Breaking Up – Belgian Navy Command & Support Ship BNS GODETIA A 960 – September 2021.
On Friday 25th June, 2021 the Belgian Navy Command & Support Ship BNS GODETIA A 960 returned to Zeebrugge, Belgium after she completed her final deployment after spending 5 months patrolling the North Sea and the Baltic. 2 x Alouette III helicopters escorted BNS GODETIA as she entered Zeebrugge docks marking an end for both […]
Passers By – Naval Units during January 2021
Various naval units pass the Malta-Sicily straits like other ships and to mention some – New Year started with an interesting Russian Navy Vessel – SB 565 PROFESSOR NIKOLAY MURU, a 2014 built and June 2015 commissioned rescue ship on passage from Astrakhan, East Russia bound to West Russia stopping for few days off Pantelleria, […]
Ship of the Week – ITS AMERIGO VESPUCCI A 5312
The magnificent tall ship around the world ITS AMERIGO VESPUCCI A 5312 sailed around the Maltese Coast on Tuesday 21st July, 2020. With the Motto of – Non Chi Comincia Ma Quel Che Persevera she was launched on 22nd February, 1931 from the Royal Shipyard of Castellamare di Stabia, Naples and commissioned into the Italian […]
Casualties – Fire on cargo ship BELLATRIX off Sicily – 08.04.2020
On Wednesday 8th April, 2020 morning the Italian Coast Guard (Guardia Costiera) received a mayday distress call from the Russian flag general cargo ship BELLATRIX with fire on board. BELLATRIX was more than 180 miles southeast of Catania, when she launched the distress call for a fire which was out of control in the engine […]
Coronavirus – French Aircraft Carrier FS CHARLES DE GAULLE R 91 reports 50 positive cases – 10.04.2020
The French aircraft carrier FS CHARLES DE GAULLE R 91 registered 50 cases of novel coronavirus among the crew, the armed forces ministry said on Friday 10th April. Three sailors had been evacuated from the vessel to a military hospital in the Mediterranean port of Toulon as a “precaution”. However, none of the crew who […]
Malta Naval Visits – HDMS PETER TORDENSKIOLD F 356 – 19-22.05.2006
The Royal Danish Navy Niels Juel Class corvette HDMS PETER TORDENSKIOLD F 356 paid a diplomatic visit at Valletta, Malta on Friday 19th May, 2006 entering at 0835 hrs berthing at DWQ 1 for few hours. Later afternoon she shifted with 2 local tugs PAWLINA and FELICA to Pinto 5 Wharf. Launched on 30th April […]
Malta Naval Visits – HMCS ATHABASKAN DDG 282 – February 2006
Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG 1) is one of NATO’s standing naval maritime immediate reaction forces. SNMG 1 consists of four to six destroyers and frigates. Its role is to provide NATO with an immediate operational response capability. On Sunday 19th February, 2006 a SNMG1 Squadron called to Malta with the flagship as DDH 282 HMCS ATHABASKAN berthing at […]
Naval Movements at Valletta, Malta – Week 42 of 2018
Friday 19th October, 2018. At 1316 hrs the UK Border Force Cutter HMC PROTECTOR left Valletta from Bezzina Ship Repair Yard bound to Greece during her FRONTEX Deployment. Photos by Capt. Lawrence Dalli. Do not use these images without my permission. © All rights reserved. Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos – www.maltashipphotos.com
