WW2: Failed Kamikaze attack

(Pacific) HMS Sussex was a Royal Navy County Class cruiser which served with distinction during WW2.  launched in 1926 she was modernised during the mid 1930s where she was retrofitted with a  6-foot-deep (1.8 m) armoured belt, 4.5-inch (110 mm) thick, amidships, extending down from the armoured deck to 1 foot below the waterline.

On July the 26^th 1945 Sussex found herself supporting operations on what is now known as Indonesia when she was attacked by 2 Japanese Kamikazi planes  One, a Mitsubishi Ki-51 struck the ship, but failed to penetrate the ships 4.5inch armour belt.

Mitsubishi Ki-51

It did however leave a mark which allowed the ships crew to know exactly which aircraft had failed to sink it:

Arabian Gulf: Iran tries to hijack and capture a British Tanker, Royal Navy says go away or we fire.

(Arabian Gulf) The bullying tactics of the Iranians was again on show yesterday, when 3 of their small boats tried to waylay a British Oil tanker, by getting it to divert into Iranian waters so they could kidnap the crew. Problem for the Iranians a British Royal Navy Type 23 Destroyer (HMSMontrose) was sailing behind said tanker and the captain after aiming his guns at the Iranian vessels, told them very politely to go away. They did. 

Obviously the  Iranians were testing the water to see if the British were willing to use force and it appears they were. No doubt sending the message to the Iranians that the UK is willing to stand beside the US and Gulf states regards the belligerent nature of the Iranians.  Now if only they could get the Europeans to follow suit.

Three Iranian boats attempted to stop a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The boats withdrew after a warning from a British warship, HMS Montrose. @ashishskynews has the latest on this breaking story.

More here on rising tensions: https://t.co/1tL4aYTOZC pic.twitter.com/jh2IG0Vvax

— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 11, 2019

UK: The Royal Navy tests emergency slides on its new aircraft carrier.

(Portsmouth)  You've all seen how people disembark an aircraft via the use of a slide, but have you wondered how they do the same on an aircraft carrier at sea. Well  wonder no more as the Royal Navy just tested out its Marine Evacuation System (MES) which is basically a slide for...ships on HMS Queen Elizabeth its newest aircraft carrier.

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A great picture of our starboard side Marine Evacuation System (MES) trial, taken by @SouthseaLiving . pic.twitter.com/z5dKCA9U0C

— HMS Queen Elizabeth (@HMSQnlz) 2 March 2018

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One of the reasons that we’re currently ‘port side to’ is to allow our starboard side Marine Evacuation System (MES) to be deployed and tested. These chutes allow safe, rapid access to life rafts at the bottom. #longwaydown pic.twitter.com/cRbOKjAHrd

— HMS Queen Elizabeth (@HMSQnlz) 2 March 2018

The  MES is an Australian product designed for high sided ships (of which there is a lot of) and the landing pad is actually a fully equipped life-raft which can hold up to 100 people: