September 2013 – Page 4 – JC's Royal New Zealand Navy, World Navies, Military News, Lighthouses and other Marine News-

The U.S

Navy ‘s USS Providence (SSN 719) will be restored to full operational capacity by her builder, General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., under a $25.6 million deal for the Los Angeles-class submarine’s fiscal year 2013 dry-docking continuous maintenance availability. http://navaltoday.com/2013/09/27/gdeb-snags-uss-providence-maintenance-deal/ View this post on Google+ via WordPress http://www.navyandmarinenews.jcandmei.com/the-u-s-7/ via Blogger http://www.h16613.com/2013/09/the-us.html

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has purchased the ice-breaker “HMS Protector” from GC Rieber Shipping. The vessel has been on a bareboat charter to the buyer since the spring of 2011. The sale provides GC Rieber Shipping with an accounting gain of about NOK 370 million (around USD 61Mln), while the cash effect isContinue reading “The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has purchased the ice-breaker “HMS Protector”…”

Stunning images have been released to give an idea of front-line carrier operations in the Royal Navy in just a few years’ time. The team behind HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales have produced life-like graphics of F35 Lightning IIs and Merlin Mk2s operating from the sprawling flight decks of the 65,000-tonne leviathans http://navaltoday.com/2013/09/27/gallery-a-taste-of-operations-aboard-hms-queen-elizabeth/Continue reading “Stunning images have been released to give an idea of front-line carrier operations…”