Officer cadets under training at Britannia Royal Naval College have been given an insight into what it takes to become a Royal Navy submariner. The group were given the chance to look around the Royal Navy Submarine School at HMS Raleigh and see the facilities used to train servicemen and women to o
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has awarded Dutch shipbuilder Damen a contract for two new Stan Patrol 4207 offshore patrol vessels, the company announced on Wednesday. Representing a renewal of their fleet, the new vessels will replace the Jamaican Coast Guard’s three County-class offshore patrol v
U.S. Navy divers from mobile diving and salvage unit (MDSU) 1 teamed up with Royal Brunei Navy personnel for diving operations on the former USS Salute, a World War II era minesweeper sunk by a Japanese mine during preparations for amphibious landings in the Battle of Borneo. The diving operations t
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have destroyed a German World War II bomb found in Portsmouth Harbour during dredging work on Wednesday. The World War II device was found by a barge dredging the harbour – part of a raft of infrastructure upgrades taking place in readiness for the arrival of the Roy
Danish government and industry representatives are hosting a maritime and naval event aboard a Danish Navy frigate that is visiting Baltimore, USA, on November 17. During its two-day visit to Baltimore, HDMS Peter Willemoes will host an event headed by Troels Lund Poulsen, Danish minister for busine
Navy ships from the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan and Singapore that were initially supposed to take part in the New Zealand Navy’s naval fleet review have changed their course to help in the aftermath of an earthquake that hit New Zealand. The town of Kaikoura was hardest hit by a 7.5 mag
Having recently used its helicopter to successfully stop a high-speed cocaine chase, the crew of UK’s naval tanker RFA Wave Knight were part of a scenario in which they helped islanders on Tobago cope after being lashed by 110 mph winds. The Lynx helicopter flew emergency supplies and medical stores
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Raytheon $25.4 million under a contract modification to exercise an option for the DDG 1002 Zumwalt-class destroyer mission system equipment MK 57 vertical launch system. Named after U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, DDG 1002 is the second of overall th
The German Navy decommissioned the last of its fast attack craft during a ceremony on Wednesday at the Warnemünde Navy Base in Rostock. With the decommissioning of the last four Gepard-class fast attack craft and therefore the last fast attack squadron, the navy is closing a chapter of its history t
Spanish Navy auxiliary support ship ESPS Patiño is currently on its second deployment providing logistic support to the Royal Canadian Navy under an agreement between the two countries. Canada had to make arrangements with Chilean and Spanish Navies for the lease of supply ships as its own resupply
Huntington Ingalls Industries launched the U.S. Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, future USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), on November 12. The ship was named in honor of Paul Robert Ignatius, who served as secretary of the Navy under President Lyndon Johnson from 1967 to 1969. T
Dredging operators found an unexploded WWII bomb in the Portsmouth Harbour while they were preparing the port for the arrival of the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth- class aircraft carriers. The latest discovery, which occurred in the morning hours of November 16, brings the total number of histori
Boeing has delivered its first P-8A Poseidon surveillance and anti-submarine aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force on November 16. The Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull MP, together with other government and defense officials welcomed the new Poseidons at the Royal Australian Air Fo
Former U.S. Coast Guard cutter and now Philippine Navy frigate BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF 17) arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on November 15 for a regularly scheduled port visit en route to the Philippines. Previously known as USCGC Boutwell, the ship and crew were greeted by Capt. Stanley K
