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The Sun
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Princess Kate dazzles in sailor blue as she launches Royal Navy anti-sub frigate HMS Glasgow
KATE is the Princess of Sails as she launches her first naval ship - by smashing a bottle of whiskey against its hull. The Princess of Wales is joined by Wills at the naming ceremony for HMS Glasgow at BAE Systems' shipyard in Scotstoun, Glasgow. 2 The state-of-the-art Type 26 anti-submarine frigate, is designed to provide protection to the UK's nuclear deterrent and aircraft carriers. Kate was named the sponsor of the vessel in 2021. Just a year later, Kate met Royal Navy sailors from HMS Glasgow at Windsor Castle to hear about the ship's progress and their experiences in the Royal Navy. During the ceremony today, she smashed a bottle of whiskey against the ship's hull as part of a tradition dating back to the 1800s. Queen Victoria is believed to have been one of the first people to take part in the custom, when she broke a bottle of champagne on the hull of HMS Royal Arthur. After the ceremony, which officially launches the ship, the royal couple will board the vessel and meet with representatives from UK defence manufacturer BAE Systems. The Prince and Princess will also visit the BAE Systems' shipbuilding academy to meet apprentices and graduates and hear about the shipbuilding and maritime training the students received. The students are taught an incredible range of skills, which were used to build the boat, including craft trades like fabrication, sheet metal work, welding, and pipe fitting. The event will end with the future King and Queen meeting a employees from BAE Systems, who have a wide variety of skills, trades and backgrounds before meeting the ship's company and their families. William and Kate made headlines just days ago when they hosted a lavish garden party in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. The Princess met with the family of a 17-year-old photographer named Liz Hatton, who had sadly passed away after a battle with cancer. Kate had met Liz whilst being treated for cancer herself and shared a warm hug with the photographer. Liz's parents have created a charity called Capture to support those with Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour, in their daughter's honour. Speaking about Liz, the princess said: "She really made the most of everything. I loved her creativity all the way through. "If you need any help fundraising, maybe I can help. Please stay in touch, really." Kate has opened up about how her own battle with cancer left her struggling to navigate "stormy waters and roads unknown". Meanwhile, Will was struggling with his own grief surrounding his mother's death while working to support their children. He revealed it was the "hardest year" of his life. A close friend told The Sun: 'Last spring and early summer, things were really very tough. Catherine was very ill and William genuinely had to confront the possibility that he could lose his wife and his father [who has also been battling cancer]. 'Keeping things as normal as possible for the 'kiddies', as Catherine calls them, was paramount. Her mum in particular was a tower of strength and support.' Inside Kate Middleton's inseparable bond with 'pa' King Charles By Richard Palmer THERE was a time when King Charles complained he rarely saw Prince William and his family, but these days he has a special bond with Kate. Back in early 2015, some friends of the royals were saying that the then Prince Charles was unhappy because his elder son and wife never brought their toddler son Prince George to see him. The couple, it was alleged, were much closer to Michael and Carole Middleton. But there is no doubt that the monarch and Queen Camilla are closer to the Prince and Princess of Wales these days. The family's rift with Harry and Meghan has helped to bring them closer, according to some insiders, and the King and Kate's dual cancer diagnosis and treatment at the same time has deepened their bond. Kate has always been the steely one, holding the family together but has had to find strength during her chemotherapy treatment from the love and support that her husband, children, and other relatives, including notably her father-in-law, have provided. In January 2024 when they both found themselves in the same hospital, the London Clinic, for operations the King went to see his daughter-in law. He was in for an enlarged prostate and she was there for planned abdominal surgery. It was a small gesture, one perhaps not so surprising, but it demonstrated their closeness in a world of royalty where family members worry that visiting sick relatives can be disruptive for the medical staff because everything tends to stop if the monarch comes calling. When they both discovered they had cancer in the aftermath of surgery, Charles and Kate supported each other, according to well-placed sources. As The Sun revealed shortly afterwards, when the right time finally came in March, the King went to see her for a heart-to-heart conversation over an 'emotional' lunch at Windsor Castle the day before she released a video announcing her cancer diagnosis to the world. In public, the affection in which Charles holds his daughter-in-law was plain to see when he installed her beside him on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the traditional flypast after Trooping the Colour in June 2024, her first public appearance since her diagnosis. It is all a world away from the impression that is sometimes given of a cold, austere family hidebound by hierarchy and tradition. In the warm embrace of their family, both the King and the Princess have found a bond that has sustained them through what has been a dark period in their lives.
