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Power corrupts ? (by xbilgerat):
about an hour ago.
Anti-nuclear group urge that British submarine HMS Sceptre be kept out of South African waters:
about 7 hours ago.
China, S.Korea Flex Naval Muscle as U.S. Wanes (by xbilgerat):
about 9 hours ago.
UN to discuss Air Traffic Control for outer space (by xbilgerat):
1 day ago.
GPS-guided torpedo kit (by torres1944):
2 days ago.
Death sentences without trial – a possibility for US citizens (by xbilgerat):
2 days ago.
Unmanned U.S. frigates to stalk submarines (w/ Video) (by xbilgerat):
3 days ago.
The Chinese Threat Below:
3 days ago.
Openly gay: The view from a US Navy submarine :
3 days ago.
What's up doc (by xbilgerat):
3 days ago.
Defence green paper confirms go ahead with a £20bn update of Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent:
4 days ago.
DARPA's Robotic Ghost Ships Will Stalk Submarines:
4 days ago.
Gay people in the US services (by Lofty):
4 days ago.
Astute submarines are number one on a list of “Ten of the greatest British design classics”:
5 days ago.
US SSK Gato Class sunk in 1944, found (by torres1944):
5 days ago.
HMS Churchill's Class (by XDTO):
6 days ago.
More than 50 RN officers including three captains have been court martialled in the past 10 years:
6 days ago.
On This Day: 2/2/1903 1912 HMS A3 sank off Isle of Wight after collision with HMS Hazard:
6 days ago.
On This Day: 2/2/1903 Submarine HMS No 1 completed:
6 days ago.
Taiwan Navy maintains unidentified object not a Chinese submarine;
7 days ago.
Ukranian SSK "Zaporizhzhia" is beeing repaired in Sebastopol (by torres1944):
8 days ago.
A Chinese submarine crossed into territorial waters close to Taiwan's largest naval base last week:
8 days ago.
Model Submarine Painting Competition (by kazzer):
9 days ago.
The French Navy successfully carried out its first test-firing of an M51 ballistic missile launched from a submarine:
12 days ago.
RT @NavyNews: On 27 January 1942, USS Gudgeon (SS-211) became 1st US Navy sub to sink enemy submarine WWII action.
12 days ago.
February Branch Newsletter added (by Merlin):
13 days ago.
Austrailin Navy's Collins-class fleet reduced to one working submarine:
13 days ago.
HMS Ambush (by torres1944):
14 days ago.
Australia's sub-standard submarine fleet down to just one:
14 days ago.
Yard workers lobbied as they went to work in the escalating electioneering row over future submarines:
14 days ago.
Resurgam returns to Wirral:
14 days ago.
A fire broke out on board a £1bn submarine in Barrow last night.:
14 days ago.
Collins class submarine HMAS Farncomb undergoing repairs after one of its main generators failed last week:
14 days ago.
Indian Navy's Foxtrot submarines to be history soon:
14 days ago.
One of the UKs most powerful politicians pledges party's commitment to new fleet of Trident submarines:
16 days ago.
RT @lanewstweets: Nuclear submarine the USS Los Angeles to be decommissioned
16 days ago.
Long lost relative.. (by upordown):
17 days ago.
Sir Hubert Wilkins 1931 quest for North Pole using submarine named Nautilus (by Gannet):
18 days ago.
1SL Speech - Adm Stanhope (raw text) (by Stingray):
18 days ago.
Things That Go Bump In The Deep:
18 days ago.
David Cameron's defence adviser plunged the Tories into disarray yesterday saying nuclear arsenal could be scrapped:
18 days ago.
On This Day Jan 20, 1921: HMS K5 was lost in a mock battle in the Bay of Biscay:
19 days ago.
On This Day: Jan 19th 1945 HMS Porpoise became the last British submarine to be lost during WW2:
20 days ago.
Electric Boat sub welds not checked properly:
20 days ago.
First Sea Lord to warn against navy spending cuts:
20 days ago.
A Royal Navy commander has admitted crashing a nuclear submarine into the bottom of the Red Sea:
20 days ago.
On This Day: Jan 18, 1915: HMS E10 was lost, destroyed by a mine as she sailed from Harwich:
21 days ago.
Austraila vulnerable to submarine attack. Concerns mount over dodgy equipment & lack of skilled operators:
21 days ago.
