Second Type 26 Debuts in the Clyde
There are now two of the Royal Navy’s next generation frigates in the water – briefly – as HMS Cardiff entered the Clyde for the first time. Nearly five years…
SECNAV Names Future Frigate USS Galvez (FFG 67)
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that a future Constellation-class Guided Missile Frigate, FFG 67, will be named USS Galvez, June 21. Secretary Del Toro made the announcement…
Steel Cut for First of Three Hunter Class Frigates
The Commonwealth of Australia has awarded BAE Systems Maritime Australia a contract to build the first three Hunter class frigates as the program celebrates its transition into formal construction phase.…
Germany Orders Two Additional F126 Frigates
The German Navy will receive its urgently needed extra maritime power through an additional procurement of two F126 frigates. Last week, the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag gave the…
FREMM Spartaco Schergat Trials
The Italian FREMM frigate “Spartaco Schergat” successfully passed its First Sea Going Review on 9 May, 2024 and subsequently had its First Sea Going in the Gulf of La Spezia…
HMAS Murchison
HMAS Murchison was ordered as part of Australia’s shipbuilding program during the Second World War. Twelve of these Australian built frigates were to enter service with the Royal Australian Navy.…
HMAS Anzac (III) Farewelled After 28 Years of Service
The Royal Australian Navy’s First Lady of the Fleet, HMAS Anzac (III), has been farewelled after 28 years of service during a decommissioning ceremony at her home port of HMAS…
Fincantieri Launches FREMM Emilio Bianchi
A great satisfaction today at our Riva Trigoso site for the delivery of the frigate “Emilio Bianchi”, the last in a series of 10 FREMM units commissioned by the Military…
SIMA Peru to License-Build Quartet of HD HHI Designed Ships
HD HHI recently announced that it has been selected as the contracting party for strategic partner for four naval vessels totaling USD 462,900,000 including one 3,400-ton Frigate, one 2,200-ton OPV,…
Stopover in Norway for the FREMM Bretagne
On mission in the Far North since the beginning of January, FREMM Bretagne continues its deployment with a patrol in the west of Norway then in the Skagerrak , entrance…