HMS Illustrious, the Royal Navy’s helicopter and commando carrier, and the Type 23 Frigate HMS Kent sailed yesterday from Portsmouth to take part in Europe’s largest naval exercise off the coast of Scotland. They will join 10 other Royal Navy ships as well as vessels, submarines, aircraft and grou
On the 29th January 2014, HMS Brocklesby sailed from Portsmouth for a stormy trip across the Bay of Biscay to join the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measure Group in the Mediterranean. The crew of Brocklesby, Crew 1 of the 2nd MCM Squadron, ‘The Fighting Aces’, left the UK in to some of the worse [&h
On Tuesday 18 March, three EU Naval Force warships, FS Siroco, FGS Hessen and ESPS Relampago gathered in the Gulf of Aden for a joint replenishment at sea (RAS) with the American logistics ship, USNS Pecos from Task Force 53. Ships from Task Force 53 provide regular replenishment support to the Euro
The Ukrainian Navy ships in Sevastopol, Crimea continue being targeted by Russian troops and the so called “self-defense units”. The new victim was Ukrainian minesweeper Cherkassy yesterday morning, which managed to fend off an attack from armed people in speed boats who tried to board and seize t
Reflected in the clear, calm waters of Loch Long as the sun goes down on a flawless early spring day as HMS Dauntless visits the Glenmallan ammunition jetty. HMS Dauntless returned to the city of her birth during a week in and around the Clyde. The destroyer spent several days in Loch Long at [&he
Up to eighty Ukrainian black berets are held captive at Feodosia Naval Port, in Crimea, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence announced earlier today. At about 4.20 a.m., Russian troops launched an attack on the naval base where the 1st Detached Feodosia Battalion of Marines is stationed. According to
In a phone conversation with Ukrainian Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh on Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel repeated his praise for the restraint demonstrated by Ukrainian forces in Crimea and commended Tenyukh’s leadership, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said. “For his
The Portsmouth-based destroyer has spent the past week or so around the Firth of Clyde – first on the loch, then in the city of her birth for a visit to Glasgow. The Glenmallan jetty – next to the Garelochhead-Arrochar road – has been used by Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships for [&hellip
The Royal Navy’s ocean survey vessel, HMS Enterprise, sailed into Cardiff over the weekend for an eight-day visit. Docking at Britannia Quay on Friday, the ship will host a number of visiting groups during her time in port. Organised tour groups visiting the ship on Tuesday include Sea Cadets from
Ships from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet surrounded on Saturday the Zaporizhzhia, the only Ukrainian Navy submarine, which was stationed in Crimea and took control over the boat from the Ukrainian sailors, RIA Novosti reported. Once seized, the flag of the Russian Navy was hoisted on the submarine whic
The U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) departed the Black Sea, on March 21. While in the region, Truxtun conducted port visits in Romania and Bulgaria, and executed training scenarios with both navies that included a Passing Exercise (PASSEX) at sea. The PASSEX, conducted w
Acting Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Ihor Tenyukh, said on Sunday that some Ukrainian military units would eventually be withdrawn from the Crimean peninsula. The decision follows a new turn of escalation of situation in the region on the heels of the referendum in Crimea. The Ukrainian Ministry
