The Naval Service have deployed the vessel LE Niamh to the Glandore area of the Cork Coast this afternoon to assist in the search for the crew of the fishing vessel “Tit Bonhomme”. A Naval Service Diving Team who were engaged in a search for a missing person in the River Corrib in Galway […]
The Naval Service vessel LÉ Aisling detained a British registered fishing vessel approximately 180 nautical miles West of the Skelligs. The detention was in relation to an alleged breach of fishing regulations. The vessel is currently hauling her nets and will then proceed under escort to Castletown
Slipping past icebergs 8,000 miles from home, HMS Montrose begins 2012 hard at work. The Type 23 frigate encounters penguins-clad glaciers and rocky outcrops as she operates in cold waters. Her crew, led by Commander Jonathan Lett, has been in the South Atlantic since before Christmas. The Devonport
The crew of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) hosted a reception on the ship’s flight deck for senior military and civilian officials from the U.S. United Arab Emirates and other foreign nations, Jan. 10. Cmdr. Dennis Jacko, commanding officer of New Orleans, welcomed Micha
Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit consisting of large ASW ship Admiral Tributs, tanker Pechenga, and seagoing tug MB-37 has arrived in the Gulf of Aden to keep anti-piracy watch. PF naval mariners headed by Capt 1 rank Ildar Akhmerov will spend several months maintaining maritime security near the Horn o
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Yury Dolgoruky successfully completed state trials along with Bulava missile system in Dec 2011 is almost commissioned into Russian maritime nuclear force, reported ITAR-TASS referring to a source in defense industry. “Before official commissioning of Yury
Rear Admiral Christian Canova (French Navy) hands over the responsibility of Deputy Operation Commander of the European Union Naval Force Somalia, Operation ATALANTA to Rear Admiral Rainer Endres (German Navy) on 12 January 2012 at the Operational Headquarters (OHQ) in Northwood, near London. Joinin
RFA Fort Victoria, a supply ship to the Royal Navy, has foiled an attempt by pirates to attack cargo ships in the Indian Ocean. On Tuesday, Somali pirates who have been holding Greek-owned chemical tanker Liquid Velvet to ransom since last November, attempted to sail the ship into international wate
Caspian Flotilla (CF) harbor minesweeper German Ugriumov held a ship damage control drill under supervision of Capt 2 rank Pavel Kuleshov, head of CF Technical Dept. During the drill, crew of the minesweeper practiced liquidation of fire hazard in a ship’s compartment, sealing a hole, and drainage o
Along with construction of strategic and multipurpose nuclear-powered submarines, Russian Navy development program provides renewal of non-nuclear (diesel electric) submarines. In Russian Navy, diesel electric submarines are used for antisurface and antisubmarine warfare far fr om home bases both in
Scientists of Belarusian State Informatics and Radioelectronics University invented a nanosensor helping to prevent accidents in submarines and spaceships, said Gennady Gorokh, head of micro- and nanoelectronics department. Nanosensor (so-called “electronic nose”) is designed for chemical analysis o
Russian Navy’s carrier group consisting of aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko, frigate Ladny, rescue tug Nikolai Chiker, and tanker Lena on Jan 10 had completed formal call at Syrian port Tartus where Russian Navy’s technical maintenance center is located.
