Time for RN to return to Black Sea
By James Rogers and George Scutaru*
Since February 2022, Britain’s presence in the Black Sea has shrivelled up. Between 2014 and 2021, the Royal Navy...
RN upgrades anti-sub weapons
The Sting Ray lightweight anti-submarine torpedo, the RN’s primary ASW weapon, is being upgraded to Mod 2 standard, Navy Lookout reports.
BAE Systems will undertake...
Indian Navy seizes large drug shipment
On 29 November the Indian Navy (IN) announced that based on information received from the Sri Lankan Navy regarding probable narcotics smuggling by Sri...
Keel-laying for HMS Sheffield
On 29 November the first section of the fifth British Type 26 frigate’s was laid down. The ship will be commissioned as HMS Sheffield....
Excellence in the face of doubt
On 5 Nov 2024 The Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond gave an address to the Submarine Institute Conference. The following transcript has...
HMNZS Manawanui: human error blamed
Interim Report on HMNZS Manawanui Sinking
HMNZS Manawanui that grounded and sunk off the coast of Samoa was lost as a result of human error,...
Frigate replacement contract down to two
The Australian Government has down-selected two shipbuilders, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, to progress designs for Australia’s future general purpose frigates.
The general...
New UK autonomous submarine
A team of British engineers based in Portsmouth has successfully demonstrated a new type of autonomous submarine, developed specifically for military use, off the...
Recharging batteries while submerged
Navantia's shipyard in Cartagena has completed the installation of the Hydrogen based Air Independent Propulsion System (AIP) into a S80 class submarine, Navantia announced...
New landing craft preferred design
The Australian Government has selected a design by Damen Shipyards Group as the preferred option for the Australian Defence Force's Landing Craft Heavy, the...