HMS Richmond and her sister HMS Westminster have been charging around the fjords of Norway as the submarine commanders of tomorrow were tested to the limit. The two frigates joined some 20 NATO warships and aircraft trying to hunt down two submarines carrying students on the world-famous internation
USS Milius (DDG 69) earned the coveted Battle Efficiency Award (Battle “E”) for Calendar Year 2012, according to a naval message from Commander Naval Surface Force Pacific (CNSP), released March 8. The Battle “E” recognizes the superior battle readiness of a ship and crew. “The Battle ‘E’ is a valid
The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) kicked off its version of the “Ultimate Loser Challenge,” March 3. The nearly three-month Ultimate Loser Challenge consists of a variety of physical fitness exercise courses sponsored in part by Morale, Welfare, and Recreation. “The Ultimate Loser comp
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) held a change-of-command ceremony at sea, March 8. Capt. Timothy Kott relieved Capt. Thomas Halvorson as commanding officer. Guest speaker, Rear Admiral Mike Shoemaker, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, praised Halvorson fo
One hundred men and women from the British Navy’s present-generation carrier HMS Illustrious took the opportunity to tour the leviathan, HMS Queen Elizabeth, the biggest warship ever built for the Royal Navy, which is now around 80 per cent complete, when their ship was taking ammunition on board no
Four U.S. Navy forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers and their crews arrived in Donghae and Pyeongtaek to support exercise Foal Eagle 2013. USS Lassen (DDG 82) and USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) pulled into Donghae and USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) and USS McCampbell (DDG 85) stopped
Two More Littoral Combat Ships for US Navy Austal USA’s order backlog has grown by approximately US$681.7 million as a result of two additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract options being exercised by the United States Navy. US Navy Announces Response to Sequestration Secretary of the Navy Ray
The crew aboard the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to depart today, March 8th with Coast Guard officer candidates for a 17-day training deployment. Due to current budget reductions, crewmembers aboard the Eagle will not make a previously scheduled port call to Savannah, Ga., March 15 –
Sailors and Marines from the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (KSGARG) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26 MEU) will deploy from Norfolk , Va., and Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 11. The KSGARG departure, originally scheduled for March 8, has been rescheduled due to forecasted high winds and a potenti
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Edinburgh (D97) arrived at Naval Station Mayport, March 6 for a scheduled port visit. Edinburgh is currently taking on a range of tasks across the Atlantic Ocean, supporting counter-narcotic efforts and providing reassurance to U.K. territories and dependencies across th
On March 5, at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Sestri Levante, Genoa), there was a ceremony to mark the cutting of the first sheeting for the sixth Fremm vessel. This is a further step in the European Multi Mission Frigate construction program, the most important joint initiative to date amo
HMS Richmond was pleased to welcome Mr Douglas Bell of the Royal Naval Association (Newbury Branch) for a short visit whilst the Ship was alongside HM Naval Base Portsmouth recently. Mr Bell (a former Charge Chief Petty Officer with 28 years service in the Royal Navy) had come onboard primarily to v
A unique link-up between the Royal and French Navies – which saw a British helicopter deploy with a French warship on anti-piracy patrol – has been hailed a success. The frigate FS Surcouf returned to Toulon at the weekend after a three-month patrol of the Indian Ocean with a Lynx of 815 Naval Air S
The potential for Type 45 destroyers to help protect deployed UK and Allied forces from threat of ballistic missiles is to be investigated. Building on its relationship with the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the joint Ministry of Defence and industry-run UK Missile Defence Centre (MDC) has agreed
