Cathelco are supplying equipment for two force projection and command vessels, BPC Mistral Class, which are being built in France for the Russian Navy. DCNS will act as the prime contractor for the warships to be constructed at St -Nazaire, the first ship due for delivery in 2014. With a displacemen
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdiukov paid a visit to Black Sea Fleet (BSF). The minister held a meeting with BSF commanding staff, summarized results of the fleet’s activities in 2011 and determined priorities for near-term prospect, making a point of social problems of BSF servicemen. Defense
Multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk Feb. 28. Capt. Grady Banister relieved Capt. Thomas Chassee as commanding officer. “I would like to say one last time what an honor and privilege it has been to be a part of Iwo Jima’
Royal Netherlands Navy Locate Two Drowning Victims with VideoRay ROVs within Two Months of the Systems Being Delivered On January 10, 2012 VideoRay LLC of Phoenixville, PA, along with Dutch partner Nautikaris BV of Ijmuiden, Netherlands, completed the site acceptance test of four VideoRay Pro 4 subm
More than 600 friends and family greeted HMS Somerset as she returned home from six months of chasing pirates in the Indian Ocean. The frigate completed a “very rewarding” deployment – during which she took part in several pirate busts – by sailing into Devonport. More than 600 joyous families and f
Huntington Ingalls Industries has appointed Marty Erdossy as corporate director of customer relations for the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Erdossy is responsible for liaising with the U.S. Navy, HII’s Washington, D.C., office and aircraft carrier programs at NNS to respond to
Britain’s most advanced warship HMS Daring joined Allied navies in a concerted sweep of troubled waters for her first major operation east of Suez. The destroyer joined Australian, Pakistani, New Zealand and Yemeni ships and personnel on Operation Scimitar Anzac, which scoured the Red Sea, Gulf of A
HMS Bulwark’s Baltic mini-deployment has taken her to the Polish port of Gdynia. Her sailors paid their respects to the defenders of the Westerplatte, a peninsula in the nearby city of Gdańsk where the first shots of World War 2 were fired. Standing on one of the most hallowed sites on Polish soil,
Long-term supporters and affiliates of HMS Monmouth jumped at the chance to see their ship as few have – from below. They visited the Black Duke in dry dock in Devonport, wandering underneath her, and talking with the ship’s company about their exploits east of Suez. Two dozen people were given the
Sailors from ice patrol ship HMS Protector tackled a ferocious fire which raged through a Brazilian research base. Two dozen crew from the research and survey vessel helped out when the blaze engulfed the Ferraz research station on King George Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Sailors from a Roy
Haitian Authority Port Nationals (APNs) participated in a recognition ceremony upon the completion of their subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) in Cap-Haitian, Haiti with Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) members embarked on High Speed Vessel (HSV 2) Swift Feb. 24. The 21 APN participant
The guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) departed Naval Station Norfolk today on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Arabian Sea to participate in counter-piracy operations. The crew, commanded by Cmdr. Daniel J. Gillen, has been preparing for this deployment since they returned from the
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), and commander, Allied Joint Forces Command Naples (JFC), held a change of command ceremony on Naval Support Activity Naples in Naples, Italy, Feb. 24, where Adm. Bruce W. Clingan relieved Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III. Among the dignitaries an
Naval vessel P 414 attached to the Eastern Naval Command rescued a critically ill fisherman on 26th February 2012 in the eastern seas. The patient, who was suffering from a severe heart pain while at mid-sea, was brought ashore and transferred to the Trincomalee Base Hospital for medical treatment.
