HMS Queen Elizabeth Tests 13-Tonne Anchors The mighty anchors on Britain’s biggest warship have been tested for the first time. Royal Navy’s Diamond Gets New Gadgets The new-look, souped-up HMS Diamond makes her way to sea for the first time since the summer of 2014. Infographic: Operation Sophia in
A force of four ships, three British, one French, used their helicopters and landing craft to evacuate civilians from a ‘war-torn’ Mediterranean island in a mock humanitarian crisis during Exercise Corsican Lion. For the past week, more than 2,000 British and French sailors, soldiers, airmen and mar
Crews from the Raptors of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71 performed two back-to-back emergency medical transports of sailors aboard USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110). Both lifts happened during the ship’s transit from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to San Diego, USA on October 14. HSM-71 medic
A sea mine found off the coast of Gourock on the Clyde in Scotland has been safely detonated by Royal Navy divers. The British-made S Mk6 sea mine dating from around the time of the Second World War was discovered by a civilian diver earlier in the week who reported it to the local authorities. Nort
SNMG2 conducted a manoeuvring exercise, while simultaneously one of the Sea Lynx helicopter from frigate HAMBURG exercised take off and landing procedures as well as different scenarios with the ship. The helicopter’s crew took the chance to capture photos of the naval force during one of the take o
The crew aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) began preparations for the 2016 Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), Oct. 7. Ronald Reagan’s INSURV is a required material inspection of 18 functional areas conducted every six years to verify the s
In the aftermath of the El Faro disaster which happened Oct. 1, 2015, the US Navy Salvage and Diving division of the Naval Sea Systems Command was contracted to locate the sunken ship, assist in the sea floor documentation of the wreckage, and recover the voyage data recorder. The National Transport
Servowatch has completed BAE System’s Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) of the fully integrated platform management system it has built for the Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessels. Servowatch is a supplier of advanced integrated ship control systems and will now integrate the IPMS package at BAE Syste
The ships of Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2), with two Sea Lynx helicopters embarked, exercised with the British Task Group Cougar this week after a busy in-port programme in Barcelona. Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 met in the waters with British Task Group Cougar north of Corsica on Monda
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) arrived in Singapore Oct. 5 for a visit as a part of its deployment to the Western Pacific. With a crew of approximately 150, City of Corpus Christi showcased the latest capabilities of the submarine fleet. Commanding o
Exercise DUGONG 15, a mine countermeasures exercise which involved seven Navies, has drawn to a close in Hobart. The event brought mine warfare and dive teams from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and United States together for two weeks to practice contemporary mine warfare and dive salvage te
Danish ship HDMS Absalon’s crew have recently welcomed local Somali authorities aboard the vessel to engage in discussions on maritime security off the coast of Somalia. Absalon’s Commanding Officer, Commander Per Moll Petersen, twice welcomed Somali leaders from the town of Hobyo aboard to discuss
Dutch warship, HNLMS Groningen, reached the halfway point in her deployment on Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia on Wednesday, October 14. To mark the event, the ship’s commanding officer, Commander Walter Hansen, and the youngest sailor on board cut in half a long piece of wood that had p
The guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) entered the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations on October 13, 2015. Transiting the Suez Canal signaled Farragut’s completion of a six-month deployment in U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. While in 5th Fleet, Farragut conducted exercises with multipl
