In accordance with combat training plan, Black Sea Fleet (BSF) ships undergo inspection over so-called Course Task 2 (execution of appropriate tasks at sea by a single ship). Within the framework of inspection, large ASW ship Kerch under the flag of ASW Ship Brigade Commander Capt 1 rank Oleg Krivor
HMS St Albans has played a key role in a major exercise in the Gulf testing the abilities of naval forces to defend the region’s scores of gas and oil platforms – vital to the UK and global economy. The Portsmouth-based frigate was Britain’s input to the week-long ‘Stakenet’ exercise, alongside the
HMS Middleton’s gun crew let rip with the minehunter’s 30mm main gun in the middle of the Gulf – probably the highlight of a demonstration day. The Hunt-class ship is one of a four-strong Royal Navy mine warfare force based at Mina Salman port in Bahrain, helping to keep the sea lanes open and promo
PLYMOUTH’S Frigate Alley will soon become ‘Landing Craft, Hovercraft, RIB and ORC Alley’ as Royal Marines units move into a new £25m home in Devonport Naval Base. Two of the commandos’ amphibious formations – 539 Assault Squadron and 10 (Landing Craft) Training Squadron – are to relocate from their
Memorial activities related to 11th anniversary of perished nuclear-powered submarine Kursk will take place at Northern Fleet (NF) on Aug 12. Residents of Murmansk will lay wreaths at the monument to lost sailors. In the fleet’s main naval base Severomorsk, wreaths will be laid at memorial plaque to
A Devonport-based warship is to be used as the command and control vessel for the security operation surrounding the Olympic sailing events… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, August 11, 2011;
BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced the promotion of Tim Hardy to the role of Head of Naval Engineering. Tim will lead a team of more than 60 people comprising some of the indus
With defence ministry shipyards unable to meet the Indian Navy’s growing need for warships, New Delhi had no choice but to look to Russian s… Read more [mappress] Source: business-standard, August 11, 2011;
To guarantee favorable ecological state of the Barents and the Kara seas, two nuclear submarines – K-27 and B-159 – must be lifted and dismantled as soon as possible, reported RIA Novosti referring to Ivan Kamenskih, Deputy Director of Rosatom state corporation dealing with nuclear energy. “It is vi
NATO warplanes bombed a Libyan warship docked in Tripoli harbour after observing that weapons were being take from it that were expected to… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, August 10, 2011;
THE waters of the English Channel fall away from a Viking as a Royal Marine drives the armoured vehicle into the loading bay of HMS Bulwark. Although the Viking has been in service with the commandos for nearly a decade, this is actually a first: the amphibious assault ship is seeing whether it’s po
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) rescue tug Shakhter moored at homebase Sevastopol on Aug 4. The cruise of the BSF auxiliary ship lasted 3 months. The crew had excellently accomplished all assigned tasks and received traditional piglet roast. During the long-range cruise, the tug called at Spanish and American
