
Russia’s Sredne-Nevsky shipyard, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, has launched Pyotr Ilyichev (543), the Russian Navy’s newest Project 12700 Aleksandrit-class minesweeper.

The 19th edition of the Indo-French naval exercise ‘VARUNA-2021’ concluded on 27 April 2021.

The UK’s Carrier Strike Group led by HMS Queen Elizabeth will visit more than one fifth of the world’s nations when it sails next month.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has christened the US Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123).

A missing Indonesian Navy submarine has been found sunk off Bali and all of its 53 crew members died, the navy confirmed.

Malaysian shipbuilder Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad (BHIC) has been contracted to ensure the upkeep of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s submarine facilities.

Shipbuilder Navantia has hosted a launching ceremony for the future Isaac Peral (S-81), the first in a series of new air-independent propulsion (AIP) S-80 submarines being built for the Spanish Navy.

The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has dispatched a submarine rescue vessel to participate in the search for an Indonesian Navy submarine that was reported missing in the waters near Bali on 21 April.

Anson, the fifth of seven Astute class attack submarines being built for the Royal Navy, has been launched at BAE Systems’ site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

Russian submarine designer Rubin Design Bureau revealed it has developed a submersible patrol ship combining the features of a submarine and a surface patrol vessel.

Egypt became the 34th member of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) on April 12, 2021.

The U.S. Navy held a decommissioning ceremony for amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego on April 14.

British aerospace, defence and security company Babcock International has been awarded a two-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the continuation of in-service support to the Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS).

Taiwan has christened the 10,600-tonne Yushan (1401), a new type of amphibious warfare ship being built for the Taiwan Navy.