Shipsearcher navy index pages in the original order of publishing. This does not include frequent upgrades or new sub-pages: Royal Canadian Navy 2019/09/25 United States Navy Current 2019/09/30 United States Navy Retired 2019/10/03 submarines added 2021/08/07 Royal Navy 2019/10/25 Royal New Zealand Navy 2019/11/05 Royal Australian Navy 2019/11/08 Russian Navy 2019/11/17 (Russian submarines was published … Continue reading “Shipsearcher Navy Pages – Release History”
Auxiliaries and Other Ships Return to Mine Warfare Ships Replenishment / Resupply SAS DrakensbergA-301 (1987) LOA 482′ / 146.9 m TDISP 12,500 tons. Largest warship to be built in South Africa SAS Outeniqua A-302 (1992-2004) LOA 546′ / 166.4 m TDISP 21,025 tons. Built in the Ukraine. Commercial service before and after South African naval service. … Continue reading “South African Navy – Auxiliaries and Other Ships”
Auxiliaries and Other Ships Back to Mine Warfare Ships Forward Base Ship IRIS Makran 441 (2021) LOA 748′ / 228 m TDISP 56,000 gross tons Originally the merchant ship Al Buhaira (2010) crude oil tanker extensively modified to be Iran’s first base ship. High-speed Catamaran IRIS Shahid Nazeri (ca. 2018) LOA 180′ / 54.9 m TDISP … Continue reading “Iranian Navy – Auxiliaries and Other Ships”
Frigates Moudge Class LOA 312’ / 95.1 m TDISP 1,500 tons (2 active, 1 lost). This class has been heavily modified, with the latest units showing evidence of major upgrades. Talayieh (building). This ship had been expected to enter service in 2022, but based on reports and photos, has partially collapsed on its side in … Continue reading “Iranian Navy – Frigates”
A brief history and satellite imagery exploration of what shipsearcher staff like to call the USS Potemkin Maru!
Continue to Landing Ships Landing Ships Return to Corvettes and Patrol Ships LST MK.2 Class LST-511 sub-class LOA 328′ / 100 m TDISP 3,800 tons (ca. 1000 built over 3 sub-classes, at least 5 transferred to Royal Thai Navy) for other sister-ships and more information see USN retired landing ships listing. HTMS Langa LST-4 (1970-ca. … Continue reading “Royal Thai Navy – Landing Ships”
The Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe, in his celebrated play, Dr. Faustus, wrote of a mythic age, when a thousand warships were launched to grab back Helen, the most beautiful woman. Here at Shipsearcher, the Ship Identification Section (SIS) can’t tell you if any of that happened in distant antiquity – satellite imagery of the Trojan … Continue reading “A Thousand Shipsearcher satellite views launched, and some highlights!”
Historic Ships Return to Auxiliaries and Other Ships VOC Batavia (1995 replica of a 1628 ship, which had been shipwrecked off Western Australia) LOA 186′ / 56.7 m TDISP 1,200 tons at Lelystad. Although the original vessel did not belong to the Dutch Navy, the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) was, in its own right, … Continue reading “Royal Netherlands Navy – Historic Ships”
Submarines Back to Frigates Attack Submarines Type 212 LOA 184-188′ / 56.1-57.3 m TDISP 1,830 tons submerged (8 active with German Navy, 4 with Italian Navy) Type 206 (Service 1973-2011) LOA 159′ / 48.5 m TDISP 500 tons submerged (16 all retired, 2 sold and in service with Colombia) Type 205 LOA 145′ / 44.2 … Continue reading “German Navy – Submarines”
The Komunna has been salvaging Russian subs since the time of the last Czar, Nicholas II. She was loosely modeled on the Imperial German ship, SMS Vulkan. Shipsearcher staff located the catamaran-style vessel, with four enormous connecting trusses, in a bay near Sevastopol, in the Crimea. This specialized ship is the oldest operational warship in … Continue reading “104 year old Russian Salvage Ship found to be doing just fine!”
Auxiliaries and Other Vessels Back to Chinese Navy Landing Ships Intelligence Gathering Type 815A spy ship or electronic surveillance ship LOA 427′ / 130 m TDISP 6,000 tons (1 active, 3 building) Kaiyangxing (Mizar) 856 (2017) Type 815G spy ship or electronic surveillance ship LOA 430′ / 131 m TDISP 6,000 tons (6 active) Haiwangxing … Continue reading “Chinese Navy – Auxiliaries and Other Ships”
Republic of Korea Corvettes and Patrol Vessels Back to Republic of Korea Submarines Pohang Class Corvette LOA 290′ / 88.4 m TDISP 1,200 tons (14 active, 9 retired, 2 preserved, 1 sunk) ROKS Pohang PCC-756 (1984 – 2009) Museum Ship at Pohang ROKS Cheonan PCC-772 (1989-2010) Sunk by an apparent North Korean submarine-launched torpedo with … Continue reading “Republic of Korea – Corvettes and Patrol Vessels”
French Navy Submarines Back to French Navy Frigates Ballistic Missile Nuclear-Powered Submarines (SSBN) Check out our 2022 comparative overview post on World ballistic missile boats. Triomphant Class LOA 453′ / 138.1 m TDISP 14,350 tons submerged (4 active, service since 1997) 16 MIRV-equipped SLBM tubes/boat Redoutable Class LOA 420′ / 128 m TDISP 8,000 tons … Continue reading “French Navy – Submarines”
Royal Canadian Navy Frigates Back to Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers Halifax Class FFH LOA 440′ / 134.1 m TDISP 4,700 tons (12 active) HMCS Halifax FFH-330 (1992) HMCS Vancouver FFH-331 (1993)HMCS Ville de Québec FFH-332 (1994) satellite image not yet located. HMCS Toronto FFH-333 (1993) HMCS Regina FFH-334 (1993)HMCS Calgary FFH-335 (1995) HMCS Montreal FFH-336 … Continue reading “Royal Canadian Navy – Frigates”
Royal New Zealand Navy Frigates Anzac Class LOA 358′ / 109.1 m TDISP 3,600 tons (2 active) in service since 1997 HMNZS Te Kaha F-77 (1997) Leander Class LOA 372′ / 113.4 m TDISP 3,200 tons (4 served with RNZN, all retired, 3 sunk as dive sites, 1 scrapped) HMNZS Wellington F-69 (1982 – 1999) … Continue reading “Royal New Zealand Navy – Frigates”
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