Leach was 100% right then and was rapidly vindicated by subsequent events. Most of his arguments are just as valid today.

Lewis Page writing in 2006:
'Destroyers are the most technically difficult, most expensive possible way one can imagine of defending against air attack. The lesson of the Falklands was not that we need better destroyers; it was that destroyers don't work...'

Mr Page writing in…

.RFA Cardigan Bay has sailed from Cyprus to support the international effort to build a temporary pier to allow delivery of humanitarian aid to #Gaza directly from the sea.

Embarked UK and US specialists will facilitate the construction and operation of the pier and use the ship…

ex-RFA Diligence has arrived at Leyal shipyard in Aliaga, 🇹🇷Turkey (the favoured place to dispose of RN and RFAs in the last 20 years).

MoD says 'Her sale for recycling avoids unnecessary environmental and financial costs while generating income for the UK. '

NATO warships COM SNMG1 joined by HMS Portland and RFA Tidesurge are assembling in Stavanger, 🇳🇴Norway ahead of ASW exercise #DynamicMongoose which runs 29 April - 10 May .

Idea: Royal Navy recruitment ad with actual footage from the Red Sea.

This imagery is the best for 30+ years. We should be making the most of it, unapologetically. All the other good stuff the RN does is secondary to this; fighting and winning at sea.

👍🏻🇬🇧⚓️💪🏻

Former Royal Navy commander Tom Sharpe says the UK “has been playing permanent goalkeeper” in the Red Sea after a warship shot down a Houthi missile.

“It shows you can win the battle, while still losing the war.”

Jake Berry MP

🇳🇱HNLMS Karel Doorman transiting the Strait of #Gibraltar this morning on her way to the Red Sea.

She will provide providing fuel and and medical support to coalition warships in the region until end of August.

via John Sanchez

.Rear Admiral Simon Asquith hands over as Director Submarines to RAdm Andy Perks.

Did he apply via LinkedIn? 😉

Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) have delivered sections of the future HMS Belfast via barge to BAE Systems Maritime in Govan for assembly. (Type 26 frigate, ship 3)

By UK Defence Journal

ukdefencejournal.org.uk/ferguson-marin…

Personal Development (PDev) is a key tenant of our training regime that ensures our sailors are ready to perform their roles effectively and with confidence. Our Cdr WE recently completed the Underwater Escape Training (UET) under the watchful eyes of the skilled instructors.

MTXG’s Yankee Squadron takes another step closer to becoming operational. They have recently conducted Sea Trials on the SeaCat UUV. MASTT are concurrently conducting trials on the new MMCM class of Uncrewed Surface Vessels with the Towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar.

.@HMSDiamond ships' company in action shooting down a Houthi ballistic missile yesterday morning.

The CO, Cdr Evans and SLt James look at the smoke trail in the sky.

navylookout.com/hms-diamond-ma…

Today Greek 🇬🇷Frigate HS Hydra, while providing protection to a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, engaged 2 Houthi attack drones, shooting down one, while the other changed course.

Via EUNAVFOR ASPIDES

BREAKING:

HMS Diamond makes first Sea Viper anti-ballistic missile kill in action in the Red Sea

navylookout.com/hms-diamond-ma…