Deployed Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) concluded a four-day port visit in Valetta, Malta, Jan. 16. The crew hosted a dinner reception aboard the ship Jan. 13, assisted with refurbishing a public park Jan. 14, and enjoyed tours and time off around
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Yekaterinburg suffered from large fire late Dec 2011 will be delivered to Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center (Severodvinsk) not earlier than May 2012, reported RIA Novosti on Jan 16 referring to a shipyard’s official. On Dec 29, 2011 the fire occurred in
A few hours after transiting the Strait of Messina, multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) welcomed an Italian AV-8B Harrier on board Jan. 13. Bataan will assist in transporting the Italian Harrier, assigned to the Gruppo Aerei Imbarcati “Wolves” based in Grottaglia, Italy, to the d
This week Russia will finish state trials of the first out of three ships for Indian Navy – frigate INS Teg – built by Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad), said the yard’s press secretary Sergei Mikhailov. “Frigate INS Teg left the shipyard’s quay and headed for Russia’s westernmost port Baltiysk via Kali
Having finished formal call at Syrian port Tartus, ships of Russian Navy’s carrier group continued training activities in the Mediterranean Sea. Northern Fleet (NF) pilots carried out 13 training flights by Su-33 fighters from the deck of aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov. Aircrews of heli
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) frigate Ladny returned to Sevastopol from the Mediterranean Sea after deployment within Russian Navy’s carrier group. The frigate took part in training activities along with ships of Baltic and Northern fleets. When heading alone or within the task force, frigate Ladny paid for
It has been confirmed that the Spanish judicial authorities will prosecute the six Somali suspected pirates, who attacked the EU NAVFOR Flagship, the SPS PATINO on 12 January. Following receipt of the evidence package, the Spanish Audiencia Naciona has confirmed it will undertake judicial proceeding
Sailors from tanker RFA Wave Knight saved all ten people aboard a stricken pleasure craft off Oman in a dramatic night-time rescue. The 70ft Princess Melisa was taking on water and in danger of capsizing in the northern Arabian Sea when the auxiliary came to her aid. All ten souls aboard her were pl
BPC Dixmude, the third Mistral-class force projection and command vessel for the French Navy, has been delivered to the French defence procurement agency (DGA) three months ahead of the initial contract schedule. The DGA took formal delivery of the ship on 3 January 2012. This success is the result
KONGSBERG has signed a contract for supply of the MSI-90U Mk 2 Combat Management System (CMS) to the Royal Norwegian Navy’s Ula class submarines. This contract is made between the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation and KONGSBERG. The contract value is approx. 200 MNOK. KONGSBERG has for 40 yea
Heading west through the Strait of Gibraltar and leaving the gateway to the Mediterranean behind, HMCS Vancouver begins the first leg of her homeward journey and ends a successful tour of nearly six months of NATO duty in the Mediterranean Sea. Vancouver left Esquimalt, B.C., on July 10, 2011 to rel
Royal Marines have joined police on the Thames in London for a week-long security exercise ahead of the 2012 Olympics. The commandos will work hand-in-hand with the Metropolitan Police’s marine unit this summer – and are using the five-day exercise to prepare them for the key mission. The green bere
Slipping past icebergs 8,000 miles from home, HMS Montrose begins 2012 hard at work. The Type 23 frigate encounters penguins-clad glaciers and rocky outcrops as she operates in cold waters. Her crew, led by Commander Jonathan Lett, has been in the South Atlantic since before Christmas. The Devonport
The crew of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) hosted a reception on the ship’s flight deck for senior military and civilian officials from the U.S. United Arab Emirates and other foreign nations, Jan. 10. Cmdr. Dennis Jacko, commanding officer of New Orleans, welcomed Micha
