Ferry – GNV AZZURRA
One of the GNV’s (Grandi Navi Veloci) ferries around is the 1981 built ropax GNV AZZURRA. In the late 70s the Swedish shipbuilding industry was suffering from a downturn, with little to no ships in order from Swedish shipyards. To help the industry the Swedish Prime Minister Ola Ullsten persuaded Rederi AB Gotland to order new ferries from Öresundsvarvet […]
Naval News – EDT HERCULES commissioned for Canadian Navy Helicopter Crash Scene in Ionian Sea – 25.05.2020
The 2014 built offshore supply vessel EDT HERCULES carrying a combined Canadian and American military recovery team departed Souda Bay, Crete on a mission to retrieve the wreckage of a downed CH-148 Cyclone helicopter. In a statement issued Monday 25th May, the Department of National Defence in Canada said that the vessel EDT HERCULES is expected to take two days […]
Naval News – Friendly Fire Incident Kills 19 In Iranian Navy Drill – 10.05.2020
On Monday 11th May the Iranian Navy said in a statement that one of its own missiles has struck the Hendijan Class support ship KONARAK on Sunday 10 th May in a friendly fire incident during a training exercise in the Sea of Oman near the Iranian port city of Jask, off the southern coast […]
Casualties – REINA 1 sank after collision – 19.10.2011
8 sailors have died with 2 rescued seafarers after the 3,400 tons Turkish owned Maltese registered bulk carrier REINA I sank in Albanian waters overnight after a collision with the Turkish flagged ropax ANKARA. The collision happened around 0100 hrs local time, 20 miles from the Albanian Port of Durres. One body was taken aboard […]
Casualties – RMS TITANIC – 14.04.1912
108 years ago on the night of Sunday 14th April 1912 RMS TITANIC during her maiden voyage struck an iceberg, buckling part of her hull and causing her to sink in the early hours of 15th April. 706 of her 2,224 passengers and crew survived. Her loss was the catalyst for major reforms in shipping safety and […]
Naval News – Russian Navy Accidents – December 2019
On Thursday 12th December a fire broke out aboard Russia’s only aircraft carrier ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV 063 , with a death toll of 2 amongst 10 injured naval personnel and threatening to put the vessel out of commission, the latest in a string of disasters that have raised questions about the state of the Navy and […]
