Cypress apparently are on the lookout for PVs
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Might be mentioned at this.
Offshore Patrol Vessel conference underway in Nigeria
Rear Admiral Hanno Teuteberg, the SA Navy’s Chief Director: Maritime Strategy, is one of 31 speakers at the Nigerian Navy’s OPV (offshore patrol vessel) conference that ends today in Lagos.
The two star admiral, a recent recipient of Brazil’s Naval Order of Merit medal, gave delegates an insight into the maritime arm of the SA National Defence Force’s (SANDF) inshore/offshore patrol vessel project (Project Biro).
While there has been no movement on Project Biro to date, four of the former Warrior Class strikecraft have been refurbished and taken back into service. A request for information on project Biro was issued in 2011. A number of shipbuilding companies, including South African Shipyards, Damen Shipyards, DCNS and KND have expressed interest in the project which former SAN chief Director: Maritime Strategy Rear Admiral Bernhard Teuteberg last year indicated would be locally built.
An indication of the importance OPVs and their inshore sisters can play in keeping Africa’s maritime and littoral domain secure came from Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogbor, chief of policy and plans for the host navy.
Welcoming delegates he said: “Many littoral African countries have considerable oil and gas reserves, bountiful fisheries and viable sea lanes of communication. Despite this, maritime insecurity and illegal activities at sea threaten to undermine the great potential of this continent and therefore no time can be spared in discussing and implementing decisive solutions to our common problems”.
The major themes of the conference, to be followed by a similar three-day event focusing on the Middle East in December, are anti-piracy operations; cost effective OPV and naval systems acquisition; multi-lateral and innovative protection of offshore oil assets; technology transfer and development of domestic ship building facilities and international best practice in OPV operations.
Among papers presented were: the Tanzanian contribution to providing maritime security in the Indian Ocean; Cameroon’s role in increasing maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea; the Spanish Navy’s new OPV Class; the integration of fast intercept craft with OPV operations; Pakistan’s approach to delivering maritime security in its exclusive economic zone and the Nigerian perspective on private sector participation in African maritime security.Rear Admiral Hanno Teuteberg, the SA Navy’s Chief Director: Maritime Strategy, is one of 31 speakers at the Nigerian Navy’s OPV (offshore patrol vessel) conference that ends today in Lagos. The two star admiral, a recent recipient of Brazil’s Naval Order of Merit medal, gave delegates an insight into the maritime arm of the SA […]
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Emer is currently leading the Rebel invasion of Dublin.
The Rebel County in Dublin, boy! Cc @broadsheet by gavinsblog, on Flickr
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Originally posted by Goldie fish View PostEmer is currently leading the Rebel invasion of Dublin.
The Rebel County in Dublin, boy! Cc @broadsheet by gavinsblog, on Flickr
They'll tell you!'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html
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like this!?
"He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
"No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."
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Listen out for the Derek Mooney Show on RTÉ Radio 1, 17th September from 3-430pm as some of Derek's team will be interviewing crew-members from LÉ EMER on her last patrol prior to her De-Commissioning Ceremony this Friday in Cork City.
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Onboard The LÉ Emer
It was a very proud moment for Derek, Brenda and Mooney, when we were welcomed onboard the LÉ Emer last Friday, one week before she’s decommissioned.
The LÉ Emer, named after the wife of Cuchculainn, is currently one of eight ships in the Naval Fleet. She was launched from the Verolme dockyard in Cork in 1977 and entered service the following year.
In 1979 she chalked up a notable first when she travelled to the Lebanon to resupply Irish Troops serving with the United Nations – the first such deployment by an Irish Naval Ship.
But it was in 1984 that she probably first came to the attention of most Irish people, when she intercepted a trawler called the Marita Ann carrying arms to the IRA.
From intercepting gun runners, to monitoring fishing activity in Irish waters to supporting the Irish Army, the LÉ Emer has been fulfilling it’s important role for 35 years now.
First of all, Derek met up with the Captain of the ship, Alan O’Regan...
Lt Commander Patricia Butler, Brenda Donohue, Marine Engineering Officer Dan Manning, Exectuive Officer Lt Alan Flynn & Lt Commander Alan O'Regan
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On Mooney today...
Derek and Brenda pay a special visit to one of Ireland's naval vessels, the LE Emer. After 35 years in service, the ship is being decommissioned this week. The Captain and crew of the LE Emer tell us about their working days on the ship, the operations they’ve been involved in and the moments which they’ll treasure...
Marine Engineering Officer Lt. Dan Manning
The pantry onboard the LÉ Emer
Lt Commander Alan O'Regan & Lt Commander Patricia Butler
Brenda beds down for the night!
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