PLYMOUTH, England, June 2 (UPI) -- The British Royal Navy announced the HMS Cumberland frigate has been deployed to the volatile Horn of Africa for counter-piracy operations.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 5 (UPI) -- The Italian navy prevented a pirate attack on an Italian ship Tuesday in the Gulf of Aden, defense officials said.
MOMBASA, Kenya, April 9 (UPI) -- Germany has handed over seven captured pirates to the Kenyan police.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 30 (UPI) -- The European Union's anti-piracy force has arrested seven pirates suspected of attacking a German navy vessel in the Gulf of Aden.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The first large multi-ship escort protecting critical humanitarian aid to Somalia has been completed by a British Royal Navy frigate.
BALTIISK, Russia, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A shipboard fire on a Baltic Sea Russian frigate claimed the life of a naval officer, authorities said Monday.
BOSSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A Russian frigate prevented the seizure of a vessel flying the Saudi flag from being taken over by pirates off Somalia's coast Sunday, a Russian official said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The Dutch government said Tuesday it is sending another ship to the coast of Somalia, where pirates have seized more than two dozen vessels this year.
OTTAWA, March 20 (UPI) -- Vancouver, British Columbia-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. joined General Dynamics' bid for a Canadian navy frigate upgrade contract.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, March 23 (UPI) -- Dutch government officials have called for an inquiry into alleged rapes, drunkenness and drug use aboard naval vessels.
