Käpt'n Korky Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Good day, since I found this very interesting piece of news online, I thought it would be a good moment to start a contemporary naval history thread. The first post is about the subs of the Royal Navy. For everyone who missed the link:https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/05/prudent-ask-britains-nuke-subs-also-hit-ransomware/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted July 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Good day, in 1939 the chinese navy is not worth mentioning. Todays situation is.... different: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/19/royal-navy-scrambles-shadow-chinese-warships-english-channel/ This is the english version a few days ago. I discovered it in a german news about them crossing into the baltic sea yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted July 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 Good day again, the new U.S. Carrier is commissioned.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/us/politics/ford-class-aircraft-carrier-commissioning.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjapacman Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 On a somewhat related note, today the USS Constitution set sail once more after two years in dry dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted August 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 The 4th 7th fleet crash this year, as I was informed, occured in Singapur.Read it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyArby Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 It has become ridiculous. Either 7th fleet had been running so ragged that their watchstanders are slipping or there has been very laxed policy in regards to Bridge crew readiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 RA; Through the Malaccan straits?! That has to be really lax indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyArby Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, Legate of Mineta said: RA; Through the Malaccan straits?! That has to be really lax indeed. The biggest culprit, in that regard, would most likely be that too mant assumptions and not enough communication between lookouts, bridge, and CIC. However, everything is assumption until the investigation is finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 True, true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted August 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 My conspiracy theory: Trump suspended all international maritime protocol and ordered "american ships first". But only 7th fleet is dumb enough to comply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjapacman Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 As we say in the good ol' states, Korky, "Them's fightin' words." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted September 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 Credits to @Wellington99 for mentioning it to me. A german WWI U-Boot was found near Oostende, Belgium. Reports state it's largely intact and the remains of the 23 crewmen are probably aboard. It is uncertain if it can be lifted and their remains put to a dry rest. In german. ABC. BBC. The exact location is not revealed to prevent looting. Which reminds me of the time the Kriegsgräberfürsorge found a massgrave of more than 100 german soldiers in Russia. With the help of locals. When they came back twoo weeks later to finally identify and bury the remains..... they were very much looted. 80% stayed unidentified because of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted October 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 The german navy has deconstructed one it's last two landing crafts. It was a surprise deconstruction, when it was to be repaired for a last time. So it's scrap already but not decommissioned. The official decomission will take place in late October. Now the german navy has only 1 naval landing craft left, the Lachs. Who really is a "alter Lachs". *ba-dum-tuss* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted December 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 5 IJN shipwrecks found off the coast of the Philippines: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171207_21/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted December 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Japan starts his anti-piracy measures around East-Africa.https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171214_11/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted December 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 Just take a moment and imagine: 1939. The comparatively small but powerful german Kriegsmarine gets ready to take on the behemoth of all navies: The undefeatable, enormous senior service, the Royal Navy.... And today, 2017, this: The Royal Navy has no major warship at high seas atm, states this article. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/cutbacks-leave-britain-with-no-major-warships-overseas-nkqlsgfc7 But at least they got a special honor for the first time in 357 years.: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/royal-navy-steps-in-to-perform-changing-the-guard-at-buckingham-palace-t8vf8cshd The german Navy (as I learned recently, it's no longer "Bundesmarine", but "Deutsche Marine", jfyi) has problems of it's own: http://augengeradeaus.net/2017/12/neueste-fregatte-der-marine-muss-vor-uebergabe-erneut-in-die-werft-neufassung/ The article talks about how the new frigates are broken before they are officially given to the Navy, which is frustrating for the Navy to say the least. Also the german navy has problems on its own to deploy the few ships necessary to participate in anti-piracy and surveillance missions of the NATO and EU. The new frigates are desperately needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Well not naval per se... but since dutch is playable to some..... I present you this Anschluss..... I mean ansluit. @Metis https://www.nu.nl/algemeen/4281916/nederland-krijgt-stuk-belgisch-grondgebied.html Comprehension, the Kingdom of the Netherlands got a piece of land from the Kingdom of Belgium (aka dutch south provinces or Bundsland Lüttich. ) along the Maas river, because they decided the Maas river to be the border, but both sides moved land around and the river shifted its flow, so they corrected the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 That sure is a(nother) piece of geographical knowledge I didn't know about before, though forgive me if I fail to see the relevance of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 11 minutes ago, Metis said: That sure is a(nother) piece of geographical knowledge I didn't know about before, though forgive me if I fail to see the relevance of it. It's more the oddity of the news, that made me post it. Of course a few uninhibited square meters are irrelevant. But maybe it IS relevant, because in the past there were wars about less. And today two countries, who fought each other in the past even, since one claimed the other at least partially, just decide it's okay. No shots, no heated discussion, no annexation needed like i.e. in the crimea. So yeah, if I think about it I think it's damn relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrYuriMom Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Amen. The US and Canada have sorted out a few issues over the years similarly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted April 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Some might find this tidbit of recent reasearch amusing, some interesting. But the Tirpitz had an impact. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43727547 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted May 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 A very special ship began its journey: The nuclear power plant ship "Akademik Lomonossow" It left Petrograd for Murmansk, where it will receive nuclear fuel. Since the ship is not self propelled, it will be towed the whole way to Murmansk and then further east to Pewek in far east Russia to replace a land based nuclear power plant scheduled for shutdown. This german article has an actual photo of the ship. (slightly different from the concept art in the article above) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeavens Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 A brilliant idea when you think about it really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Has anyone more info about this USN related stuff?https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180507_03/ *looks @TwoHeavens * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeavens Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 @Käpt'n Korky, I'm not sure what to say. I think the press relief explained what's going on pretty clearly, 2nd Fleet was and apparently shall be again a major command of the United States Navy. Fleet commands focus on specific regions for naval operations. Reactivating 2nd Fleet indicates the Navy wants to seriously focus on the North Atlantic specifically again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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