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  1. On 12 July a Submarine the Royal Navy Sold to Canada for £1 Fired the Torpedo That Sank a Decommissioned US Navy Cruiser

    On 12 July 2026, in water nearly three miles deep, more than fifty nautical miles north of Kauai,…
    #Canada #ColdWar #nato #navy #RoyalNavy #Submarine #Submarines #USNavy #Victoria-Class
    europesays.com/canada/196649/

  2. Criticism of Reform UK’s pledge to use Navy to stop small boats – politics live
    By Yohannes Lowe

    Labour say plan is a ‘desperate attempt to distract from sleaze’ while a retired commander says it ‘lacks substance’

    theguardian.com/politics/live/

    #Politics #ReformUK #Immigrationandasylum #RoyalNavy #Military #UKnews #TheGuardian #YohannesLowe

  3. A few weeks ago, we visited the #FleetAirArmMuseum as it used to be called, which is in #Yeovilton. The #FleetAirArm is that part of the #RoyalNavy associated with #Aviation, mainly helicopters but also fixed-wing #Aeroplanes. Its official title now is Royal Navy Museum, Naval Aviation. There’s lots of hardware and #Engineering to be seen there and I recommend you go there but it’s a little out of the way and probably not as renowned as other #Museums.

    [Note: long thread to follow!]

  4. Tuesday, July 28, 2026

    Moscow Oblast industrial plant struck by Ukrainian drones, blackout in occupied Crimea . . . . . Ukraine's military intelligence names Russian unit behind deadly jet-powered drone strike on Chernihiv supermarket . . . . . Attacks on Ukrainians in Poland are rising. Disinformation fuels the flames . . . . . The international community should provide more support for Ukraine's cultural sector . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  5. From the strait of Hormuz to the North Sea, a global maritime war rages around us – and more than the price of oil is at stake | Simon Tisdall
    By Simon Tisdall

    The collapse of the rules-based order is not confined to the land: we’re imperilled as centuries of maritime cooperation sink beneath the waves

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #StraitofHormuz #China #Russia #Worldnews #Military #AsiaPacific #UKnews #DonaldTrump #USnews #RoyalNavy #TheGuardian #SimonTisdall

  6. The Battle of Jutland Memorial contains all those that were killed in action or died of wounds at the battle (31 May to 1 June 1916). A total of 6109 names are included with 1071 photographs.
    It is hoped that this will prove to be a useful resource for those with an interest in genealogy generally or who are specifically researching their family trees.

    #familyhistory #greatwar #ancestorian #genealogy #royalnavy #ww1 #battleofjutland #CWGC

    battleofjutlandcrewlists.mirah

  7. Fairey Firefly Mk I (TT.I) Seen here in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovliton, the Firefly was the last time the Royal Navy shoehorned a navigator into one of their carrier fighters! Theythought that the pilot needed a navigator to stop him getting lost at sea! Needless to say, this increased the size and weight of the aircraft, and reduced performance. Despite being powered by a Rolls-Griffon IIB engine of 1,735hp, the Firefly I could only manage 319 mph - this was 5 mph slower than a Merlin-powered Hawker Hurricane Mk I of 1940! This Firefly was sold to Svensk Flygtjänst AB of Sweden after conversion to a target tug, eventually being restored as an aircraft which took part on attacks on the Japanese Home Islands in 1945. #FaireyFirefly #FleetAirArm #RN #RoyalNavy #Pacific #Japan #HomeIslands #WW2 #history #photography #museum #aviation #avgeek #targettug #Sweden #yeovilton #FleetAirArmMuseum #navalaviation #fighter #aircraft #rollsroyce #rrgriffon

  8. Supermarine Walrus I, Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton. The Walrus was designed to be an aircraft that could be catapulted from capital ships of the Royal Navy, but ended up being a most useful amphibian. As well as spotting naval gunfire, the Walrus provided excellent air/sea rescue service around the coast of Britain and in other areas. Some were supplied to the Republic of Ireland, and this preserved example is one of these. #amphibian #WW2 #royalnavy #aircraft #capitalship #navalhistory #navalaviation #naval #avgeek #FleetAirArm #FleetAirArmMuseum #yeovilton #supermarine #walrus #aviation #aviationgeek

  9. The Battle of Jutland Memorial contains all those that were killed in action or died of wounds at the battle (31 May to 1 June 1916). A total of 6109 names are included with 1071 photographs.
    It is hoped that this will prove to be a useful resource for those with an interest in genealogy generally or who are specifically researching their family trees.

    #familyhistory #greatwar #ancestorian #genealogy #royalnavy #ww1 #battleofjutland #CWGC

    battleofjutlandcrewlists.mirah

  10. Updated virtually on a daily basis, the links on the Wiki are to the 151 photograph galleries of crews on the ships in the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland (31 May to 1 June 1916).

    Photographs are from newspapers of the time, from those submitted by relatives and from other sources.

    #familyhistory #greatwar #ancestorian #genealogy #ww1 #royalnavy

    battleofjutlandcrewlists.mirah