Russia will receive about 30 nuclear- and diesel-powered icebreakers by 2030, said Deputy Minister of Transport Viktor Olersky… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 19, 2012; Image: Wdict
Survey ship HMS Protector produced stunning sonar imagery of the wreck of a wartime tanker to help salvage experts study the state of it. Today’s sailors also held a service of remembrance for RFA Darkdale, which was lost with nearly all hands when torpedoed in 1941 off the tiny South Atlantic islan
Keel-laying ceremony of the first Project 21900M (LK-16) icebreaker was held on Wednesday at JSC Vyborg Shipyard… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 19, 2012; Image: Rosmoport
Caspian Flotilla (CF) task unit consisting of frigate Tatarstan and seagoing tug MB-58 returned to home bases after deployment to… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy,October 18, 2012
HNLMS Rotterdam put an end to the activities of a group of suspected pirates from Somalia. The men in question and their boat were taken on board the Rotterdam pending further decision-making. The search for this pirate group began yesterday when the Spanish fishing boat Izurdia reported being under
JSC Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad, Russia) has finished sea phase of acceptance trials of Project 11356 frigate INS Tarkash built for Indian Navy… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 18,2012; Image: Yantar
On Friday 12 October 2012 Romanian frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand, operating within the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR), provided an escort to a ship from the World Food Programme (WFP) between two Somali ports. The ships rendezvoused shortly after dawn and a team from Regele Ferdinand travelle
HMS Caroline, the last surviving warship of the Battle of Jutland, will be preserved for the nation as a result of an agreement to gift the ship to the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN). Following negotiations between the Ministry of Defence, the Northern Ireland Department for Enterprise, Tr
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike Stevens visited Naval Station Rota, Spain, Oct. 16, to evaluate Rota’s progress toward homeporting four destroyers there as part of Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) beginning in 2014. G
Russian Navy has developed the plan of its regular presence in the Gulf of Aden and near the Horn of Africa for the next year… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 17,2012; Image: Disaster
The program is oriented at development of military-related enterprises, sea shelf projects, and construction of ice-class vessels… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 17,2012; Image: km
RFA Argus met up with an old friend as she carried out drug-busting patrols of the Caribbean when she encountered former HMS Broadsword, now under the Brazilian flag. The brief, chance meeting with the frigate was one highlight of a busy month keeping drug traffickers under the knout and helping Bri
