The Swedish Defence Ministry announced that it intends to invest in two submarines of next generation, A26. The announcement on the investment of a total of SEK 8,2 billion was made by the Swedish Minister of Defence Peter Hultqvist in Karlskrona, Sweden. Sweden will order the submarines from constr
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, March 17, to begin its second forward-deployed patrol in support of ballistic missile defense of Europe and Operation Atlantic Resolve. Ross’ forward presence and the ship’s participation in combin
The New Zealand Navy’s sealift and amphibious support ship HMNZS Canterbury is being dispatched to support NZDF relief efforts in Vanuatu as it recovers from Tropical Cyclone Pam. Canterbury has an extensive range of capabilities including the ability to land personnel, vehicles and cargo by landing
Type 45 Destroyer HMS Dauntless has enjoyed a well-earned break from her high-tempo operational deployment to the Gulf with a stand-down in Dubai. The stand-down period gave the ship’s company the chance to catch up on maintenance that cannot be completed at sea including work on the ship’s Lynx Mk
The amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) completed a five-day sea trials period March 13 following an eight-month planned maintenance availability period. During the underway period, New Orleans’ crew members tested a number of shipboard systems including damage control systems, n
The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon departed Gaeta, Italy. The vessel, which left the port on March 12, took a short break from its busy schedule. Laboon, homeported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.
Royal Navy’s HMS Dragon played a three-day game of cat and mouse with a South African submarine – one of the highlights of her visit to Cape Town on the latest stage of her Atlantic/Pacific odyssey. After a mid-deployment break around the Cape of Good Hope in Simon’s Town Naval Base, the Portsmouth-
A Landing Craft Air Cushion assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 enters the well deck of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). Ashland is part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and, along with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU),
The Joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) and its embarked detachment of U.S. Navy Sailors, civil service mariners and U.S., Spanish and British marines concluded the Cameroonian phase of Africa Partnership Station (APS), March 16, 2015, in Douala, Cameroon. U.S. special operators will wor
On Monday, March 16, NATO Allied Maritime Command began its full operational capability (FOC) certification exercise TRIDENT JEWEL, testing the headquarters staff’s abilities to manage a joint multinational operation with a significant maritime component. Exercise TRIDENT JEWEL marks the culmination
Australian Navy’s HMAS Success has had a busy month deployed as part of Operation MANITOU in the Middle East Region. Success conducted 12 replenishments at sea with ships from the United States, French, British, German, Turkish, Spanish, Dutch and Italian navies, transferring over 3,700 cubic meters
Huntington Ingalls Industries will christen US Navy’s new landing platform dock John P. Murtha (LPD 26) at its Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, on Saturday, March 21. The ship, 10th in the San-Antonio class of US Navy Amphibious Warships, is named for Congressman John P. Murtha. His daughter, Ms. D
As part of the European Union’s efforts to enhance regional states’ maritime security capabilities in the Horn of Africa, on 15 March EUCAP Nestor gave six Nissan 4×4 vehicles, as well as IT and communications equipment, to the Coast Guard of the Federal Government of Somalia. The handover of the ve
US Navy’s replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201) returns home to Naval Station Norfolk. The vessel entered post on Monday afternoon. The Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler has spent the previous three months working as a support vessel in the US Navy’s 5th and 6th Fleet. The vessel performed underway
