Hi I just heard that the HMS Johan de Witt will be in A'dam the same period. Both going to the "Oostelijk Handelskade" so behind the central Station. Lets hope they will have something onboard. All i know is that the Ark Royal is working on his trails since Jan. 2007.
In July the port will be visited by 2 greek vessels both able to carry 2 Ab212's.
Just had a call with the British Embassy and i have some sad news
First of all, there will be no harriers nor heli's onboard. Nowadays the Ark Royal is a amphibious transport ship and the amphibious unit is not onboard during the visit in Amsterdam.
The second: there will be no public days.
The ship will leave Wednesday.
and the good news, your wive will be happy because you are with her during the weekend
1st Mar 2007
HMS Ark Royal 'Invades' South West Beaches
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal will be staging action-packed amphibious landings on Devon and Cornwall beaches in the next few days. So I dont know how they gonna do this without the unit.
But we'll just have to see and wait.
Anything known about the J. de Witt L801?
greetings Vincent
Johan de Witt is still on its trial period, with the wharf. At the mo there is no flying unit embarked, maybe later on during the trials. So, no helo's for this one as well.
New ETA for the Ark Royal is now planned on Friday a lil before 18:00.
and latest news from the Royal navy site:
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal will be staging action-packed amphibious landings on Devon and Cornwall beaches in the next few days.
The highly realistic mock invasions, complete with helicopters and Royal Marines in landing craft, are part of the ship’ s intensive operational sea training under the watchful eye of staff from the Flag Officer Sea Training Organisation, (FOST), based in Devonport Naval Base.
As part of her training in her new commando carrier role, HMS Ark Royal, in company with HMS Albion and Royal Fleet Auxiliary Largs Bay, will take part in a training exercise off the south coast known as South West Scimitar between 26 February and 8 March. Training will take place in and around Plymouth Sound and Mevagissey Bay and off the north coast of Devon. During the training Royal Marines from 40 Commando, Taunton, and 539 Assault Squadron, Plymouth, will conduct amphibious landings near Whitsand Bay, SE Cornwall; Portreath, Penhale, Braunton and at Royal Marine Chivenor.
Aircraft from the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force will take part and include Seaking and Chinook helicopters. Some flying will happen at weekends and at night, but will be limited to the minimum requirement to complete this essential training and any disturbances will be minimal.
HMS Ark Royal’s commanding officer, Captain Mike Mansergh said: “HMS Ark Royal is now over half way through her sea training and looks forward to the challenges that this final phase will bring. The training that we receive from FOST staff will ensure that the ship’s company is ready to meet the many situations that we could potentially face. The sea and land areas around Devon and Cornwall provide fantastic opportunities to train and we appreciate the support that we get from the local communities.”
This training is vital to ensure that the ship is ready to act in support of UK military tasks around the world and will involve a number of landing craft and helicopters inserting Royal Marine Commandos for simulated attacks on Scraesdon Fort and Pentewan today and tomorrow (1 – 2 March) and in Bideford Bay on Monday and Tuesday (5 – 6 March).
As the ship approaches her final phase of training the crew have already been presented with a number of wide-ranging exercise challenges. These include rescuing communities from simulated natural disaster, to defending themselves and other ships against mock enemy attack from aircraft, warships and submarines. This final phase will see FOST staff surprising the ship with a range of unplanned incidents to ensure HMS Ark Royal can conduct her primary role whilst still coping with fire, flood or enemy action.
The Flag Officer Sea Training is a world-renowned centre of excellence that trains all Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships. The training lasts for up to eight weeks and covers a wide variety of scenarios that a warship could face in both peacetime and war. It is not just Royal Navy ships that benefit from this training, but navies from Germany, the Netherlands, Chile, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Poland, Sweden and Romania all visit Devonport for training.
Just departed the locks in IJmuiden on it's way to Amsterdam the L801 Johan de Witt, no helo's on the deck.
The Ark Royal should arrive 17.24 in Amsterdam.
According to the website http://www.portofamsterdam.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; it is scheduled to arrive around 17.50h LT.
Via the following link you can watch several webcams in IJmuiden and the Amsterdam Harbour. Might result in some views of the carrier during it's arrival/stay in Amsterdam.
Today round 10:15 2 greek navy vessels should arrive in the Port of Amsterdam:
HS Nikiforos Fokas F 459
HS Prometeus A 374
Both can carry helicopters but not sure if they have them at this moment.
Also on the A374 i'm not sure if it has a hangar.
they will go to PASSAGIERS TERM.ADAM (behind the central station.)
