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HMS Nelson was a 126-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 July 1814 at Woolwich Dockyard, but then laid up incomplete at Portsmouth until 1854, when work began with a view to commissioning her for service in the Crimean War, but this ended before much work had been done, and the ship returned to reserve.
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HMS Duke of Edinburgh was the lead ship of the Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1900s. She was stationed in the Mediterranean when the First World War began and participated in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser SMS Goeben and light cruiser SMS Breslau. After the German ships reached Ottoman waters, the ship was sent to the Red Sea in mid-August to protect troop convoys arriving from India. Duke of Edinburgh was transferred to the Grand Fleet in December 1914 and participated in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. She was not damaged during the battle and was the only ship of her squadron to survive. She was eventually transferred to the Atlantic Ocean in August 1917 for convoy escort duties.
The ship was sold for scrap in 1920.
via JC's Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3zKao3P by Dr. Lee WillettThe RN's second-in-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wale s (foreground), pictured sailing with sister ship Queen Elizabeth for the first time in the North Atlantic in May 2021. (Crown copyright/UK Ministry of Defence) The UK Royal Navy's (RN's) second-in-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is participating in NATO Maritime Command's (MARCOM's) ‘Dynamic Mariner' exercise as a final sea trials phase for certifying its availability for operations. On completion of operational certification, Prince of Wales will also become the command platform for the NATO Response Force/Maritime (NRF/M) component, which will come under RN operational command for 2022. ‘Dynamic Mariner' is running between 18–30 September, in North Atlantic waters off the United Kingdom; it is taking place in tandem with the second of the UK's bi-annual ‘Joint Warrior' training activities (JW21.2). “ Prince of Wales will complete her operational generation under the NATO formation this month, in preparation for her own future global tasking,” Rear Admiral Michael Utley, Commander UK Strike Force (CSF), told a MARCOM media briefing on 23 September. As well as supporting Prince of Wales' readiness certification, ‘Dynamic Mariner' is the maritime force integration live exercise (LIVEX) that forms part of the certification process for the NRF/M for 2022. Rear Adm Utley – as UK CSF – will be the NRF/M maritime component commander. ‘Dynamic Mariner'/JW21.2 “is the [next] milestone in the UK Strike Force's preparation for NRF duties for 2022, and serves as the maritime validation of [the CSF] staff and headquarters”, the admiral said. Beyond ‘Dynamic Mariner'/JW21.2, “[ Prince of Wales via JC's Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3m29Q4j |
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