Israel intends to station one of its German-made Dolphin submarines in the waters of the Persian Gulf:
21 days ago.
Sub Cmdr Steven Drysdale, Lt Cmdr Andrew Cutler & Lt Lee Blair due at a court martial today in connection with grounding their vessel.
21 days ago.
Uckers (by XDTO):
22 days ago.
Ccampaigner warns Tory plans to delay building Trident subs will sink the UK submarine industry:
23 days ago.
USS Philadelphia arrived in Gibraltar on what could be its final voyage after 33 years:
23 days ago.
Sub-standard construction ? (by xbilgerat):
23 days ago.
Conservatives to delay Trident replacement by five years
24 days ago.
Pakistan angered over India's weapons:
24 days ago.
Sub graveyard row at Rosyth:
24 days ago.
littoral combat ship (by xbilgerat):
25 days ago.
cpo mech pete thompson (tommo) (by donk shop killick):
25 days ago.
The DOLPHIN CODE has earned an international reputation and is now well known within submarine navies:
25 days ago.
On This Day: January 14, 1918 HMS G8 was lost in the North Sea, cause unknown:
25 days ago.
SM2 Reunion (by Buster):
25 days ago.
I want one (by four):
26 days ago.
60th anniversary of HMS Truculent tragedy marked with commemorative ceremony:
26 days ago.
A future population problem for India/PRC (by xbilgerat):
26 days ago.
Submarine building in Barrow will be dramatically slowed down if a defence plan is agreed:
27 days ago.
On This Day 01/12/1950 - HMS Truculent sank with the loss of 64 lives:
27 days ago.
On This Day 01/12/1922: HMS Victory was taken out of service afloat:
27 days ago.
US Navy facing a temporary SSN (nuclear attack submarine) shortage:
27 days ago.
Malaysia's second Scorpene submarine the KD Tun Abdul Razak scheduled to arrive in June:
27 days ago.
Russia will lease one of its newest nuclear-powered submarines to India in the second half of this year:
27 days ago.
Will women be employed to work on Barrow-built submarines?
28 days ago.
Replacement for Trident nukes 'delayed indefinitely':
28 days ago.
Barrow Submariners have a fan page on Facebook:
28 days ago.
Can the West avoid Russia’s fate in Afghanistan? (by xbilgerat):
29 days ago.
Bo'suns calls (by CharlieGeorge):
30 days ago.
A sign of the times (by xbilgerat):
30 days ago.
Russia: military personnel dismissed in Arkhabgelsk Oblast industries (by torres1944):
31 days ago.
Norwegian boats need shore charging facilities ?? (by Lofty):
31 days ago.
China to increase number of nuclear sub patrols in the Lumbok/Sunda straits & Indian Ocean?
32 days ago.
Empire of the Seas (by RHiseman):
32 days ago.
Warrant Officer John Hendren awarded an OBE for his work as coxswain in helping to build HMS Astute:
32 days ago.
LMEM(M) Alistair Robertson (by JohnD):
32 days ago.
BR3043: The Development of HM Submarines from Holland No.1 (1901) to Porpoise (1930):
32 days ago.
Norwegian submarines need base in Northern Norway:
33 days ago.
Sri Lankan troops find four drug carrying semi-submersibles in various states of completion:
33 days ago.
Germany starts talks with Israel over the sale of a new submarine:
33 days ago.
Protection racket (by xbilgerat):
33 days ago.
Barrow Submariners have a fan page on Facebook:
34 days ago.
Courts crack down on asylum appeals (by xbilgerat):
35 days ago.
Royal Navy feels the lash , (by xbilgerat):
35 days ago.
Third uninvited guest gained access to White House state dinner (by xbilgerat):
35 days ago.
First Sea Lord - “As for submarines, you need a critical mass to make them cost effective”:
35 days ago.
Nuclear sub could be centerpiece of museum:
35 days ago.
RT @NavyLookout: Pressure from 'politically correct' Labour MPs may force RN to lift ban on women in subs
35 days ago.
Airline passengers face body scanners and double searches (by xbilgerat):
36 days ago.
Pedal powered submarine.. (by Frank Dutton):
36 days ago.
January Branch Newsletter Added:
36 days ago.
Here Come the Girls (by BobH):
36 days ago.
HMS E18 Found (by tipps):
38 days ago.
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