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UK: HMS Iron Duke Hands Over Gulf Duties to St Albans

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UK: HMS Brocklesby Returns Home from Libya

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South Korea Chases Away Pirate Boats

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HMS Bangor Reaches Libya

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UK: Portsmouth Frigate Saves 13 Sailors from Sinking Tanker

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High Speed Vessel Swift Brings Africa Partnership Station to Ghana

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Libya: Gaddafi’s Army Shots Down AH-64 Apache Helicopter

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UK: HMS Liverpool Fires Gun to Stop Gaddafi Forces

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Woman Officer Dies on UK Navy Warship

  The Royal Navy is investigating the death of a woman officer while at sea on one of its ships...

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UK: Apache Destroys Libyan Boats

  Two boats used by Colonel Gaddafi’s special forces were blown out of the water and an anti-ai...

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Russia: Severomorsk Boards in Djibouti Port

    Northern Fleet (NF) large ASW ship Severomorsk called at Djibouti port on June 11. The...

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FGS Niedersachsen Destroys Pirate Skiffs

  On the morning of 10 June, the EU NAVFOR German warship FGS Niedersachsen detected a suspecte...

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South Africa Orders Umkhonto Mk.2 Air Defense Missiles

  In mid-April, South Africa’s DefenceWeb reported an R 49.2 million ($7.3 million) in contract...

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  • Equipment & technology
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Nigerian Navy Gains Combat Boats to Protect Nation’s Territorial Waters

  The Nigerian Navy has acquired three combat (mantra) boats to protect the nation’s territoria...

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Somali Pirates Seize Control of MV GEMINI Tanker East of Kenya Coast

The European Union anti piracy mission has confirmed that Somali pirates hijacked Singaporean flagge...

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Mauritius Looks at India in Combating Piracy in High Seas

  Lauding India’s role in combating piracy on high seas, Mauritian Premier Navinchandra R...

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Kenya: Warship FS Guepratte Conducts Cross Training With UN Office for Drugs and Crimes

During her port visit to Mombasa on the 11th April, EU NAVFOR warship FS GUEPRATTE welcomed a Kenyan...

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Pirates Seize Italian-Flagged Vessel off Horn of Africa

Pirates seized an Italian-flagged vessel off the Horn of Africa on Thursday morning, the European Un...

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Chinese Warships FFG Zhoushan and FFG Xuzhou Dock in Durban

  TWO Chinese vessels, the FFG (guided missile frigate) Zhoushan and the FFG Xuzhou of China’s ...

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Dutch Navy Frees Iranian Fishing Vessel

  Two Somali pirates were killed in an operation by the Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp on Saturday m...

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Japanese Naval Ships Arrive in Gulf of Aden

  Two ships of Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) arrived here today for a brief fuel...

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Chinese Warship Maanshan Successfully Escorts Shipments in Somalia

  Chinese warship FFG-525 Maanshan (CTF-526) successfully escorted the UN World Food Program (W...

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Chinese Navy Visits Elementary School in Dar es Salaam

  Li Jianjun, commissar of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy Seventh Escort Tas...

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Kuwaiti Navy Arrives in Bahrain Today

  A number of Kuwaiti navy ships docked off the Bahraini coasts today, as part of the Joint Pen...

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Israeli Navy Intercepts Egypt-bound Ship

  The Israeli navy today intercepted an Egypt-bound ship, suspected of carrying weapons for Ham...

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Eleven Indians Released by Somali Pirates

Eleven Indians were released by Somali pirates on Wednesday 11 months after they were captured aboar...

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Posted: over 13 years ago