The French Navy will soon have one more ship. In the presence of Defence Minister Florence Parly, the Alsace was handed over to the French procurement authority DGA at Naval Group in Toulon. This makes her the seventh Fremm frigate for the French Navy. The ship's keel was laid in February 2018 and she completed...
According to reports by pro-Iranian media and an Israeli television station on Tuesday, 13 April, a merchant ship was attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The vessel in question is said to be the Hyperion Ray, a vehicle transporter built in 2015, 200 metres long and 36 metres wide, and operated by the shipping company Ray Car...
On 14 April, the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) was decommissioned by the Navy in a ceremony. The amphibious landing ship had been severely damaged in a fire last year. An explosion occurred on board during a harbour layover at the San Diego naval base, and the ensuing fire...
The Argentine Navy has taken delivery of the second Offshore Patrol Vessel built by Naval Group. At the same time, the representative of the Argentine Navy, Captain Victor Ortiz, handed over command of the ARA Piedrabuena to Commander Gaston Vega. In 2018, the two partners signed the contract for the delivery of a total of...
Damen Shiprepair returned the frigate Evertsen to the Dutch Navy this week. Over the past six weeks, the ship, which was commissioned in 2005, has been repaired at the Amsterdam shipyard and prepared for its next assignment. As part of the British Carrier Strike Group centred around Queen Elizabeth, the...
Around 1,200 vehicles and containers as well as 54 helicopters from a brigade of the 101st Airborne Division are on their way to their home base in Kentucky. They are on board a ship that left the port of Rotterdam a few days ago. As mfo has already reported, the Dutch military supported the transport as part of...
After a two-week voyage, the USS Arleigh Burke arrived in her new home port of Rota on 11 April. At the end of March, she left her previous home in Norfolk for the last time for the next few years. On the way to Europe, the destroyer took part in a number of sub-hunting manoeuvres with its sister ship USS...
France can once again report a success in the fight against drug smuggling at sea. The frigate Guépratte stopped and searched a suspicious dhow in the Gulf of Oman. The boarding team quickly found suspicious packages, the contents of which turned out to be drugs. The soldiers were able to seize a total of 650 kilos of methamphetamine and 75 kilos of heroin...
A few days ago, another delay was reported in the repair and modernisation of the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (project 11442M). The reason given was delays at suppliers. This means that the cruiser will probably not be able to return to service with the Northern Fleet before 2023. Since 1999, the...
The first fuselage of a P-8A destined for Norway arrived today at Boeing in Renton, Washington. The delivery from Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas, marks an important milestone in the production of the five Poseidons ordered for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The P-8A is an aircraft designed for the...
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