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The Sub Hunter
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Master Logistician that has worked with naval supply chains for over 20 years.
O boat underway

One of the best British conventional boats made IMO
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
#OnThisDay ARA is lost with all hands
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I would say the vanguard class bombers are one of the most photogenic boats in service

Any contenders ?
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It happened on this day in 1981

what was it ?
October 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
K-410 Smolensk in the Barents Sea.

Photo from a Norwegian patrol plane.
October 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
HTMS Pin Klao is the only surviving Cannon class destroyer escort left in the world

Commissioned 30 May 1944 the ship entered Thai service in 1959

2025 marks her final year in service after 81 years !
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
September 11 2001

FGS Lutjens renders honours to USS Winston S. Churchill in light of the attacks on the WTC

In Canada HMCS Iroquois, Preserver & Ville de Quebec are out on notice to immediately sail to any US port to render assistance
September 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
USS Cobia coming out the water in dry dock

Photo from Tim at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum
September 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A chuckle for the skimmers
August 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
S184 being scrapped in the 1970s
August 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A 3 deck dit for you

When HMS Lancaster was built she was assigned the pennant F232 however just before launch some bright spark realized that form F232 is the admiralty’s form for grounding and collisions
August 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Time for a funny
August 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Joint Venture (HSV-X1)

She has had a very interesting life starting out as Incat 050 being built in 🇦🇺 for the Tasmania run before being acquired by the USN

After leaving USN service she was purchased by the Isle of Man steam packet co and now operates as Manannan
July 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Ex HMS Leander

She was expended as a target vessel in a sinkex in 1989

She took a pounding by

3 Exocets
1 Sea Dart
1 Free fall bomb
July 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
A great shot of the polish submarine Orzel
July 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The Victoria Cross (VC) for valour

Has been awarded on 1356 occasions to 1353 individual recipients of which 117 were awarded for naval service

First introduced on January 29 1856 the last naval VC was awarded in 1945

(Including Royal Marines RNR & RNVR)
July 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A view from the fin for #SubSunday
July 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Aussie O boats in formation
July 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Impact !
July 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
HMS Trenchant coming up fast
July 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Looking aft is such a nice view
June 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
June 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
K350 Submarine for sale
Operating Depth: 350ft (100m); Built Year: 2021; Underwater Speed: 2.5 knots; Size: Length – 14 feet; Beam – 4 feet, 2 inches; Draft – 4
Passenger capacity: 2
Price : $70,000 (negotiable)
Documents are fully intact
June 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The lone type 82 ex HMS Bristol has departed Portsmouth for the final time under tow to the breakers
June 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Captured through the periscope of the USS Carbonero (SS-337), 480 nm ENE of Christmas Island, this stunning image shows the Frigate Bird mushroom cloud from Operation Dominic—a 600-kiloton nuclear test.
June 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM