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A couple of images from Regional Presence Deployment 2026-2 (RPD-26-2) of the Royal Australian Navy @Australian_Navy during which the frigate HMAS Toowoomba is working with a number of allied navies. Here we see Philippine Navy frigate BRP Diego Silang conducting officer of the
When he's not slaving over a hot keyboard at the helm of the magazine, @IBallantyn dabbles in naval history and here's some interesting extracts from his books 👇on the end of the German battleship Bismarck in WW2 (pic). He also discussed the Bismarck Action on our Warships Pod
A perishin' good photo from Exercise Arctic Dolphin 26 in Norwegian waters shows the German Navy fleet replenishment ship FGS Main testing the periscope skills of a would be submarine captain. Part of what the UK used to call the Perisher when it ran its own such course - and we
Some big signalling here in images released via @CENTCOM of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group of the @USNavy as representatives of the USA and Iran held talks in Oman. A case of following Teddy Roosevelt's maxim of speaking softly and carrying a big stick...major force
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The Royal Navy is a legendary fighting force, with a fine tradition going back centuries. Today it is front and centre of United Kingdom defence, with sailors, aviators and Royal Marines Commandos also working closely with global allies. In its twelfth edition since 2002, the ‘Warships International Fleet Review ...
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