And she departs begin her delivery voyage down the Clyde and around the UK! As soon as the transportation team confirmed she is safe for sea voyage, the Forward Island of the second Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier deployed on a five-day cruise to Rosyth where final assembly is taking place. T
Italian Navy’s frigate Aliseo concluded its deployment with NATO Standing Maritime Group 2. The vessel returned to its homeport Taranto yesterday, April 23, after a busy period in the Mediterranean Sea, where Aliseo was part of NATO’s counter-terrorism Operation Active Endeavour. Aliseo was part of
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) arrived in Larnaca, Cyprus, for a scheduled port visit April 23. This port visits serves to enhance U.S.-Cyprus relations as the two nations work together for a stable, secure and prosperous region. Ross is currently on a routine, mu
Royal New Zealand Navy’s frigate HMNZS Te Kaha arrived at Canakkale, Turkey, for the 100th Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The vessel will be just one of the many participants in the commemoration event, representing its country for Anzac Day. Anzac Day is a national day of reme
Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender docks in Greenwich, London. The vessel arrived for the first time in the country’s capital yesterday morning, where it will be moored for six days. She will be joined by HMS Middleton on Friday. The vessels are in London in support of the Centenary of the
The most iconic section of the second Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier has been loaded out of its dock hall in Glasgow ahead of its first sea voyage to Rosyth. Upper Block 07 is where HMS Prince of Wales will be commanded atop the flight deck and is known as the Forward Island. As the main [&h
As part of a complex inspection of the Southern Military District, the Russian Navy’s Caspian Flotilla commenced maritime training. A total of ten vessels departed their homeport of Makhachkala for these operations, among them the Russian Stealth Frigate Dagestan, assault motor boats, Grachonok anti
The Spanish Navy’s amphibious assault ship ‘Galicia’ has set sail from Rota Naval Base towards the Indian Ocean to take part in the counter piracy operation ‘Atalanta’. On this occasion, the ship will operate as command ship of the force and, to this end, the Spanish rear admiral Alfonso Gómez Ferná
Royal Navy warship HMS Somerset will sail into the port of Leith, Edinburgh, at approximately 7am on Friday, April 24 for a four day visit. The Type 23 Duke Class frigate is visiting Edinburgh in support of the service of commemoration for the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign being held at the Sc
MacArtney Underwater Technology has been awarded the contract to supply SubConn underwater connectivity solutions for the cutting-edge, bow mounted sonar systems that are essential to the impressive undersea threat detection and response capability of the advanced FREMM frigates currently operated b
DCNS started cutting metal for the very first GOWIND® 2500 corvette under construction in Lorient, in the presence of high representatives of the Egyptian Navy. This vessel is the first of a series of four units that will be delivered to Egypt before 2019. The cutting of the first metal sheets for t
US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) hosted Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet Vice Adm. James Foggo III during a scheduled port visit in Livorno, Italy, April 20, 2015. USS Mitscher Commanding Officer Cmdr. Milciades “Tony” Then welcomed Foggo, who was accompanied by
Royal Navy minehunter HMS Quorn sailed from Portsmouth today, April 20, bound for Glasgow, where she will rendezvous with a NATO task group destined for the Baltic Sea. She will join Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Squadron 1 (SNMCMG1), a multinational force of minehunters conducting exercises in
In the waters of the Ionian Sea, Italian and French units recently engaged in joint exercises. The two vessels, Italian Navy’s frigate Espero F576 and French Navy’s corvette Commandant Birot F796, together worked on improving the procedures and tactics of combating illicit activities at sea. These d
