On June 25, Force Commander Rear Admiral Dupuis visited the headquarters of the Tanzanian Navy to meet General Omar, Commander of the Navy. Tanzania faces the scourge of piracy off its coasts and is therefore intrinsically concerned. Its navy works daily in Tanzanian territorial waters to combat pir
Spain and Australia have agreed today that the Combat Supply Ship Cantabria will operate with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from February to November 2013. This deployment will be the longest and most extensive that the Navy ship will have made to date. Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral General
Thousands of people gathered on historic Plymouth Hoe to pay tribute and show their support for the military at the national Armed Forces Day event. Prime Minister David Cameron, the Earl of Wessex and the First Sea Lord were among the dignitaries who witnessed fly and sail pasts, plus a parade by 1
Building on the bilateral relations between the maritime authorities of Portugal and Spain, a combined exercise of maritime search and rescue will take place today in an area south of the Guadiana river mouth, coordinated by the Maritime Search and Rescue Center in Lisbon (MRCC LISBON) and supported
As part of Armed Forces Week, Plymouth’s Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) unit, HMS Vivid opened its doors to the public throughout Wednesday afternoon, 27 June. HMS Vivid is home to over 130 reservists who volunteer their spare time to support UK operations both at home and overseas, in roles as diverse a
Between 27-29 June the 12th Baltic Military Fair “BALT MILITARY EXPO” was held in Gdansk. Polish Navy has prepared a presentation of ships and maritime rescue. Transport-and-landing ship ORP “Lublin”, minehunter ORP “Flaming” and hydrographic ship ORP “Arctowski” were presented to the public in the
The third vessel of Landing Ship Tanks (LCT) Project, undertaken by ANADOLU Shipyard with the Turkish Under-secretariat of Defense Industries (SSM) for Turkish Naval Forces, namely NB 226 / Ç-153, has set a new speed record while cruising amid sea trials in the Aegean Sea. The vessel at 1,040 tons d
Following six months of preparation and training, Royal Navy mine hunter, HMS Blyth ”left the wall” on Friday, June 29, from her home port of HM Naval Base Clyde to start her journey to the Mediterranean for a six month NATO deployment. The highly equipped Sandown class ship is off to join a NATO ta
Over 600 members of HMS Sultan’s Ship’s Company and trainees turned out for Ceremonial Divisions on Friday 29 June, to be inspected by world famous yachtswoman, Dee Caffari. In her first official engagement as Honorary Commander Royal Naval Reserves, Dee Caffari MBE, having recently been appointed b
The Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith, announced that the Royal Australian Navy would participate in a unique deployment to Australia of the Spanish Armada Ship, SPS Cantabria, with a series of training exercises in Australia from mid-February until November 2013. The Cantabria deployment will str
On June 27, the Netherlands Defence Materiel Organization and Thales Nederland signed an agreement to modify the four SMART-L volume search radars installed on the “De Zeven Provinciën” class air defence and command frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The new SMART-L radar will be optimized for
Vice Admiral Matthieu Borsboom paid a visit to South America for, among other things, a three-day meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Admiral Julio Soares Moura Neto. This ‘navy-to-navy’ visit, now completed, was characterised by the friendly relations and mutual cooperation between the 2 navies
Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector returns home to Portsmouth on Wednesday (June 27) from her maiden deployment to the frozen continent of Antarctica. The 5,000-tonne ice-breaker spent most of her seven months away surveying and patrolling the Antarctic Peninsula. In her first deployment since
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, will lead a project to develop new technologies to support unmanned naval vehicle missions, following an award of $3 million from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). The development of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) and Unmanned Underwate
