Piracy – Denmark to deploy Naval Unit to Gulf of Guinea – March 2021
Expressing the serious concern about the maritime security situation in the Gulf of Guinea, the Danish government announced that it plans to deploy a frigate to the region in the fall of 2021. The decision to deploy a naval vessel to the region comes after the Danish Minister of Défense and shipping companies including Maersk […]
Former Military – SEAMAN GUARD VIRGINIA – July 2012
One of the former RAF Marine Unit operating as an Anti Piracy Vessel in the Gulf of Aden was the SEAMAN GUARD VIRGINIA which called at Malta in July 2012 that left Gibraltar back to Thursday 19th July 2012. She was built in 1970 by Fairmile Marine at Berwick-upon-Tweed as RAF 5002 SEA OTTER the third Seal class Long Range Recovery […]
Drug Bust – Colombian Navy seized 1,080 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean – 07.04.2018.
Colombia’s navy has intercepted 14 semi-submersible vessels, known as “narco subs,” in the Pacific Ocean in 2018, more than triple what it seized all last year, and the uptick comes as the country grapples with a sustained increase in cocaine production. Together with United States Coast Guard (USCG), Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine […]
Iran Tensions – HMS KENT F 78 bound to the Gulf – 12.08.2019
The Royal Navy Type 23 Class frigate HMS KENT F 78 left Portsmouth Naval Base, UK on Monday 12th August heading to the Gulf amid rising tensions with Iran. Initially the frigate was due to patrol the region alone and provide regional maritime security. However, since the seizure of a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz the […]
