Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose is getting ready for Exercise Joint Warrior following six-weeks of intensive operational sea training. After the completion of Basic Operation Sea Training (BOST), the ship’s company went on leave Thursday evening, but were back at it first thing Monday mornin
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The UK has officially gifted the historic Franklin Wrecks to the Canadian government and Inuit community. HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, whose locations had been a mystery for over 150 years, are said to be two of the most archaeologically important shipwrecks in the world. Ownership of the two shipwrec
Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Bartolomeu Dias (F333) departed Portugal on April 26, heading for Den Helder in the Netherlands where it will undergo a modernization program. The midlife upgrade of the former Karel Doorman-class frigate is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2019, the navy said. Bui
Ireland has launched a new website providing free public access to information on thousands of historic wrecks including warships in Irish waters. The launch of the Wreck Viewer was announced by the country’s Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan T.D., on April 25. As inf
The UK government should reverse its decision to put a £1 billion order for three new military support ships out to non-UK bidders, the country’s union for shipbuilding workers GMB said. As explained, the New Fleet Solid Support ships are needed to service the UK’s £6.3 billion Queen Elizabeth-class
Italian and Turkish navies are sending their ships to join Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2). On April 23, the Italian Navy’s minesweeper Alghero departed La Spezia and is en route to the base port Mahón. In addition, the Turkish Navy’s mine countermeasures vessel TCG Anamur is
The first of a fleet of over 30 new workboats that are to join the Royal Navy has started rough weather sea trials in the Irish Sea less than a month after being launched. In addition to being the first, the future HMS Magpie is also the largest of the batch. It is set to […]
A Spanish offshore patrol vessel replaced an auxiliary oiler as the Spanish Navy contribution to the counter-piracy effort off the Horn of Africa – operation Atalanta. On April 21, oiler ESPS Patino left the Somali basin after five months of operations as part of the EUNAVFOR-led operation. Filling
The Italian Navy has taken delivery of its newest frigate, Federico Martinengo. The delivery ceremony took place at Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard, La Spezia, on April 24. The newbuild is the seventh of a series of ten vessels of the FREMM program – Multi Mission European Frigates – commissioned to
Dutch shipbuilder Damen recently hosted a keel-laying ceremony for the first of two Pakistan Navy offshore patrol vessels at its shipyard in Galati, Romania. The ceremony was attended by Pakistan Navy Rear Admiral Farrokh Ahmad, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (Projects), other navy officials and Da
The UK defense ministry officially launched the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) on April 23. SDA will lead on the procurement, in-service support and decommissioning of all UK nuclear submarines. The announcement comes after an extra £800 million was secured by the defense ministry for the Royal Nav
