A memorial to the heroes of the Channel Dash – a brave but forlorn attempt to stop German ships breaking through into the North Sea in 1942 – will be dedicated in Dover on Saturday. The memorial unveiling, attended by First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, coincides with a three-day visit to the
Eitzen Maritime Services ASA (EMS) today announced that the Company has been awarded a USD 289 million Military supply order from a major NATO country. The customer is EMS largest customer and has been an important business partner to EMS Group since 1988. The contract is for food supplies and distr
Kelvin Hughes Surveillance has secured an agreement to supply integrated bridge systems (IBS) and helicopter control radars for four fleet tankers being built for the UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). The ships are the first phase of the UK MOD’s Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) program
HMS Ocean returns to its home-port of HM Naval Base, Devonport at Plymouth on Friday (21 September) after two months on the Thames supporting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy’s largest warship, has been moored on the river Thames off Greenwich playing a key rol
Ships of the South Korean Navy’s training cruise unit called at Vladivostok on Sept 16… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 18, 2012
21 Sailors were advanced to the rank of chief petty officer (CPO) during a CPO pinning ceremony held on board the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Sept. 14. The Sailors, 20 assigned to Makin Island and one from embarked Amphibious Squadron Five, received their CPO collar devices and
Delegation of young Norwegian officers on Sept 18 will arrive in Russia’s Northern Fleet (NF) main base Severomorsk… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 18, 2012; Image: Flot
Dozens of countries are kicking off a large-scale naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz on Iran’s doorstep. The place was obviously selected… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 18, 2012; Image: Flot
Northern Fleet (NF) nuclear-powered missile cruiser Petr Veliky on Sept 14 passed the Kara Strait between the Novaya Zemlya and the Vaigach islands… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 18, 2012; Image: Flot
Sea trials of aircraft-carrying cruiser INS Vikramaditya (former Admiral Gorshkov) were held with serious troubles, so the date of the… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 18, 2012
For the first time in many years, Baltiysky Zavod shipyard (affiliate of United Shipbuilding Corporation) starts large-scale recruitment of… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, August 27, 2012; Image: Baltiysky Zavod
Staff of the Central Naval Museum cannot provide proper service for cruiser Avrora which in the nearest future may lead to destruction of the… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 17, 2012
