The Spanish fleet replenishment ship ‘Cantabria’ arrived yesterday at Garden Island Naval Base, after nearly a month deployed in the north of Australia. This naval base will be the ship’s home port until her return to Spain in November. During those four weeks, ‘Cantabria’ collaborated with the RAN
Guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), with a crew of approximately 300 Sailors, anchored in Shimoda, May 16 to participate in the city’s 74th annual Black Ship Festival. The festival promotes the peaceful relations between the Japanese and American people and commemorates the 159th anniv
USS Kearsarge Anchors in Eilat, Israel The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), along with embarked Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) arrived in Eilat, Israel for a regularly scheduled port visit, May 14. US Navy: First Mobile Landing Platform Deliver
The Department of Defence released a Request For Tender to CEA Technologies for the development of a High Power Phased Array Radar concept demonstrator. CEA Technologies Pty Ltd is a Canberra-based company whose world leading technology CEAFAR radar is being fitted to the ANZAC Class Frigates of the
Commander of the Australian Fleet , RADM Tim Barrett, AM, CSC RAN visited HMAS Newcastle on 9 May 13, whilst she was underway in Cockburn Sound, WA making final preparations for deployment on Operation SLIPPER to the Middle East Area of Operation (MEAO). RADM Barrett took the opportunity to personal
Leading Seaman Marine Technician Bianca Ridley was recently awarded the HMAS WestraliaPOMT Shaun Damian Smith Perpetual Shield by Commodore Training, CDRE Michael Noonan at a Clear Lower Deck Fleet Support Unit – West held on Tuesday 30 April 2013. Also in attendance to assist with the presentation
The Royal Australian Navy has supported the opening of White Ribbon Australia’s first international conference. White Ribbon Australia is hosting the conference in Sydney. It features key researchers, practitioners, policy makers and activists from both Australia and overseas. The conference showcas
Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) frigate HMNZS TE MANA will spend the next month undertaking activities in support of defence diplomacy, in South East and North East Asia. Having successfully participated in Exercise BERSAMA SHIELD, a Five Power Defence Arrangements exercise also involving Australia, M
The Ship’s Company of the USS Pinckney made sure their Australian shipmate CPOCSM Chris Boardman was able to commemorate Anzac Day 2013 appropriately, by holding their own Anzac Day service onboard the US Navy Destroyer. CPO Boardman has joined the USS Pinckney (home ported in San Diego) on exchange
During the last 12 months HMA Ships Shepparton and Benalla have been involved with hydrographic surveys in and around Torres Strait. Their focus has been to achieve high order surveys for Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) Under Keel Clearance Management System (UKCM). A challenge given t
Russian Navy to Receive Newest Baltic Fleet Warship Russia’s newest Baltic Fleet warship, the Project 20380 Boiky corvette, will be handed over to the Navy on May 16, St. Petersburg’s Severnaya Verf shipyard said on Monday. The Boiky has completed sea trials and undergone a series of final tests at
The Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Choules and her MRH90 helicopter have been involved in the air and sea search for two people believed lost from the Carnival Line cruise ship Carnival Spirit off the New South Wales mid-north coast. HMAS Choules joined the search on Thursday afternoon as she was r
Navy Maritime Prepositioning Force ships USNS 1st LT John P. Bobo (T-AK 3008) and USNS Pililaau (T-AK 304) departed the port of Pohang, Republic of Korea, May 8. The departure marked the conclusion of a month-long deployment in support of the Combined Joint Logistics Over the Shore (CJLOTS) exercise
On an overcast northern tropical day, the crew of HMAS Paluma got their first taste of stardom when the production company, Great Southern Film and Television embarked to film ‘Coast – Australia’. The long-running BBC series explores how and why coasts are mapped and presented a unique opportunity f
