It’s not every day that a Royal Navy warship celebrates her 20th birthday and HMS Somerset has done so in style. Currently in the final month of her deployment, Somerset, and her seaboats, have drawn the number 20 across the blue seas of the Mediterranean. The 200 men and women have adopted the ta
Today’s frigates operate in the most challenging of circumstances. Whether they are fending off enemy submarines, thwarting pirates or carrying out disaster relief and humanitarian missions, these ships need to be effective, efficient, safe and sustainable. The U.K. Ministry of Defence has engaged
HMS Montrose demonstrated NATO Allies’ resolve in the Baltic Sea last week as it tracked a Russian warship off the Danish coast. Montrose, deployed on the multinational Baltops exercise, was dispatched to investigate after picking up the radar signature of an unidentified surface ship. Despite hig
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to produce and deliver four 57 Mk3 Naval Guns to the Mexican Navy. “This contract award further strengthens our strong position in the naval guns market,” said Lena Gillström, managing director of Weapon Systems, Sweden, at BAE Systems. “This competitive win
BAE Systems have been awarded an initial study contract, valued at £5 million by the UK Ministry of Defence to evaluate the integration of the MBDA Brimstone 2 air-to-ground precision weapon with the Typhoon aircraft. Work underway Work is currently underway at the Warton site in Lancashire to ass
Portsmouth-based warship HMS Iron Duke bade a loud farewell to her affiliated island of Jersey as she officially began her six-month operational deployment of the South Atlantic. The Type 23 frigate fired a 15-gun salute to the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey His Excellency General Sir John Chalmers
The centenary year of the outbreak of the First World War was emphatically marked when 1200 packed Winchester Cathedral for the Hampshire County Service in the presence of the Second Sea Lord and the Army’s Commander Land Forces along with the principal guest, Dame Mary Fagan, the county’s Lord-Lieu
Imtech Marine has been selected by BAE Systems to provide electrical distribution and HVAC systems for the prestigious UK MOD Type 26 Global Combat Ship Programme. The HVAC system comprises the CBRN system, for protection against chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear threats, and the air h
On June 18th a milestone for the LHD ‘Juan Carlos I’ took place off the coast of Cádiz; namely the landing, for the first time, of a US Marine Corps MV-22 ‘Osprey’ coming from Morón Air Base. A series of scheduled operations were conducted on board the LHD to test the interoperability of the [&hel
Royal UK Navy mine hunter HMS Ledbury will sail into Hull tomorrow (Tuesday 24 June) for a short visit in support of Seafarers Awareness Week. The 57-metre Hunt-Class ship will go alongside at Albert Dock late afternoon on Tuesday and remain in port until Friday morning (June 27). It is a thorough
Italy has taken command of the four NATO ships assigned to Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group TWO (SNMCMG2), as well as the prospective flagship ITS AVIERE, from Germany during a scheduled port visit in Catania on Thursday, 19 June 2014. SNMCMG2 visited the port as part of the Group’s deplo
Plymouth based 1 Assault Group Royal Marines (1AGRM) took part in the historic and colourful Ceremony of the Constable’s Dues at the Tower of London on Friday 20 June. The event can be traced back to the 14th century and is related to the Crown’s authority over the City of London. This tradition i
