Ex Marine Nationale Le Redoutable Class SSBN FS Le Redoutable (S611), now a museum submarine at Cherbourg 29/10/25. WarshipCam

Lucky those mythical MRSS's, first mentioned in 2021, will soon be entering service to replace this lost capability... Oh...

Newcastle 24/10/89. Old and new destroyers. C Class HMS Cavalier (D73) at the time facing an uncertain future, whilst trying to find a new home... Type 42 HMS Southampton (D90) undergoing repairs after colliding with MV Tor Bay on 3/9/88 @royalnavy #oldships

During a Defence Committee hearing, Fred Thomas MP (Fred Thomas MP) highlighted that Beijing launched "four submarines last year" and could build "as many as 80 boats over the next decade". Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/industry-warn-…

Not much point in building more submarines, when we can't maintain the handful we do have... #projecteuston

And now they've reaching the Med. HMS Richmond in the lead, with the rest (minus the RFA...) just behind. Presumably RFA Tideforce is waiting for them somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean, whilst RFA Tidespring is made to go the long way round again...

Newcastle 24/10/89 New frigates Type 22 HMS Chatham (F87) almost ready for delivery Type 23 HMS Marlborough (F233) fitting out Chatham is sadly long gone, but Marlborough is still going strong in the Chilean Navy as Almirante Condell @royalnavy #oldships

A grim reminder of the current field artillery status of the British Army... 2x Regt's sharing 14x ARCHER's and the rest have the 1970's era L118. To note: As far as can be seen, the RCH155 order has still not made.

Newcastle 24/10/89. The RFA RFA Fort Grange (A385) Future RFA Fort George (A388) RFA Diligence (A132) RFANostalgia #oldships

Lands End sunset this evening... Pretty sky, shame about the 3.5m seas and being on a ship with no fin stabilisers!

Liverpool 29/10/89 Type 42 destroyer HMS Liverpool (D92) RNR vessels at HMS Eaglet, P2000 HMS Biter (P270) & just visible behind Attacker Class HMS Striker (P285) River Class HMS Ribble (M2012) & an unidentified Ton Class attached to the Northern Ireland Sqn @royalnavy #oldships

Exactly because the old status quo have done such an excellent job of managing the decline of so much of the armed forces. It's easy to blame the Govn of the day, but when did a senior officer last resign on a point of principal or call out the inefficacies of a defence supplier

BNS Oostende, the first of the Belgian, Dutch & French MCM motherships, is on its delivery voyage to Zeebrugge, marking a major step forward in that project. Hopefully the RN can soon start to see some progress on the next stage of their urgent Project Wilson... Navy Lookout

Irish Government Commissioners of Irish Lights, Navigation Aid Tender Granuvaile in the Irish Sea, off Shankill 2/11/25 WarshipCam

A full house at Portland 5/5/90 Leander Class HMS Danae (F47) and Type 22 HMS Campbeltown (F86) Kortenaer Class frigate HNLMS Piet Han (F811) and Type 206 submarine FGS U27 (S176) #oldships @royalnavy

French Navy Salvage and Rescue Tug Abeille Liberte at Cherbourg 3/11/25 WarshipCam

Saudi Arabia HS132 Class patrol Boats at Cherbourg 3/11/25 359 and 362 (ashore) 360 and 361 WarshipCam

The future of frigate force looks bright (providing the frankly ridiculous idea of selling newly built T31s doesn't happen), but the present and short term situation is truly grim. All due to paying the price of all the wasted years of talking about, but not ordering replacements

Marine Nationale L'AIgrette Class harbour tug La Macreuse (Y6022) at Cherbourg 3/11/25 Marine nationale WarshipCam

Ex Marine Nationale Rubis Class SSN's Rubis (S601), Saphir (S602) and Casabianca (S603) awaiting disposal at Cherbourg 3/11/25 Marine nationale @warshipcam