Trials have started on a new facility at HMS Raleigh which will be used to prove equipment for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers and future Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels. The Heavy Replenishment-at-Sea (HRAS) demonstrator is being used to simulate the transfers of bulk stores and mun
Plymouth-based frigate HMS Argyll arrived in South Africa in style by firing a 21-gun salute as she made her way into the naval port of Simon’s Town. Royal Navy warships are allowed to fire a 21-gun salute in recognition of a special Royal occasion – however it has also become a tradition as they ar
Royal Navy minehunter HMS Quorn has used her specialist equipment to detect two unlit and uncharted buoys in the middle of the Gulf that presented a danger to local shipping. The ship spotted the mooring buoys in the waters of a busy shipping lane while on a recent multi-national minehunting exercis
The U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will travel to Hawaii, Singapore and Brussels beginning this week, senior defense officials announced on May 28. Hagel will speak at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, officials told Pentagon reporters during a background briefing. The annual conference draw
The final delivery of the Italian FREMM “Carlo BERGAMINI” was held today at the Fincantieri shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia). This is the first of series of FREMM (European Multi Mission Frigates) ships ordered by the Italian Navy from Orizzonte Sistemi Navali, within the framework of an agreement b
An explosion rips through the hull of the merchant vessel, critically wounding six members of the crew. Two are in danger of losing limbs, another can’t breathe, and a fourth has deep burns across his chest. The casualties are flown to the nearby RFA Cardigan Bay, where the specialist military medic
Whilst alongside Port Victoria in the Seychelles, naval staff from EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Flagship NRP Álvares Cabral and the Seychellois Coast Guard came together on board the Portuguese ship to exchange maritime knowledge and experiences. The Seychellois Coast Guard team visited both the navig
As part of the Fisheries Surveillance Plan for 2013, the Spanish offshore patrol boat ‘Tarifa’ is taking part in the NEAFC International Campaign in the Sea of Irminguer waters, monitoring and supporting the trawlers fleet. In this deployment –from May 5th to June 13th– the ‘Tarifa’ operates as a Eu
HMS Edinburgh – the Royal Navy’s last remaining Type 42 destroyer – returns to her home port of Portsmouth for the final time on Friday (May 31). The 30-year-old warship, which has clocked up almost 800,000 miles, decommissions on June 6 as the Type 42s make way for the new-generation Type 45s. Edin
The contract to maintain the eyes and ears of the Royal Navy’s ships and submarines, signed yesterday by Thales and the UK Defence Ministry, will sustain 530 defence jobs across the UK. The £600 million Sensor Support Optimisation Project will provide a decade of maintenance and repair for 17 differ
Thousands of people lined both banks of the River Mersey yesterday (Tuesday May 28) as over a dozen warships left Liverpool, concluding what First Sea Lord Admiral Zambellas has called “the astonishing success” of the Battle of Atlantic 70th anniversary events. Though poor weather limited visibility
Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster left Portsmouth today (Tuesday 28 May) for a six month deployment to the North Atlantic and Caribbean. The Atlantic Patrol will provide a challenging deployment for the ship, where she is scheduled to undertake a range of tasks across the region in supp
Assault ship HMS Bulwark hosted the Battle of the Atlantic reception in Liverpool at the start of the commemorative long weekend. In attendance at the event were many survivors from the battle. The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir George Zambellas was present along with Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Phil
Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset acted as the prestigious starting platform for a tough single-handed transatlantic yacht race setting off from the south coast on Bank Holiday Monday. The Devonport-based frigate took time out from her current period of Operational Sea Training to embark Race Official
