Sea breeze 2021

HMS Queen Elizabeth Departs U.K. to Sub for Damaged HMS Prince of Wales in East Coast Tour

HMS Queen Elizabeth sails from Portsmouth on Sept. 7, 2022. UK Royal Navy Photo

British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) set sail for the U.S. on Wednesday while its sister ship HMS Prince of Wales (R09) prepares for a major repair to its propulsion system, the U.K. Royal Navy announced.

Ahead of a planned European deployment, Queen Elizabeth will step in for some of the stops for Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy said.

“In the coming months, HMS Queen Elizabeth will be at the heart of a...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/07/hms-queen-elizabeth-departs-u-k-to-sub-for-damaged-hms-prince-of-wales-in-east-coast-tour

HMS Queen Elizabeth Enters Middle East After Suez Canal Transit; Carrier Eisenhower Now in Atlantic

HMS Queen Elizabeth (R06) transiting the Suez Canal on July 6, 2021. Royal Navy Photo

British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) and its escorts are now operating in the Red Sea after transiting the Suez Canal on Tuesday, according to U.K. officials.

The carrier passed through the canal as part of the 28-week maiden deployment of the carrier with an air wing made up of both Royal Air Force and U.S. Marine F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters, the strike group announced.

The escorts...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/07/hms-queen-elizabeth-enters-middle-east-after-suez-canal-transit-carrier-eisenhower-now-in-atlantic

More NATO Ships Enter Black Sea While Tensions With Russia Simmer

ITS Fasan, SNMG2 flagship cross under Istanbul strait on July 1, 2021. NATO Photo

The flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 entered the Black Sea on Thursday with two more alliance warships set to join the Sea Breeze exercises that started earlier this week, NATO announced.

Frigate ITS Virginio Fasan (F 591) passed through the Bosphorus headed for the Black Sea with a Turkish frigate and will join with a Romanian warship, according to ship spotters in Turkey.

“During [Fasan’s] deployment in...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/01/more-nato-ships-enter-black-sea-while-tensions-with-russia-simmer

U.S., Ukraine Begin Sea Breeze 2021 Exercise with 30 Other Countries

Rota-based Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG-71) transits Bosphorus towards the Black Sea on June 26, 2021. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission

The Navy and international partners on Monday began the annual Sea Breeze exercise in the Black Sea.

The drills, led by the U.S. and Ukraine, will continue through July 10, according to a Navy news release.

“This year’s iteration has the largest number of participating nations in the exercise’s history with 32 countries from...

https://news.usni.org/2021/06/28/u-s-ukraine-begin-sea-breeze-2021-exercise-with-30-other-countries