LAET Greg Coulter ‘dances‘ on the surface of the Indian Ocean as HMS Sutherland practises winching drills in the middle of a major amphibious exercise off the shores of Saudi Arabia. The Devonport-based Type 23 frigate is the escort for the Cougar 11 task group – the Navy’s key deployment of the yea
Ploughing through seas whipped up by the monsoon season, HMS Iron Duke and St Albans perform a traditional sail past in the Indian Ocean as one Portsmouth-based frigate hands over Gulf duties to another. The two ships – Iron Duck on the left here, the Saint on the right – saluted each other with jet
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tested several missiles at sea on Wednesday, including the supersonic anti-warship Khalij Fars missile, the Iran… (ynetnews) [mappress] Source: ynetnews, July 6, 2011;
The Iranian Navy’s submarines accomplished their first mission in the high seas and returned home on Monday… (farsnews) [mappress] Source: farsnews, July 5, 2011;
Captain Jim Gilmour has relieved Republic of Singapore Navy Rear Admiral Harris Chan Weng Yip as Commander Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, during a Change of Command ceremony onboard USS MASON berthed in Djibouti. It is the first time that a Royal New Zealand Naval Officer has commanded a major multi
The Pakistani and Turkish naval forces conducted joint anti-submarine exercise off the Karachi port on Friday, a senior official of the visi… (dawn) [mappress] Source: dawn, July 4, 2011;
Iranians mourning a 23-year-old airline tragedy tossed flowers in the Gulf on Sunday at the site where an Iranian passenger plane was downed… By NASSER KARIMI (forbes) [mappress] Source: forbes, July 4, 2011;
Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the maritime government entity charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising the maritime sector in Dubai, has announced that it has successfully facilitated the safe repatriation of crew members of one of the non-operational Korean oil tankers stranded
A senior naval commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Sunday that his forces are equipped with modern short and medium… (peopledaily) [mappress] Source: peopledaily, July 4, 2011;
Pakistani Naval Frigate, PNS ALAMGIR has docked at Kuwait’s Shuwaikh Port on a ‘brotherly and cordial’ visit from July 2 to 6, during which… (nation) [mappress] Source: nation, July 4, 2011;
The boats of the second Gaza flotilla are expected finally to set sail this weekend from the Greek coast… (thejc) [mappress] Source: thejc, June 30, 2011;
Military personnel from CFB Esquimalt are preparing to head to a Libyan war zone aboard HMCS Vancouver… (bclocalnews) [mappress] Source: bclocalnews, June 30, 2011;
