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MV Asterix Departs Pearl Harbor During RIMPAC 2018. HD Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 07.09.2018 -- Royal Canadian Navy supply ship MV Asterix departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 9. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world&rs...
MV Asterix Departs Pearl Harbor During RIMPAC 2018. HD Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 07.09.2018 -- Royal Canadian Navy supply ship MV Asterix departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 9. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica O. Blackwell.)
MV Asterix (formerly MS Asterix, MS Amorito, MS Neermoor and MS Cynthia) is a commercial container ship, purchased by Federal Fleet Services as part of Project Resolve, that was converted into a supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). It is intended to act as an interim replacement between the out of service Protecteur-class replenishment oiler and the future Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel. Originally launched in Germany in 2010 as Cynthia, the ship was converted and delivered to the RCN in December 2017 when it will be leased to the navy with a merchant navy crew, complemented by RCN personnel. Asterix will be in Canadian service well into the 2020s.
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Published on Nov 13, 2018
