Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya of the North-western Naval Command on information received recovered 430 conch shells buried underground in the general area Kalpitiya on 01st November 2012. The arrested items were handed over to Puttlam Assistant Fisheries Director for legal action. [mappres
Russian Navy will put afloat up to five warships and auxiliary vessels, said Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief ADM Viktor Chirkov, reports RIA Novosti… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, November 2, 2012; Image: Military photos
BAE Systems Company signed a contract worth 315 million pounds with the UK Ministry of Defence for ongoing design work for the replacement to the Royal Navy’s Vanguard class submarines. BAE Systems Maritime – Submarines Managing Director John Hudson said: “The design of a nuclear-powered submarine i
The commander of the Navy Medicine Education and Training Command (NMETC), visited the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Training Institute (NEMTI) Oct. 31 as part of a tour of Navy Medicine’s West Coast training sites. NMETC Commander Capt. Gail Hathaway, along with NMETC Command Master Chief (SW/FMF/AW
The U.S. Navy is going to scrap the nation’s oldest active duty warship USS Enterprise (“Big E”), according to CNN. USS Enterprise is the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nickn
Pacific Fleet (PF) measurement ship Marshall Krylov headed by Capt 1 Rank Igor Shalyna returned to homebase Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky after… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, November 2, 2012
The Force Commander of the EU Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta (EU NAVFOR), Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino, met Jacques Launay, Head of EUCAP Nestor, the European Union mission on Regional Maritime Capacity Building in the Horn of Africa. With this meeting, EUCAP Nestor and EU NAVFOR formall
Funds for construction of third and fourth Mistral-class amphibious assault helicopter carriers have been already factored into… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, November 2, 2012
Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) began taking college classes Oct. 22 while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. More than 300 Stennis Sailors have enrolled in Navy College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE) classes to further the
The Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMS Severn is in London until November 4th, helping to play a central part in the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Day launch. HMS Severn provided the backdrop on October 31 for London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson, to start this year’s poppy day with the sale of the fir
The IONIEX-2012 Russian-Italian joint naval exercise will take place in Taranto, Italy in Nov 5-10. Black Sea Fleet (BSF) destroyer Smetlivy… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, November 2, 2012
While generally satisfied with the progress of the service, the Navy’s top officer is using his latest position report to assess the effects of “set and drift” on the status of the U.S. Navy. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert spoke about his report – issued on October 31 – during a
Sailors and civilian maritime professionals from eight nations officially kicked-off exercise Cutlass Express 2012-2 (CE12-2) during pre-sail conferences in Djibouti, Djibouti; Port Louis, Mauritius; and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nov. 1. This year’s weeklong exercise, being conducted for the second t
Civil employees attached to the Sri Lanka Navy felicitated Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage at the Naval Headquarters on 31st October 2012. They conveyed their best wishes to the Navy Commander on his new appointment and pledged their support for the efficient functio
