HMS Spey Makes First Visit to Port Blair
You wait 16 years for the Royal Navy to visit your island chain… and then two ships call inside ten months. 2023 began with HMS Tamar calling on the Andaman…
Philippines Hosting Exercise Samasama October 2-12
The Philippine Navy (PN)’s warfare capabilities are expected to get a boost in a two-week drill with its US Navy (USN) counterparts, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said…
Royal Navy’s OPVs Deployed in Indo-Pacific Begin Third Year
Royal Navy patrol ships will experiment with protecting underwater infrastructure and the collective security of the Indo-Pacific region as the third year of their ground-breaking mission begins. HMS Tamar and…
HMS Spey: First RN Ship to Visit Timor-Leste After Independence
Patrol ship HMS Spey became the first Royal Navy warship to visit the Pacific nation of Timor-Leste. A quarter of a century after the UK supported an international peacekeeping effort…
HMS Spey First RN Ship in Brisbane for 30 Years
A Royal Navy ship has sailed into Brisbane in Australia for the first time in nearly 30 years. Type 23 frigate HMS Monmouth was the last ship in the Queensland…
The Reinvigoration of the RNZN Boarding Capability
Last month Lieutenant Jack Walters (Matataua Boarding Officer) and a team of 11 Matataua personnel demonstrated their skillset while travelling from Auckland to Wellington aboard Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS…
HMS Spey Trains With South Korean Navy
HMS Spey became the first Royal Navy warship to visit Pyeongtaek in a busy visit to the Republic of Korea. The patrol ship faced temperatures as low as -17C (-25C…
HMS Spey in HCM City to Mark 50th Anniversary of Ties
The UK Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMS Spey, commanded by Commander Michael Proudman, docked at Nhà Rồng – Khánh Hội Port on Tuesday, beginning a five-day goodwill visit to…
Multilateral Exercise Sama-Sama Lumbas 2022 Concludes
Combined Philippine-U.S. and Philippine-Australian exercise Sama Sama-Lumbas 2022 concluded Oct. 18 following eight days of in-person and at-sea engagements with military personnel from the Philippines, United States, Australia, France, Japan,…