Great aerial warship pics from contributors for our new (Nov) edition - Yoshiharu Fukushima in a JS Kaga helicopter captured HMS Prince of Wales in Indo-Pac & Michael Nitz used a drone over the Baltic for a cover image of INS Tamal. For more get the mag https://t.co/PJ4Qr8Z0Cj

Our Assistant Editor, and imagery contributor, @StephenJagger4 was at Portsmouth recently and captured some video footage of this historic vessel, MGB 81, which saw combat in the Channel & N. Sea during WW2. Preserved by the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust & looking good!

.@HMS_Str_Castle finally left Birkenhead and headed down the Mersey today. First time at sea since commissioning as an RN vessel. https://t.co/LkzR4De4SL Via: Frisia Bonn

Here's the Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS Esbern Snare, a warship of the Absalon Class, inbound to @HMNBDevonport Plymouth, UK, late yesterday afternoon. Video courtesy of @StephenJagger4

Busy times on the @NATO Northern Flank: superb footage & pics from @Forsvaret_no in a special for our video channel - a series of exercises at sea off/ashore in Norway & further North + Russian intel-gatherers. Also covered in the new edition of the mag.

After a year in the Caribbean HMS MEDWAY has handed over Atlantic Patrol Task (North) to @HMSTrent 🤝🇬🇧

Deployed now! New edition of the mag, with Indian warship INS Tamal (pic by Michael Nitz) on the cover, plus packed with stuff of interest to navalists and, dare we say it, to others. Get it in shops or direct digital, hard copy direct from the publisher https://t.co/LSlPm3HCo2

Not a RN ship but making a visit to @HMNBDevonport is the polar research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough. Seen here in Plymouth Sound headed for Devonport, which is home to the RN Hydrographic Squadron, including ice patrol ship HMS Protector. Vid courtesy @StephenJagger4

The @RoyalNavy River Class (Batch 1) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) HMS Tyne inbound to @HMNBDevonport Plymouth a few days ago. Video courtesy of @StephenJagger4

Always ready for Anti Submarine operations - here’s a video from @HMSSomerset when they fired another Stingray Torpedo. Great training for both the Weapon Engineers and the Warfare department. #AlwaysReady #ASW #DevonportFrigates

Here's the Royal Navy Daring Class (Type 45) Class air-defence destroyer HMS Duncan outbound from @HMNBDevonport Plymouth, SW England, this morning. Video courtesy of @StephenJagger4

A photo released by the Marinha do Brasil (Brazilian Navy) of the Riachuelo Class conventional attack submarine Humaitá (S41) alongside. This SSK was commissioned into service in early 2024, second of four such boats being built for Brazil's fleet.

Back in the early days of this magazine a cover feature by a retired US Navy surface warfare officer suggested that Arleigh Burkes were 'the new dreadnoughts', and so maybe (as they are still being built) they remain the 'new battleships'? 😃

For decades I have been told by certain people that these 👇 are the 'battleships' of today's navies. And I still believe that to be a correct assertion. They also tell me ALL surface ships are just 'targets'...am merely conveying their POV, so... 😄

Sea Venom, Martlet, Naval Strike Missile, Stratus. Our naval cup of anti-ship missiles runneth over. Still need to sort F-35 asap.

An Australian perspective of Exercise Bersama Lima 25: the frigate HMAS Ballarat of the Royal Australian Navy sails in company with Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales. Photo: LSIS Connor Morrison/RAN.

The Duke Class (Type 23) frigate HMS Somerset has conducted the first ever Royal Navy firing of a Naval Strike Missile (NSM), on the Andøya range off Norway. It was part of Aegir 25, an exercise that also saw missile firings using land-based launch systems.

Unverified reports via Telegram that 🇷🇺Russian Kilo-class SSK RFS Novorossiysk, at sea in Mediterranean, suffered fuel leak into bilges with a risk of explosion. With loss of Syrian naval base, the Russian navy lacks logistical support options, risking vessels at sea with a

1/2 The frigate HMS Iron Duke @RoyalNavy is seen here shadowing the Russian Navy warship RFS Neustrashimy. The latter, a Udaloy Class frigate, was escorting the cargo vessel Sparta IV through the English Channel and North Sea towards the Baltic.

1/2 The @RoyalNavy patrol boat HMS Explorer at Portsmouth earlier in Sept, seemingly acting as drone mothership. Video courtesy @StephenJagger4 Btw there's some interesting articles on the UK fleet's use of autonomous systems in our just published 'Guide to the Royal Navy 2026'