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What a sight! Full moon appears to form sixth Olympic ring under Tower Bridge in London Photographer's stunning photo becomes an instant hit showing the perfect alignment of the full moon and multi-colored rings framed by the iconic bridge NEW YORK DAILY...

Posted on Aug 6th, 2012 with tags Arrives, Chinese, French, Naval, Navy, News by topic, Polynesia, Training, vessel. A Chinese Navy training vessel Zhenghe arrived on Thursday at the capital city of French Polynesia for a four-day good-will visit. The...

Large vessel draws big crowds Matt Deans | 7th August 2012 11:00 AM Have your say » Tags: coffs harbour, federal government, ocean, ocean shield Government humanitarian vessel Ocean Shield is trialing it's ocean positioning systems off Coffs Harbour today....

Home › National Contributor: Fuseworks Media Tuesday, 7 August, 2012 - 16:22 The 70th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal has been marked with a ceremony in Honiara today. Chief of Navy, Rear Admiral (R ADM) Tony Parr attended the dawn service and...

HMS Excellent's PO's Mess and our farewell function and after a few drinks it was time for the haka' Jack Donnelly leads us with the late Jim Senton and Don Boulter, then a ring in, O'Farrel the Field Gun Crews PTI and on the right is John Currin

Also many other Gunnery rates may remember these two from the PO's mess on Whale Island.

Echo pays historic visit to a Libya no longer under the Gaddafi yoke 6 August 2012 Survey ship HMS Echo made history as the first Royal Navy ship to visit Libya since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi. She spent five days in the capital Tripoli as part of initial...

Chinese navy ship visits Bulgaria for first time (Xinhua) 08:09, August 06, 2012 The frigate "Yantai" of the 11th Chinese naval escort flotilla arrives at the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna on Aug. 5, 2012. The frigate "Yantai" of the 11th Chinese...

HMAS Perth Put to Rigorous Test amid Firing Serial at RIMPAC 2012 Posted on Aug 6th, 2012 with tags 2012, Firing, HMAS, Multinational, Naval, Navy, News by topic, Perth, put, Rigorous, RIMPAC, Serial, test,usa. HMAS Perth has completed an advanced air...

Sri Lanka Navy Apprehends Two Chinese Fishing Trawlers Engaged in Illegal Fishing Posted on Aug 6th, 2012 with tags Apprehends, Chinese, Engaged, fishing, Illegal, Lanka, Naval, Navy, News by topic, Sri, Trawlers, two. Fast Naval Craft attached to the...