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April 21, 2021 – The Royal Navy can confirm the Her Majesty the Queen has approved the names of two new fast patrol boats, which will be based in Gibraltar, as HM Ships Dagger and Cutlass. Dagger is a name new to the Royal Navy. It was due to have been assigned to a weapon-class anti-submarine escort in late World…
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April 21, 2020 (Google Translation) – France takes command of the Standing NATO Maritime Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) as of April 23, 2021. The Somme Command and Supply Building (BCR) will be the flagship and will house the SNMCMG2 staff until June 24, 2021. This is the first time that France has taken command of one of NATO’s 4 permanent…
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April 22, 2020 (Google Translation) – HNLMS Van Speijk is going to the side earlier than planned. The cause is a serious shortage of personnel. The crew was informed about this yesterday. Due to the personnel shortage within the naval fleet, crew members of HNLMS Van Speijk has frequently raided elsewhere. For example, when working up the sister ship Van…
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April 22, 2020 (Google Translation) – On April 18, JS AKIZUKI as the 5th Deployment Surface Force for Information Gathering (DSIG) Activities, commanded by CAPT OSAMURA Hisamitsu, commanding officer of Escort Division 5, departed from SASEBO port for their mission in the Middle East. JS AKIZUKI, taking all possible measures for COVID-19, will head to the North Arabian Sea, replace…
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April 22, 2021 – For the first time, the Navy’s oldest floating dry-dock, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) Dynamic (AFDL 6), successfully docked a dive support boat, April 15. Dive Support Boat 1103, attached to the MARMC’s Dive Locker, will undergo emergent repairs. Boat 1103 is one of four dive boats in the Dive Locker’s fleet, which is vital…
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April 22, 2020 (Google Translation) – His Majesty the King, accompanied by His Majesty the Queen and by Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Asturias and the Infanta Sofía, has presided at the Navantia shipyard in Cartagena the launching ceremony of the S-81, ‘Isaac Peral’, the first submarine of the S-80 series destined for the Spanish Navy. Her Royal Highness…
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