BRNS FELINTO PERRY K11 – IMO 7724239

Picture by Rogério Cordeiro via http://www.shipspotting.com

Kommuna (updated again)

Kommuna

IMO : n/a

Build : 1915 by Putilov Shipyard,St.Petersburg in Russia, nr ?? as Volkhov

Refitted : 1950 by Shipyard De Schelde, Vlissingen in the Netherlands

A real golden oldie this one, build in 1915, refitted in 1950 and still going

Kalang

Picture from http://www.phototimetunnel.com via Facebook

Please click on the picture and follow the link to the Facebook post to read the full story.

Thanks to Leon G for the tip.

USS Zumwalt – DDG1000 – UPDATED

Image courtesy US Navy/General Dynamics Bath Iron Works/Michael C. Nutter via http://www.gcaptain.com

 

Update June 2016

This thing is now floating…and sailing…and coming towards you to make your day better when it has left your field of vision again.

Picture via the Interwebs

 

Picture via the Interwebs

 

Picture via the Interwebs

And thanks to a tip from New River Valley Outdoorsman I now also know that the name of the first captain on it is “James A. Kirk”, which really amuses the nerd in me.

Picture via the Interwebs.

HswMS ORION A201

Picture by JohnFisher via http://www.shipspotting.com

Picture by John Fisher via http://www.shipspotting.com

M80 – Stiletto

Picture via http://www.gizmodo.co.uk

HSV Sea Slice – IMO 9113252

Picture by W. Michael Young via http://www.shipspotting.com

Pacific Tracker

Pacific Tracker

IMO : 6507921

Build : 1965 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp – Pascagoula, Mississippi in the USA, no 487 as Mormacdraco

I can actually hear you thinking now: has SeaBart lost his mind in the few months before while he wasn’t posting, that ship does not look ugly at all, she is a classic. And my

Sea Fighter

Sea Fighter

Pennant nr : FSF-1

Build : 2003 by Nichols Bros. Boat Builders – Freeland, Washington in the U.S. of A., nr ??

Another experimental Swath design Fast littoral combat ship from the United States Navy. I have no clue how you think about them but

Extreme (ugly) concepts (part 1)

Picture via http://www.dockwise.com

Dunno source, via the interwebs

Extreme (Ugly) Concepts

Build : Hopefully not / Not yet

Concepts : a thing that designers design, in cooperation with marketeers to sell their designs. Usually the concept is fitted with some extraordinaire features, shapes & other

HMS Dauntless (D33)

HMS Dauntless

IMO: 4907751

Build: 2007 by BAE Systems – Govan in UK, nr 1062

Just as the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships have proven by being featured here, modern naval vessels are not the prettiest things around.

Soviet Space Ships

From Skyfotos via http://www.shipsnostalgia.com

Via http://www.ski-omer.ru

Soviet Space Ships

Space support vessels, with their huge antenna arrays in order to communicate with spacecraft

Silly Warship Names

From Ric Hedman via http://www.navsource.org

Silly Warship Names

Watching the movie “High Fidelity” once inspired me to create several lists of so-called “top 5’s.”

HMS Northway

Via en.wikipedia.org

HMS Northway

IMO: ???

Build: 1943 by Newport News Shipbuilding – Newport News, Virginia in the USA, nr 403 as HMS Cutlass

While neither of the above pictures above are actually this vessel, they are her identical sisters,

USS Independence (LCS-2) (Updated)

Dunno source, via the Interweb

USS Independence

Pennant nr : LCS-2

Build : 2008 by Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama in the USA, nr ??

Above picture has been accumulating dust in my archives for quit a while now, I was