July 2013 Patrol coastal ships USS Tempest, USS Squall and USS Thunderbolt docked in Bahrain on July 3rd. There will soon be a total of eight patrol coastal ships permanently stationed in the U.S. 5th fleet’s area of responsibility. By spring of 2014, the United States Navy will have also sent the USS Hurricane and […]
Australia joins RAPPICC
Australia has formally joined the Regional Anti-Piracy Prosecutions and Intelligence Coordination Center (RAPPICC), based in the Seychelles. This move further bolsters the international coalition combatting piracy in the region. The agreement was signed this past Tuesday evening by Joel Morgan, Minister of Home Affairs and Transport in the Seychelles, and Sandra Vegting and Lindsay Skoll, high commissionser from Australia and […]
No Hiding Place
The newest addition to the European Naval Force is the HSwMS Carlskrona, a vessel from the Swedish Navy. It didn’t take long for the Carlskrona to see action however– on one of its first patrols last week, the ship’s helicopter spotted a small pirate skiff off the Somali coast. The helicopter was able to photograph the men and their […]
HMCS Toronto intercepts narcotics at sea
July 2013 The Canadian ship, HMCS Toronto, a Halifax-class frigate, recently intercepted a major narcotics shipment in the Indian Ocean. The ship, deployed as a member of Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150), disrupted the transfer of over a quarter-ton of hashish and 10 kilograms of heroin, as part of the task force’s ongoing operations […]
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