Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Kent has undergone an overhaul and is gearing up for its first deployment since accompanying the navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and the carrier strike group to the Pacific Rim and back.
Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with Kustbevakningen (KBV), the coastguard organization of Sweden, for the construction and delivery of seven fast patrol vessels.
Belfast-based shipyard Harland & Wolff famous for building the Titanic has been awarded a contract to regenerate an ex-Royal Navy mine-hunting vessel, HMS Quorn.
French shipbuilding major Naval Group has started the construction of the second defence and intervention (FDI HN) frigate for the Hellenic Navy. The construction began with the steel-cutting ceremony which took place today, 13 July at the Naval Group’s shipyard in Lorient. The contract for three fr
Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 is supporting the Icelandic Coast Guard with maritime situational awareness for an array of operational tasks, through a contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).
German Navy will commission the frigate Rheinland-Pfalz, the last of four frigates of F125 (Baden-Württemberg) class in Wilhelmshaven on 13 July.
Turkish Anadolu Shipyard has delivered four landing ships at the same time to the Qatari Emiri Navy.
Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri has delivered the second Musherib-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the Qatari Emiri Navy.
In early 2022, whilst on routine maritime security operations, the Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose seized Iranian weapons from speedboats being operated by smugglers in international waters south of Iran.
The Royal Navy is making strides towards creating one of the world’s greenest fleets, from infrastructure in dockyards, the technology on warships and the operations carried out around the globe.
The US Navy’s San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) and embarked Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Rijeka, Croatia, on 4 July to complete a scheduled maintenance availability.
The Royal Netherlands Navy’s amphibious transport ship Johan de Witt has gone into dry dock as part of its midlife update and appointed maintenance (BO).
Amur Shipbuilding Plant (Amur Shipyard, part of United Shipbuilding Corporation) has held a keel-laying ceremony for the Russian Navy’s new Gremyashchy-class (Project 20385) corvette.
Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab has held a keel-laying ceremony for the Swedish Navy’s first Blekinge-class submarine at its shipyard in Karlskrona.
