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HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves Glen Mallan bound for Rosyth to undergo crucial repairs
19th March 2024 at 11:39am HMS Queen Elizabeth has left Glen Mallan in Loch Long as she heads east to undergo repairs in Rosyth. The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier needs essential maintenance work on her starboard propeller shaft coupling. This problem was the reason for the Royal Navy’s flagship being withdrawn from leading a Carrier Strike Group onContinue reading “HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves Glen Mallan bound for Rosyth to undergo crucial repairs”
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Severe bomb damage to the stern of HMS DELHI.
Note the men stood on the lower decks of the cruiser. The anti aircraft cruiser suffered bomb damage during North African operations in 1942.From May to December, 1941 Delhi was refitted as an anti-aircraft cruiser at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This refit included 5-inch/38 calibre guns originally intended for the US destroyer USS Edison, andContinue reading “Severe bomb damage to the stern of HMS DELHI.”
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USNS Neptune (ARC-2), was the lead ship in her class of cable repair ships in U.S. Naval service
. The ship was built by Pusey & Jones Corp. of Wilmington, Delaware, Hull Number 1108, as the USACS William H. G. Bullard named for Rear Adm. William H. G. Bullard. She was the first of two Maritime Commission type S3-S2-BP1 ships built for the US Army Signal Corps near the end of World WarContinue reading “USNS Neptune (ARC-2), was the lead ship in her class of cable repair ships in U.S. Naval service”
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