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Canada’s shrinking navy still valued by allies, analysts say Published on Saturday July 14, 2012 Share on twitter Share on facebook PAUL DARROW/REUTERS The Canadian navy has 34 commissioned vessels but only 14 fighting ships. By Rick Westhead Staff Reporter...

Sailor makes surprise visit home Home » News » Dunedin By Rosie Manins on Sun, 15 Jul 2012 News: Dunedin 30 0 ShareThis Able Seaman Tariho Raihania (centre), formerly of Dunedin, is reunited with his cousins (front, from left) Harmony (9) and Marshall...

Royal Navy decommissions Trafalgar submarine HMS Turbulent HMS Turbulent was commissioned in 1984 and has had a total of 13 commanding officers Continue reading the main story Related Stories Titanic: Key figures on the night Choir wives welcome home...

Royal Navy largest ship, HMS Ocean begins her Olympic deployment One hundred and fifty sailors and aircrew recreated the Olympic Rings on the flight deck of the Royal Navy's largest ship to mark the start of her Olympic deployment for the 2012 London...

Victory provides historic backdrop as Olympic Flame passes through Portsmouth News Victory provides historic backdrop as Olympic Flame passes through Portsmouth 16 July 2012 Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory provided the latest impressive backdrop for the...

Dragon breathes fire as she fires her first Sea Viper News Dragon breathes fire as she fires her first Sea Viper 16 July 2012 HMS Dragon has become the fourth and latest new destroyer to show she can blast a target out of the skies. The Portsmouth-based...

The Lee Enfield .303 and British marksmanship Thanks to x for pointing out this video. You’ll often read in Great War history books about how the regular troops of theBritish Expeditionary Force at Mons in 1914 managed to put out such a rate of fire that...

Chinese Navy frigate runs aground off Palawan by Jojo Malig, ABS-CBNNews.com Posted at 07/13/2012 7:12 PM | Updated as of 07/14/2012 6:12 PM View Half Moon Shoal in a larger map MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) - A Chinese navy frigate has ran aground...

y, Underwater. Survey ship HMS Echo has discovered an underwater mountain the size of the Rock of Gibraltar as she sailed through poorly-mapped waters in the Red Sea. The ship came across the huge feature while searching for volcanoes on the seabed –...