After Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth yesterday, the Queen herself came on board just a few hours before departure. She was received by the commander of UK Carrier Strike Group 21, Commodore Steve Moorhouse and the commanding officer of the Queen Elizabeth, Captain Angus Essenhigh. She spoke with female soldiers...
The Chinese navy has decommissioned the frigate Dandong (543). The crew members held a ceremony to bid farewell to their unit, which had been part of the fleet for 36 years. Just last year, the Dandong set a new record in the Chinese navy when it was decommissioned as part of a patrol...
One day before the British Carrier Strike Group leaves the UK for East Asia, Boris Johnson paid another visit to Queen Elizabeth. Together with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, First Sea Lord Tony Radakin and Chief of Air Staff Mike Wigston, he was given a briefing on the (together with the Prince of Wales)...
21 May 2021 marks the 290th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Pacific Fleet. And what could be better on this anniversary than a gift that you can give yourself? So some thought was put into it and without further ado, the latest ship in Project 12700 sailed into its new home port for the first time...
Last weekend, the future USS Carl M. Levin was handed over to her future element at Bath Iron Works. It was quietly docked in the Kennebec River, a good 100 kilometres north of Boston. The 9300-tonne destroyer is now being fitted out ready to be commissioned as the 70th ship of the Arleigh Burke class of...
France has ordered two more H 160 helicopters from Airbus, as announced by the French procurement authority Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) on 20 May. They are to be delivered in a special, slightly militarised search-and-rescue version. Babcock will install an electro-optical system from the French company Safran for this purpose. With the...
His Majesty Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands and Prince of Orange-Nassau, once again visited the navy in Den Helder. He took part in a meeting of the Admiralty Council, which was held on the Rotterdam, an amphibious transport ship, to mark the occasion. The Council is the highest decision-making and advisory body of the navy and is...
After an interruption of one month, the Canadian frigate Halifax is once again the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1). She has taken over this function from the Danish frigate Absalon, the type ship of her class, which entered service in 2007. The Halifax was previously the flagship. At present, the...
The future British Type 31 frigates have been given names. Admiral Tony Radakin, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, announced on 19 May that the five planned ships will be named Inspiration Class. The units will be called Active, Bulldog, Campbeltown, Formidable and Venturer and will thus...
Rolls-Royce to supply mtu gensets for Constellation frigates Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to supply mtu-branded naval gensets for the first phase of the US Constellation-class frigate newbuilding programme (FFG-62). The US Navy project was formerly known as the FFG(X) programme. Specifically, Rolls-Royce has been awarded the contract to supply four mtu marine gensets, each with an output of 3000 kWe, at...
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