Sea Links
The Republic of Singapore Navy Formidable-class frigate RSS Supreme (73) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010.
US Navy
CNO To The U.S. Navy: The Shipwreck Is Coming. More.
To Counter Chinese Attack Boats, Navy Must Think Small.
U.S. carrier group clears Suez Canal.
U.S. destroyer escorts British carrier.
USS Freedom Departs for RIMPAC 2010.
The Truman “armada:” Arglebargle or fooferaw?
New BIW ship honors Navy SEAL.
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Warships of the World
Russia launches second battleship for India.
Russian warship makes rare S.F. appearance.
Russia To Strengthen Black Sea Fleet with 15 New Combat Ships and Subs.
New Zealand takes delivery of patrol ship.
New Zealand Navy makes first US visit in decades.
Royal Navy’s Amphibious Task Group in USA for joint drills.
MP warns against ‘sea-blindness’ in maiden speech.
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New Wars at Sea
Israel Navy probe of Gaza flotilla raid finds ‘planning and intel flaws’.
Dutch submarine boosts anti-piracy mission off Somalia coast.
The Plentiful Perils Of The Pirate Life.
Spanish patrol boat sparks Royal Navy security scare.
Maltese soldiers intercept pirates off Somalia.
Somali Pirates Remain A Challenge.
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From the Navy Vaults
NATO MCM exercise finds live WWII mines. (NATO)
Maritime history: Battle of Heligoland Bight. (Helium)
The “primary function” of a navy…(World Affairs Board)
The Flower Class Corvette and WWII Royal Navy Forums.
Ex-Royal Navy officer says he has solved Holy Grail mystery. (24 Masti)
Man who sunk Belgrano to retire. (This is South Devon)
Replica of Ming Dynasty Taiwan warship to visit Xiamen. (What’s On Xiamen)
Students sail 1813 warship to Cleveland. (Lancaster Eagle-Gazette)
Portsmouth’s WW2 Dead – the Royal Navy (part 1). (Daly History Blog)
Heavy Seas Part 2. (Amazing Photography)
Canada’s wartime defence relied on fish boats. (Times Colonist)
John “Calico Jack” Rackham. (Pauline’s Pirates & Privateers)
Women at Sea: Aboard Neptune’s Car. (Pauline’s Pirates & Privateers)
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Does anyone know if the Sea Flyer was sold at auction in June/July?!?! I’ve been trying to find it ever since!!
See the article “China’s anti-ship missiles may make India’s 2012 Gorshkov aircraft carrier unusable in war”. Source “clippingnews@maasmondmaritime.com” collection of maritime press clippings dated 6/6/2010.
Tangosix,
I’ve been following these Med-centric naval developments a bit and it is interesting how both the French and Italians are working on things together (FREMM frigates plus AOR & AKE types) and also separately (LHDs & LHAs). There are several threads over at MP.net which offer good discussions about these developments and also some that do not seem to have made it into the news (as yet). The budgetary issues are real and the Italian armed forces may be about to undergo a real restructuring (given what I’ve been reading). These new ships might just be fine humanitarian relief platforms, but not so fine naval warships (for awhile).
Italian navy new class of LHDs
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?152980-Italian-navy-new-class-of-LHDs
Italy To Get New Amphibious Ships
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?181765-Italy-To-Get-New-Amphibious-Ships
France and Italy to jointly develop new class of logistic support ships
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?181780-France-and-Italy-to-jointly-develop-new-class-of-logistic-support-ships
Hello D. E. Reddick,
the Italians were talking about large defence cuts recently,it is interesting that these ships have gotten the go-ahead.
tangosix.
The Italian Navy has received approval to build two LHDs and one LHA, with all three having 20,000 ton displacements. There certainly is a trend towards building gator capability amongst EU & NATO member navies.
Aviation Week: Italy To Get New Amphibious Ships
Jun 25, 2010
By Andy Nativi
The Italian navy has received the go-ahead to procure two 20,000-ton amphibious assault ships (LHDs), with the possibility of a third ship, configured with extensive aviation facilities (LHA).
The preliminary LHD project is funded and will take 12 months for completion. It will be followed by a project definition phase requiring eight months and leading to a contract. Delivery of the first ship comes within 30 months after that. If everything goes to plan, the first LHD arrives in late 2014.
LHDs will replace two 8,000-ton San Giorgio-class LPDs, commissioned in 1987 and 1988. The LHA will eventually replace the carrier Garibaldi, which is being dedicated to amphibious and helicopter roles now that the Cavour carrier is in service.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/dti/2010/06/01/DT_06_01_2010_p36-228013.xml&headline=Italy%20To%20Get%20New%20Amphibious%20Ships&channel=defense
I think I made a mistake and copied all .You could delete some parts of it.
the Sea Flyer could be that one???Found in Globalsecurity.org
SES 200
In 1984, the Navy procured a surface effect craft from Textron Marine Systems and had it lengthened to 160 feet, creating a 200-ton high length-to- beam ratio ship for research purposes. Naval Sea Systems Command procured a 110-foot commercial SES and increased its length by installing a 50-foot hull extension amidships.
On 06 November 1984 the Coast Guard accepted operational control from the Navy of the SES-200, a Surface Effect Ship, for five months of operations evaluations.
If anyone is near Baltimore, there are some interesting upcoming ship visits through the Sail Baltimore program, including the JMSDF vessels that are at SF Fleet Week. I happened upon the HMS Sutherland in port at Fells Point as I was leaving town a couple of weeks back.
Some of the more interesting ships due:
JMSDF training fleet
USS Whidbey Island
HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen
Congrats Mike. Thanks for providing an interesting forum.
Mike,
Things here at New Wars are certainly moving along at quite a quick clip. There have been over 1,000 hits in less than six hours this afternoon. It was nice to see 900,000 get passed earlier this afternoon. The count has now passed 901,000. You are definitely doing something right!
Mike I think what you see as the center hull is actually the chute at the stern where the boat slid down.
CBD-Those are interesting!
Says Sea Flyer is “an all aluminum catamaran type hull”. Looks much like a trimaran to me!
Some interesting finds in the old piles of government scrap:
A-37 Dragonfly airframe elements, scrap only
IX-515 “Sea Flyer” HYSWAC (Former Navy Surface Effects Ship SES-200)
Both for Sale via Govliquidation.com
Thanks Juramentado. Link is fixed now.
D.E., it did!
New Wars has at this moment 899,995 hits. So, as I’m writing this I’m rather sure that another five hits have come along to raise that total to nine-hundred thousand.
I predict that one million (1,000,000) hits on New Wars will be reached before the end of July.
@Chuck Hill – Formidable appears Formidable, but no point defense system?
TYPO ALERT: The article link “Spanish patrol boat sparks Royal Navy security scare.” is linked to the Haaretz article on the Israeli intelligence failure about the Gaza Flotilla. For interested readers, follow the link below to the UK Telegraph original article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/7841787/Spanish-patrol-boat-sparks-Royal-Navy-security-scare.html
Love the Formidable class frigate pictured here. That is a LCS I could get behind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formidable_class_frigate