Russian Baltic Fleet’s newest corvette, the Soobrazitelnyy, successfully conducted the second course of sea operation by testing its artillery. During the drills, which lasted for two days, the crew practiced firing at air and sea targets, sailing through narrow passageways, low visibility operation
On a visit to the home of the Royal Navy, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, set out the government’s next steps in building the most modern navy in the world. He announced a new national shipbuilding strategy in advance of a decision later this year on orders for the brand new
While on the visit to one of the world’s oldest dry docks in Portsmouth, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced almost £100 million of infrastructure development in new dock facilities at Portsmouth Naval Base. The development is intended to further support the arrival of the
As part of Baltic Sea tasks, the Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE provided a short update on the group’s operations. The Belgian minehunter Lobelia (M921), integrated in SNMCMG1, conducted a replenishment-at-sea with the German Navy’s Elbe-class replenishment ship FGS Donau. The vessels
The Spanish Navy engaged in a migrant rescue operation in the Alboran Sea on January 27. The Navy’s Serviola class Patrol boat Vigía (P-73), which is conducting maritime surveillance tasks in the Alboran Sea, managed to save the lives of 22 migrants in cooperation with the Maritime Security and Resc
Yaroslav Mudry (727), the Russian Navy’s Neustrashimy class frigate, departed the port of Tartus, Syria, and is now on its way to a designated area in the Mediterranean Sea. During the port call in Tartus, the Russian Navy’s sailors took the opportunity to replenish the ship’s needed supplies. The v
Spanish Navy’s transport vessels El Camino Español (A-05) and Martín Posadillo (A-04) returned home to Cartagena yesterday morning. The vessels were on an assignment of moving anti-aircraft missiles, including armaments, missile launch vehicle and weapon system, to Turkey. On their way back to Carta
At the Russian Navy’s Baltic Sea Fleet base (Baltiysk and Kronshtadt) crews of warships, boats and support vessels, started a naval exercise which will prepare the vessels for deployment. The exercise included all the vessels from the Baltic Fleet, the Nastoychivy, Steregushy, Soobrazitelny, Stoiky
The Northern Diving Group (NDG), based at HMNB Clyde at Faslane, the experts when it comes to a diverse range of Diving tasks and Explosive Ordnance Disposal, are trained for a highly unlikely event of a sinking incident involving a submarine. NDG play a huge part in the successful deployment of the
The Russian Navy plans to expand its fleet with two new project 20380 Steregushchy Class Corvettes. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, the vessels will be laid down at the JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg, at the end of February. The corvettes, which will be named Retivyy and
The Spanish Navy’s vessels SPS Canarias (F86) and SPS Patiño A14 deployed for NATO’s Operation Active Endeavour on January 26. The vessels deployed from Rota Naval Base, and are expected to take part in the operation during February. They will be integrated in Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2).
Two Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) vessels recently met with the German oil tanker FGS Spessart (A 1442) for a replenishment-at-sea operation. While on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea, the group’s vessels USS Vicksburg (CG 69) and Turkish ship TCG Turgutreis (F 241) were both approached by t
