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UK: HMS Sutherland Practises Winching Drills off Shores of Saudi Arabia
LAET Greg Coulter ‘dances‘ on the surface of the Indian Ocean as HMS Sutherland practises winching drills in the middle of a major amphibious exercise off the shores of Saudi Arabia. The Devonport-based Type 23 frigate is the escort for the Cougar 11 task group – the Navy’s key deployment of the yea
USS Fitzgerald, USS McCampbell Visit Sydney
The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and USS McCampbell (DDG 85) will visit Sydney, July 4, for a port visit before participating in Talisman Sabre 2011, a joint-exercise with the Royal Australian Navy. Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 is a biennial
UK: HMS Iron Duke Hands Over Gulf Duties to St Albans
Ploughing through seas whipped up by the monsoon season, HMS Iron Duke and St Albans perform a traditional sail past in the Indian Ocean as one Portsmouth-based frigate hands over Gulf duties to another. The two ships – Iron Duck on the left here, the Saint on the right – saluted each other with jet
UK: HMS Brocklesby Returns Home from Libya
Royal Navy minehunter HMS Brocklesby was given a hero’s welcome by friends and family yesterday as she returned to Portsmouth Naval Base after five months supporting operations against Libya from the Mediterranean. HMS Brocklesby sailed into Portsmouth under her own version of the Jolly Roger black
U.S. 6th Fleet Commander Visits USS Bulkeley in Spain
The commander of U.S. 6th Fleet visited guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) June 25 when the ship was anchored outside the Mahon Harbor in Menorca, Spain. Vice Adm. Harry B. Harris, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, also participated in a wreath-laying memorial ceremony in Menorca June 26. After
USA: General Dynamics Wins Additional USD 12.5 Million for MLP Contract
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $12,500,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2109) for engineering and technical design services to support research and development of advanced submarine technologies for current and future submarine pla
New Zealander to Be Commander of Combined Task Force 151
Captain Jim Gilmour has relieved Republic of Singapore Navy Rear Admiral Harris Chan Weng Yip as Commander Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, during a Change of Command ceremony onboard USS MASON berthed in Djibouti. It is the first time that a Royal New Zealand Naval Officer has commanded a major multi
South Korea Chases Away Pirate Boats
South Korea says its navy has chased away three suspected pirate boats in Somali waters… (miamiherald) [mappress] Source: miamiherald, July 4, 2011;
HMS Bangor Reaches Libya
HMS Bangor has arrived in the Mediterranean where she will serve as part of NATO forces off the coast of Libya. The Sandown Class vessel left HM Naval Base Clyde on 6 June 2011 and sailed over 2,500 miles (4,023 km) to arrive in the warm waters of the Med to relieve fellow mine […]
USS Mobile Bay Completes Ten-Month Deployment
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Laura M. Napier, daughter of Patricia and Dolliver Napier of Mansfield, and a crew of about 370 sailors homepor… (mansfieldnewsjournal) [mappress] Source: mansfieldnewsjournal, July 4, 2011;
UK: Portsmouth Frigate Saves 13 Sailors from Sinking Tanker
This is the dramatic moment a crewman from a stricken merchant ship was lifted to safety – one of 13 sailors plucked from their stricken vessel by Royal Navy aviators off Oman. All souls aboard the tanker MV Pavit were winched off by a Merlin from HMS St Albans, as the Portsmouth frigate broke [&hel
Australian Navy Begins Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring Program
Long before ‘mentoring’ became a buzz word in the business-world, Big Brothers Big Sisters program has been providing a valuable community service in youth mentoring. HMAS Stirling (Captain Brett Wolski) recently hosted a ship and submarine tour for the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program run
Guided-Missile Frigates Depart Chile to Begin UNITAS PAC
Guided-missile frigates USS Boone (FFG 28) and USS Thach (FFG 43) departed Valparaiso, Chile, along with navy ships from four countries to begin exercises of the Pacific Phase (PAC) of UNITAS 52, June 29. The Chilean-hosted, two-week multinational exercise began with the arrival of ships from the na
NOAA, U.S. Navy to Conduct Archaeological Survey of Civil War Vessels
NOAA and the U.S. Navy embarked today on a two-day research expedition to survey the condition of two sunken Civil War vessels that have rested on the seafloor of the James River in Hampton Roads, Va., for nearly 150 years. Using state-of-the-art sonar technology to acquire data, researchers will cr