Russ Hall BEM

@RDPHistory @TogeoffH She’s nowhere near the last Falklands ship. Maybe the last in UK service if you don’t count Sir Tristram at Portland which still provides service. But there remains a few around the World still in service with other navies. For example former HM Ships Leeds & Dumbarton Castle.

@TogeoffH RFA Argus is so past it, it's unreal. It's sad, she's the last Falklands ship, but she's too old to keep going.

It's been coming, but RFA Argus, formerly MV Contender Bezant, is going to be scrapped. navylookout.com/rfa-argus-to-b…

@UKForcesTracker @RoyalNavy @RFAArgus @AWenham1 Not quite the final veteran of the Falklands War. Former HM Ships Leeds & Dumbarton Castle still in service with the Bangladeshi Navy are still going. Maybe in the UK but there’s others around the World. You could say she’s finally STUFT!

BREAKING RFA Argus, final veteran of the Falklands War, is to be scrapped after over 40 years of service. (Src: @RoyalNavy)

The latest #Seafarers Happiness Index has raised troubling concerns about economic pressures are taking their toll. Read the full report here: missiontoseafarers.org/wp-content/upl…

@AWenham1 @HMSTrent @NavyLookout @WarshipsIFR @WarshipCam @warshipworld @seawaves_mag @UKForcesTracker @UKDefJournal Still no one in the W Indies then?

HMS Trent undergoing maintenance at Portsmouth (anchor barge alongside) @HMSTrent @NavyLookout @WarshipsIFR @WarshipCam @warshipworld @seawaves_mag @UKForcesTracker @UKDefJournal

@Russ_978 @MarkFra42642062 @UKDefJournal December 14th 2021 for the RAF. Mind you doesn’t mean there’s not a case to disband them. 😂😜 It was a drone apparently. Before that 1948 unless you count 1982 RN Harrier flown by RAF pilot who later saw the light and transferred to RN.

@MarkFra42642062 @UKDefJournal When did we last use nuclear capability? When did the RAF shoot down an aircraft or RN sink a ship from a ship?

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that UK airborne parachute capability will be retained but concentrated into specialist units and a single battalion group, following recommendations in the Strategic Defence Review. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-confirms-pa…

@NavyLookout @HMSPWLS Think I’d prefer a crossing the line certificate than a blue nose one! No need to pack the Union Jack Speedo’s and a severe lack of banyan and bronzeying opportunities then?

In his speech at the Munich Security Conference, Keir Starmer confirmed the UK carrier strike group, led by @HMSPWLS , will deploy to the North Atlantic and High North region this year.

@HalBeowa @TimHirst5 @NavyLookout @HMSPWLS What’s the measure of deterrence then? Is it that we have not been attacked by another nation or some other metric?

@TimHirst5 @NavyLookout @HMSPWLS Thank you for not answering my question For a deterrent to work it has to deter

Sad to see. The ship I went down South on in 1982. But more importantly brought me back. 😢

@NavyLookout @HMSCalliope I vaguely remember a great run ashore there!

Not yet officially confirmed, but Royal Navy is planning a new base in northeast England, possibly around @HMSCalliope Gateshead. This would predominantly be base for uncrewed systems used to monitor Russian subsea activity in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, part of the wider Atlantic Bastion concept.

@IntercityFC @MtarfaL Alternatively an excuse for one of us to leave the gloom room, pop up to the bridge and take a look ourselves and if, as I was, a ships phot take some pictures. 👓📷

An interesting article by @MtarfaL The EW’s would always ask the OOW if they could see the name of a passing merchant vessel.

@matelotjonah Pussers right angle every time. As a dabber not qualified to operate any of the others. But as a BM or QM armed with one can find and wake up someone who can in any mess deck gulch. Sign here mate!

Your ship has been hit and you are an Engineering Damage Repair party. You know you have issues to repair in 15 mins but don't know what to take to the affected compartment. You can only take 1 What will it be?

@pati_marins64 Great to see a Leander derivative still going in the video. One of the old Dutch Van Speijk-class.

