Ukraine Crisis – Russian Navy building up around Ukraine – 21.02.2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow does not want a war in Europe amid rising tensions over Ukraine but demanded that the issue of Kyiv’s relationship with NATO be resolved in its entirety immediately. Speaking at a joint news conference on Tuesday 15th February, 2022 after talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Putin said Russia had […]
Naval News – USS ZUMWALT DDG 1000 delivered – 24.04.2020
The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of the USS ZUMWALT DDG 1000, the lead ship in the Navy’s next generation multi-mission destroyer. DDG 1000 USS ZUMWALT achieved Hull Mechanical & Electrical delivery from shipbuilder General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works in May 2016. With this latest delivery, she will transition from Combat Systems Activation to the next […]
Naval News – German Navy drops out of Mediterranean Sea Operation Sophia – 24.01.2019
German Navy units will no longer be taking part in operation Sophia – an EU-led effort to tackle migrant smugglers in the Mediterranean sea, German officials have announced. Bremen class frigate FGS AUGSBURG F 213 is currently deployed to operation Sophia and will not be replaced by another German Navy ship once her deployment ends […]
Naval News from Canada – LCS 11 USS SIOUX CITY – 28.10.2018
On Sunday 28th October 2018 the 1973 built CAN flag and owned tugboat OCEAN A GAUTHIER was seen assisting the Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship of the United States Navy – USS SIOUX CITY LCS 11 at Welland Canal. She was coming down from Detroit River ( The Detroit River flows for 24 nautical miles from […]
