April 8, 2020 (Google Translation) – It is planned that by the end of 2020, the second (the first serial) latest hydrographic catamaran boat of project 23370G will be accepted into the Navy. By order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, the boat was given the name “Alexksandr Firsov” in recognition of the merits of the…
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SNMCMG1 Conducts “Historical Ordnance Disposal” off Normandy
April 8, 2020 (Google Translation) – From March 23 to April 05, 2020, the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1), one of the two NATO mine warfare forces, conducted an operation to process historic munitions along the Normandy coast. Called ” Historical Ordnance Disposal 20″, this operation took place in the Channel and more particularly in the Bay…
Read MoreMaiden Arrival at Faslane for Future HMS Audacious
April 7, 2020 – HMS Audacious, the fourth of the Royal Navy’s Astute-class submarines, has arrived at her new home at HM Naval Base Clyde. The new submarine and her 98-strong crew arrived at the Naval Base in Argyll and Bute today (April 7), flying the White Ensign after sailing from BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness. Welcoming the vessel to her…
Read MoreBlas de Lezo Returns to Ferrol
April 8, 2020 (Google Translation) – Today, April 8, the frigate “Blas de Lezo” has returned to the Military Arsenal of Ferrol, after completing its participation in the combined training with the French air-naval group for Atlantic waters, as an escort for the aircraft carrier “Charles de Gaulle”. The frigate “Blas de Lezo” (F-103) set sail on March 3 from…
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