Training & Education
UK’s warship visits Palau first time in nearly a century
Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMS Tamar became the first British warship to visit Palau, the fourth smallest country on the planet, in nearly 100 years.
Egyptian and Greek frigates team up in Mediterranean Sea
Egyptian and Greek naval forces have conducted joint drills in the Mediterranean Sea, within the range of the Egyptian Northern Fleet.
US Navy’s amphibious assault ship to conduct drills with Finnish Navy
US Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge will exercise in the Northern Baltic Sea and the region of Hanko and Upinniemi with the Finnish Navy between 8 and 19 August.
UK’s Type 23 frigate ready for action
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate has been cleared for action and ready for autumn deployment after intensive training in the English Channel.
US Navy’s Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group trains with NATO ships in Mediterranean
Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 2 and the US Navy’s Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) augmented by Italian Navy frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) conducted joint maritime and air defence exercises on July 24 while operating in the Mediterranean Sea.
Royal Marines conduct amphibious exercises ahead of Mediterranean ops
The Royal Marines have completed preparations for operations across the Mediterranean this autumn after intensive amphibious exercises in the Netherlands.
UK’s Type 23 frigate tracks movements of Russian subs into North Sea
A Royal Navy warship, Type 23 frigate HMS Portland, has tracked the movements of two Russian submarines as they sailed into the North Sea.
STM, NATO partner on maritime security
Turkish defense company STM has entered into a collaboration with the signing of a Goodwill Protocol with the NATO Maritime Security Centre of Excellence (MARSEC COE).
UK’s HMS Prince of Wales meets up with Spanish aircraft carrier in “a display of force”
The Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has operated alongside Spain’s aircraft carrier Juan Carlos in the Gulf of Cadiz during NATO mission in Spain.
UK and Japanese navies link up to conduct exercise in UK waters
Two of the world’s major navies joined forces, the Royal Navy and Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF), have teamed up to conduct drills off the Dorset coast.
Major naval exercise BALTOPS 22 concludes in Germany
Sixteen NATO allies and partner nations concluded the 51st iteration of Baltic Operations 2022 (BALTOPS22) in Kiel, Germany, on 17 June.
Royal Navy joins US-led exercise Pacific Partnership
The Royal Navy is joining one of the world’s largest humanitarian missions as it commits sailors, commando engineers and a ship to the US Navy’s exercise Pacific Partnership.
French frigate Surcouf trains with Kuwaiti Navy
French Navy’s La Fayette-class frigate Surcouf conducted training with the warships of the Kuwait Naval Force last month as part of the Operation AGENOR.
HMS Prince of Wales arrives in Spain ahead of NATO workout
Royal Navy’s biggest warship, Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, has arrived in Spain ready for the exercises in the Mediterranean and Atlantic as NATO’s command ship.