A group of sailors from the Portsmouth based HMS Richmond have carried out team work training using HMS Raleigh’s high ropes course, as the ship undergoes a maintenance period at Devonport Naval Base, in Plymouth. HMS Richmond sent eight Junior Ratings to the Royal Navy training base in Cornwall to
HMS Argyll led Britain’s participation in a major exercise in the Gulf aimed at protecting the region’s critical oil infrastructure. The frigate joined US and Kuwaiti forces on the annual Stakenet exercise which hones the skills of coalition naval units to protect oil and gas installations in the re
First patrol ship being built by Turkmen Frontier Service shipyard obtained the name of Arkadag (“Protector”), reports REGNUM. It was not reported at which stage of construction the ship was. Her technical characteristics are unknown either. When the construction is over, Arkadag will be the first d
Baltic Fleet (BF) frigate Yaroslav Mudry on Feb 10 left the Russian Navy carrier group led by aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov and laid a course for Baltiysk. The ship left the homebase on Dec 7, 2011 and has covered over 15,000 nautical miles. The crew has carried out antiaircraft and an
Northern Fleet (NF) warships – aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko – are pursuing a northern course to continue cruise through the North Atlantic towards home base. Prior to that, the ships have replenished supplies from auxiliary vessels in the Moray Firth. Unde
A port stop in Saudi Arabia gave personnel on board a Royal Navy warship the rare chance to train alongside the kingdom’s Special Maritime Border Security Unit. Type-23 frigate HMS Somerset is currently on maritime security operations in the Middle East working alongside Saudi Arabian authorities to
Prospective aircraft carrier for Russian Navy will be constructed after 2020, and its technical project will be developed by 2014, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky told RIA Novosti. Presently, Russian Navy operates only one aircraft carrier – Admiral Kuznetsov. “The ship wil
Britain’s most advanced warship has paid her first visit to Jordan on the latest stage of her maiden deployment. HMS Daring sailed into Aqaba where she trained with Jordanian counterparts, welcomed royalty and local VIPS, and gave her ship’s company the chance to visit the ancient city of Petra. Sai
The La Fayette Class Frigate, FS ACONIT, will join the EUNAVFOR counter piracy Task Force on 11 February. FS ACONIT has been in operational service with the French Navy since 1999 and has a displacement of 3,600 tons. The French ship joins OP ATALANTA operations with the mission to protect vulnerabl
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Liverpool has sailed alongside the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov as she made her way north around British waters. The Portsmouth-based Type 42 warship was acting as fleet escort as she followed a carrier-led Russian task group from the English Channel off the so
Russia’s Yantar shipyard, last week , successfully finished trials for Indian Navy new Talwar class frigate. Previously, Russia completed frigates INS Talwar, INS Trishul, and INS Tabar. The $1.6-bln contract for second 3-ship batch for Indian Navy was signed on July 14, 2007 in Delhi. Remaining two
Thales UK has been awarded a £30m+ contract to supply the Sonar 2076 fully integrated search and attack submarine sonar system for the UK Royal Navy’s fifth Astute-class submarine, HMS Anson. Thales will supply the sonar system to BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, the prime contractor for the Astute-
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departed Bahrain, Feb. 5, following a four-day port visit. While in Bahrain, Abraham Lincoln hosted a reception and Sailors participated in Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR)-sponsored tours and volunteered for several community relations events (C
Demand of Russian Navy for Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates in the next 15-20 years will be up to 20 ships, press secretary of Severnaya Verf shipyard Olga Vilde told RIA Novosti on Feb 1. “In the next 15-20 years, Russian Navy will need up to 20 frigates. They will be based on Project
