The Royal Navy Sandown class mine countermeasure vessel, HMS Shoreham, one of the most advanced of its type in the world, will pay a five-da… (shoreham-port) [mappress] Source: shoreham-port, March 18, 2011;
ROYAL Navy warship HMS Bulwark has sailed into Docklands for a five-day visit to the capital… (docklands24) [mappress] Source: docklands24,March 16, 2011
The Dutch navy says it has discovered the sunken wreck of a German World War I submarine off the island of Terschelling and will designate… (star-telegram) [mappress] Source: star-telegram,March 16, 2011;
In an emotional farewell, HMS Campbeltown slipped her moorings and sailed past the heart of the town for the final time. The population had turned out in high numbers to watch and support the ship on her final sail-past. During the ship’s visit the town staged a church service in honour of the friga
DCNS has completed the hull of the first Gowind offshore patrol vessel on schedule. The forward and aft halves were mated late last week at… (defense-aerospace) [mappress] Source: defense-aerospace, March 15, 2011;
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a contract from BAE Systems to upgrade the machinery control, alarm and surveillance (MCAS) systems on eight U.K. Royal Navy mine countermeasure vessels. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit will supply new-generation systems to
The Transatlantic Seafloor Research Challenge is not a real competition, but that hasn’t stopped British designer Philip Pauley from envisio… (gizmag) [mappress] Source: gizmag ,March 15, 2011;
Turkey’s Ares Shipyard intends to launch naval ship-building in Azerbaijan, Kerim Kalafatoglu, CEO, Ares Shipyard told APA… (enp.apa) [mappress] Source: enp.apa,March 14, 2011;
The recovery unit will provide accommodation and support current services at Devonport such as physical, medical and psychological rehabilitation for personnel from all three Services with links to the South West – all within a familiar military environment. The accommodation at the new centre, whic
Sweden’s 17th-century royal warship Vasa, which sank in 1628 and was brought to the surface three centuries later, on Thursday began undergoing a major refurbishment, museum officials said. The ship — which is housed in a special museum built over an old dry dock that is one of Stockholm’s most popu
The reactors that power Britain’s naval submarines are “potentially vulnerable” to fatal nuclear accidents because they fail to meet modern… (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian,March 10, 2011;
After an exhaustive assessment, BAE Systems (Submarine Solutions) has chosen iXSea MARINS inertial navigation systems for HMS Audacious, the fourth boat in the UK Royal Navy’s Astute-class, nuclear-powered attack submarine construction programme. HMS Audacious will be equipped with two MARINS units.
