On Tuesday 2 October EU NAVFOR Force Commander met representatives from the Omani media when his flagship, ITS SAN GIUSTO, visited Muscat (Oman). Omani journalists were welcomed by the Force Commander, Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino, and he briefed them on the evolution of piracy in previous months,
Royal Marines stormed ashore on a sleepy Cornish beach as training for the Navy’s key autumn deployment approaches its climax. Green berets from 45 Commando ‘invaded’ Barnpool in Plymouth Sound – one of the final exercises before the Response Force Task Group sails to the Mediterranean for two month
The fifth of the Navy’s six new Type 45 destroyers has begun the long road to front-line duties, sailing from Portsmouth for the first time under the White Ensign. HMS Defender is now undergoing trials and training off the South Coast ready to be declared operational early next year. This is the ver
Ozernaya Verf shipyard held demonstration trials of police boat Grozny on the Angara River in Irkutsk; the boat was built in Schlisselburg… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 05 2012; Image: Flot
USS Gettysburg (CG 64) Sailors participated in visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) team training as part of Exercise Joint Warrior off the coast of Scotland, Oct. 2. As part of the training, a small vessel approached the area where Gettysburg was patrolling and acted as a suspected pirate vesse
India will strongly take up with Russia the delay in delivery of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, the refurbished Admiral Gorshkov… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 05 2012
In 2013, Russian defense ministry will form new marine battalions to be based on Mistral-class assault landing ships. American experience… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 05 2012
In a unique mock-up of the lower decks of a warship, 17 sailors have played victims and rescuers as a week-long first aid training course reaches its climax at HMS Raleigh. Each week, at least a dozen sailors – from able seamen fresh from training to experienced chiefs – pass through the First Aid T
HMS Sutherland met up with the giant American support ship USNS Supply to take on fuel and other supplies – and support her ongoing fight against illegal activity on sea lanes in the Indian Ocean. This a very bendy HMS Sutherland – as seen from close to the top of her 996 radar mast, […]
New destroyer HMS Diamond tested her mettle against two of the fastest jet fighters in the world when she played cat and mouse with US Air Force F15 Strike Eagles. The Type 45 warship came under mock attack from the American jets during a mine warfare exercise in the Gulf, when Diamond was called up
After several months patrolling the East coast of the UK, Tyne began the month by heading back into the Channel and West Coast, giving everyone onboard a welcome change of scenery. Tyne’s boarding teams quickly began to work their way through the Southwest fishing fleets, carrying out routine inspec
Royal Navy Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sir George Zambellas, has paid his first visit to HMS Raleigh, since taking up his appointment in January 2012. During his visit Admiral Zambellas was updated on the diverse range of training provided at the establishment and was ab
