Adelaide class guided-missile frigate of the Australian Navy, HMAS Darwin, set sail on a seven-month deployment to the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) on January 19th. Darwin will undertake maritime security and interception operations as part of Operation Slipper, the Australian Defence For
Canadian Navy Submarine to Return to Service after Decade The Canadian Navy submarine HMCS Chicoutimi will return to the fleet almost a decade after a major fire onboard the ship, as reported by CBC news. British, Russian Ships Meet at Sea The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer, HMS Defender, returned t
A Chinese warship arrived in Cyprus on Saturday, (January 4, 2014) as part of the international mission to remove chemical weapons from the country, Reuters writes. Norwegian and Danish convoy is currently in international waters off Syria and waiting for the Chinese frigate Yancheng to begin removi
Russia Takes Over Its First Yasen Sub The Severodvinsk, Russian Navy’s first Project 885M Yasen-class attack sub was officially accepted today by the Navy, RIA Novosti informs citing a defence official. As reported, the delivery acceptance certificate was signed officially today at the Sevmash shipy
A transportable chemical weapons disposal system, designed by the U.S. Defense Department, has been installed on the Maritime Administration’s cargo ship MV Cape Ray, which will soon set sail for the Mediterranean Sea to destroy Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons, Stars and Stripes informed. Accord
Russia: Navy Commissions SSBN Yury Dolgoruky The Project 955 Borei nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Yury Dolgoruky was commissioned… The Philippines: AGHAM Calls for Naval, Ship-Building Self-Reliance In light of the recent Tubbataha incident, activist scientist group AGHAM or Advo
American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) hosted a change of command ceremony of the “Swamp Foxes” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 74 on Dec. 21. Cmdr. Matt Boren, who previously served as HSM-74’s executive officer, took over as commanding officer, relieving Cmdr. Jim Miller, wh
Brazilian Aircraft Carrier Restored to Full Capacity The Brazilian Navy has hired DCNS to carry out a ship check on the forward catapult of its aircraft carrier São Paulo. DCNS team of engineers conducted the diagnostics and trials for the Brazilian Navy in November at the naval premises of Rio de J
Removing chemical weapons from Syria is really a challenging task, which requires proper planning and preparations. Due to this fact, Russian, US, Syrian and UN representatives will meet today in Moscow to find the best way for safe removal of the weapons from Syria, according to BBC. Syria has been
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy took delivery of the third Baynunah corvette named Dhafra from the Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding Company (ADSB), writes UAE News Agency WAM. The corvette pertains to the largest warship construction programme in the region comprising six ships. The 72-metre highly-advanc
Ships that will be in charge of removing chemical weapons from Syria will be escorted to their designated locations by the Russian naval task force, located in the Mediterranean Sea, as reported by RIA Novosti on Tuesday. The Russian landing ship Kaliningrad is currently on its way to the Mediterran
Manama port in Bahrain yesterday welcomed Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman for a visit, which will last 5 days, as reported by the Stars and Stripes. USS Harry S. Truman left her homeport of Norfolk, Va. in July embarking on a nine-month deployment, which is almost half complete. Sh
Italian aircraft carrier Cavour is on her way to the Port Rashid in Dubai, the Gulf News reports. The aircraft carrier will pay a week-long visit to Dubai to improve Italy’s economic, defense and humanitarian relations with the Middle East and Africa. In addition, business and governmental talks wil
Atlas Elektronik to Supply Sonar for Royal Thai Navy’s New Frigate ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH has been commissioned by the Korean yard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Ma- rine Engineering (DSME) with the supply and integration of a bow sonar (ASO) as well as a low- frequency active towed array sonar (ACTAS) for a
