Sailors from Tyne were carrying out a routine inspection of the FV Farpesca, a French stern trawler, in the Channel as part of their fishery protection patrol when the skipper asked for help with one of his deck hands who’d suffered a suspected broken arm. The Portsmouth-based patrol ship sent her f
Sailors assigned to guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) participated in a multinational training exercise aboard the Hellenic navy training ship Aris at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operations Training Center (NMIOTC) in support of exercise Phoenix Express 2012 (PE12) in Souda Bay, Crete,
The Coast Guard has been responding since Friday to the distressed container ship MSC Idil with 25 people onboard, after the ship suffered a marine casualty following an explosion onboard approximately 60 nautical miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The crew of the 900-foot Panamanian flagged cont
Earlier today, following the decision taken on 23 March 2012 by the Council of the European Union to allow the EU Naval Force to take disruption action against known pirate supplies on the shore, EU forces conducted an operation to destroy pirate equipment on the Somali coastline. The operation was
Barnstaple and Aberdeen based engineering firm J+S recently returned from exhibiting at the biennial Defence Security Association exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is the second time J+S have demonstrated their capabilities in the Far East following their successful attendance at Oil & Gas
Northern Fleet (NF) destroyer Admiral Chabanenko on May 11, 2012 left the fleet’s main base Severomorsk … (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 14, 2012; Image: Navy
More than 700 people cheered HMS Montrose into Plymouth on May 11 as the frigate completed her three-ocean, six-and-a-half-month deployment. The ship left home last October, spending the bulk of her time away in the South Atlantic, before visiting the Pacific and North Atlantic on her way home. A ra
Just in case you didn’t recognise the vessel from the sleek lines of her hull and bulbous bow, the ship’s company have obliged with a giant banner. The sailors clambered down to the bottom of the dry dock at Rosyth to ceremonially sign a ‘partnering charter’ to guide the Devonport-based frigate thro
The Eight vessel of the LCT (Landing Craft Tank) Project undertaken by ANADOLU (ADIK) Shipyard on the Contract signed with SSM in 2009 (Turkish Undersecretariat of Defense Industries) NB 230 / Ç-158 was succesfully launched on May 11th 2012. ANADOLU Shgipyard has delivered the First vessel of the pr
Sailors saluted Prince Charles in the heart of Edinburgh as the three Services paraded through the Scottish capital to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Ship’s companies from Scottish-based submarines, vessels such as HMS Defender that are being built on the Clyde, plus sailors drawn from acros
Royal Navy warship HMS Cattistock will return to her affiliated town of Poole on Friday, May 11 for the second time in just two months, during which the ship will be open to visitors. The 750-tonne Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessel (MCMV) will go alongside Town Quay for five days, departing on
ANADOLU Shipyard proceeds with his intense work in the context of the LST (Landing Craft Tank) Contract that was signed with SSM (Turkish Undersecretariat of Defense Industries) on June 16th 2011. One of the last works realized by ANADOLU Shipyard under the LST contract was to reach a MoU with Itali
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK Ltd has announced that it has secured a major contract for the supply of a significant number of its class leading Cerberus Mod 2 Diver Detection System (DDS) sonars for installation in strategic harbours in South Korea. The contract has been awarded by LIG Nex1, the South Korean
HMS Ocean took a brief break from her Olympic security training in London to host members of the public as the helicopter carrier opened her gangway. More than 3,500 people took advantage of the free opportunity to tour Britain’s biggest warship while he was moored in the Thames at Greenwich. Amid h
