Navy News
China will soon commission the Type 055 destroyer Xianyang
According to a tweet published by Louis Cheung on June 19, 2022, the People's Liberation Army Navy's Type 055 destroyer Xianyang will soon be commi...
French La Fayette class frigate Surcouf makes port call in Qatar
According to a tweet published by the French Ambassador on June 23, 2022, the French La Fayette class frigate Surcouf made a port call at Hamad Por...
Chinese Shipyard commissions Pakistanese Type 054A/P frigate PNS Taimur
According to a tweet published by Zhang Meifang on June 23, 2022, the second Type 054A/P frigate constructed for Pakistan Navy, the PNS Taimur, was...
Russian Navy's frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov visits Philippines
According to a tweet published by the Russian MFA on June 23, 2022, a detachment of military vessels of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, incl...
Russian Ilyushin Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft conduct exercise in Pacific
According to information published by Tass on June 23, 2022, Il-38 antisubmarine aircraft of the air regiment in the Russian northeast trained to b...
Japanese Navy launches fifth Mogami class frigate JS Yahagi
According to a tweet published by the JMSDF on June 23, 2022, the naming and launching ceremony of the fifth Mogami class Yahagi was held at Nagasa...
Nimitz-class USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier completes availability
According to information published by the U.S. DoD on June 22, 2022, the Nimitz-class USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) completed a four-month Selected Re...
German Navy's Brandenburg class frigate Schleswig Holstein visits Denmark
According to a tweet published by Morten Bodskov on June 22, 2022, the German Navy's Brandenburg-class frigate Schleswig-Holstein visits Nordr...
US Navy's destroyer successfully launches Standard Missile 6 against USS Vandegrift
According to information published by the U.S. DoD on June 22, 2022, the US Navy destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) launches a Standard Missile 6 durin...
Two Russian Navy's corvettes enter Danish Territorial Waters
According to information published by H I Sutton on June 18, 2022, two Russian Navy's corvettes (Buyan-M class and Tarantul class) violated the Dan...
Bilateral drills between UK and Japanese Navies in the Channel
According to information published by the Royal Navy on June 22, 2022, patrol ship HMS Mersey and survey vessel HMS Enterprise linked up with Japan...
Three Iranian vessels harass a US Navy's Cyclone-class patrol ship in the straight of Ormuz
According to information published by the U.S. DoD on June 20, 2022, three Fast Attack Crafts from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (I...
Russian nuclear missile submarine launches Kalibr missile near Norway during drills
According to information published by Tass on June 21, 2022, Russian nuclear submarines of the Northern fleet were trained to deliver a missile str...
Indian Navy's anti-submarine corvette Kamorta visits Indonesia
According to information published by Hans India on June 17, 2022, the Indian Navy's Shivalik-class frigate INS Sahyadri and Kamorta-class corvette...
Lays keel for the second mine countermeasure HNLMS Vlissingen
According to a tweet published by Naval Group on June 14, 2022, the company has laid the keel for the 2nd of the 12 mine countermeasure platforms o...
India holds keel laying ceremony for three 25T Bollard Pull Tugs
According to information published by the Indian government on June 10, 2022, the keel for all three 25T Bollard Pull Tugs (Yard 305 - Mahabali, Ya...
ThyssenKrupp offers new submarines and corvettes to the German Navy amid Ukraine invasion
According to information published by Reuters on 21 June 2022, in the context of the invasion of Ukraine, the German company TKMS (ThyssenKrupp Mar...
Ukrainian forces strike Russian oil platforms in Crimea
According to information published by Tass on June 21, 2022, Ukrainian forces delivered three strikes at Russian oil platforms in the Black Sea nor...
Keel laying ceremony for two new Indian Navy's Survey Vessels
According to information published by the Indian government on June 21, 2022, the keel for the fourth ship of Survey Vessel (Large) and second &...
General Dynamics christens US Navy's destroyer John Basilone
According to information published by the U.S. DoD on June 17, 2022, the US Navy christened the future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer...