Photos Navies Of All Nations

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Subsequently after the much appreciated port visit to the beautiful and most hospital city of Szczecin, Poland. SNMCMG1 and Polish Navy displayed their naval capabilities together this week and showcased the interoperability between NATO Allies at sea
In close collaboration between the nations, an extensive program with multiple naval exercises was successfully fulfilled. Amongst all exercises there was an Aerial Defense Exercise (ADEX) with Polish Sukhoi fighter jets which brought added value to the training objectives.
"The way that the Polish Navy organized and executed this Passex was outstanding and shows the undisputed united commitment of NATO allies to a safe and stable Baltic region" - said Royal Netherlands Navy Commander Jan Wijchers, leading the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1

 

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Italy:
DDGH Andrea Doria. May 2021

 

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RN:
Leander class frigate HMS Leander F109, 1970's

 

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Spain, Germany & USN:
ESPS Cristóbal Colón (F-105) and FGS Hamburg (F-220) conduct a simultaneous replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) during exercise Formidable Shield 2021!

 

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USN:
A Boeing F4B-4 of VF-68 prepares for take-off from USS Saratoga (CV-3), 1934

USS San Diego (CL-53) and USS San Juan (CL-54) under construction at the Fore River Shipyard, circa early 1941

USS Tennessee BB-43, underway in Puget Sound, Washington, on 12 May 1943, after modernization. from Naval History and Heritage Command.

USS Missouri (BB-63) heading to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, as she approaches the Manhattan Bridge, 1945

 

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Australia:
HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) at sea outside of Sydney Harbour on 17 June 2013. She was sold to Chile in 2019

 

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RN:
HMS Dragon (D35) leaving Plymouth, May 2021

Daring class HMS Dragon's Bridge during a Replenishment at Sea

 

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RN:
Elements of the 1st Battle Squadron, including the battleships Revenge (06), Resolution (09), and Royal Sovereign (05), underway WW1

HMS Furious after modernisation in 1938

 

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Russia:
Crew showers aboard K-317 Akula Class submarine

Officers mess

Crew space

 

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RN:
A Fairey Swordfish of 824 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm with its wings folded going down the lift of HMS ACTIVITY, commanded by Captain Guy Willoughby RN. A second aircraft in charge of its crew is waiting beyond the lift. Note the extreme narrowness of the bridge from which the ship is controlled, on the right hand side of the flight deck. Creator: Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer Source: © IWM (A 18270)

12 August 1942, 7:00 pm, North-East of Bizerte, Tunisia. Light cruiser HMS Charybdis (on the right) provides anti-aircraft and anti-submarine protection of the heavily damaged aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable amid Operation Pedestal.

HMS Taku leaving Beirut on patrol. January 1943.

HMS Indomitable off Norfolk, 30 Mar 1944

 

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Imperial Germany:
SMS Kaiser, the lead ship of the Kaiser class of battleships with her sister ship SMS Friedrich der Große in Norway, early August 1913

 

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USN:
USS Kearsarge (CV-33) at Golfe Juan, France, August 1948

USS Chester T. O'Brien (DE 421) underway, with sailors manning the rails, circa 1959

 

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Brazil:
30 May, 1945, launch of the Amazonas class destroyers "Acre" (A4) and "Apa" (A6).

 

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India:
Brahmaputra class frigates INS Trishul (F43) and INS Betwa (F39)

 

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RN:
HMS Marlborough and ships of the Mediterranean Station in the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta, c. 1860

 

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USN:
Spring 1904 (?), Boston Navy Yard. Coaling operations proceed on board USS Maine (BB-10)

 

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RN:
HMS Dragon (D35) leaving Plymouth, May 2021
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Daring class HMS Dragon's Bridge during a Replenishment at Sea

What is the dragon signifies? Is that a custom for ships?

 

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What is the dragon signifies? Is that a custom for ships?

It's not a custom, I believe special permission was given by the MOD for the dragon to be installed. The dragons were there when she was launched, but were removed in a 2011 refit. They were restored in 2016. They are a direct link to the red dragon of Wales

 

[Chefjavier]

It's not a custom, I believe special permission was given by the MOD for the dragon to be installed. The dragons were there when she was launched, but were removed in a 2011 refit. They were restored in 2016. They are a direct link to the red dragon of Wales

Thank you for taking the time to explain.

 

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Italy:
Horizon class destroyer Andrea Doria (D553) entering Taranto