Navy without sailors for all its ships
Mutiny on the Mondego highlights parlous state of Portuguese Navy With the disciplinary fate of the 13 sailors who refused a mission on NRP Mondego still very much unclear, Expresso
Navy to get €39 million for vessel maintenance – but not for creaky, leaky Mondego
Mondego’s crew members risk charges of insubordination for refusing mission due to maintenance concerns By cruel coincidence, a government decision to spend €39 million on Naval ship maintenance has been
Tragedy at sea: 75-year-old dies attempting new world rowing record — UPDATED
A 75-year-old French adventurer who set out to row across the Atlantic single-handed by way of a “laugh at old age” is missing presumed dead after his upturned craft was
Navy under fire for spending almost €1,700 on … golf balls
3,900 golf balls. The bill from Golfejardim came to €1,692.00. But why does the Navy need golf balls? This is the gist of a ‘controversy’ today, highlighted by tabloid Correio
Operation Maré Branca: €210 million-worth of cocaine seized – “the largest haul in Portugal in 15 years”
PJ judicial police have announced the apprehension of 5.2 tons of cocaine on the ‘high seas’, worth ‘a minimum of €210 million’. It’s the most significant capture in Portugal in
Portuguese Navy sends two-year-old ‘survivor’ Noah registration sheet for Marines
The Portuguese Navy has been quick to appreciatie the extraordinary resilience of little Noah, the child who gripped the nation’s hearts this week after he went missing in dense woodland
Portuguese Navy “on brink of catastrophe”
The Portuguese Navy is on the brink of catastrophe: only one of its five frigates is operational and the Vasco da Gama – the jewel in the crown of the
Navy reinforces Frontex patrols against illegal immigration
Portuguese naval coastal patrol vessel “Tejo” is on its way from Lisbon to southern Spain to take part in Operation Indalo promoted by the EU’s border and coast guard agency
NRP Sagres on first leg of “historic, unrepeatable” round-the-world voyage
Tall ship NRP Sagres set off from Lisbon’s Santa Apolónia cruise terminal last Sunday on an historic, unrepeatable journey around the world that will keep its crew of 142 away
Portuguese Navy survey vessel studies Algarve seabed
A survey vessel from the Portuguese Navy has been sailing along the Algarve coast since October 7 in a bid to study and obtain more information about the Algarve seabed.