn't try to match Germany, Finland, let alone Poland....

Relentless lobbying from RAF for more F-35A in the DIP... tiresome inter-service crap. This really must end.

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary in Crisis – A Military Scandal Demanding Urgent Reform   The RFA’s Critical Role in RN’s Global Reach   As always views my own, facts can be challenged (open source). For more depth on RN and RFA Tom Sharpe Warships IFR  Iain Ballantyne Navy Lookout

Thoughts on the latest scandal to befall the Royal Fleet Auxiliary RFA Argus, old, much loved but run on way beyond what’s sensible Eventually Lloyds called ‘time’ but the signs were 10+ years in the making and largely ignored /1 telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/0…

The ADF have updated their insignia to incorporate the Tudor Crown

Japan set to land Australia frigate order in first warship export deal - also in English. This is remarkable news for a number of reasons. The details are unclear but some reactions worth considering: asia.nikkei.com/politics/defen…

The two British Colonels …

Wonderful 1940 newsreel footage of the battle cruiser Repulse doing battle practice in rubbish weather.

Study of HMS Revenge by William Lionel Wyllie, c. 1916-17. NMM (ID: PAF1825)

Suez transit

By the 1980s the fleet had settled at 50 FF/DDs, of which half were 1970/80s Type 21/42/22 and half upgraded 1960s Leanders, Counties and Type 12s. The first Type 23 (Leander replacement) was comissioned in 1989.

.RFA Tideforce replenishes HMS St Albans during recent TAPS (Towed Array Patrol Ship) duties in the North Atlantic.

New in-depth article: Is the Royal Navy at breaking point or a turning point? navylookout.com/is-the-royal-n…

Wonks (etc) who still want this govt to succeed: “please, expend your political capital on big stuff that delivers real productivity gains without pointlessly annoying the median voter!” This proposal: “ok, let’s ban having a pint at a country pub!” 🤦‍♂️ birminghammail.co.uk/motoring/motor…

Typhoon #Podul #楊柳 is bringing thunderstorms, torrential rain, and very strong winds to southern Taiwan and along the central mountain range.

Good set of images of the Chinese civilian crewed drone-carrier.

Tony Blair, A Journey, 2010, p205

The Telegraph report - MoD refuses to say if Chagos deal counts toward defence spending msn.com/en-gb/money/ot…

Most of Inner London fell into poverty in the twentieth century, and expensive neighbourhoods like Notting Hill, Pimlico and Islington were seen as slums just decades ago. Here is a street in Notting Hill in the 1970s and today. Why did this happen? Some thoughts.