Ancient Mariner

Who says you can't make a living by staring out of windows...
Interested in maritime and other stuff.

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

Defence Budget % GDP-Japan 1.4/UK 2.3
JMSDF-4xCVS/LH, 28xSSK, 8xDDG, 42xDD/FFM/DE, 40+Coastguard OPV, 21x MCMV, 5x AOE
RN-2xCVF, 4xSSBN, 5xSSN, 6xDDG, 9xFF, 8xOPV 5xMCMV, 3x AO
Obviously its more than just numbers, but you can't help thinking Japan does a far better job with it.

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@The_Lookout_N @WarshipCam Aye, patrolling north/south about 30 miles east of the UK East Anglian coast.

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

Russian Navy Admiral Girgorovich Class (Project 11356) RFS Admiral Girgorovich (494) south bound in North Sea. 5/6/26
@WarshipCam

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

Royal Navy River Class Batch 1 OPV HMS Severn (P282) southbound in the North Sea 5/6/26
@RoyalNavy
@WarshipCam

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

Man of War anchorage, Singapore 18/8/92
Belknap Class cruiser USS Jouett (CG29)
Spruance Class destroyer USS Paul F. Foster (DD964)
@USNavy
#oldships

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@Hrvo85 @The_Lookout_N @NotWoofers Any ship is repairable/rebuilt if you want to... But it'll take a lot of time and money if they do.

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@The_Lookout_N Aye, perhaps they can drag some life out the two Neutashimyy Class frigate, but they don't seem to have done much for a while.

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@The_Lookout_N Indeed, any ship is repairable if you have the budget, but it's out of service for a considerable time. Which considering Boykiy has been busy working between the Baltic and the Med over the past few years, will place a strain on the remaining Baltic based available escorts.

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@ChrisO_wiki @bayraktar_1love Aye, it looks at lot worse from the ground than the satellite images implied.

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@WarshipCam What the ship looks like when I can use my proper camera...
Taken last month in a similar location.

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

Looks like a similar (if not more) level of damage to that suffered by LST RFS Minsk on 13/9/23.
That ship isn't going too sea for a long time, if ever...

[Ukraine Control Map @UAControlMap]

Footage from the drydock of the damage to the Steregushchy-class corvette Boikiy in St Petersburg yesterday after being clomped by Ukrainian drones.

Source: https://t.co/eKGp5fVqSt

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

RiP...

[Royal Navy @RoyalNavy]

We can confirm the names of the three Royal Navy personnel who tragically lost their lives during a helicopter training exercise on 3 June:

Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, Somerset
Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, Surrey
PO Owen Green, 24, Hampshire

🔗https://t.co/25RFAkJdqq

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@WarshipCam The frigate was being shadowed by a Royal Navy River Class OPV (HMS Severn?)

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

Russian Navy Admiral Girgorovich Class (Project 11356) RFS Admiral Girgorovich (494) north bound in North Sea. 4/6/26
@WarshipCam

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

Hong Kong 13/8/92
Fort Grange Class stores ship RFA Fort Austin (A386)
Edenton Class Salvage and Rescue Ship USS Brunswick (ATS3)
@RfaNostalgia
@USNavy
#oldships

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@wave_hoppa @TomSharpe134 Ha yes, though it's less of a bump than I expected!

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@wraggi74 Aye yes I gather the trials picked that issue, which why the idea never went forward. But it doesn't explain why the original gun hasn't been re fitted since the refit

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

With escort missions and several port visits, HMS Sutherland looking more and more an active frigate, but still no time to fit the 30mm guns...
Curiously in 2019 Sutherland had been the trials ship for the exercise using a modified DS30M Mark 2 mount to fire 30mm and Marlet's.

[Navy Lookout @NavyLookout]

After a recent visit to Lisbon, @HMSSutherland was off Portland at the weekend.

Continuing regeneration trials, including Magazine Torpedo Launching System (MTLS) test.

Aerial photos: Andy Amor

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@Gunbust09696378 I really don't know why they're not there, but considering how few operational warships we have, it's just strange to see them not fitted with the weapons they were designed for and at least in the case of Sutherland (if not the carriers), used to previously carry.

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@TomSharpe134 Ok so this old ship of mine did end up aground, but it was intentional (honest)...
All the others I've managed to keep afloat!

[Ancient Mariner @pegge49]

@pascalbtr @Gabriel64869839 The MCM drone in the first picture is Artemis (O700). Which was the first one the Marine Nationale received in about 2018.