Royal Navy minehunters and their US counterparts have surveyed the sea bed for mines more than 200 nautical miles away from their Bahraini base using a range of autonomous and unmanned systems. The Task Group was made up of HMS Shoreham and Bangor, the USS Devestator and Gladiator as well as Royal F
Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender sailed from Portsmouth, England to the Middle East to carry out security operations which will be part of her second major deployment. The crew of 190 left their home port, October 19, to take over duties from sister ship HMS Duncan and spend nine months working with a
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) conducted a change-of-command ceremony at-sea, Oct. 17. Capt. Brian Quin relieved Capt. Pete Mantz during a ‘flight lead change’ conducted. Mantz took command of Essex on May 28, 2014, following a successful tour as the ship’s executive officer, a
HMS Queen Elizabeth Tests 13-Tonne Anchors The mighty anchors on Britain’s biggest warship have been tested for the first time. Royal Navy’s Diamond Gets New Gadgets The new-look, souped-up HMS Diamond makes her way to sea for the first time since the summer of 2014. Infographic: Operation Sophia in
During its transit back to Spain after completing a deployment of more than five months in operation Atalanta, the amphibious assault ship ESPS Galicia has made a brief stopover in the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah. The purpose of the visit was to show the ship to the Royal Saudi Navy officials. This
The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) departed the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet area of operations Oct. 13, after more than six months in the region. While in theater, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), along with the rest of the strike group, supported Operation Inherent Resolve, the effor
In continuation of the Indian Navy’s overseas deployment to West Asia, Africa and Europe, INS Trikand entered Safaga, Egypt, on October 11 for a three-day visit. The ship will engage extensively with the Egyptian Navy during its stay in the country. Officials planned to conduct professional interact
The Royal Navy frigate has been working out with the Indian Navy while operating in the Indian Ocean. Deployed to the Middle East for six months, HMS Richmond has been training with Indian Navy Ship (INS) Betwa. The Portsmouth based frigate visited the port of Goa, India, for a routine stop and then
HMAS Melbourne’s crew has seized 427 kilograms of heroin hidden in a fishing dhow carrying the illegal drugs across the Indian Ocean. The intercept occurred during Melbourne’s first patrol of her current Operation MANITOU deployment to the Middle East region. The crew of HMAS Melbourne observed the
Gallery: HMS Erebus in Clear View For the first time, HMS Erebus is seen in its entirety without the help of multibeam sonar technology, 30 metres from bow to stern, in her final resting place in clear Arctic waters. As Mission Erebus and Terror 2015 comes to a close, Parks Canada has released never
This week HDMS ABSALON (Denmark) has joined NATO’s counter-piracy Operation OCEAN SHIELD and is en route to East Africa, following a port visit to Aqaba, Jordan. Within the framework of the port visit to the Mediterranean Dialogue partner nation, NATO’s Allied Maritime Command Chief of Staff, Rear A
Royal Navy warship HMS Duncan has come to the aid of an injured Iranian fisherman injured in the central Persian Gulf. The Type 45 destroyer was on a routine day at sea when crew heard a ‘Mayday’ call and immediately turned to help the dhow OLI-1. Less than an hour after the emergency request was [&
The US Navy said a member nation of a US-backed coalition ship found illicit arms on board a vessel believed to be of Iranian origin. According to Voice of America, a US navy official said that the majority of weapons was thrown overboard but a part was saved for analysis by the crew of USS Forrest
A Sailor assigned to USS Gladiator (MCM 11) died Sept. 27, of a non-hostile fire related injury while the ship was in port at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. The ship’s personnel immediately responded to the scene and the Sailor was transported to a nearby hospital where the service member was prono
