#NavalNews #Shipbuilding 4th Project 23130-class medium oceangoing tanker "ALEXEY SHEIN" was launched on July 14, 2026 at the Nevsky Shipyard (USC). Source: portnews.ru/news/394175/ FYI @mikeplunkett.bsky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social @spectrecrouton.bsky.social @covertshores.bsky.social

#NavalNews "The Ministry of Transport is responsible for navigation in the Sea of ​​Azov, said Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov when asked whether navigation restrictions apply in this body of water". Peskov plays the good old blaming game😁 Source: www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/...

RIP Sam Neill😢

❗ #NavalNews #Submarines SEVMASH shipyard is preparing to rollout Project 08851 Yasen-M/SEVERODVINSK II-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine ULYANOVSK. FYI @covertshores.bsky.social @spectrecrouton.bsky.social @mikeplunkett.bsky.social @navalnews.com @vesselspotter.eurosky.social

#NavalNews #Submarines Pacific Fleet Project 06363/IMPROVED KILO-class diesel-electric attack submarine Ufa (B-508) arrived at the Qingdao naval base for the Russian-Chinese exercise "Maritime Cooperation" will be held in the Yellow Sea from July 6 to 13. Photo by Li Bingxuan, Xinhua News Agency.

#SubFriday #Submarines #NavalNews French Navy Suffren-class nuclear-powered attack submarine De Grasse (S-638) entering her homeport in Toulon for the first time on July 1, 2026. Photos by Jean-Claude Bellonne & Roseline Bellonne. Source: www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/l...

#SubThursday #Submarines Royal Swedish Navy Gotland-class (A-19S) diesel-electric/AIP attack submarine HMS Gotland (Gtd) surfaced beyond the Arctic Circle off the Lofoten Archipelago, 1996. Photo by Fredrik Granholm.

#Shipbuilding #NavalNews Future Pacific Fleet's Project 22800 Karakurt/URAGAN-class corvette "Shtorm" was launched today at the Amur Shipyard. Photos by United Shipbuilding Corporation. FYI @covertshores.bsky.social @mikeplunkett.bsky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social @spectrecrouton.bsky.social

#Shipbuilding #NavalNews Russian Project 22800 Karakurt/URAGAN-class corvette "Askold" is being recycled. On 4 November 2023, "Askold" was damaged during Ukrainian missile attack on Zaliv shipyard. FYI @covertshores.bsky.social @mikeplunkett.bsky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social

#SubMonday #Submarines Royal Swedish Navy Gotland-class (A-19S) diesel-electric/AIP attack submarine HMS Halland (Hnd) surfacing in the waters of Karlskrona after completing a Mid Life Upgrade in February 2025. Photo by Glenn Pettersson/Saab Kockums, June 25, 2025. Copyright Saab AB.

Auch in ihrem natürlichen Element war sie wunderschön😍 @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social

#NavalNews #Shipbuilding Project 11442M Orlan/KIROV-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov (080) returning to her homeport at Severomorsk after nearly 30 years following a decades-long modernization. Photo by A. Guryev, June 2026. @covertshores.bsky.social @mikeplunkett.bsky.social

Here's a close-up shot of her fin (sail) taken on September 1, 2025 by Annegret Hilse.

#SubThursday #Submarines Future Israeli Navy Dolphin II-class diesel-electric/AIP attack submarine INS Drakon during sea trials in May 2026. Photo by Michael Neidig. Source: x.com/D__Mitch/sta...

#SubSunday #Submarines Italian-made M-23 C-series midget submarine ordered by the Qatari Emiri Navy conducting trials in Italy before delivery, June 2026. Photo via WarshipCam. FYI @covertshores.bsky.social @alxluck.bsky.social @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social @mikeplunkett.bsky.social

#SubSunday #Submarines Northern Fleet's Project 949A Antey/OSCAR II-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Smolensk (K-410) captured by a Norwegian MPA surfacing somewhere in the Barents Sea, July 2023. Photo by Luftforsvaret.

#NavalNews #Shipbuilding Project 671RTMK Shchuka/VICTOR III-class nuclear-powered attack submarine Obninsk (B-138) has been reportedly decommissioned. Waiting for official info. File photo by Sergey Blazhkov. FYI @covertshores.bsky.social @spectrecrouton.bsky.social @mikeplunkett.bsky.social

Karma is a bitch🤣

#NavalNews #Shipbuilding On June 17, 2026, a ceremonial keel-laying ceremony for the Project 08851 Yasen-M/SEVERODVINSK II-class multipurpose nuclear-powered submarine "Murmansk" took place at SEVMASH Shipyard in Severodvinsk. Source: gov-murman.ru/info/news/56...

#NavalNews #Submarines Russian Navy Project 971M (alt. 09717) Shchuka-B/AKULA-class nuclear-powered attack submarine Leopard (K-328) heading out to sea for her sea trials on June 8, 2026. All photos by Oleg Kuleshov.

#SubSaturday Ex. Soviet Navy Pacific Fleet's Project 667B Murena/DELTA I-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine "K-530" on her final route for recycling at Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex in Bolshoy Kamen in Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok, 2000. Photo by Zvezda. FYI @mikeplunkett.bsky.social

#SubSunday Captain, we're cavitating, he can hear us!

Fellow naval nerds, have you seen this? Source: share.google/cLIDG2TjqTnn... @navalnews.com @covertshores.bsky.social @salisbot.bsky.social @mikeplunkett.bsky.social @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social @xaviervav.bsky.social @tayfunozberk.bsky.social @rstirn.bsky.social @warshipcam.bsky.social

#NavalNews #Shipbuilding Project 22800 Karakurt/URAGAN-class corvette "Burya" was commissioned today in Baltiysk into the Baltic Fleet. Source: tass.ru/armiya-i-opk... FYI @mikeplunkett.bsky.social@covertshores.bsky.social @spectrecrouton.bsky.social @vesselspotter.bsky.social

#SubFriday #Submarines Princess Diana visiting the Faslane Naval Base in Scotland on August 22, 1986. Lady Di made a historic visit to the Royal Navy's nuclear-powered submarine HMS Trafalgar (S-107) and she spent 4 hours submerged in the River Clyde. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DVkCirYjLG...

+ the Project 20181-class seagoing ammunition transport "Akademik Makaeev" will be commissioned soon: www.korabel.ru/news/comment...

Also FYI, yesterday a keel of the 16th Project 16609-class harbour tug was laid at the Pella Shipyard. She's probably yard number 634. Source: sudostroenie.info/novosti/4746...

Thanks, here's some photos from the event

Repost with a captioned image that will either enrage an expert or start a fight. "Carbon fibre is a great material for a pressure hull."

I was lucky enough to get some memorabilia from Lars, also a book dedication in "Wir Fuhren 205/206" book. It was a fantastic experience.