QE is now bows south.


(@BibbysBoutique)

Conservative Party members have until 17:00 today to vote for a new party leader. The winner will be announced Tuesday 23rd July, and the winner will take office as Prime Minister on Wednesday 24th July.

(@Sebh1981)
PoW gets her Three Feathers.



(@MaritimePhotos)

That tanker is about as British as the Hamilton (Bermuda) registered Queen Mary 2.

Philip Hammond plans to quit if Johnson becomes PM. Oh good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49062514

CBS News 1969 Live Coverage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBdyzTvA3oA (CBS) 20 July 2019 At 4:17 p.m. EDT on July 20, 1969, NASA's "Eagle" lunar lander touched down on the surface of the moon. Six hours and 39 minutes later, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong made history when he steppe...

Maybe the government will now finally wake up and build a proper blue water sized RN fleet. instead of a micro-sized inshore one.
I doubt it, but needs saying.

Iran 'seizes British-flagged oil tanker'

A British-flagged oil tanker has been seized in the Gulf by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Iran media say.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49053383

there is a Sea Harrier on HMS QE just beside the ramp! Found some photos from last Sunday (14th July). I think I found PhillyJ's Harrier....minus its wings?! An unassembled one, or a replica maybe? (CLICK to enlarge) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_cE0lIXYAEc1Rv.jpg:large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/...

Timmymagic wrote:I thought only 17 were on order? These 17 are the last to be ordered under the LRIP's. Any more orders placed will be done as part of the Full Rate Production lots at a low price.

Just quoting http://www.ukserials.com/ data. (click ZM section)

Using Ukserials.com, I've worked out which and when individual F-35B's were delivered to Marham. http://www.ukserials.com/ (click ZM section) Total number: 18. (15 in UK, 3 in US) First batch of 4 delivered to RAF Marham on 6th June 2018 (BK11/ZM145, BK12/ZM146, BK13/ZM147, BK14/ZM148) Second batch ...

(Dave Pilsworth Filmography / Airshows Tilbury) 17th July 2019

All six landing at RAF Marham on 16th July.

(WildPlacePictures) 15th July 2019

Wildcat aboard QE in Portsmouth on Monday 15th July.

@Donald

What do you not understand about "offshore patrol vessel"? Stop trying to turn a River into a regular surface warship. It's a patrol boat!
There is a P (patrol) on the side of their hulls, not a D (destroyer), or F (frigates, corvettes, sloops).

Stop it.

Apollo 11 launched 50 years ago today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSPyXTjIrnk (CBS News) Apollo 11, containing Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, launched from the Kennedy Space Centre's Pad 39A on 16th July 1969, fifty years ago today. They lifted off at precise...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDjvc2r02V4 (Thales) 3rd July 2019 Thales proves its Lightweight Multirole Missile's precision strike capability in protecting vital assets and service crew at sea by defeating naval threats at recent firings trials. Thales LMM brochure (PDF) : https://t.co/qDKiVHNt8z

Theresa May had a visit on Monday the 15th from the winning Cricket World Cup winners - England.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/image_data/file/89700/s300_960-chargepoint.jpg The government has proposed plans that all newly built homes will have an electric car chargepoint built into them. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/electric-car-chargepoints-...

The Bank of England's new £50 note is to feature Alan Turing on it. The new polymer note will enter circulation 'by 2021'.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48962557