Malta Naval Visits – USS RAMAGE DDG 61 – 12-16.07.1999
On Monday 12th July,1999 the 16th Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer (Flight I Class) USS RAMAGE with pennant number DDG 61 entered Grand Harbour, Malta assisted by 2 tugs – KATRIN & LIENI berthing starboard side alongside at Pinto 4 & 5 wharves part of VISET ( now Valletta Cruise Port). The ship is […]
Piracy – Pirates demanding USD 3 Million for vessel RIM – 04.02.2010
The US Navy has reported that North Korea flagged general cargo ship RIM was hijacked by pirates. The 4,800 dwt vessel was taken in the Gulf of Aden to the north of the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor. It was not registered with MSC HOA. EUNAVFOR said that the US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS PORTER […]
Ship of the Week – HATHERLEIGH
The HATHERLEIGH was originally named SUFFOLK PUNCH (LT 395) and was built in Lowestoft by the Shipyard of Richards Iron Works Ltd as Yard Number 461. She was launched on 4th March 1961. She was owned by Small and Co. The SUFFOLK PUNCH was one of five sister ships all of very similar design and […]
SYRIA AIR STRIKES – Saturday 14th April, 2018. During the early hours of Saturday 14th April, 2018 the US, UK and French carried air strikes on Syria’s chemical related sites. US Naval assets involved were the Virginia Class submarine USS JOHN WARMER SSN 785, the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS MONTEREY CG 61 and the Arleigh […]
