First 'Narco Submarine' Incident of 2021 
The Mexican Navy has made the first reported Narco submarine interdiction of the year.
Last year saw over 20 of the so-called "narco submarines". This incident shows that they aren't going away...
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Mystery Surface-Effect-Ship (SES) In Iran Identified
A surface-effect-ship (SES) seen in overhead imagery of Shahid Darvish yard near Bandar Abbas (reported first in Naval News) has been provisionally identified. Its size, form, timing and location match a new minesweeper (or possibly a minehunter) project for the Iranian Navy. ...
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Israeli Submarine In Rare Deployment South Of Suez
An Israeli Navy Dolphin-II Class submarine has pulled in to Eilat, Israel's only Red Sea port. This is significant as it allows the Israeli Navy to deploy the submarine to the Red Sea, Indian Ocean or even Persian Gulf without first having to go through the Suez Canal...
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IRGC Seen Practicing Swarm Tactics Day Before South Korean Tanker Seizure
Iran's IRGC Navy (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) has seized a South Korean chemical tanker, the HANKUK CHEMI (IMO: 9232369). The day before, on Jan 3 2020, boats which appear to be IRGC-N were seen exercising swarm tactics...
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Limpet Mine Attack on Tanker, Pola, Dec 31, 2020
On December 31, 2020, a limpet mine was found on the Liberian flagged tanker MT Pola (IMO: 9493767). The ship was at anchor in Iraq and was transhipping oil to another tanker, MT Nordic Freedom...
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Iran's latest Mowj Class warship: IRIS Dena
Although it has barely been reported in English language sources, the Iranian Navy has taken delivery of another Mowj class frigate...
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Impressive Submarine Patent of 1913
When Edward Lasius Peacock patented a "Submarine Or Submersible Torpedo Boat" he was outlining one of the most impressive submarine designs of the period...
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200th 'Narco Submarine' 
On December 9 the Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) interdicted a low-profile vessel (LPV) in the Eastern Pacific.
It is the 200th incident in my Covert Shores Narco Submarines database...
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Iranian Navy's largest Ship, I.R.I.N.S Makran, Observed On Sea Trials
The Iranian Navy is joining the IRGC in converting large merchant ships to function as Forward Base Ships.
From at least December 9-14 the I.R.I.N.S. Makran (441) was on sea trials in the general vicinity of the Straits of Hormuz..
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Images Show Design For Indian Navy Indigenous Coastal Submarine 
A short video shared on Twitter appears to show a new indigenous submarine design for the Indian Navy...
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