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The final voyage of the President includes an account of a sea battle with pirates, a great storm and how the only two survivors were attacked by Cornishmen on the shore The final voyage of the President includes an account of a sea battle with pirates, a great storm and how the only two survivors were attacked by Cornishmen on the shore Enter your postcode to see news and information near you Community updates, Crime Statistics, Local News & Events and much more... Storm Brian batters Porthleven in Cornwall Divers have discovered cannons and an anchor thought to be from...

(Sept. 7, 2007) - An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102 makes a final pass before landing aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during exercise Malabar 07-2. This multinational exercise includes naval forces from India, Australia, Japan, Singapore and the United States. Kitty Hawk and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 are currently conducting their summer deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jarod Hodge (RELEASED)

Surveys Launched to Trace Malabar’s Maritime History Mohammed Ashraf, Arab News THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 12 May 2007 — The Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR) has begun surveys to trace the Malabar coast’s maritime history. The council will be assisted by the Indian Navy in the waters of the Kodungallur region since excavations there have produced evidence of Roman and West Asian maritime contacts. Historians believe Muziris, the lost port city of south India, which was a major center of trade with the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago, existed in the town of Pattanam. The navy undertook sea bottom profiling and the...

GOA, India -- More than 6,500 U.S. Navy personnel will take part in Exercise Malabar, a bilateral U.S. Navy-Indian Navy training exercise Sept. 26 to Oct. 5 off the southwest coast of India and conduct port visits in conjunction with the at-sea maneuvers. Exercise Malabar 05 is a key element of the Pacific Fleet’s late term 2005 anti-submarine warfare training cycle, and is designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. The at-sea training will include maritime interdiction, surface events, sub-surface and air events, as well as personnel...

ARABIAN SEA: American Ambassador David Mulford, industrialist Ratan Tata and Congress leader Satish Sharma, besides senior Indian Naval officers, were among the dignitaries today to visit the US aircraft carrier Nimitz, the star attraction at the ongoing Indo-US joint naval exercise 'Malabar-05'. "When you meet people from a different country and work with them, in this case Indians, it helps foster friendship and trust", Captain of USS Nimitz, Ted Branch told a group of journalists who visited the warship. Since the warships are used for humanitarian missions as well for combat, the interaction between Navies helps a meaningful partnership to...

Malabar 04 Exercises Conclude Successfully Off Indian CoastStory Number: NNS041014-06Release Date: 10/14/2004 8:51:00 PM By Chief Journalist (SW) Rick Chernitzer, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Public AffairsGOA, India (NNS) -- About 2,000 U.S. and Indian navy personnel took part in Malabar 04, a training exercise off the southwest coast of India Oct. 1-9. Malabar was designed to increase interoperability between the two navies, while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63), the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Gary (FFG 51), the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Alexandria (SSN...

LONDON: More than 2,000 years after they first claimed to have set foot in India, the mystery of the world's most obscure Jewish community - the Marathi-speaking Bene Israel - may finally have been solved with genetic carbon-dating revealing they carry the unusual Moses gene that would make them, literally, the original children of Israel. Four years of DNA tests on the 4,000-strong Bene Israel, now mainly based in Mumbai, Pune, Thane and Ahmedabad, indicates they are probable descendants of a small group of hereditary Israelite priests or Cohanim, according to new results exclusively made available to the Sunday Times...