The body of a female was recovered by a Naval Service Dive Team from the River Lee in Cork City last night. The Naval Service deployed the team in response to a request from the Gardai. The team arrived on scene at 11.35pm and commenced a diving operation in the River Lee in the […]
Jersey’s warship, HMS Iron Duke, is visiting the island for the first time. (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 16, 2011
Memorial events in honor of WW2 veteran Capt Nikolai Krustalev took place in Malo-Sdovoye, Sevastopol region; 70 years ago Khrustalev died after the first “fire ram” in Black Sea Fleet (BSF) naval aviation’s history. On Nov 5, 1941 twenty airplanes of 11-th air wing took off Baidary airfield to atta
Bowtech Products are delighted to announce the continued expansion of their distribution network with the appointment of Neotek SA, as their exclusive agents in France. This increases the worldwide representation of Bowtech’s expanding product range to 18 countries. In recognition of their appointme
Russian federal budget 2012 provides over RUR 880 bln for arms procurement, modernization and RD works, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the meeting on defense order issues. As for him, it was invested RUR 750 bln for this purpose in 2011 which is 1.5 times larger than in 2009. Consider
Frigate INS Teg (stands for “saber”) built by Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad continued sea trials after replacement of damaged cruising turbine, told a source in the shipyard to Central Navy Portal. INS Teg is the first Project 11356 frigate in the second 3-ship series ordered by Indian Navy; she wa
November ceremonies this year were largely blessed by unseasonally warm, bright weather in the UK – and, in the case of RNAS Yeovilton, were honoured with the presence of Britain’s most senior clergyman. The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams was guest of honour at the Somerset air station f
The first of the Royal Navy’s new attack submarines, HMS Astute, has blasted Tomahawk missiles far across the North American skies as part of her first test firing mission. The 5.5-metre-long cruise missile weighs 1,300kg and has a range of more than 1,000 miles (1,600km). In the firing tests this m
In 2011, crews of Northern Fleet (NF) surface ships have completed over 50% of the fleet’s training activities. In total, NF surface ships have spent 870 days at sea. Twenty six NF surface ships took the sea in this training year. The crews have performed over 400 qualification drills, including 6 c
Dr. Sigrid Hubert-Reichling christened one of the most modern non-nuclear submarines in the world today at the shipyard of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, under the name of “U 35”. She is the wife of the Lord Mayor of Zweibrücken, the town that has
Mustang Marine has completed the hand-over of the survey motor boat (SMB) ‘James Caird IV’ for operation from the Royal Navy’s … (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, November 15, 2011
The solemn launching ceremony of hydrographic ship Viktor Faleyev was held on Nov 12 at Vostochnaya Verf shipyard (Vladivostok); the ship is meant for Pacific Fleet (PF), reports RIA Novosti. The new ship named after known PF scientist Viktor Faleyev was launched on 155-th anniversary of PF Hydrogra