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NEW CRUISE SHIP: Fincantieri gains P&O Cruises order

30 June 2011

Only a few days after announcing that it would have to shut down two of its shipyards and lay off over 2,500 workers because...

GERMAN NAVY: Long term investment

30 June 2011

Production of the first Type 125 frigate for the German Navy got underway on 9 May with a steel-cutting ceremony at the Blohm +...

LIBERTY SHIP: Liberty ship found and lost

30 June 2011

There are a number of Liberty ship hulls still afloat, most nearly unrecognisable in their present form. One such is the 1942-built Davy Crockett,...

ICE PATROL: To survey and protect

30 June 2011

The Royal Navy has a new interim Antarctic patrol vessel. The leased icebreaker was commissioned HMS Protector on 23 June, a date that coincided...

RESEARCH SHIP: Canadian hybrid

30 June 2011

British Columbia’s University of Victoria has been collaborating with BMT Fleet Technology of Ottawa, Canada on the conversion the former Canadian Coast Guard vessel...

FRENCH NAVY: The sovereignty enforcer

30 June 2011

DCNS has launched its first Gowind type offshore patrol vessel. The 87m L’Adroit is unusual in being an entirely self-funded showcase project with eleven...

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