A £1m new facility will provide sailors and Royal Marines the most realistic board and search training they’ve ever had. The ‘ship in a box’ complex at HMS Raleigh recreates the inside of a merchant ship, but also features secret compartments and hiding places as used by smugglers, drug runners an
EU Naval Force warships have once again come to the rescue of fishermen off the coast of Somalia. Following FGS Hessen’s rescue of a 14 year old fisherman from a capsized boat on Wednesday 12 February, this latest rescue, which happened on Thursday 13 February, saw French warship, FS Siroco and Ge
Between Sunday 2 and Saturday 8 February, Ukrainian Navy frigate, Hetman Sagaidachniy, which is currently operating with the EU Naval Force off the coast of Somalia, visited the port of Salalah in Oman. Having spent a number of weeks at sea, the visit was an opportunity to refuel the ship and to r
Queen Elizabeth to Launch UK’s Biggest Warship Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will launch the Royal Navy’s USD 5.1 billion (£3.1billion) aircraft carrier, named after her, during her visit to Scotland in summer this year, the Daily Record reported. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest ship ever built for the
In anticipation of the long-awaited arrival home to their loved ones, the crew of HMS Daring, a Type 45 destroyer of the Royal Navy, sent a special Valentine Day’s message from their flight deck. The destroyer is on her way home from a global mission that lasted nine months and is expected to retu
Russia started construction of a ship base for its Mistral-class ships on Tuesday, February 11, the RIA Novosti informs. The Russian Mistral-class helicopter carriers, which are currently under construction in France, will be stationed in the new base, being built at an existing naval base in Vlad
USS Virginia (SSN 774), the first in a fleet of the US Navy’s next-generation attack submarines, was welcomed home yesterday in Groton, Conn., after a six-month overseas deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. This was the second deployment for Virginia, which headed out to her ma
Crewmembers of the Spanish Navy warship ESPS Tornado, assigned to EU Naval Force, conducted an exercise with the Malagasy Navy. The exercise took place in Antisiranana, Madagascar from 5 to 8 February and included participation of 18 people from the Malagasy Navy. The primary goal of the exercise
The U.S. containership MV Cape Ray has called at Rota, Spain, for a port visit and fuel replenishment while en route to aid in removal of Syrian chemical materials, according to Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren. MV Cape Ray, outfitted with two portable hydrolysis systems, left Portsmouth
Slavutych U510, a command ship pertaining to the Ukrainian Navy, has completed exercises with commanders of sea force, ships and motor boats, and support ships. The Navy Commander, Admiral Yurii Ylyin, said that these events help them to create common opinions and approaches. Cadets from the fourt
The tugboat of project 90600 “RB-401”, built by Russian Pella shipyard, joined the Russian Navy on February 1st, 2014 at a ceremony in Kaliningrad. The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations, as well as refloating of ships and vessels, fire fighting operations at floating and shore
HMS Westminster has handed over her Op Kipion duties in the Indian Ocean to her sister ship HMS Somerset and is heading home, due for return at the end of the month. The frigate rounded off her six-month deployment with a final replenishment at sea with US Naval Ship (USNS) Alan Shepard. While kee
