Canada may have to scale back its plan to build 15 new warships to replace three destroyers and twelve frigates.

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Indonesian shipbuilding company PT Lundin Industry Invest is back in the news again. This time it wants to create a tank boat or fire support vessel for the Indonesian Navy.

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U.S. Navy warships will now monitor U.S.-flagged commercial vessels that pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

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India’s Navy chief, Admiral RK Dhowan, told reporters that the sea trials of INS Arihant is going “very well.”
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Naval Graphics has an image showing all the commissioned and uncommissioned ships, boats and other vessels of the United States Navy as of Apr. 2015

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Russia’s Pacific Fleet tested its Bal mobile land-based anti-ship missile for the first time on Apr. 28.

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A Marshall Islands-flagged container ship, Maersk Tigris, was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps patrol boats on Apr. 28 while traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.

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The Finnish Navy fired handheld underwater depth charges at 3 a.m. on Apr. 28 after an underwater target was detected off Helsinki.

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The commanding officer of USS Lake Erie (CG 70) has been fired from his post after investigation found poor command climate aboard the guided-missile cruiser.

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