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Fleet Air Arm Sea Hurricane on the deck of HMS Striker operating in the Northern Atlantic, Feb 1944. The carrier in the background is HMS Fencer. Both carriers are US built Attacker-class escort carriers.
Fleet Air Arm Sea Hurricane on the deck of HMS Striker operating in the Northern Atlantic, Feb 1944. The carrier in the background is HMS Fencer. Both carriers are US built Attacker-class escort carriers.
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East-Coast-based US Naval Special Warfare Operators participate in a special operations forces interoperability exercise aboard Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN-728) and a CV-22 Osprey in Mediterranean Sea, Feb. 26. 2023
East-Coast-based US Naval Special Warfare Operators participate in a special operations forces interoperability exercise aboard Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN-728) and a CV-22 Osprey in Mediterranean Sea, Feb. 26. 2023
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Russia:
Kursk submariners Dmitry Kolesnikov and Viktor Kuznetsov with Akula (NATO Typhoon) class in the background
In pitch-black darkness, some time after the explosions which sent the Kursk to the bottom of the ocean, Lieut Capt Dmitri Kolesnikov realised he was not going to survive.
As he waited to die, he wrote a careful account of what had happened on board the submarine, apparently for the benefit of naval officials. Then he turned over the piece of paper and on the other side composed a goodbye letter to his wife, Olga - feeling his way to trace the words in the dark.
This letter, barely legible and soaked with sea water, was found yesterday in one of his uniform pockets, shortly after his corpse was dragged out of the nuclear submarine's ravaged hull.
Most of the information on both sides of the paper was deemed too personal - and possibly too politically sensitive - for public consumption. But the few lines which were released give a grim new insight into how the 118 men on board the Kursk died, confirming the worst fears of the relatives that some sailors did survive the initial explosions and were trapped for hours, if not days, inside the submarine.
"All personnel from sections six, seven and eight have moved to section nine. There are 23 of us here. We have made this decision because none of us can escape," the note states.
Then Kolesnikov's handwriting becomes illegible, apart from the figures 13 and 5, followed by the words "I am writing blind", an apparent reference to the darkness which followed power failure within the submarine.
Kolesnikov wrote the second note at 15:15. His writing was extremely difficult to read.
It's dark here to write, but I'll try by feel. It seems like there are no chances, 10-20%. Let's hope that at least someone will read this Here's the list of personnel from the other sections, who are now in the ninth and will attempt to get out Regards to everybody, no need to despair. Kolesnikov
Kursk submariners Dmitry Kolesnikov and Viktor Kuznetsov with Akula (NATO Typhoon) class in the background
In pitch-black darkness, some time after the explosions which sent the Kursk to the bottom of the ocean, Lieut Capt Dmitri Kolesnikov realised he was not going to survive.
As he waited to die, he wrote a careful account of what had happened on board the submarine, apparently for the benefit of naval officials. Then he turned over the piece of paper and on the other side composed a goodbye letter to his wife, Olga - feeling his way to trace the words in the dark.
This letter, barely legible and soaked with sea water, was found yesterday in one of his uniform pockets, shortly after his corpse was dragged out of the nuclear submarine's ravaged hull.
Most of the information on both sides of the paper was deemed too personal - and possibly too politically sensitive - for public consumption. But the few lines which were released give a grim new insight into how the 118 men on board the Kursk died, confirming the worst fears of the relatives that some sailors did survive the initial explosions and were trapped for hours, if not days, inside the submarine.
"All personnel from sections six, seven and eight have moved to section nine. There are 23 of us here. We have made this decision because none of us can escape," the note states.
Then Kolesnikov's handwriting becomes illegible, apart from the figures 13 and 5, followed by the words "I am writing blind", an apparent reference to the darkness which followed power failure within the submarine.
Kolesnikov wrote the second note at 15:15. His writing was extremely difficult to read.
It's dark here to write, but I'll try by feel. It seems like there are no chances, 10-20%. Let's hope that at least someone will read this Here's the list of personnel from the other sections, who are now in the ninth and will attempt to get out Regards to everybody, no need to despair. Kolesnikov
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Argentina:
Type 209/1200 diesel-electric attack submarine ARA Salta (S-31), 1974
Argentine navy divers are reported to be using her as a training platform at dockside as she is not capable of navigation.
Type 209/1200 diesel-electric attack submarine ARA Salta (S-31), 1974
Argentine navy divers are reported to be using her as a training platform at dockside as she is not capable of navigation.
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Project 941 (NATO Typhoon) class SSBN during surface transit. Good view on the starboard doors for the towed communication buoy (1) & deflector removing the ice blocks before getting into the propeller (2). Port-side setup is identical.
Project 941 (NATO Typhoon) class SSBN during surface transit. Good view on the starboard doors for the towed communication buoy (1) & deflector removing the ice blocks before getting into the propeller (2). Port-side setup is identical.
