Greek Navy

The Greek Navy band gave an unforgettable performance in the centre of Thessaloniki during events organized by the Navy in honor of Admiral Nikolaos Votsis; who became a national hero when he made a torpedo boat raid into Thessaloniki harbour to...

Hellenic Navy units and ships of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Task Group (TG) 150 took part in a joint training exercise in the Saronic Gulf, concluding the Chinese task group's visit to Greece, the Greek Navy announced...

The historic ship "Georgios Averof" which served as the Greek flagship during most of the first half of the last century, arrived back at Trocadero quay, next to Faliro Marina on Wednesday. It returned to her permanent berth after the...

New tension was generated on Sunday between Greece and Turkey regarding the Imia islets in the Aegean, according to an ANT1 television report. The report cited Turkish media claiming that Greek navy ships violated Turkish territorial waters six times around...

Turkish patrol boat "Kusadasi" violated Greek waters and carried out a gunnery exercise two miles east of Greek island Farmakonisi on Friday morning, leaving after the appearance of a Greek Navy gunboat. The Turkish Navy warship started fire with real ammunition...

The last Greek hero of the Normandy landing, Captain Grigoris Pavlakis, has died at age 95. The Captain was originally from Crete and participated in the most famous and biggest allied effort against Germany. He was the chief officer of the corvette...

A search and rescue exercise entitled Salamis 01/16 will take place on Thursday afternoon in the sea area south of Cyprus, and within its area of responsibility, according to an announcement of the Cyprus Defense Ministry. The exercise will be...

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...

Greece has deployed its Air Force and Navy in efforts to help the Egyptian military locate a missing EgyptAir plane that was carrying 66 people on board. A tweet on the airline's official account said that flight MS804 left Paris...

A helicopter of the Greek Navy crashed in the Aegean Sea early on Thursday morning, with two crew members found dead and the third missing. According to the Greek Navy, the helicopter disappeared from the Hellenic Air Force's radar at...