The Australian Government has ordered two additional Guardian-class patrol boats from Austal Australia by way of a contract valued at approximately AU$39 million (US$26 million). The 39.5-metre, steel-hull patrol boats, to be constructed at Henderson in Western Australia and scheduled for delivery...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Baie des Chaleurs – Canadian Coast Guard rescue boat built for Atlantic sailing conditions
The Canadian Coast Guard has taken delivery of a new search and rescue (SAR) boat built by shipyard Chantier Naval Forillon based in Quebec. CCGS Baie des Chaleurs is named after Chaleurs Bay, the portion of the Gulf of St Lawrence that sits between Quebec and New Brunswick. The newbuild belongs to...
OPINION | Indian aircraft visit Cocos Islands as Australia strengthens its maritime security network
Despite Australia’s hopes, the Indian military will not be participating in the Australian Defence Force’s multinational Exercise Talisman Sabre later this month. But ..
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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | January 25 – A response airboat for Russia, Indonesia’s newest hospital ship and more
Recent deliveries include an Indonesian Navy hospital ship, two rescue boats for the Canadian Coast Guard, and response boats for the Russian government and a sheriff’s ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Shediac Bay – Durable coast guard rescue boat for Canada’s Atlantic waters
The Canadian Coast Guard has formally welcomed a new locally-built search and rescue (SAR) boat into service for operation in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean just off Ne ..
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OPINION | The case for CAUKUS and CANZUS – Where are the Canucks?
The announcement of the ground-breaking trilateral AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States on September 16, 2021, naturall ..
USNI News Video: Britain’s Caribbean Naval Mission
A Mexifloat from RFA Mounts Bay on its way to Grand Tuck with Heavy Plant for use in the rebuild after the hurricane in 2017. UK Royal Navy Photo
ABOARD ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARY SHIP MOUNTS BAY — One of three British Bay-class landing ships has spent nearly two years in the Western Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea, both looking after British interests as well as finding ways to partner with the U.S. Navy.
RFA Mounts Bay (L3008) is a Bay-class auxiliary landing ship dock (LSD(A)) in the Royal Fleet...
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