The crew of a Royal Navy vessel have rushed to the aid of an injured French fisherman trapped by bad weather on the Irish Sea. Royal Navy Hydrographic survey vessel, HMS Echo, was carrying out maritime security operations when she received a request for assistance from Milford Haven Coastguard. The coastguard had already scrambled both an RAF search and rescue helicopter and … [Read more...] about Royal Navy assists injured fisherman
Archives for March 2013
Exercise Saharan Express success for HMS Argyll
A Plymouth based frigate has played a starring role in a maritime security exercise off the coast of West Africa. Whilst on deployment on Atlantic Patrol Task (South) reassurance duties, the Type 23 frigate, HMS Argyll, has successfully completed the multi-national exercise, Saharan Express, off the cost of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. The purpose of the exercise was … [Read more...] about Exercise Saharan Express success for HMS Argyll
HMS Argyll saves the life of a Japanese fisherman
Sailors on board the Plymouth Royal Navy warship patrolling off the coast of Africa saved the life of a Japanese fisherman with a serious head injury. The frigate HMS Argyll was on operations 20 miles off the Cape Verde coast in the Atlantic when it received news that a fisherman onboard the trawler Wakashio Maru was seriously hurt in an accident 24 hours earlier. His … [Read more...] about HMS Argyll saves the life of a Japanese fisherman
Royal Marines specialist Arctic training
Royal Marines from the South West have completed six weeks of specialist Arctic training with an all-out assault exercised on one of the relics of Hitler’s vaunted ‘fortress Europe’. The green berets of the Commando Logistic Regiment from Barnstaple, North Devon, and their supporting air power, the Commando Helicopter Force at Yeovilton, Somerset, and Arbroath-based 45 … [Read more...] about Royal Marines specialist Arctic training
South West Royal Marines’ Comic Relief
Trainee Commandoes and staff at a South West military base have been entering into the spirit of the BBC Comic Relief event. Recruits at Commando Training Centre Royal Marines Lympstone, near Exmouth, Devon, donned Red Noses in aid of Comic Relief. The young Marines bought the noses to wear during one day of their tough training programme which included the challenging … [Read more...] about South West Royal Marines’ Comic Relief
HMS Defender with all guns blazing
The Royal Navy’s newest Type 45 destroyer has been undertaking intense sea trials off the south coast to test all of her guns. HMS Defender has been testing every single system onboard the new ship to ensure it is ready for operation. From radars to engines, computer systems to radios they have all had their turn, but more recently the upper deck gunnery systems have taken … [Read more...] about HMS Defender with all guns blazing
Plymouth students tour Naval Base
Media students from Plymouth have been touring the city’s naval base ahead of a month-long study project on the site. The group of teenagers, studying the National Extended Diploma in Media were treated to a rare view behind the Devonport Naval Base wall to give them an insight into the workings of the vast site before they embark on producing course work relevant to the base … [Read more...] about Plymouth students tour Naval Base