German Navy tender ‘Werra’ and the minehunter ‘Datteln’ will depart their homebase in Kiel on June 20 to join the EU NAVFOR mission of saving lives and apprehending smugglers in the Mediterranean Sea. Werra, commanded by Corvette Captain Mirko Preuß and Datteln, commanded by Corvette Captain Björn F
Two migrants died while 111 were rescued when Irish Navy’s offshore patrol vessel LÉ Róisín located a long rubber vessel located 37 nautical miles northwest of Tripoli on June 16. The vessel’s crew started the operation early in the morning but two female migrants could not be saved, the navy said.
Daesh positions are now being hit from two different regions as AV-8B Harriers taking off from USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Arabian Gulf joined strike aircraft operating from USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean Sea June 16. This marks the first naval aviation combat strike missions of Operation Inh
Responding to reports of a Chinese spy ship entering Japanese waters while spying on U.S. Navy aircraft carrier John C. Stennis (CVN-74), China’s Ministry of National Defense released a statement saying the Chinese warship conducted “normal navigation and training in relevant waters of the Western P
The Irish Department of Defense has awarded Babcock and its Appledore shipyard a contract to build the nation’s fourth Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel. All four vessels are built at the Appledore shipyard in North Devon at a unit price of around €54 million. The first two vessels in the
The Australian Defence Force has confirmed a 22-year-old Royal Australian Navy sailor died in Muscat, Oman. The sailor was deployed on Operation Manitou aboard the Adelaide-class frigate HMAS Darwin. According to the Royal Australian Navy, the ship was in Muscat, Oman on a scheduled port visit and t
Danish Department of Defence celebrated the delivery of its first three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters by having one of the aircraft land aboard the Danish frigate Iver Huitfeldt in Copenhagen Harbor, Denmark, June 6. The helicopters were delivered by the U.S. Navy under a $686 million foreign military
Having spent more than 2 months in the Central Mediterranean Sea as part of EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia efforts in fighting human smugglers and traffickers and preventing the further loss of life at sea, the German frigate FGS Karlsruhe left the mission today. Commenting on ship’s achievements, EU
The Boston-homeported U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca is scheduled to return home Saturday after seizing 4.6 tons of cocaine during a 68-day deployment to the Pacific Ocean. Seneca intercepted five smuggling vessels carrying cocaine from South America bound for the United States, including the first
U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Thai Armed Forces are set to begin the 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise on June 16 with opening ceremonies at the Royal Thai Naval Base in Sattahip. CARAT Thailand 2016 will consist of eight days of shore-based and at-s
A Chinese spy vessel entered Japanese waters as it shadowed the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis which is taking part in the U.S., Japanese, Indian naval exercise Malabar 2016 in the Western Pacific. The Dongdiao-class intelligence vessel was spotted by patrol aircraft a
Ex-USS Taylor, a former U.S. Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, was recently towed from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard to the Detyens Shipyard in Charleston where the vessel will be converted in preparation for delivery to the Taiwanese government as part of the U.S. foreign military sales pro
After taking part in the advanced multinational mine countermeasures (MCM) exercise Spanish Minex-16, minehunter Duero (M-35) integrated into the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR) to take part in the Italian Minex-16 and the maritime security exercise MCE-16 in Tunisian waters. The Spanish M-35,
The Royal Australian Navy recently shared photos of an ‘Anzac taskforce’ exercising off the coast of Queensland, Australia. RNZN’s frigate Te Kaha spent the past week working with an Australian Naval taskforce in preparation for exercise RIMPAC, the world’s largest maritime exercise. The Anzac taskf
