HMS Bristol, a firm fixture in Portsmouth Harbour for nearly 20 years, is about to get a new home. The Royal Navy training ship won’t be going far though, just 140 metres to the east of its current permanent berth at the tip of Whale Island. The move may be a small one, but it […]
Sacrifices made by sailors to keep Britain’s sea lanes open will be marked with two events this month. The Red Ensign, standard of the Merchant Navy, flies proudly today on the service’s annual memorial day, while the First Sea Lord will take the salute in London at a parade honouring all merchantme
Royal Navy mine hunter HMS Pembroke arrived home to Scotland at Friday, August 31, after a three year mission to the Gulf. The crew of the high-tech mine countermeasures vessel were given a rousing welcome by over a hundred family members and well-wishers who had gathered at HM Naval Base Clyde for
European Union Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta, NATO and Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151) – the big three – call upon the shipping industry to continue to take anti-piracy measures despite the current downward trend in piracy events. In a recent report published by the International Mariti
The UK military‘s newest 4* operational Commander received a ceremonial welcome in the best traditions of the Naval Service as he stepped over the brow to meet the Commanding Officer, Captain Alex Burton RN in Portland harbour in Dorset. The ship was looking suitably dressed for the occasion, with m
The sixth and final Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, has set sail from the company’s Scotstoun shipyard to embark on her first stage of sea trials off the west coast of Scotland. DUNCAN, the sixth and final Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, has today set sail from the company’s Scotstou
Russian Navy’s Caspian Flotilla (CF) in the nearest time will radically change and reinforce its strength, said Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Chirkov on Aug 29 during an inspection tour over Astrakhan region. That was the first inspection visit of Viktor Chirkov to Caspian Flotilla
The Russian Naval Vessel “Vice-Admiral Kulakov” is paying a courtesy call to Cork and will be berthed at the Port of Cork Cruise Terminal in Cobh from Thursday, 30 August until 19:00hrs on Sunday, 2 September 2012. The vessel will be open to the public on Saturday, 1 September from 10:00 – 12:00hrs
MTU Ibérica, a subsidiary of the German propulsion solution specialist MTU Friedrichshafen and the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia opened a common training center today in Cartagena/Spain. This training center is part of a strategic long-term cooperation between both companies. Navantia has chosen the
German Navy’s frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern performing training cruise in the Baltic Sea today will pay formal call at St. Petersburg… [mappress] Source: rusnavy, August 31, 2012
Construction of the fourth Project 21631 Buyan-M stealth corvette Zeliony Dol was started at Zelenodolsk Shipyard in Tatarstan, Russia… [mappress] Source: rusnavy, August 31, 2012
Maritime Training specialist, Seagull, has secured Liberia’s approval for its unique Security training package. Liberian approval comes little more than a month after Seagull announced that it had been awarded Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) approval for the new security training package, which i
