The Finnish Navy conducted its first torpedo firing in the Archipelago Sea with a TP45 torpedo borrowed from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on 19 August.
The Royal Navy informed that together with its NATO allies it has escorted nine Russian Navy warships during ‘heightened levels of activity’ in the waters close to the UK. Offshore Patrol Vessels HMS Mersey and HMS Tyne joined Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster in an operation that saw allied ships mon
Norway’s marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with compatriot naval architecture and marine engineering company Vard to deliver its sonars for the Norwegian Coastguard’s new vessels.
Last week, Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Croatian Navy’s new boats, marking the continuation of the construction of the new inshore patrol vessels for the navy.
The US Navy’s expeditionary sea base, USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), arrived in port Naples, Italy, for a routine logistics stop on August 13, 2020.
The large closed-cabin boat is the first in a series of special craft equipped with medical equipment to support the Hellenic National Centre for Emergency Care (EKAB) and the Hellenic Coastguard.
Royal Navy survey ship HMS Enterprise will sail to Lebanon to assess the damage of Beirut’s port following Tuesday’s explosion and help return it to normal operations. The deployment of Enterprise will complement an immediate package of military and civilian support and £5m worth of aid, made availa
HMS Trent, the third of the Royal Navy’s second-batch River-class offshore patrol vessels, has received her Commissioning Order in a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base before departing on her first operational deployment on Monday, August 3. She has sailed for the Mediterranean to add her weight to N
Suffren, the French Navy’s new nuclear-powered attack submarine, arrived in Toulon Naval Base in the Mediterranean, her future homeport, on July 28.
Sea Breeze, a US and Ukraine co-hosted maritime exercise, successfully concluded in the Black Sea last week.
BAE Systems has awarded a further five contracts to suppliers worth more than £100m, as progress on the Royal Navy Type 26 frigate programme continues apace at the company’s shipyards in Glasgow.
The UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) has signed a £9.9 million contract with Merseyside-based Marine Specialised Technology (MST) for two new patrol boats to replace the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron fast patrol craft. The six-year contract will see the construction of the two boats beginning in July 20
