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    Prince Philip has died at the age of 99

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-dies
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    • 2021 british royal family captain general royal marines danish royal family great britain greek royal family mountbatten-windsor royal consort royal navy world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
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    UK Project Vixen Naval Drone Project

    Original Source: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/975455/20210303-MAvn-MEPG_Slides-FINAL-O.pdf PWAS = presistent warning and control system (?)...
  3. Grey Havoc

    Commander Seamus Ó Muiris, INS

    View: https://twitter.com/naval_service/status/1376069579957530624?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/a-baptism-of-fire-for-father-of-irish-navy-40246919.html
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    • cold war éire irish naval service lt. commander morris marine and coastwatching service marine service royal navy the emergency world war i world war ii
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    H.M.S. Speedy (P296, Speedy-class Hydrofoil)

    Ladies and Gentlemen, HMS Speedy: View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/lognu9/951_x_717_jetfoil_patrol_vessel_hms_speedy_p296/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(P296) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:HMS_Speedy_(P296)...
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    • 1970s 1980s boeing model 929 series jetfoil boeing patrol hydrofoil cold war great britain royal navy vosper thornycroft
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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    British amphibious tanks

    View: https://youtu.be/tkkFm4b3yOI https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/tog-amphibian/ (Note: the D.N.L.E. should not be confused with the Admiralty's Department of the Director of Naval Equipment, also known as the Directorate of Naval Equipment.)...
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    • british army department of naval land equipment great britain ministry of supply royal navy s.v.d.c.
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
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    Naval Amphibious Craft Tracked eXperimental (NACT X)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F_ZjytDqqE
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    • 1953 admiralty cold war great britain naval vehicle landing tracked experimental royal marines royal navy the armoured archives vickers-armstrongs
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    Airspeed jet-propelled float seaplane.

    Fighter project, 1943 The Airspeed firm suggested to the Admiralty the transformation of the radio-controlled flying-boat target aircraft AS-37 into a scaled-up jet fighter, powered by one de Havilland Halford H.1 centrifugal-flow turbojet with 1,225 kgf static thrust in the forward area of the...
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    Dunkirk - 80th Anniversary

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/02/captain-sir-robin-knox-johnston-royal-naval-association-have/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation
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    • 1940 2020 allies british expeditionary force covid-19 fall of france operation dynamo royal navy the little ships world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
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    Norwegian Campaign (naval element)

    Meant to add 'Operation Wilfred' as a tag as well but ran into the limit.
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    • 1940 drachinifel kriegsmarine marine nationale operation weserübung plan r 4 polish navy royal navy royal norwegian navy world war ii
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    Type 4X Destroyer

    https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/the-type-4x-destroyer-an-early-look-at-an-early-concept/
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    • 2019 anti-air warfare light destroyer project castlemaine royal navy t4x type 26 offshoot type 45 destroyer replacment program united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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    Royal Navy XLUUV program (Manta-class drone submarine)

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/05/royal-navy-to-get-first-large-autonomous-submarine/#338120f1f0b6 https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/manta-the-royal-navy-gets-its-first-extra-large-autonomous-submarine/
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    • dasa great britain ministry of defence moray msubs ltd royal navy s201 united kingdom uuv
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    Future Littoral Strike Ship (FLSS)

    https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/a-closer-look-at-the-littoral-strike-ship-concept/
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    • 2019 bmt littoral strike group ministry of defence mrss mrv prevail partners royal navy transformation fund united kingdom
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    1943 British Battleship Aircraft Carrier Concept

    Apologies if this has been shown before but I was unable to find a previous topic. This was shown recently on the WarshipPorn website and is a scan from 1943 Popular Mechanics. The artist was George Davis. Please feel free to delete this post if it is a duplicate.
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    HMS Thunderchild

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    Time Ball

    http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191212-the-invention-that-inspired-a-new-york-tradition
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    Admiralty 1920's 'Hornet' guided ground to air missile system

    Indeed, despite the Admiralty’s efforts to ridicule Trenchard’s claims, they were very worried about what the torpedo-bomber might mean for the future of their capital ships. During the 1920s they would go to great lengths to improve air defence, including, with the Hornet programme, an attempt...
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    Fisher's 1882 'battlecruiser'

    In the thread here https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/alltheworldsbattlecruisers/jacky-fisher-s-1882-battle-cruisers-hms-nonsuch-an-t8794.html John talks about a design suggested by Fisher for an fats all big gun ship. Fisher’s first project was what he considered an essential upgrade to his own...
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    • 1880s broadside ironclad h.m. ironclad nonsuch ironclad turret ship ironclad warship royal navy
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    By the light of Green Flax, what happens next

    Assuming the RN does select Green Flax aka Thunderbird II instead of Sea slug for the County class Destroyers, the early obsolescence of the ships is no longer a given. In that light, what happens to the Type 82 Destroyer design process? Does this simply become a 'all-GT' version of the County...
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    RN warship 2050: project Startpoint

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34077719 :)
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    • 2015 2050 dreadnought 2050 hms dreadnought t2050 ministry of defence royal navy t21 united kingdom
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    Really old secret projects (1800s and earlier)

    Thinking that we need a thread for all old (pre-1880s?) projects. Came across HMS Duke of Kent design for a four-deck ship of the line on Reddit. c1809. Never built. Original source http://collections.rmg.co.uk/
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    • armada española classis confederate states navy imperial russian navy royal navy united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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