Indonesia arrives on the scene In the last 5 years alone, Indonesia has finalized the purchase of no less than 84 modern fighter jets: 42 Rafale and 42 J-10C. However, nothing compares to the strides made by the Indonesian Navy.  The country acquired 8 modern frigates and 2 battery-powered electric submarines - with Tot- in a Naval Group configuration that allows for submergence periods of up to 80 days. Indonesia, alongside Japan and Germany, now becomes one of the sole operators of this new generation of submarines. Including smaller vessels, the nation has closed deals for approximately 20 ships in these last 5 years alone.  To build the ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) capabilities of this fleet and support army operations, nearly 100 reconnaissance and combat drones were purchased, with a highlight on 60 Bayraktar units.  This is joined by the acquisition of Turkish ballistic missiles with technology transfer, as well as at least 2 to 3 models of Turkish and Chinese anti-ship missiles.  Fighters - 42 Dassault Rafale (Air Force, contracts in tranches with France, 2022–2023). - 42 Chengdu J-10C (Air Force, contract with China, October 2025). Submarines - 2 Scorpène Evolved-class submarines (Navy, contract with Naval Group/France and PT PAL, 2024–2025). Frigates and Major Surface Combatants - 2 PPA-class frigates (Thaon di Revel/Brawijaya) (Navy, contract with Fincantieri/Italy, 2024). - 4 Arrowhead 140-class frigates (Balaputradewa) (Navy, licenses from Babcock/UK, local construction by PT PAL; 2 initial + 2 additional in January 2026). - 2 İstif-class (I-class) frigates (Navy, contract with TAIS/Turkey, January 2026). Smaller Vessels (OPVs, Patrol Boats, and FAC) - 2 90-meter OPVs (Navy, local construction by PT Daya Radar Utama, started 2021). - 2 additional KCR-60-class Fast Attack Craft-Missile (Navy, local construction by PT PAL, ~2024–2025). - 2 18-meter patrol boats (Navy, donation from Japan via Official Security Assistance, 2025). Mine Countermeasures Vessels - 2 Pulau Fani-class MCMVs (Navy, built by Abeking & Rasmussen/Germany; delivered and commissioned 2023–2024). - 4 Inspector 90 USVs + Seascan and K-Ster systems (ROVs) (Navy, contract with Exail/France, June 2025). Helicopters - 3 Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters (Navy, delivered 2021–2022). UAVs/Drones - 60 Bayraktar TB3 + 9 Bayraktar Akinci (primarily Navy, joint contract with Baykar/Turkey, February 2025, with local production). - 14 ScanEagle (Navy, contract with Boeing Insitu). - 12 Anka (Air Force, contract with TAI/Turkey, 2023). ( Indonesia is also developing indigenous UVVs) Anti-Ship Missiles - 45 Atmaca (Navy, initial units under contract with Roketsan/Turkey, 2024; additional contracts in 2025 for more units and local production). - Çakır (anti-ship cruise missile, Navy): Contract for local production with Roketsan/Turkey (July 2025), quantity not specified. - YJ-12/CM-302 (coastal anti-ship, Army): Acquisition confirmed in 2025, no public unit number. Ballistic Missiles - KHAN system (export Bora) (Army, contract with Roketsan/Turkey ~2022–2025; number of units/batteries not publicly disclosed). Other Confirmed Upgrades - Upgrades to CN-235 MPA and C-130 Hercules (Air Force, contracts 2024–2025; number of affected units not detailed publicly, but applies to multiple existing aircraft).

@simonharley Never under estimate the ingenuity of a matelot when it comes to beer. It was three cans per day per person perhaps in my day. We never exceeded that ever 😇. Ships are full of voids. 😉.

Turn the clock back 40 years.

@MartinJConnell Had to keep mine for 3 years and produce it once a year for the £100 bounty during the reserve period. I got docked 99p on the last muster by some pencil neck cos I didn’t have my plastic mug!

Time to finally part company with these 2 items. #IYKYK

@Richard75595792 @OnthisdayRN @RoyalNavy Tis true. I vividly remember our P.O. Instructor at Raleigh supervising us marking in our pay books that we were smokers. Still got that pay book somewhere. Unusually I quite liked blue liners but not as much as DF branded Kingsize cigs on seagoing ships.

@OnthisdayRN @RoyalNavy One of the first things you got told was to claim you were a smoker even if you weren’t, the stamps or ciggies be traded.

#OnThisDay 1989 @RoyalNavy announces the end of the issue of Blue Liner duty free cigarettes, phased out by 91. Sailors were entitled to 300/month & could take 200 on leave or 25 overnight which they drew from stores on the production of a stamp. Today smoking at sea is banned

@InspGadgetBlogs NPS Crest is done.

National Police Service will be the greatest remit-merchants who ever walked the earth. I almost want to be part of it. It's a great concept, but this is Britain, so it'll be the biggest cluster known to man. Like a National Roads Policing unit will ever attend your shout 😂.

WATCH officers from our Search and Marine Unit attending a distress call in the Thames Estuary where they rescued two men who had become trapped by the tide. Click the link for more information - kent.police.uk/news/kent/late…

@junglejim11 @PFM192381 There’s no pot on the old scheme. So if you pay tax you’re still paying mine. No idea how much. Cheers and keep up the good work. I kept my part and a bit more of the bargain now it’s your turn. 👍

@PFM192381 But how much do your employers...aka the tax payer...contribute?

All these fuckers moaning about police pensions…again. None of them have ever paid as much into a pension as police do. I was paying 14.25% contributions when I retired. I paid well into a pension hence why it’s a good pension. Jealousy and envy are ugly colours on many.

@bluenobby Same here. Choose your branch take your chance.

@PFM192381 The pension was the reason I left the Navy, a career I loved, to join the Dibble. To me the police was just a job but now I'm out boy is the pension good. Bollocks to them. We paid for it. We all make choices.