Two more Evolved-class patrol boats for Navy
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced the Department of Defence will order an additional two Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) for the Royal Australian Navy,...
Compo talks with French drag on
The Defence Minister Peter Dutton has conceded compensation negotiations with a French company over the dumped future submarine project are likely to drag well...
Anger after Defence buys ship off-shore
Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands and bought a five-year-old ship for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship...
Purple Pony back in the water
HMAS Toowoomba, nicknamed the 'Purple Pony', was returned to the water at Henderson, Western Australia, on April 12 after an 18-month maintenance period.
Toowomba is...
Russian ship captain and others killed
Ukraine claimed today that the captain of the Moskva missile cruiser died in the catastrophe it faced in the Black Sea, according to the...
Hunter-class frigates falling short
By Paul Greenfield and John Stanford*
Since the British Type 26 was announced as the reference design for Royal Australian Navy’s nine Hunter-class frigates, the...
The significance of the Moskva sinking
By Dr Tom Lewis*
It’s early days yet, but the sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea, apparently by Ukrainian missiles, looks...
Russian Black Sea flagship sunk
The Russian Black Sea flagship, the 12,500 tonne cruiser Moskva has sunk both Russian and Ukrainian sources say. It was sunk near Snake (Zmeinii) Island. Both...
US Navy wants to axe 8 amphibious ships
The U.S. Navy wants to buy one last San Antonio-class amphibious ship and then end the production line, the service announced in its fiscal...
Russian frigate reported hit by Ukrainian missile
On 4 April a Ukrainian Presidential spokesman Alexey Arestovych announced that the Russian Admiral Grigorovich class frigate Admiral Essen was damaged by Ukrainian forces. It is...