RN
Ships of the Far East Fleet replenish fuel and stores in the Indian Ocean August 1967 enroute to Australia. From left: HMS MINERVA, RFA TIDEREACH, HMS HERMES, RFA RELIANT, HMS GALATEA and RFA RETAINER.
USN
Scaffolding surrounds portions of the superstructure of the battleship Wisconsin (BB-64), 17 September 1987. The ship is undergoing overhaul by Ingalls Shipbuilding and is 50 percent complete. Dod Image
Spain
The Descubierta Class corvettes are ships of Spanish design, which were made taking advantage of the technological experience of Bazán (currently Navantia) in the construction of the João Coutinho class corvettes for the Portuguese Navy, designed by the Portuguese engineer Rogério de Oliveira with collaboration German technique.
Furthermore, these corvettes reinforce Bazán's international expansion, since it was the first modern combat ship designed in Spain to be exported.
In the Spanish Navy, they are affectionately known as the “Atomic Ants” given the powerful weapons they carried for their limited movement.
X.1: The Royal Navy’s Mystery Submarine. Since the age of sail, international law had insisted that warships stop, board, and inspect merchant vessels before sinking them, only after ensuring that crews were “in a place of safety.” Cruisers on the high seas could observe such niceties, but for submarines, surviving on stealth, it was impractical, even suicidal. It was these considerations that led to the Royal Navy’s interest in “cruiser” submarines. X.1 was the largest, most heavily armed submarine in the world when launched on Nov. 16, 1923. The concept of operations was to surface suddenly in the middle of an enemy convoy and open fire to knock out any escorts before finishing off the transports. The broad beam and great size of the vessel made her a stable gun platform, keeping the guns well above the waves.
Australia
HMAS Hobart on Gun-line in Vietnam 1967.View attachment 459195
Out of curiosity, why did the RAN dropped the letters from their pennant numbers?
The 'D' stood for destroyer in the previous numbering system which was RN based. The RAN changed to USN style bow pendant numbers because in the nomenclature the RAN used it was already obvious in the numbering system that the pendant numbers related to destroyers so the 'D' and also 'F' and other letters were done away with
Australia:
Supply-class replenishment oiler HMAS Stalwart III (A304) recently conducted a dual replenishment at sea as the ship’s embarked MH-60R helicopter ‘Boomerang’ conducted a Vertical Replenishment with Hobart class destroyer HMAS Brisbane III (DDG 41) and ANZAC class frigate HMAS Toowoomba II (FFH 156)
Toowoomba’s embarked MH-60R helicopter ‘Valkyrie’ also conducted flying operations during a transit as their regional presence deployment continues. Nov 2023
Supply-class replenishment oiler HMAS Stalwart III (A304) and Hobart class destroyer HMAS Brisbane III (DDG 41) conduct a night RAS, Nov 2023
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