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Royal Navy ready for key role at Queen’s Funeral
More than 1,000 sailors and Royal Marines are undergoing final preparations for their pivotal role in the Queen’s funeral after days of intensive training. Royal Navy sailors have the honour of pulling the State Ceremonial Gun Carriage bearing the Queen’s coffin for two miles through the streets of London – a duty they have performed…
Royal Navy joins mission to protect Pacific fishing stocks for first time
Royal Navy offshore patrol ship HMS Spey joined navies, coast guards and police in the southwest Pacific on a concerted effort to protect local fishing stocks. Over ten days Spey took part in Operation Island Chief, one of four concerted efforts every year focusing on detecting, reporting, apprehending and deterring illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.…
Babcock begins first Type 23 frigate post-life extension upkeep
Babcock International Group, the defence company, has started a post-life extension (LIFEX) on the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll at their Devonport facility. It is the first Type 23 to undergo a post-LIFEX upkeep, adopting a new innovative approach to re-certification at the facility’s Frigate Support Centre (FSC). Babcock will overhaul equipment and…
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Royal Navy tracks movements of Russian submarines into the North Sea
A Royal Navy warship has tracked the movements of two Russian submarines as they sailed into the North Sea. British submarine hunter HMS Portland was on watch as…
£60 Million to develop uncrewed helicopter for Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is moving a step closer to operating crewless helicopters. The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £60 million contract to Leonardo to design and develop…
Royal Navy helps island-hopping adventurer complete epic five-year challenge
The Royal Navy helped traveller, author and adventurer John Chatterton complete a five-year odyssey when he visited Portsmouth. The 74-year-old from Moseley in Birmingham completed his goal of…
Commandos take plunge in daring leap from helicopters off Devon coast
Royal Marines leapt ten feet from Chinook helicopters into the Bristol Channel as they tested some of their most daring Commando skills. The Marines from Taunton-based 40 Commando…
Sport
2022 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race – A Race Like No Other
Start: Cowes – Sunday 7 August 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race A race like no other – The RORC’s 1,805nm Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race will start…
Apivia – stand-out IMOCA performance in the Rolex Fastnet Race
An exceptional example of an extraordinary boat paired up with a hugely talented crew has been the combination of Apivia with doublehanders Charlie Dalin and Paul Meilhat competing in this…
Skorpios takes line honours in Cherbourg
Dmitry Rybolovlev’s ClubSwan 125 Skorpios took line honours in the Rolex Fastnet Race this evening, after crossing the finish line in Cherbourg at 2015 BST. Their total elapsed time for…
First MOCRA multihull screams into Cherbourg on Rolex Fastnet Race
While it is hard to draw attention in the Rolex Fastnet Race away from the fast and the glamorous at the front end of the fleet, we must spare a…
Slow boats past the Scillies in the Rolex Fastnet Race
Ironic after Sunday’s brutal start, less than 48 hours in and across the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet competitors have been struggling in light winds, especially around the Traffic Separation Scheme…
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild establishes new Rolex Fastnet Race record
The extraordinary 32m long Ultime Maxi Edmond de Rothschild showed a clean pair of heels to the rest of the fleet in the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race arriving this evening…
