Monthly Archives: September 2022

Play Video HMS Queen Elizabeth has left Portsmouth and is now bound for the United States – replacing her damaged sister ship HMS Prince of Wales. Britain’s flagship, ahead of spending the autumn on operations and exercises in European waters, will first deploy to the east coast of the US to undertake parts of HMSContinue reading “Watch: HMS Queen Elizabeth heads for US, stepping in for damaged sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth’s departure comes after HMS Prince of Wales had to return to Portsmouth last week after suffering damage.”

HMS Westminster monitoring cruiser Marshal Ustinov. U.K. Royal Navy The U.K. Royal Navy shadowed thee Russian warships as they sailed past the British Isles, London announced in a Tuesday press release. HMS Westminster (F237), HMS Lancaster (F229) and HMS Richmond (F239), all type 23 frigates, monitored Russian ships Slava-class cruiser RTS Marshal Ustinov (055), Udaloy-class destroyer RFS Vice Admiral Kulakov (626) and tanker Vyazma as they passedContinue reading “U.K. Tracking Russian Warships Sailing Near British Isles By: Heather Mongilio September 6, 2022 6:11 PM”

Royal New Zealand Navy offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington has completed two fishing monitoring operations in the Pacific. The operation involved identifying, hailing and boarding vessels of interest on the high seas of the South West Pacific. In total, 18 surveillance flights and 14 high seas boardings’ and inspections were undertaken. The officers identified eightContinue reading “HMNZS Wellington combats IUU Pacific Fishing”

Play Video The Commonwealth Navies Rugby Cup sees three of the world’s best rugby nations go head to head in the UK for the first time in four years. The Royal Navy takes on Australia and New Zealand in three big matches in Plymouth. The last time the tournament was played was 2018, and thenContinue reading “Royal Navy rugby take on Australia and New Zealand – watch it LIVE Watch the Commonwealth Navies Rugby Cup on Forces News YouTube, Facebook or, for serving personnel abroad, on BFBS Sport.”

USS George H.W. Bush recently sailed alongside the Italian navy’s Amerigo Vespucci  AMERIGO VESPUCCI Italian Training Ship, 1930 Sails past USS INDEPENDENCE (CVA-62) in the Mediterranean, 12 July 1962. Amerigo the beautiful: 60 years later, another US aircraft carrier sails with historic Italian ship from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/ESj6KAI via IFTTT