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Standing NATO Groups Flex Their Muscles in the Med

Naval Today >> The industry’s seaborne news provider by Naval Today / 2h // keep unread // trash // preview Standing NATO Groups Flex Their Muscles in the Med Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2) and Standing NATO Mine-Countermeasures Group TWO (SNMCMG2) met on Wednesday, 30 October 2013, for a joint training opportunity at sea near Crete, Greece. Both Groups have been operating inContinue reading “Standing NATO Groups Flex Their Muscles in the Med”

Ukrainian Navy Contributes to NATO’s Anti-Piracy Efforts

Naval Today >> The industry’s seaborne news provider by Naval Today / 2h // keep unread // trash // preview Ukrainian Navy Contributes to NATO’s Anti-Piracy Efforts The Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, General Knud Bartels, travelled to the Gulf of Aden on 28-30 October 2013 to visit the Ukrainian Navy frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy deployed there as part of Operation Ocean Shield, NATO’s counter-piracyContinue reading “Ukrainian Navy Contributes to NATO’s Anti-Piracy Efforts”

Cathelco’s Pipework Anti-Fouling Systems for Six Russian Frigates

Cathelco are supplying seawater pipework anti-fouling systems for six frigates which are being built for the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet by the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad. The keel of the first warship, the Admiral Grigorovich, was laid down in 2010 and delivery of all of the vessels is scheduled between 2014 and 2016.Continue reading “Cathelco’s Pipework Anti-Fouling Systems for Six Russian Frigates”

USA: SUPSALV to Help with Recovery of CSS Georgia’s Artifacts

The U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) will begin a multi-phase salvage operation to survey and relocate historic artifacts from CSS Georgia, a Civil War-era Confederate Navy ship Nov. 7. The operation comes in anticipation a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers channel-deepening project in the Savannah Harbor that would disturb the historicContinue reading “USA: SUPSALV to Help with Recovery of CSS Georgia’s Artifacts”

HMS Daring Arrives in Singapore

Working alongside the navies of Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, Daring will shortly take part in Exercise Bersama Lima under the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA). The FPDA was established in 1971 and provides for defence co-operation between the five signatories. But before the exercise gets underway Daring, and her Company, will have theContinue reading “HMS Daring Arrives in Singapore”