Sailors from the Belgian Navy have paid their first visit to HMS Raleigh to practise transferring stores, fuel and other essential supplies from ship-to-ship at sea, ahead of their final assessment. The group of 15 sailors were coming to the end of their Petty Officer Seaman’s qualifying course. Aft
Naval Station Rota, Spain and Base Naval de Rota commemorated 60 years of partnership in Rota between the United States and Spain, during a daylong celebration aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, Sept. 26. The celebration started mid-morning with static displays and ship tours followed by an evening c
The Royal Australian Navy rescued two French yachtsmen last night whose yacht had sunk 360 miles east of Jervis Bay. The yachtsmen were winched from a small boat by a Navy Seahawk helicopter after they abandoned their yacht when it sunk in rough conditions earlier. The sailors were returned to the N
EID, a Portuguese company specialising in military communications, was invited by Rohde & Schwarz to be part of the team responsible for proposing a technical solution for the integrated communications system of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship. This was a result of the excellent cooperation between t
VIDEO: DDG 1000 Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Pending Christening (USA) The christening of the U.S. Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer, Zumwalt (DDG 1000), will take place on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. The ceremony will begin at 11:00 A.M. and is open to the public
Stunning images have been released to give an idea of front-line carrier operations in the Royal Navy in just a few years’ time. The team behind HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales have produced life-like graphics of F35 Lightning IIs and Merlin Mk2s operating from the sprawling flight decks of
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has purchased the ice-breaker “HMS Protector” from GC Rieber Shipping. The vessel has been on a bareboat charter to the buyer since the spring of 2011. The sale provides GC Rieber Shipping with an accounting gain of about NOK 370 million (around USD 61Mln), while the
Portsmouth based frigate HMS Lancaster has completed a successful visit to the Belize where she took part in Independence Day celebrations. The Type 23 frigate is on a six month deployment to the North Atlantic and Caribbean providing reassurance and security to the region as well as conducting coun
On September 20th, Spanish fleet replenishment ship ‘Cantabria’ returned to her home port in Garden Island after a collaboration period with the Australian frigate HMAS ‘Stuart’ and the New Zeeland frigate HMNZS ‘Te Mana’ in east Australian waters during the last three weeks. During this deployment,
Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring is on her way to join the Royal Australian Navy’s 100th anniversary (RAN100) celebrations in Sydney on October 4. The Royal Australian International Fleet Review is a celebration of the centenary of the first entry of the Royal Australian Navy fleet into Sydne
Fleet Flagship HMS Bulwark has restocked her food supplies during a marathon 14-hour replenishment with Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fort Austin in the middle of the Red Sea. A highly complex manoeuvre, a replenishment at sea (RAS) takes a lot of seamanship skill on all sides – from the navigation on the b
HMS Duncan – the sixth and last of the Royal Navy’s new-generation Type 45 destroyers – was formally commissioned into the fleet on September 26. Hundreds of guests including families of the 190 ship’s company attended a colourful ‘Christening’ ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base to mark the ship’s tr
On 26 September, the Seychelles Peoples Defence Force, Coast Guard and Air Force, together with the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia Operation Atalanta and EUCAP Nestor, carried out a search and rescue exercise in Seychelles waters. The operation was coordinated centrally by the Seychelles Coast G
Underway replenishment can be an arduous work, especially since every step has to be planned very well. However, for sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) that came alongside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO
