The last of the Royal Navy’s Type 42 destroyers HMS Edinburgh has sailed into New York on her final international journey before being decommissioned from the Service. With the Statue of Liberty providing the backdrop, the company of HMS Edinburgh lined the decks as she gracefully manoeuvred through
HMS Northumberland flew the flag for Britain when she was Britain’s participant in a major naval exercise involving more than two dozen nations in Karachi. Hosted by the Pakistani Navy, Exercise Aman – Urdu for ‘peace’ – demonstrates the united resolve of the nations taking part to combat criminal a
HMS Dragon sails from Portsmouth on Tuesday (March 19) on her maiden deployment, spending seven months on operations in the Middle East. The Type 45 destroyer will police busy shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean conducting maritime security and counter piracy operations. Dragon is the fourth of the R
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has supplied Medium Voltage 15 KV and optical fibre cables for the new Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford. The Company has signed a series of contracts with different customers, such as General Atomics, the designer and
A Royal Naval Lynx returns from its four month embarkation following a unique and successful deployment with a French warship in the Indian Ocean on Counter Piracy Operations. 217 Flight of 815 Naval Air Squadron arrived back at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton to a family welcome following their d
Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll has arrived in Dakar, Senegal for the start of a huge multi-national exercise off the coast of West Africa. The Type-23 frigate will represent the UK at Exercise Saharan Express which has been designed to improve cooperation for the participating nations while they oper
Venerable destroyer HMS Edinburgh showed off her turn of speed on the eve of her final foreign port of call. The last Type 42 destroyer performed a ‘maritime doughnut’ to test her manoeuvrability at full speed as she prepares to sail into the Big Apple. Britain’s oldest destroyer, HMS Edinburgh, dem
The Dutch Navy’s support vessel in the Caribbean, HNLMS Pelikaan, is supplying the population of Saba with extra water this week. The Representative of the National Government for Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba submitted a request for military assistance to the Dutch Flag Officer Caribbean last week
The Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster, which is affiliated to its namesake borough, will be going alongside HMS Belfast in central London from Wednesday 13 March for the start of a six-day regional engagement visit. The ship’s visit to the capital is an opportunity to strengthen and renew the affiliat
The Royal Navy is going to take over the type 45 destroyer, HMS Duncan, on Wednesday, 20th March. The manufacturer, Bae Systems, has managed to complete the finish touches on the ship in a record short time between the launch and handover of the ship. HMS Duncan, the final Type 45 destroyer, was the
It has been a busy couple of days for EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) flagship ESPS Méndez Núnez. The Spanish warship, which is conducting EU counter piracy patrols off the Somali coast, was once again able to provide much needed protection, this time to super tanker MV Smyrni, after the vessel was relea
The latest addition to the Brazilian Navy’s fleet departed the UK in the snow yesterday for her new home in Rio de Janeiro where she will strengthen Brazil’s maritime security. APA is the second of three Amazonas Class Ocean Patrol Vessels being delivered to the Brazilian Navy by BAE Systems. Her si
Landing Craft Tank (LCT) project of ANADOLU Shipyard, comprising eight vessels, which was awarded to the Shipyard back in December 2008 and which officially started after contract negotiations on July 28th 2009, took another important step on March 9th 2013, when the first LCT, namely TCG Ç-151, was
Saudi Prince HRH Major General Naif Bin Abdullah Bin Saud Bin Abdullah Al Saud, Director of Safety for the RSAF, visited 1710 Naval Air Squadron at Portsmouth’s naval base on a fact-finding mission. He was given a comprehensive tour of the headquarters including the squadron’s repair office and vari
