Greece

A Hellenic Navy vessel made a surprise visit to a popular beach at Neos Panteleimonas, in Pieria Prefecture, northern Greece on Wednesday. Employees of the beach bar were astonished, and perhaps a little concerned, to see the landing ship...

The trireme "Olympias" - a full-scale working reconstruction of an ancient Athenian battleship - will sail the waters of the Saronic Gulf once again this July and September, rowed by crews of ordinary citizens aged between 15 and 75...

War ships of the Hellenic Navy will be open to the public for the national holiday that marks the anniversary of Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas' rejection of Italy's mandate to enter Greece on October 28, 1940. For this reason,...

Alternate Minister of National Defense, Dimitris Vitsas, on board the Frigate ADRIAS of the Hellenic Navy, attended activities of operational training, which were part of the final stage of the exercise “KATAIGIS 2016,” on Wednesday, June 8, and early...

The Hellenic Navy has called on workers at Skaramangas Shipyards to contract for the completion of work on four submarines it has commissioned, it was announced on Wednesday. In an effort to restart the submarine construction in Greece, the Navy...

The Hellenic Navy frigate Themistocles was pulled out of the Turkish naval exercise "Mavi Balina" on Saturday and Sunday in protest over Athens Flight Information Region infringements and Greek air space violations by the Turkish air force. The Themistocles is...

The Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) participated in surface exercises with the Hellenic Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, from July 24-28, 2020. The exercises included formation steaming, tactical maneuvers, and communications drills, and allowed the participating forces...

On May 14, 1919, thousands of Greeks of Smyrna wore their best clothes and rushed to the city's seafront to get a glimpse of the Hellenic Navy. On that day, what had been for centuries the Greek metropolis in...

Hellenic Navy exercises 'Spear', 'Seashore' and 'Periscope' that started on Monday in the sea area of Myrtos as well as in the North and South Cretan seas were completed on Friday, according to the Navy General Staff. The Hellenic Navy...

A Hellenic Navy minesweeping vessel was badly damaged on Tuesday in the port of Piraeus after it was rammed by a huge container ship. All 27 crew members of the 57-meter minesweeper "Kallisto"were safely evacuated. At least two were being...

Greece's naval forces are on high alert after Turkey's decision on Saturday to instruct the exploration vessel Oruc Reis to continue surveying for energy reserves in a location south of the Greek island of Rhodes until November 4. This is...

The Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) released a series of photographs on Tuesday from the sea area near the Greek island of Kastellorizo, showing Greek warships forming a protective wall to prevent the Turkish research ship Oruc Reis...

Captain Theodoros Mikropoulos has officially assumed the position of Commander at Sea for the second half of 2020 for the operation "Irini" at the Taranto naval base in Italy. The commander's ship is the frigate "Adrias," while the naval staff...

A flotilla of Greek fishing boats loaded with fresh home-made food, vegetables and other supplies set sail recently from the town of Myrtos, near Ierapetra, Crete to the Hellenic Navy frigate "Limnos" as a  token gesture of gratitude to...

The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer called earlier in the week on Cyprus to halt regular navy port calls by Russia. Palmer was responding to a letter by the president of the...