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Card 103 of 10002026-08-24 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-08-24

Blue Water Index, an atlas of naval fleets

bluewaterindex.org Observed source
Editorial interest 82/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An open-source reference atlas linking naval hulls, ship classes, bases, future programmes, systems, and notable deployments.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-24 issue.

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The atlas uses separate evidence axes for where a ship is based, which hull it may be, and what operational status is publicly documented. It also preserves aggregate, unnamed hull slots when public sources cannot identify a pennant, rather than filling gaps with invented precision. Coverage is deliberately non-comparable: the British scope includes patrol, mine-countermeasure, survey, specialist, and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, while other national scopes exclude some of those categories.

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PrettyNotable craft visible
ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use

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