GOVERNMENT plans to fully equip two new multi-billion pound aircraft carriers have been hailed as “excellent news” for the shipbuilding indu… By Martin Williams (heraldscotland) [mappress] Source: heraldscotland, July 21, 2011;
A specialist Naval Service Dive Team has been deployed by the Defence Forces to assist in the search for a missing teenager in the area of Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal The Naval Dive Team have completed their first dive, will conduct a second before last light this evening and, if required, will contin
An Estonian lieutenant, a Polish midshipman and four Finnish midshipmen embarked guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) during the ship’s deployment to the Baltic Sea, July 18. The multinational group will use this opportunity to learn how the U.S. Navy conducts underway operations. “Anytime we ca
Back and ready to take her place among the ships of the front-line Fleet is the oldest and – thanks to a £20m year-long revamp – most potent frigate. It took 13 months to turn an inanimate, largely lifeless, hull in the middle of a refit into a cutting-edge warship ready for anything that global [&h
High-level talks have been underway to ensure a naval base in Scotland can grow into the home of the UK Submarine Service… (bfbs) [mappress] Source: bfbs, July 19, 2011;
Survey ship HMS Echo stepped up to the mark when she was charged with leading the nation’s flagship in for a beach assault at the climax of the Royal Navy’s week-long exercises with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Devonport-based hydrographic vessel HMS Echo is six months into a two-year deployment
The ceremony held in presence of the Brazil President, Dilma Rousseff, the Brazilian Ministry of Defence, Nelson Jobim, the French Ministry of Defence, Gerard Longuet and the Chairman and CEO of DCNS President Patrick Boissier and for Odebrecht, the CEO, Marcelo Odebrecht. The start of construction
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) kicked off fleet engagements with Sailors stationed across Europe July 12, starting in the United Kingdom at Northwood, Royal Air Force (RAF) Base Digby and Menwith Hill. Soon after landing in the United Kingdom, MCPON(SS/SW) Rick D. West served as gues
Germany and Israel have sealed the deal which provides Israel with its sixth Dolphin-class nuclear-capable submarine. Germany will subsidize… By Gil Ronen (israelnationalnews) [mappress] Source: israelnationalnews, July 18, 2011;
Riva Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard celebrated the launch of the frigate “Carlo Bergamini“, the first of a series of Fremm vessels – Multi Mission European Frigates, ordered from Fincantieri by the Italian Navy within the framework of an Italo-French program of cooperation. Godmother to the ship was Mrs M
This is the last time you will see men and women with the letters ‘HMS Cornwall’ on their caps marching together, as one, in public. The final act in the life of their proud ship was played out to a soundtrack of cheers and applause as the people of the frigate’s namesake county lined the […]
BPC Dixmude – the third Mistral/BPC-type force projection & command vessel for the French Navy – arrived in Toulon after sailing from Saint-Nazaire on 6 July. Over the coming six months, DCNS will settle the ship’s combat system. The ship will be delivered to the French defence procurement agency DG
