
The Royal Navy has confirmed the names of two new fast patrol boats – HM Ships Dagger and Cutlass – to be based in Gibraltar.

The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has dispatched a submarine rescue vessel to participate in the search for an Indonesian Navy submarine that was reported missing in the waters near Bali on 21 April.

A search is underway near Bali for the Indonesian Navy’s Type 209/1300 submarine KRI Nanggala-402 after it missed a regular reporting call.

Rolls-Royce has delivered the first two 16-cylinder engines of the mtu Series 8000, built for the Taiwanese shipyard CSBC Corporation to power new patrol vessels for the Taiwanese Coast Guard.

Anson, the fifth of seven Astute class attack submarines being built for the Royal Navy, has been launched at BAE Systems’ site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

On 16 April 2021, Naval Group delivered the FREMM DA Alsace frigate to the French Navy.

The US Navy has commissioned the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24) during a ceremony held in Oakland on April 17.

US military shipbuilder Ingalls Shipbuilding has received a fourth contract modification from the U.S. Navy for $107 million to provide advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9.

The bow of HMS Glasgow, the first City-class Type 26 frigate being built for the Royal Navy, has been rolled out of the build hall at our BAE Systems shipyard on the River Clyde.

Russian submarine designer Rubin Design Bureau revealed it has developed a submersible patrol ship combining the features of a submarine and a surface patrol vessel.

French Navy La Fayette-class frigate FS Guépratte (F-714) has seized 1,380 lbs (626 kg) of methamphetamine worth more than $17 million during the latest Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-narcotics operation in the Arabian Sea on April 9.

The U.S. Navy held a decommissioning ceremony for amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego on April 14.

The US Navy’s inaugural littoral combat ship (LCS) returned from a U.S. Fourth Fleet deployment on April 12.

Taiwan has christened the 10,600-tonne Yushan (1401), a new type of amphibious warfare ship being built for the Taiwan Navy.