Russian guided missile cruiser Varyag and tanker Irkut will call at Vancouver on Monday, in what will be their first visit… (ruvr) [mappress] Source: ruvr, November 07, 2011;
NAVY chiefs are spending £120million on deepening a harbour by 3ft to serve the two giant supercarriers that are on order… [mappress] Source: mirror, November 07, 2011
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) large landing ship Caesar Kunikov returned to Sevastopol from the Mediterranean Sea wh ere she visited Greek ports of Corfu, Pilos, Piraeus, Alexandroupoli and Montenegrin port of Kotor. Visit of Caesar Kunikov to Corfu was held within the framework of public forum “Russian Wee
The Authority has identified a requirement to establish a Submarine Naval Design Partnering (SM NDP) Team Pilot. The SM NDP will consist of a rainbow team to be available to undertake technical work on behalf of MoD. This will provide MoD with access to a wide range of skills within the SM Enterpris
Sixteen Indian naval officers on Nov 2 obtained Russian Defense Ministry’s certificates certifying their successful graduation from Naval Academy and completion of training course at Sevmash shipyard. Those officers are crewmembers of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya being repaired and retrofitted
Russian Navy Command made a decision to shape aircraft carrier groups which are to expand presence zone of Russian Navy in the Pacific and the North Atlantic, writes Izvestiya referring to a source in Russian Navy Main HQ. Final decision whether to build aircraft carriers is upon the President of Ru
The warship HMS Edinburgh has just completed a two day visit to Balboa in the Republic of Panama and is now returning to sea to continue her… (bfbs) [mappress] Source: bfbs, November 04, 2011
If you want to cheer home the British warship synonymous with the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, then be on Portsmouth’s historic waterfront from 9.30am on Monday to thank the men and women of HMS Liverpool. No British warship has spent longer on Operation Unified Protector, the NATO miss
Xpedite GOC Ltd has recently been awarded the contract to support the activities the Ministry of Defence – Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) RCM Project. The new QE Class is currently being built at shipyards around the country; HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales are the future flagships of the Naval
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) and Russian defense ministry have finally agreed on prices for nuclear-powered submarines (Project 885 Yasen and Project 955 Borei), reports RIA Novosti referring to a source in Ministry of Trade and Industry. The last non-concluded state defense contract in 201
The Plymouth-based frigate HMS Portland responded to a Coastguard request earlier today to assist a casualty in a yacht in the English Channel 15 miles south-west of Portland Bill. The ship was conducting training off the South West coast when she was alerted to the situation and quickly closed to h
Seagoing minesweeper Vladimir Gumanenko was laid up for repair of damages suffered at exercise, told an informed source in defense industry to Central Navy Portal. Northern Fleet (NF) seagoing minesweeper Vladimir Gumanenko (Project 12660) moored at overhaul quay of Nerpa Ship Repair Plant late in O
