Naval Ships (Naval, Security)

Austal's shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. Three Evolved Cape-class patrol boats and three smaller Guardian-class patrol boats are moored pierside while a fourth Evolved Cape-class boat is mounted on a slipway.
Security

OPINION | A welcome wildcat? Austal, AUKUS and an ownership mud wrestle

Michael Shoebridge
The decommissioned US Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Klakring after being hit during a live-fire exercise off Scotland, September 25, 2026. Ex-Klakring was expended as a target as part of the joint US-UK Exercise Atlantic Thunder 26.
Naval Ships

Decommissioned US Navy frigate sunk off Scotland during joint exercise

Will Xavier
Battleship Diplomat cover
Naval Ships

BOOK REVIEW | Battleship Diplomat: The Enduring Legacy of the USS Missouri

Dr Neil Baird
The Pakistan Navy said PNS/M Hangor fired an anti-ship cruise missile in the North Arabian Sea during its first live weapon test.
Weaponry

VIDEO | Pakistan Navy’s Hangor fires anti-ship cruise missile in first live test

Alan Bosworth
The US Navy cruise missile submarine USS Ohio after entering drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Washington, April 25, 2017
Naval

GAO: US Navy shipyard overhaul to exceed $200b and take over 50 more years

Will Xavier
Screenshot of video showing MKE's one-way attack USV
Unmanned Security Systems

Turkish Navy tests crewed-uncrewed operations and USV strike in 100-ship exercise

Will Xavier
Domenico Millelire Thaon di Revel class Italian Navy Fincantieri
Naval Ships

Seventh Thaon di Revel-class patrol ship delivered to Italian Navy

Alan Bosworth
Concept render of DDX destroyer
Naval Ships

OCCAR awards $4.2b contract for two new Italian Navy destroyers

Reuters
Hanwha Philly Shipyard
Naval Ships

Warship building talks part of US-South Korea meeting agenda

Reuters
Tournai
Naval Ships

Belgian Navy's newest minehunting mothership arrives in Zeebrugge ahead of transfer

Will Xavier
The Taiwan Coast Guard Administration Anping-class catamaran cutter Chenggong
Weaponry

Taiwan conducts test launch of supersonic anti-ship missile from coast guard catamaran

Will Xavier
The signing of the MOU between the Synergy Marine Group and Cochin Shipyard, September 22, 2026. L-R: Ajay Chaudhry, Co-CEO, Ship Management, Synergy Marine Group; Jesper Kristensen, Group CEO, Synergy Marine Group; Jose V J, Chairman and Managing Director, Cochin Shipyard; Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Director (Technical), Cochin Shipyard
Shipbuilding

Singapore's Synergy Marine inks shipbuilding and repair MOU with Indian yard

Gareth Havelock
Artist's impression of a Rampart modular launcher fitted on a naval vessel
Weaponry

French Navy begins at-sea trials of new modular multi-purpose launcher

Will Xavier
The German Navy frigate Hessen escorts a cargo ship through the Red Sea.
Naval

EU Red Sea mission needs over 10 warships, members urged to contribute

Reuters
Security Vessel News Roundup | September 22 – Dutch coast guard patrol boat delivery, submarine rescue ship construction and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | September 22 – Dutch coast guard patrol boat delivery, submarine rescue ship construction and more

Baird Maritime
BOOK REVIEW | Blunting the Spear: The Pacific Carrier War from Pearl Harbor to the Doolittle Raid
Naval Ships

BOOK REVIEW | Blunting the Spear: The Pacific Carrier War from Pearl Harbor to the Doolittle Raid

Dr Neil Baird
Satellite photograph of the suspected drone mothership
Naval Ships

Vessel photographed by satellite may be China's first mothership for large underwater drones

Will Xavier
The Italian Navy aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi
Naval Ships

Indonesia’s first aircraft carrier reaches Jakarta ahead of handover

Jens Karsten
HMNZS Te Mana
Naval Ships

New Zealand confirms naval transit through tense Taiwan Strait

Reuters
Steel-cutting ceremony for the second next-generation missile vessel being built by Cochin Shipyard for the Indian Navy, September 17, 2026
Naval Ships

Construction begins on new Indian Navy corvette

Will Xavier
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