Showing posts with label Royal Navy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royal Navy. Show all posts
Friday, July 09, 2021

The U.S. African Slave Trade Patrol 1820 -1861 and the Royal Navy West Africa Squadron Anti-Slavery Patrols

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Anti-slavery Operations of the US Navy Long illegal, the infamous slave trade was declared by Congress in 1819 to be piracy, and as such, pu...
Friday, June 19, 2020

Friday Film: "Corvettes" of the Royal Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic

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If you haven't read the book The Cruel Sea or seen the movie based upon the book, I encourage you to do so. Trailer for the movie: ...
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Friday, July 12, 2019

Friday Film: "Fourteen Hundred Zulu" Royal Navy in the Cold War (1965)

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Monday, April 17, 2017

Interesting Read from "Think Defence on the UK Amphibious Capability - Today and Tomorrow"

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The Royal Navy (and its sisters and cousins and aunts) has some amphibious capability, as set out by Think Defence in UK Amphibious Capabili...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Somali Pirates: Counter-Piracy Heat

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MOD Photo More counter-Somali pirate operations revealed at "We're coming to get you! Somali pirate boat blown up by chopper as...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Somali Pirates: Royal Navy Nabs 13 and Mothership (U.S. Navy gets assist)

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BBC News reports Royal Navy captures 13 Somali pirates : Royal Marines apprehending pirates on dhow RFA Fort Victoria and a US Navy v...
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Thursday, December 01, 2011

Somali Pirates: Royal Navy and the Dogs of (Pirate) War

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Royal Navy Photo by LA(Phot) Dave Jenkins Some sea dogs come in handy, as reported in Royal Navy catches Indian Ocean pirates : The Roya...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Somali Pirates: British Force Takes Down Pirate "Mothership"

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HMS Somerset's Merlin helicopter fires warning shots across the bow of the pirate dhow [Picture: Leading Airman (Photographer) Dave J...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Somali Pirates: Italy says US, UK forces free ship from pirates

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UK MOD photo Update on earlier report here , a report that Italy says US, UK forces free ship from pirates : U.S. and British forces hav...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Somali Pirates: Navy Helicopters and Irregular War Against Pirates

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The "Unsexy"H-60S- with sidearms LCDR B.J. Armstrong, a U.S. Navy H-60S pilot writes about the retaking of the MV Caravos Ho...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Libya: Mine Warfare and Vessel Borne Improvised Explosive Devices

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Like a cornered animal, the forces loyal to Khadafy have tried a number of tricks to slow the import of assistance to Libyan rebel groups. T...
Sunday, April 03, 2011

Libya: The beginning of NATO boot prints?

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One of my concerns over the Libya mess has been with the rebels and their logistics support - see Libya: How are the rebel logistics? An u...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Somali Pirates: Brits Take Down "Mother Ship", Rescue Hostages

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HMS Cornwall in background as her boarding team investigates From the Royal Navy's web site : A request for assistance from a South ...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Somali Pirate Fail: MV Beluga Fortune Recovered

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Some interesting photos of a boarding party from HMS Montrose getting aboard MV Beluga Fortune to ensure teh Somali pirates who held it bri...
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Somali Pirates: Action by the Royal Navy and Marines

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The Royal Navy recently has undertaken efforts to slow down the Somali pirates as set out here in an article devoted to describing the effo...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Royal Navy: Ships Needed

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The "dangerously weak" Royal Navy will put trade routes at risk from pirates and terrorists unless the Government buys more frigat...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Somali Pirates: HMS Chatham destroys pirate boats

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 Everyone seems to be picking on the Somali pirates. From the British MOD - HMS Chatham destroys pirate boats : In a co-ordinated search ...
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Friday, April 16, 2010

Somali Pirates: Royal Navy Forces Pirates to Give Up a Ship

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Reported as HMS Chatham Forces Release of Pirated Dhow : An Indian flagged dhow, the VISHVAKALYAN, which had been seized by Somali pirates...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Haiti: Port Repair, Port Operations and Fuel Operations

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It's been a week or so since we last looked in on how the recovery operation for Haiti's vital ports has been going (click on one of...
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Somali Pirates: Disarming suspected pirates

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Reported as British ship 'disarms suspected pirate skiffs' : British frigate HMS Portland intercepted two suspicious skiffs in the ...