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Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93) prepares to receive fuel from Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in the South China Sea. 15th March 2023
F-35B taxis for take off from America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) in the East China Sea, 2023
Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W Bush (CVN 77) transits the Adriatic Sea, March 17, 2023
Two E-2D Hawkeye and an F/A-18 Super Hornet fly over Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) March 17, 2023.
Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W Bush (CVN 77) and Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) during a change of command ceremony, March 17, 2023
Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) passes Seattle after 18-month docking planned incremental availability. 18th March 2023
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71) passes the Olympic Mountains on her way out of Puget Sound, 18th March 2023
Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93) prepares to receive fuel from Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in the South China Sea. 15th March 2023
F-35B taxis for take off from America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) in the East China Sea, 2023
Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W Bush (CVN 77) transits the Adriatic Sea, March 17, 2023
Two E-2D Hawkeye and an F/A-18 Super Hornet fly over Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) March 17, 2023.
Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W Bush (CVN 77) and Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) during a change of command ceremony, March 17, 2023
Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) passes Seattle after 18-month docking planned incremental availability. 18th March 2023
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71) passes the Olympic Mountains on her way out of Puget Sound, 18th March 2023
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RN:
Formidable-class pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Irresistible abandoned and sinking after her engines were disabled by a naval mine. On 18 March 1915, she struck a naval mine that caused extensive flooding and disabled her engines. Without power, she began to drift into the range of Turkish guns, which laid down a withering fire. Attempts to tow her failed, so her surviving crew was evacuated and Irresistible was abandoned and eventually sank. Her crew suffered around 150 killed in the sinking.
Formidable-class pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Irresistible abandoned and sinking after her engines were disabled by a naval mine. On 18 March 1915, she struck a naval mine that caused extensive flooding and disabled her engines. Without power, she began to drift into the range of Turkish guns, which laid down a withering fire. Attempts to tow her failed, so her surviving crew was evacuated and Irresistible was abandoned and eventually sank. Her crew suffered around 150 killed in the sinking.
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USN:
Armoured cruiser USS Maine (ACR-1) entering Havana Harbor on 25 January 1898, where she would explode three weeks later
New York-class battleship USS Texas (BB-35) during standardization trials, run number 9 specifically. 23 October 1913
New Mexico-class battleship USS Idaho (BB-42) at the 1927 Fleet Review.
Armoured cruiser USS Maine (ACR-1) entering Havana Harbor on 25 January 1898, where she would explode three weeks later
New York-class battleship USS Texas (BB-35) during standardization trials, run number 9 specifically. 23 October 1913
New Mexico-class battleship USS Idaho (BB-42) at the 1927 Fleet Review.
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Germany:
July 1942, Königsberg class light cruiser Köln is heavily camouflaged as to appear to be part of surrounding fjord. The photo was taken in Fætten Fjord outside Trondheim, Norway.
Type XXI U-boats U-2513, U-3008 and Type IXC U-boat U-505 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, USA circa 1945.
July 1942, Königsberg class light cruiser Köln is heavily camouflaged as to appear to be part of surrounding fjord. The photo was taken in Fætten Fjord outside Trondheim, Norway.
Type XXI U-boats U-2513, U-3008 and Type IXC U-boat U-505 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, USA circa 1945.
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Italy:
Gunboat Mario Bianco sails through the Canale Navigabile di Taranto, 5 June 1923. Launched in Japan as a fishing trawler (named Fukuhaku Maru), she was taken over by the Regia Marina in 1916 for wartime needs, classified minelayer and renamed G 24; in 1921 she was reclassified gunboat and given the name Mario Bianco (after an Ensign who had been killed in the landings at Benghazi in 1911, during the Italo-Turkish War). In 1928 she was again repurposed as a hydrographic ship first, then used for lighthouse servicing. She would be sunk in 1941 at Benghazi during a British air raid.
Heavy cruiser Trento sailing through the Suez Canal on its way to the Far East, 9 February 1932
Launch of a seaplane from seaplane tender Giuseppe Miraglia, likely in 1934
A 1936 Regia Marina enlistment poster, showing the Dardo-class destroyer Saetta - artwork by Paolo Klodic
Gunboat Mario Bianco sails through the Canale Navigabile di Taranto, 5 June 1923. Launched in Japan as a fishing trawler (named Fukuhaku Maru), she was taken over by the Regia Marina in 1916 for wartime needs, classified minelayer and renamed G 24; in 1921 she was reclassified gunboat and given the name Mario Bianco (after an Ensign who had been killed in the landings at Benghazi in 1911, during the Italo-Turkish War). In 1928 she was again repurposed as a hydrographic ship first, then used for lighthouse servicing. She would be sunk in 1941 at Benghazi during a British air raid.
Heavy cruiser Trento sailing through the Suez Canal on its way to the Far East, 9 February 1932
Launch of a seaplane from seaplane tender Giuseppe Miraglia, likely in 1934
A 1936 Regia Marina enlistment poster, showing the Dardo-class destroyer Saetta - artwork by Paolo Klodic
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