On May 19, Brussels hosted the Senior Level Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Joint Working Group on Defense Reform led by Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The leader of the Ukrainian delegation Andriy Parubiy, Secretary of the National Security and
The United States Coast Guard has resumed search for four sailors 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Tuesday. Watchstanders from the 1st Coast Guard District command center in Boston were notified at approximately 12:30 a.m., Friday, of two 406MHz personal locator beac
The evacuation operation of the Ukrainian Navy ships from the Crimea region resumes as more ships redeploy to other naval bases. Yesterday, May 20th saw the departure of several ships and vessels under the agreed arrangements of the Joint Commission of the Representatives of the Ukrainian and Russ
The guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) departed Naval Station Norfolk, on May 20, for a two-month deployment to the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea. “It is an honor to command USS Oscar Austin as we set sail to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to enhance maritime security an
Britain’s newest warship and the Band of the Royal Marines spent four days in the Norwegian capital to help the country celebrate the 200th birthday of their Navy. Destroyer HMS Duncan enjoyed a prime berth in the shadow of Oslo’s famous Akershus Fortress as ships from across Europe converged on O
BMT Defence Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has appointed Roy Quilliam as Business Development Director. Roy joined BMT in 1990 and previously held the position of Technical Director since 2003. With over 30 years’ experience of naval engineering design and support, Roy’s involvement in
On Monday 19 May 2014, Dutch frigate HNLMS De Zeven Provenciën joined EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia Operation Atalanta. As the ship sailed towards the Gulf of Aden the crew maintained a high level of operational readiness. They conducted a hostage release exercise with a Dutch merchant vessel
Waters lap around the 97m-long hull of Britain’s newest submarine as HMS Artful was lowered into a huge basin in Barrow for the first time. The third of the Royal Navy’s Astute-class nuclear submarines was launched over the weekend in a delicate two-day operation. The boat was formally named last
A Lynx Mk8 makes low level turn just ahead of the glistening form of frigate HMS St Albans which returned to sea as a £25m revamp drew to a close. The Portsmouth-based warship has completed the first week of intensive trials off the South Coast – her first time at sea for a good […]
The Royal Navy warship HMS Northumberland has completed final preparations and is now ready to deploy on a seven-month deployment policing crucial international maritime trade routes. The Type 23 frigate leaves Plymouth on Monday morning (19th May) to relieve her sister ship HMS Somerset on a six-
The Royal Navy’s ice patrol ship has made a night-time journey through the Panama Canal to arrive in Charleston following a busy period in Antarctica. HMS Protector took seven hours and 38 minutes to make the 77.1km (48 miles) passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic through the canal, which this
US Navy Sailors Drive Potent New Riverine Boat It’s small, fast, heavily armed, networked and one of a kind. But the new coastal command boat just starting to operate in this region is giving sailors in the Persian Gulf a taste of the swift and bad-ass boats coming to the brown-water Navy. Construct
The FREMM Normandie multi-mission frigate, second of the series ordered by OCCAR on behalf of the DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) and the French Navy, left the DCNS site in Lorient on 14 May on its way to the DCNS site in Toulon. Over the next few weeks, DCNS will perform a new series of se
Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon arrived in Cardiff on 14 May, 2014 for a 5-day visit. The 152-metre-long ship was greeted in its adoptive city with a warm welcome. HMS Dragon will have the honour of receiving the Freedom of the City of Cardiff on Sunday, 18 May. To mark the occasion, the ship’s [&hel