Times
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
North Korea warship launch accident leaves Kim Jong-un furious
It should have been another moment of self-proclaimed glory for Kim Jong-un: the christening of a powerful new weapon designed to smite his South Korean and American enemies. Instead, the North Korean leader was reduced to fury after the botched launch of a new naval ship, which left it damaged and wallowing on its side, causing the 'collapse' of the country's 'dignity and self-respect'. The accident took place on Wednesday at the shipyard of Chongjin, a city on North Korea's east coast, close to the Russian border. With the relative openness that is characteristic of Kim, the accident has been reported prominently in the state media. The Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea, described in detail on its front page the
New York Times
20-05-2025
- General
- New York Times
Mexican Ship in Fatal Crash Accelerated Before Hitting Brooklyn Bridge
A Mexican naval ship in the East River accelerated suddenly in the wrong direction before slamming its masts into the Brooklyn Bridge in a crash that killed two crew members, federal transportation officials said on Monday. The ship, the Cuauhtémoc, was moving at a speed of about 2.3 knots after shoving off from a Lower Manhattan pier Saturday night with a tugboat's help, Brian Young of the National Transportation Safety Board said at a news conference. The 300-foot long ship, which had 277 people on board, maintained that pace for 'a bit of time' before 'the speed began to increase,' said Mr. Young, the investigator leading the safety board's inquiry into the crash. The Cuauhtémoc's speed had risen to six knots when it hit the bridge less than five minutes after leaving shore, he said. It was unclear what caused the sudden acceleration, Mr. Young said. But it will be among the issues investigators focus on in the course of an examination that is in its earliest stages and that could take up to two years to complete. 'This is a start of a long process,' Michael Graham, an N.T.S.B. board member, said at the news conference, noting that the agency expected to issue a preliminary report of its findings within 30 days. 'We will not be drawing any conclusions. We will not speculate.' Mr. Graham said agency officials were working with their Mexican counterparts to gain access to the ship so that investigators could inspect the engine, interview crew members still on board and recover any data recorders the vessel may have. The damaged vessel is now docked at Pier 36 in Manhattan. 'We are optimistic that we will have that access very soon,' Mr. Graham said. The Cuauhtémoc left Acapulco on April 6 on a good-will tour with stops that included New York; Jamaica; Cuba; Barbados; Scotland; Spain; and London, according to the Mexican Navy. After leaving Manhattan, its next scheduled stop was to be Reykjavík, Iceland. Mr. Young offered the following timeline of the events surrounding the crash: At 8:20 p.m. Saturday, the Cuauhtémoc, with the tugboat's assistance, backed away from Pier 17, where it had been docked since arriving in New York on May 13. The plan was to sail south down the East River and out of New York Harbor, with a stop along the Brooklyn waterfront to refuel before heading out to sea. A preliminary weather report indicated dusk conditions, westerly winds of about 10 knots and a current of about 0.3 knots in the direction of the bridge. But rather than sailing south after leaving the pier, Mr. Young said, 'the vessel's astern motion and speed increased' as it headed backward toward the bridge. At around 8:24 p.m., a radio call went out seeking assistance from other tugboats in the area. Two other requests for help soon followed, and at 8:24 and 45 seconds, the Cuauhtémoc's masts struck the underside of the bridge. At 8:27, the ship came to a stop. Three minutes later, emergency workers reached the scene. Among those whom investigators plan to talk to are the harbor pilot, whose role was to help the Cuauhtémoc navigate New York Harbor's tricky tides and currents and commercial ship traffic, and representatives of the tugboat company. 'We haven't had a chance to do any interviews at this point,' Mr. Graham said. A video obtained by The New York Times shows the tugboat, operated by McAllister Towing, alongside the Cuauhtémoc as the ship backs into the river. The tug appears to stay near the ship and to help it into position with the bow aimed south, its intended direction. Before long, though, the ship begins moving in the wrong direction, The tug races along next to it, perhaps trying to cut it off before its roughly 160-foot masts hit the bridge, which has a navigational clearance of 127 feet. McAllister Towing said in a statement on Sunday that it was 'fully cooperating with the relevant authorities.' Salvatore R. Mercogliano, an adjunct professor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, told The Times that his review of video of the Cuauhtémoc's movements before the crash appeared to show the ship giving off a wake. That could suggest the propellers might have been running in reverse and pushing the ship toward the bridge faster. Mexican officials identified the two crew members who died as América Yamileth Sánchez Hernández, a 20-year-old cadet, and Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos, a 23-year-old sailor. At least 22 other people aboard the ship were injured, officials said. Mr. Graham said at the news conference that 179 crew members had returned to Mexico and that 94 remained with the ship. Two crew members were still hospitalized in New York, officials said. Safety board inspectors, working with the city's Department of Transportation, had determined that the crash had not caused 'significant structural damage' to the bridge, Mr. Graham said.
Washington Post
19-05-2025
- Washington Post
Mexican ship sought help moments before it struck Brooklyn Bridge
A Mexican naval ship called for assistance from tugboats in New York just moments before it crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, signaling the crew may have known the ship was veering off course after leaving a Manhattan dock, federal investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday. Two people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured when the ARM Cuauhtémoc struck the bridge shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday night. According to a preliminary timeline released by investigators, the collision happened about five minutes after the ship began backing away from Pier 17 near Wall Street.
The Independent
19-05-2025
- Climate
- The Independent
Four ‘worst-case scenarios' led Mexican ship to hit Brooklyn Bridge, expert reveals
A marine expert has revealed the four 'worst-case scenarios' which caused a Mexican naval ship to crash into Brooklyn Bridge, killing two people and injuring and 19. Sal Mercogliano, a former merchant mariner, said the ship's height, a powerful current, strong winds and the lack of a more controlled tugboat escort all resulted in the crash on Saturday (17 May). 'The prudent thing would've been to leave two hours earlier, when the tide was going out," Mercogliano told AP. 'But I don't think they ever envisioned that their engine would've propelled them into the bridge.' However, Mercogliano claimed the tragedy 'could have been a lot worse' had the ship's steel rigging not been in place, which stopped the masts from falling into the water.
