Naval News – Maiden Deployment for HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH R 08 – 2021

In the afternoon of Saturday 30th May, 2021 the Aircraft carrier HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH R 08 left her home in Portsmouth ahead of her first operational deployment. She will lead the UK’s Carrier Strike Group, which is taking part in an exercise off Scotland before departing for a tour of the Indo-Pacific region. Image by […]

NAVAL NEWS – 54 YEARS AGO – C553 ITS ANDREA DORIA Comissioned – 23.02.1964 On Sunday 23rd February 1964 the Italian Navy commissioned the Andrea Doria Class Helicopter Cruiser C553 ITS ANDREA DORIA CARLA. She was built by CNR, Riva Trigoso as Hull Number 248. Ordered in the 1957-58 Naval Programme, the Andrea Doria class were designed to […]