58 years ago today, on 13 January 1968, Amphion-class submarine HMS Alliance (P417) ran aground on Bembridge Ledge off the Isle of Wight. Three days later she was refloated with the help of Admiralty tugs.
Royal Navy Submarine Museum at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK
31 years ago today, on 12 January 1995, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, HI
70 years ago today, on 12 January 1956, Swedish Halland-class destroyer HSwMS Småland was commissioned.
Museum ship at Maritiman, Gothenburg, Sweden.
On 11 January 1995, Knox-class frigate USS Ainsworth (FF-1090) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. She had been transferred in 1994 to Turkey as TCG Ege, and is now a museum ship in Izmir.
On 11 January 1954, Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia was commissioned with Captain J.S. Dalglish in command.
The Royal Yacht Britannia, Edinburg, UK
