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17 December

HMS Triumph, the last of the Trafalgar Class submarines still in service has arrived at HMNB Devonport for the last time before her decommissioning. The Boat gracefully transited across Plymouth Sound escorted by tugs boats and following-on craft from the Naval Base, after travelling down from HMNB Clyde submarine base in Scotland, where she had been operating from. HMS Triumph was laid down at Barrow Shipyard in February 1987 and commissioned less than five years later in October 1991, the last of the seven Trafalgar class submarines constructed for the Royal Navy. The current HMS Triumph is the tenth vessel and the second submarine to bear the name. The first Triumph was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561, and was the largest Ship built in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. A square-rigged galleon of four masts, she served as the flagship of Admiral Frobisher during the battles of the Spanish Amarda.

Final British Trafalgar Submarine Sails to Plymouth for Decommissioning

The Royal Navy’s remaining Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine has arrived at its homeport in Plymouth for decommissioning.

17 December

Damen Naval's Den Helder arriving at the Vlissingen-Oost shipyard

Christine Casimiro

Dutch Combat Support Ship From Damen Nears Completion

The Royal Netherlands Navy’s new combat support ship has arrived for final outfitting at Damen Naval shipyard in Vlissingen-Oost.

17 December

Inder Singh Bisht

Sweden Buys Naval Radar Capable of Detecting Sea-Skimming Missiles

Sweden has contracted Saab to deliver the Sea Giraffe 1X radar system to its navy, capable of detecting surface and air targets, including sea-skimming missiles.

17 December

Joe Saballa

China Releases ‘Hit List’ of US Naval Targets in Potential Conflict

China’s People's Liberation Army has come up with a list of “vulnerable” US naval targets that could be prioritized in the event of a full-scale conflict.

17 December

Giulia Bernacchi

Saudi Arabia Buys Three More Corvettes From Spain

Saudi Arabia has signed a contract with Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia to construct three Avante 2200 corvettes.

16 December

Staff Writer With AFP

Norway Donates $240M to Ukraine’s Navy

Norway will provide $240 million to strengthen the Ukrainian navy to help it deter Russian forces in the Black Sea.

16 December

Textron Systems’s Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle for deploying Mine Sweeping payloads.

Giulia Bernacchi

US Navy Buys Textron Minesweeper System

The US Navy has awarded Textron Systems a contract of up to $106 million for Mine Sweeping Payload Delivery Systems.

16 December

Nave Trieste makes its first logistics stop in the port of Augusta, Sicily

Christine Casimiro

Italian Navy Welcomes Largest Amphibious Warship Since World War 2

The Italian Navy has commissioned a multipurpose amphibious assault ship that was built by Fincantieri, the “Trieste.”

14 December

Under the guidance of two tugboats, USS Savannah (LCS 28) enters the harbor at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California on Feb. 9 for a Combat Systems Assessment Team event

Staff Writer With AFP

Cambodia Says US Navy Ship to Make Port Call

A US warship will dock in Cambodia next week, the country's defense ministry said Friday, in the first American military port call in eight years to one of China's closest regional allies.

13 December