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Welcome to your new home, Stalwart!

Welcome to your new home, Stalwart!

Gepostet von | 22 Jun 2021 | , , , | 0

After travelling halfway around the globe, the new supply vessel NUSHIP Stalwart has arrived in its new home in Australia for the first time. At the end of May, the Stalwart left Ferrol in Spain, where it had been built at the Navantia shipyard. The future Royal Australian Navy ship will be stationed on the country's west coast in Perth. The Stalwart (A 304), which has not yet been commissioned, is the second and last supply ship of the Supply class. The units are 174 metres long and displace 19,500 tonnes. They are primarily intended for supplying fuel and other goods at sea....

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Russian navy practises attacking an aircraft carrier

Russian navy practises attacking an aircraft carrier

Gepostet von | 21 Jun 2021 | , , , | 1

According to the Ministry of Defence in Moscow, a large-scale exercise has shown that the Russian armed forces can also operate successfully in the vastness of the Pacific, far away from home. The operational area was around 2500 nautical miles south-east of the Kuril Islands. Up to twenty warships, support ships and submarines were involved on and beneath the waves. The ships were divided into two groups 300 nautical miles apart. While some of the units formed a formation around an aircraft carrier, the task of the other ships was to track it down and launch a simulated attack. The imaginary button was pressed by the crews of the cruiser Warjag,...

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The four-star woman

The four-star woman

Gepostet von | 19 Jun 2021 | , , , | 0

After four decades, Admiral Charlie Ray has vacated his position as Deputy Commandant of the US Coast Guard and retired. He has been succeeded by Linda Lee Fagan, the first woman to hold this post. With her promotion to four-star admiral, she is also the first woman to hold this high rank in the USCG. Fagan joined the Coast Guard in 1985 and served on every continent before becoming the 32nd Deputy Commandant. Aileen E. Fagan, one of her two daughters, also serves in the Coast Guard with the rank of Lieutenant. Previously, Linda Fagan was Commander...

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The fight against drug smuggling: a worthwhile mission in the Caribbean

The fight against drug smuggling: a worthwhile mission in the Caribbean

Gepostet von | 19 Jun 2021 | , , , | 0

The HNLMS Holland has only been in the Caribbean since May, but the results are already impressive. At the end of last week, the crew was able to stop drug smugglers twice from bringing their valuable cargo to the USA. In the first case, a suspicious speedboat was discovered on Friday. As it did not stop despite radio calls, the two Dutch fast response boats were launched. Although they were able to catch up with the smuggler boat, they were initially unable to bring it to a halt. Only targeted shots at the outboard engines of the fleeing go-fast put an end to the pursuit. At...

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More Scotland is hardly possible

More Scotland is hardly possible

Gepostet von | 19 Jun 2021 | , , , , | 0

A few fair weather clouds drift leisurely across the sky in the north of the UK as Lady Alison Johnstone enters the small speaker's platform. She is President of the Scottish Parliament and godmother of HMS Spey, which is being commissioned on this day. The offshore patrol vessel belongs to the second tranche of the River class, Batch 2, as it is known in the Royal Navy. The Spey was built by BAE Systems in Glasgow, Scotland, as the fifth and final ship in the series. Named after a river that meanders through the Cairngorms National Park around 40 kilometres south of Invergordon, it is now being built in the small harbour town of...

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