The sixth and final Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, has set sail from the company’s Scotstoun shipyard to embark on her first stage of sea trials off the west coast of Scotland. DUNCAN, the sixth and final Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, has today set sail from the company’s Scotstou
Russian Navy’s Caspian Flotilla (CF) in the nearest time will radically change and reinforce its strength, said Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Chirkov on Aug 29 during an inspection tour over Astrakhan region. That was the first inspection visit of Viktor Chirkov to Caspian Flotilla
Pirates released an oil tanker with Russian sailors captured on Aug 27 in the Gulf of Guinea, none of crewmembers suffered… [mappress] Source: rusnavy, September 3, 2012
Navy Personnel Command is accepting senior enlisted leadership’s applications to serve on Fiscal Year 2014 active-duty and Reserve E-9, E-8 and E-7 selection boards, officials said Aug 31. Master chiefs should not consider their career complete until they have participated as a member of an enlisted
The Russian Naval Vessel “Vice-Admiral Kulakov” is paying a courtesy call to Cork and will be berthed at the Port of Cork Cruise Terminal in Cobh from Thursday, 30 August until 19:00hrs on Sunday, 2 September 2012. The vessel will be open to the public on Saturday, 1 September from 10:00 – 12:00hrs
MTU Ibérica, a subsidiary of the German propulsion solution specialist MTU Friedrichshafen and the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia opened a common training center today in Cartagena/Spain. This training center is part of a strategic long-term cooperation between both companies. Navantia has chosen the
German Navy’s frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern performing training cruise in the Baltic Sea today will pay formal call at St. Petersburg… [mappress] Source: rusnavy, August 31, 2012
Eight activities of the Naval Sea Systems Command field activities were recognized Aug. 29, by Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) for outstanding accomplishments in energy and water management during fiscal year 2011. Award recipients will be honored Oct. 3, during a ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Was
Construction of the fourth Project 21631 Buyan-M stealth corvette Zeliony Dol was started at Zelenodolsk Shipyard in Tatarstan, Russia… [mappress] Source: rusnavy, August 31, 2012
Maritime Training specialist, Seagull, has secured Liberia’s approval for its unique Security training package. Liberian approval comes little more than a month after Seagull announced that it had been awarded Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) approval for the new security training package, which i
Project 21980 Grachonok counter-sabotage boat (serial number 983) departed from Zelenodolsk and is heading for the Black Sea… [mappress] Source: rusnavy, August 31, 2012
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast is sending 15 military and civilians to Naval Station Gulfport and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS JRB) New Orleans Aug. 30 as part of a Contingency Engineering Response Team (CERT). The team departed from Naval Air Station Jacksonvil
The amphibious transport dock Arlington (LPD 24), the eighth built at Huntington Ingalls Industries , recently returned from successful builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Dock trials started last week, and the ship left HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Aug. 21 for three days of at-sea
Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Wednesday that the government was expecting to procure a dozen submarines to augment Indonesia’s existing fleet by 2024. Purnomo said that a deal to purchase three of these submarines was signed in December 2011. The submarines are being built in cooperat
