The Royal Navy submarine HMS Trenchant is due to return to its base-port in Plymouth after an 11-month patrol. The nuclear-powered departed HM Naval Base, Devonport, on 22 June 2012 and when it returns on Wednesday will have been away for 335 days – one of the longest Trafalgar Class submarine deplo
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) welcomed Vice Admiral Stéphane Verwaerde, Deputy Chief of the French Navy, to its private Wave Energy Research Facility yesterday in Western Australia. Carnegie’ s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Michael Ottaviano and Project Development Officer,
Indian Naval Hospital Ship Kalyani celebrated her 51st Anniversary on 17 May 2013 to mark the occasion, the hospital conducted a Continuing Medical Education (CME) program on ‘Patient Safety – The Need of the Hour’ at the Samudrika Naval auditorium. The Chief Guest at the event, Vice Admiral Anil Ch
Two Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) ships, “Suzunami” and “Kirisame” arrived at the Port of Trincomalee on 20th May 2013 on a goodwill and supply visit. The ships were ceremonially welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy on their arrival. Commander 03rd Escort Division, Captain Junichi Shimo and sh
Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, visited Sailors aboard guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) while the ship was moored at Khalifa Bin Salman, Bahrain, for a scheduled port visit, May 16. Secretary Mabus visited Bahrain to visit Sailors and Marines stationed or deployed to the region. He also
At the end of the Royal Visit to West Cornwall Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh flew out of Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose on route back to London. Arriving by the Diamond Jubilee Royal Train at St Erth station, the royal couple went on to unveil a plaque and signed the […]
Approximately 16,000 randomly selected female officers and enlisted are being asked to participate in the online survey on the fit, design and durability of Navy uniforms in a Fleet-wide survey announced in NAVADMIN 127/13. Letters were mailed April 30 to participants notifying them of their selecti
Sri Lanka Navy assisted in the repatriation of 9 Sri Lankan fishermen on 20th May 2013. The fishermen along with their fishing boat were taken over from the Indian Coast Guard Ship “Rajkamal” at the International Maritime Boundary Line off Kankasanthurai by Sri Lanka Naval Vessel Ranajaya attached t
USS Freedom (LCS 1) made its debut in Singapore May 14-19, participating in an international trade show and a maritime exercise with regional navies. Freedom also hosted thousands of visitors, from Singaporean citizens to senior government and military officials, during a series of ship tours. The w
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54) completed exercise Trident Fury, returning to her homeport of Naval Station Everett, May 14. Exercise Trident Fury is a biennial joint and multinational naval training exercise led by the Royal Canadian navy and is designed to pr
Royal Navy’s former warship HMS Ark Royal is going to be scrapped, reports the BBC. The warship left Portsmouth for the last time and is now headed to Turkey. The vessel’s final destination is the same shipyard in Leyal that stripped down her sister ship, HMS Invincible. HMS Ark Royal is a decommiss
The US Navy’s bottlenose dolphins have discovered the so-called Howell torpedo off Coronado, San Diego County, according to the Los Angeles Times. The torpedo has been discovered near the Hotel del Coronado. Mike Rothe, who heads the marine mammal program, said that they had never found anything lik
The Spanish fleet replenishment ship ‘Cantabria’ arrived yesterday at Garden Island Naval Base, after nearly a month deployed in the north of Australia. This naval base will be the ship’s home port until her return to Spain in November. During those four weeks, ‘Cantabria’ collaborated with the RAN
Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Systems and Training located in Moorestown, NJ. has been awarded a USD 24.07 million modification contract to exercise an option for Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent efforts for the design, development, integration, test and delivery of computer program baselines
