Training & Education
UK: Sea Cadets Tour HMS Edinburgh
Sea Cadets have been given a three-day sea-going experience on the last ship in its class as HMS Edinburgh continues on her farewell tour of the UK. The aging Type 42 destroyer is the last of her class to be decommissioned as they make way for the brand new and hugely capable Type 45 destroyer [&hel
UK: HMS Trenchant Comes Home from the Longest Patrol Ever
HMS Trenchant returned home to Devonport on May 22 – 11 months to the day she sailed on what became the longest patrol ever completed by one of the Royal Navy’s hunter-killer boats. Around 200 family members were waiting for the Trafalgar-class boat to return after 335 days away – 267 of them east o
UK: HMS Richmond Simulates Counter Narcotics Operation
HMS Richmond, currently undertaking high intensity training at Flag Officer Sea Training in preparation for her forthcoming deployment, successfully completed yesterday a simulated counter narcotics operation with a multi-million pound drugs seizure. Throughout the exercise HMS Richmond worked in cl
IMCMEX13: Japanese Anti-Mine Team Embarks RFA Cardigan Bay
Japanese mine clearance divers, unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) operators and mine warfare specialists have joined a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship to practise training serials with the UK. As part of the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2013 (IMCMEX13) set in the Middle East, personnel fro
EU to Provide Millions to Fight Piracy
The EU will provide some €37 million to strengthen the fight against piracy in several Eastern and Southern African countries through support for the Programme to promote Regional Maritime Security (MASE). In the past decade, the level of maritime insecurity in the region’s waters has become the hig
UK: VS Trainees Lend a Hand to Southampton Maritime Festival Realization
Victory Squadron (VS) trainees and staff based at HMS Collingwood, Fareham, supported the inaugural Southampton Maritime Festival that was hosted at the Southampton Docks over the recent Bank Holiday weekend. Warrant Officer 2s Sam Salt and George Boardman took a team of 12 VS Trainees down to South
UK: Liverpool to Act as Focal Point of Battle of the Atlantic’s Anniversary
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic (BOA 70) – the longest continuous military campaign of the Second World War – the city of Liverpool will act as the focal point this weekend for the national commemoration. The theme of BOA 70 is to illustrate the past, present and future of
HMS Portland Conducts Home Town Visit
HMS Portland, the Plymouth based frigate has conducted a successful home town visit to Portland and Weymouth between 17 – 20 May 13. The ship’s crew were hosted by the Mayor of Weymouth and Portland, Margaret Leicester, at a civic reception after exercising the ship’s crew’s right to parade through
HMS Edinburgh’s Crew Marches through Scotland’s Capital
Hundreds of people paid tribute to the crew of HMS Edinburgh as they exercised their Freedom of the City, with a parade on the historic Royal Mile in Scotland’s capital city. Waved on by wellwishers, the 260-strong ship’s company made a poignant but celebratory progression through Edinburgh while be
UK: HMS Trenchant to Return to Plymouth
The Royal Navy submarine HMS Trenchant is due to return to its base-port in Plymouth after an 11-month patrol. The nuclear-powered departed HM Naval Base, Devonport, on 22 June 2012 and when it returns on Wednesday will have been away for 335 days – one of the longest Trafalgar Class submarine deplo
Spanish Replenishment Ship ‘Cantabria’ Docks in Garden Island Naval Base
The Spanish fleet replenishment ship ‘Cantabria’ arrived yesterday at Garden Island Naval Base, after nearly a month deployed in the north of Australia. This naval base will be the ship’s home port until her return to Spain in November. During those four weeks, ‘Cantabria’ collaborated with the RAN
Pekari Takes Command of U.S. Naval Activities Spain and Naval Station Rota
Commander, U.S. Naval Activities Spain and Commanding Officer, Naval Station Rota held a change of command ceremony, May 16. Captain Gregory S. Pekari relieved Captain Scott C. Kraverath, who had served in both positions since May 2011. The Honorable Alan D. Solomont, United States Ambassador to the
CHENS Discusses General Working Lines (Greece)
The Chiefs of European Navies forum (CHENS), made up of the Chiefs of Staff of 25 European NATO and/or EU Navies, met in Greece on May 9th and 10th. This country holds the presidency for 2012-13. The meeting was also attended by representatives from the United States, NATO and the European Union. Th
Royal Naval Reservists Help Out in Exercise Joint Warrior (UK)
With land and maritime forces from Dragonia (the north of England and most of Wales) and Pastonia (or Scotland) facing off in the Wallian Archipelago (commonly known as the British Isles) and a heavily-armed NATO Multi-National Force en route to try to smooth out any tensions in the region, the worl