The Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate, HMS Lancaster, is undergoing an extensive refit at Portsmouth Naval Base as part of a £17.9 million contract with BAE Systems, reflecting the Company’s continued growth in support services. The mid-life upkeep will significantly upgrade the capability of the 20 year
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel has said he supports the initiative of veterans of the fleet to call on the entire nation to help… (interfax) [mappress] Source: interfax, March 31, 2011;
Strategic military exercises involving warships of the Kola Flotilla were held in the Barents Sea… (russiaherald) [mappress] Source: russiaherald, March 30, 2011;
Private ship repair firms in northeast Florida will likely be able to support the maintenance requirements of a nuclear aircraft carrier if one is homeported at Naval Station Mayport in 2019 as the Navy plans. Of the 20 surface ships currently homeported at Mayport, the Navy plans to decommission 12
A Royal Navy destroyer has returned to Portsmouth Naval Base for the final time just a day after an aircraft carrier sailed out as it was to… (littlehamptongazette) [mappress] Source: littlehamptongazette,March 28, 2011;
