HMS Sutherland has returned to her home port of Plymouth with a gunfire salute. The Type 23 frigate has been on a short deployment for training and diplomatic visits before beginning a long upgrade. The refit package in Devonport will see her return to service almost a year later. The 13-gun salute
UK Warship Passes Through One of the World’s Narrowest Waterways Not every warship’s company can claim to have squeezed through one of the world’s narrowest waterways – but a Royal Navy mine hunter now has bragging rights. US Navy Awards Contract for Ex-USS Forrestal Scrapping The Navy awarded a $0.
MTU has been chosen by the Korean Coast Guard (KCG) to provide propulsion and onboard power for a new class of vessels in its ever expanding and modernizing fleet. The new 5000-ton displacement patrol vessel will be powered by four MTU 20V 1163 M94 engines in a Combined Diesel and Diesel (CODAD) pro
HMS Bulwark hosted a Defence and Security Industry Day (DSID), sponsored by UK Trade and Industry (UKTI), on her recent visit to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The Plymouth based Fleet Flagship, currently in the Gulf leading the Response Force Task Group’s Cougar 13 deployment, invited eight
VIDEO: DDG 1000 Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Pending Christening (USA) The christening of the U.S. Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer, Zumwalt (DDG 1000), will take place on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. HMS Ramsey Sailors Learn from Their American Minehunting Counte
As HMS Dragon patrols the Eastern Mediterranean her Lynx helicopter breathes fire into the sunset sky with a stunning array of decoy flares. One of the Navy’s newest Type 45 destroyers, HMS Dragon has arrived back from the Gulf and is now in the Eastern Med, patrolling UK sovereign base areas and ta
The French Ministry of Defence awarded the contract to modernise the French Navy’s fleet of Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft to Dassault Aviation and Thales. Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian signed the contract at a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Thales facility in
The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer, HMS Defender, will open her gangway to visitors from her affiliated city of Exeter this weekend (October 4-6). The ship will be alongside at HM Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth for a special three-day ‘friendship’ visit. Defender will stage a demonstration of her
Babcock has been contracted by BAE Systems to work on a new design for the Submerged Signal Ejector (SSE) for the UK’s future ballistic nuclear submarine (SSBN). Following the contract awarded to Babcock last autumn for the system definition of the future submarine’s tactical weapons handling and la
The Irish Naval Service has selected Kelvin Hughes to provide the SharpEye radar and the MantaDigital display for the incremental upgrade of its fleet. Ships of the Irish Naval Service operate in some of the harshest maritime conditions, including the North Atlantic, and the decision in favour of Sh
EID, a Portuguese company specialising in military communications, was invited by Rohde & Schwarz to be part of the team responsible for proposing a technical solution for the integrated communications system of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship. This was a result of the excellent cooperation between t
VIDEO: DDG 1000 Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Pending Christening (USA) The christening of the U.S. Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer, Zumwalt (DDG 1000), will take place on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. The ceremony will begin at 11:00 A.M. and is open to the public
HMS Duncan – the sixth and last of the Royal Navy’s new-generation Type 45 destroyers – was formally commissioned into the fleet on September 26. Hundreds of guests including families of the 190 ship’s company attended a colourful ‘Christening’ ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base to mark the ship’s tr
The Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate, HMS Portland, will sail into Belfast this weekend in support of major exhibition. Arriving on September 26, the 133-metre ship will go alongside in Belfast Harbour and will remain in port until Monday September 30. During the five-day visit, the ship will be particu
