The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has taken the salute at Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) as 68 Cadets became the first to complete a newly enhanced Initial Naval Training Course for officers, introduced in February 2012. A total of 256 Royal Navy personnel were on parade at BRNC to mark the o
Joint Region Marianas (JRM) held a bell-ringing ceremony to acknowledge the Navy’s 237th birthday at Gab Gab Beach on Naval Base Guam (NBG) Oct. 12. “It is important to the organization and our culture to remember there is a legacy that proceeds of great tradition and great culture,” said JRM Comman
Solemn keel-laying ceremony of the first out of three Project 21900M diesel-electric open sea icebreakers (16 megawatt)… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 15,2012; Image: Vyborg
Workers at BAE Systems yesterday moved the biggest section of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, the first of two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, out of the company’s shipbuilding hall at Govan for the first time. A team of 40 moved the 11,300 tonne aft section, known as Lower Block 04, across the speci
Ukrainian Navy resumed training of dolphins for military purposes, said a source in Ukrainian security agencies… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 15,2012
Senior American officer Rear Admiral Mark Buzby paid a visit to HMS Collingwood’s Maritime Warfare School as part of a UK-wide visit looking into how the Royal Navy’s global operations are supported. The admiral is head of the US Navy’s Military Sealift Command – its counterpart to the UK’s Royal Fl
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope has seen his flag hoisted at HMS Victory in a handover ceremony with the new Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral David Steel. Earlier the outgoing Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral Sir Charles Montgomery, had stepped down from his duties after 37 years of naval service
First test launches of air-based BrahMos cruise missile are scheduled in 2013, deputy director general of… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 15,2012
Exercise Joint Warrior 12-2 concluded off the coast of Scotland, Oct. 11. Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 26 took part in the exercise with guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) fleet replenishment ship USNS Leroy Grumman (TAO 195), Helicopter Mari
HMS Diamond demonstrated the Royal Navy’s expertise in board and search when she joined forces with Emirati allies for exercises in the Gulf. The new destroyer linked up with the UAE frigate Murayjib for Exercise Falcon Warrior, laying on a comprehensive boarding exercise involving her Lynx and spec
Imposition of a penalty upon Russia for delayed delivery of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya was not in question at the… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 12, 2012
The commanding officer of the new facility that are being built for the Royal Navy’s fleet of landing craft, hovercraft and fast offshore raiding craft has hailed it as a fantastic site. This part of the Devonport Landing Craft Collocation Project is a £30.2 million project located within HM Naval B
