Tag: British, English channel, navy ships, Russian, warship
British warship shadows Russian navy ships in English Channel
A British destroyer is shadowing a Russian naval task group as it passes the English coast, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Wednesday. HMS Defender was called upon...
Saudi Arabia, France sign warship construction agreement
Saudi Arabia has signed a preliminary agreement with France’s Naval Group to build warships in the oil-rich kingdom. The French government holds a 62.49 percent stake...
Libya: Philippine considers deploying warship to rescue Filipino captives
Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, on Friday said he might send the navy’s most modern frigate to waters off Libya in a bid to “save” three Filipinos and a...
Britain’s new £3 billion warship has a leak
By Jite Eriabie Britain’s biggest ever warship, the new £3.1 billion ($4.2 billion) aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, has a leak and needs repairs, the Ministry...
Did government handle the death of the 26 Nigerian girls in a Spanish warship properly?
The Nigerian government that I know is full of words and not action.What they need to take quick action on is left aside and they ponder on irrelevant things. I feel, so...
U.S. navy to move damaged warship John S. McCain to Japan
By Jite Eriabie The U.S. Navy is planning to haul the damaged guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain to its ship repair facility in Yokosuka, Japan where damage...
U.S. Navy earmarks $3.1m to lift damaged warship, USS Fitzgerald
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has awarded a $3.1 million firm, fixed-price contract for the heavy lift of the USS Fitzgerald. Patriot Shipping, based out of...
PHOTOS: UK’s biggest warship HMS Queen Elizabeth sails into home port
Britain’s most advanced and biggest warship, the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, berthed for the first time at its home port of Portsmouth on...
Man exposes security lapses, lands drone on biggest British warship
An amateur drone pilot has sparked a security review of Britain’s biggest and most technologically advanced aircraft carrier after landing his handheld drone on the...
Damaged warship, USS Fitzgerald to return home for repairs
The U.S. Navy on Tuesday said it will haul the guided missile destroyer severely damaged in a collision with a freighter in Japanese waters back to the United States for...
America’s oldest warship refloated after two-year restoration
America’s oldest commissioned warship, USS Constitution, was finally refloated on Sunday following a two-year, multi-million dollar restoration at the historic...
UK’s biggest warship HMS Queen Elizabeth sets sail for first time
Britain’s most advanced and biggest warship, 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, set out on its maiden voyage on Monday from the Rosyth...
