More than 260 sailors serving on board HMS Edinburgh will spend their festive season on board the Portsmouth-based warship while she sails the South Atlantic. But in a bid to spread some Christmas cheer the personnel have donned their smartest Santa outfits and created a video for their loved ones s
Aerospace engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock completed surface ship testing in the subsonic wind tunnel (SWT), Nov. 29, collecting data to improve the aerodynamics of current and future ship designs. When a ship is underway, the above-waterline structure experiences aerodynam
51 passengers were safely rescued by personnel of the Coast Guard Detachment (CGDet) Bato from a distressed motor boat at the vicinity waters of Dawahon Island in Bohol yesterday around 02:00PM. Reports revealed that the boat owner/captain of M/Bca Neri Boy informed CGDet Bato that M/Bca N&N Mama Ma
Commander Navy Installations Command (CNIC) announced Dec. 12 that Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville is the winner of the 2013 Commander, Navy Installations Command Installation Excellence Award(large category). NAS Jacksonville Commanding Officer Capt. Bob Sanders immediately congratulated base
Admiral Viktor Chirkov, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief, has finished an official visit to the United Kingdom at the… [mappress] Source: russiannavy, December 17, 2012; Image: flot
Russia will continue rearmament of submarine base in the forbidden town of Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka Peninsula… [mappress] Source: rusnavy, December 17, 2012
The Indian Coast Guard demonstrated its preparedness and readiness to intervene effectively in containing an oil spill disaster at the fourth edition of the National Pollution Response Exercise titled CLEAN SEA-4, conducted at sea off Kochi on 14th Dec 2012. The exercise was witnessed by Vice Admira
Navy Fest, the annual fair associated with Navy Day celebrations began at the Naval Base Kochi on 13 Dec 12, with the formal inauguration by Vice Admiral Satish Soni, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Naval Command. The fair which concluded on 16th December, was open for visitors from 10 AM
A Regional Support Group (RSG) Groton change of command ceremony was held at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Dec. 14. Capt. Richard E. Verbeke relieved Capt. Mark S. VanYe as Commander of RSG Groton. Rear Adm. Rick Breckenridge, commander, Submarine Group 2, the featured speaker, reflecte
Sri Lanka Navy rescued two fishermen who were in unstable condition in the Eastern deep sea on 14th December 2012. They were brought to the Trincomalee Naval Hospital for medical treatment. The fishermen had been among the 4-member crew of a multi-day fishing trawler named “Kawindi”, which had left
Passing the shipyard’s trials, corvette Boiky has been placed in a special basin at Severnaya Verf shipyard to undergo degaussing… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, December 17, 2012; Image: Military Photos
Type 23 frigate HMS Portland is on her way home to Plymouth after a major refit at Rosyth shipyard. Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland has left Rosyth to return to her base port of Plymouth. The departure follows a 50-week, multi-million pound refit by Babcock at the Fife dockyard. With more th
Hydraulic tests of the stern hull section of diesel-electric submarine Rostov-na-Donu were successfully held at… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, December 17, 2012; Image: Flot
Sailors from frigate HMS Richmond have been put through their paces with a disaster relief exercise under the watchful eye of Flag Officer Sea Training in Devonport. HMS Richmond has spent the last five weeks conducting Basic Operational Sea Training (BOST) under the expert instruction of the Flag O
