Naval Focus
Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 11:40 Written by Patrick Boniface (Naval Correspondent)
On June 18th the keel of the latest Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer for the US Navy was laid down at the shipyard of Bath Iron Works. USS Michael Murphy was named after a US Navy Seal who was killed during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan on 28 June 2005.
Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 11:33 Written by Patrick Boniface (Naval Correspondent)
The Canadian navy celebrated their 100th anniversary in style with a naval review held off the main naval base at Halifax in Nova Scotia on 1 July in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen sailed along the lines of Canadian and foreign warships. Amongst the ships taking part were the French submarine FS Perle, the German frigate FGS Karlsruhe and support ship FGS Spessart and the American assault ship USS Wasp together with the cruiser USS Gettysburg, destroyer USS Barry and frigate USS Boone. The British were represented by the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, Liverpool, Sutherland and RFA Fort Victoria.
For a week from 24 May the Spanish Navy conducted the first sea trials of the new aircraft carrier Juan Carlos I. The week’s trials were conducted by a 340 man crew off the North East of the Iberian Peninsular and were said to be most satisfactory. The new ship is designed to operate as both a conventional aircraft carrier and as an amphibious assault ship. With a length of 230.8 metres she is also one of the largest units in the Spanish fleet.
At the end of July Navy Days returned to Portsmouth Dockyard. Star attractions were the two Type 45 destroyers Daring and Dauntless alongside RFA Argus. Other ships taking part included two Type 23 frigates, HMS Cattistock and the fisheries patrol vessel HMS Tyne. Sadly no foreign ships took part in this year’s Navy Days.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 10:24 Written by Patrick Boniface (Naval Correspondent)
On 21 May the aircrtaft carrier USS Harry S Truman sailed from her homeport of Norfolk in Virginia at the start of a six month tour of duty. With the carrier for the deployment are the cruiser USS Normandy and destroyers USS Ross, USS Oscar Austin and USS Winston S Churchill.
The latter visited Portsmouth in early June for a five day stopover. Allso attached to the USS Harry S Truman’s strike force is the German frigate FGS Hessen.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 09:40 Written by Patrick Boniface (Naval Correspondent)
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