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Flagship project flagging

India’s so-called Indigenous Aircraft Carrier was temporarily floated out of dry-dock at the Cochin Shipyard at a low-key event on 29 December 2011. However,...

RUSSIAN NAVY: Not up to scratch

Russia’s Defence Ministry has lost patience with the disappointing performance of the latest generation of diesel-electric submarine. Saint Petersburg, lead vessel of the Project...

ATTACK CRAFT: Off to fight the pirates

A Maldon-based warship has been refurbished to take on Somali pirates. Defender, an ex-Omani Navy fast attack vessel which was featured in Ships Monthly...

RUSSIAN NAVY: Latest Russian submarine on trials

In November 2011 Vladimir Putin toured the Sevmash shipyards just outside Arkhangelsk in northern Russia to promote his latest increase in funding for the...

ROYAL NAVY: A risk worth taking . . .

The coalition government’s defence cuts have sparked further rows, with the MoD accepting that a Royal Navy frigate may have been sent into a...

US NAVY: The ‘Great Green Fleet’

The US Navy has moved a step closer towards its goal of halving reliance on fossil fuels by 2020 after successfully demonstrating an alternative...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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