Navantia Lays Keel for First F110 Frigate at Ferrol
The Navantia shipyard in Ferrol (Coruña) hosted this Wednesday the act of putting the keel on the F111 frigate, whose construction began in April 2022, and which is the first…
Brazilian Navy Ship Leaves for Gulf of Guinea Operation
The frigate “Liberal”, of the Brazilian Navy (MB), left the Naval Base of Rio de Janeiro, on the morning of Sunday (06), to start the 3rd edition of Operation Guinex.…
US Warships Commissioned in Canada
Text and photos from navsource.org Frigates USS Asheville The second Asheville was laid down 10 March 1942 as HMS Adur (K 269) by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, Canada Launched, 22…
Crew of Future HMS Venturer Begins to Assemble
The first crew have joined HMS Venturer – the lead vessel of five Type 31 Inspiration-class Royal Navy frigates which will be deployed around the globe by the end of…
HMS Richmond Readied for Armed Forces Day
Ready for hundreds of visitors – indeed ready for anything is frigate HMS Richmond which completed the Navy’s sternest test in time for National Armed Forces Day Celebrations. The Portsmouth-based…
Type 26 Frigate HMS Cardiff Emerges on Govan Skyline
The forward end of HMS Cardiff, the second Type 26 City Class frigate, has emerged from BAE Systems’ ship build hall at Govan for the first time in an important…
Dutch Navy Announces LCF Frigate Update Plans
A few years ago it was decided to keep the air defense and command frigates (LCF) longer in service. For this it is necessary to adapt or replace certain systems.…
TKMS Delivers Frigate to Egyptian Navy in Bremerhaven
On May 26th, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems handed over a frigate to the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It is the second in a series of four MEKO® A-200…
Fincantieri Receives Order for Fourth Constellation Class Frigate
The Department of Defense announced that Fincantieri US subsidiary, Marinette Marine (FMM), was awarded a 526 million dollars contract to build a fourth Constellation-class frigate for the US Navy. The…
ROKS Cheonan Commissioned to Honor Ship Sunk by North Korea
The navy conducted the inauguration ceremony of the new frigate Cheonan (FFG-826) at Jinhae military port on the afternoon of May 19th. Cheonan ship began construction June 17, 2020, honoring…