The biggest British military grouping built up in peacetime will secure the Summer Olympics 2012 to be held in London. Security will be provided by 13,500 military servicemen, one of the main Royal Navy’s attack ships – amphibious assault ship HMS Ocean with helicopters Puma and Lynx on board, and l
On 21 December 2011, STX Finland Oy and the Finnish Border Guard signed an agreement on construction of a next generation offshore patrol vessel. The vessel will be built at the STX Rauma shipyard and delivered to the customer in November 2013. The highly advanced vessel will be 96 metres long and
Flights of deck-based aircraft started on Northern Fleet (NF) aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov on Sunday, Dec 18, as long as weather conditions became better. Most experienced pilots practiced takeoffs and landings on the deck of the Russian aircraft carrier located in the Northeast Atlan
Amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) hosted more than a dozen members of the Royal Cambodian Navy (RCN) Dec. 14-15, during Cambodian Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2012. MAREX is a multi-day theater security cooperation exercise between the U.S. and Cambodian military designed to share expert
Seagoing minesweeper Mashinist based in Northern Fleet (NF) Kola Flotilla has celebrated 31-st anniversary since hoisting of naval ensign. The 31-year old history of the minesweeper has an array of glorious chapters. The ship’s crew used to spend months in Atlantic cruises, many times took part in l
Aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Gorshkov (INS Vikramaditya) will be handed over to Indian Navy by the yearend of 2012, said the head of Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation Mikhail Dmitriev on Dec 16. “Everything is on schedule – the end of the next year”, Dmitriev said. The Russia’s
Warships and supply vessels of Russian Navy’s carrier group headed by Northern Fleet (NF) aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov continues the cruise through the Atlantic after replenishment of water and food supplies from supply vessels in the Moray Firth. Replenishment
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) frigate Ladny heading for the Mediterranean Sea has called at French Navy’s main naval base Toulon before joining Russian Navy carrier group comprising ships of Northern and Baltic fleets. In Toulon, the Russian warship was visited by Consul General of the Russian Federation in
HMS York has been activated as the Royal Navy’s fleet ready escort, and is monitoring the largest ship in the Russian Navy, the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. The Type 42 destroyer sailed north from her home port of Portsmouth last week and first observed the Admiral Kuznetsov north east of the
JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard, affiliate of United Industrial Corporation (USC) belonging to ex-senator Sergei Pugachev, confirms corvette Boiky will be delivered to Russian Navy in 2012, reports RIA Novosti referring to the yard’s director general Andrei Fomichev. “Third corvette, Boiky, is ready to
Baltic Fleet (BF) task unit joined Northern Fleet (NF) carrier strike group deployed off the Moray Firth northeast Great Britain. Along with NF mariners, crews of BF frigate Yaroslav Mudry and tanker Lena will perform tasks of the long-range cruise. Interfleet actions is one of distinguishing goals
Trials of supersonic cruise missile BrahMos held in the Baltic Sea by a frigate built for Indian Navy provide strong evidence that the missile can be used by Russian-built ships, said managing co-director of BrahMos Aerospace Alexander Maksichev. “The missile’s pop-up launches were successfully held
Caspian Flotilla (CF) task units on Dec 12 left basing sites in Astrakhan and Makhachkala heading for central and southern parts of the Caspian Sea. According to plans, the CF task units will conduct anti-terror exercise in Russia’s maritime economic activity zones in the Caspian Sea. In total, up t
A padre at HM Naval Base Clyde has swapped the Holy See for the high sea after being appointed the new Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain for the entire Royal Navy. Father Andrew McFadden (47) was given the appointment as Principal Chaplain and Vicar General of the Bishopric of the Forces (Great Brit
