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Culdrose helicopters are home as air defence mission of Cyprus ends
Families greeted their loved ones as Royal Navy sailors returned home after four months defending UK forces in the eastern Mediterranean. The detachment from 820 Naval Air Squadron left the UK back in the spring to patrol the skies around Cyprus, defending RAF Akrotiri from potential attack by drones and missiles. Two of the Merlin…
Always On Watch: Royal Navy maintains constant vigil over Russian warships in UK waters
Royal Navy warships and helicopters have maintained an unbroken watch on Russian frigates and their accompanying vessels in UK waters for nearly three months – and that vigil continues today. Patrol ships HMS Tyne, Ledbury, Severn, Mersey and Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland tracked the Russian Navy’s Admiral Grigorovich throughout May and into June. This…
RFA Lyme Bay arrives in Cyprus ahead of potential Hormuz mission
Royal Navy support ship RFA Lyme Bay arrives in Cyprus today following intensive training in the Mediterranean for a potential mission in the Strait of Hormuz. Packed with some of the most advanced autonomous and remote-controlled minehunting equipment in the world, plus around 100 expert mine war/diving personnel, the ship sailed from Gibraltar a couple…
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RFA Lyme Bay arrives in Cyprus ahead of potential Hormuz mission
Royal Navy support ship RFA Lyme Bay arrives in Cyprus today following intensive training in the Mediterranean for a potential mission in the Strait of Hormuz. Packed with…
Royal Navy hosts Joint Expeditionary Force naval chiefs to reinforce deterrence in North Atlantic and Baltic
The UK will strengthen naval cooperation with northern European allies on Thursday (23 April), as the First Sea Lord brings together Joint Expeditionary Force Chiefs of Navy in…
Royal Navy fliers pass six-week mark safeguarding Cyprus from drone and missile attack
Naval helicopter crews have completed six weeks of demanding sorties securing the skies of Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean. Crews of Merlin and Wildcat helicopters have flown hundreds…
Specialist commandos take on discreet fjord missions as part of Arctic operations
Specialist Royal Marines carried out discreet reconnaissance missions in the freezing fjords of Northern Norway ahead of a major NATO Arctic operation. The Shore Reconnaissance Troop (SRT) from…
