A specialist Royal Marine unit is ready to support helicopter operations – potentially deep behind enemy lines – after completing months of intensive training. An intensive workout on the Sennybridge ranges in central Wales – including extensive live-firing – served as the final hurdle for personnel from the Aviation Combat Service Support Squadron, normally based at RNAS … [Read more...] about Unique commando unit completes extensive live-action training to support helicopters in the field
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Royal Navy’s newest hunter-killer submarine debuts at sea as HMS Agamemnon begins trials
The sixth of the Royal Navy’s leading-edge hunter killer submarines today sailed for the first time as she prepares for front-line operations. Nuclear powered and conventionally armed, HMS Agamemnon is the latest Astute-class submarine to be delivered by BAE Systems.She sailed from Barrow, where she has been built and comprehensively tested over the past 13 years by … [Read more...] about Royal Navy’s newest hunter-killer submarine debuts at sea as HMS Agamemnon begins trials
HMS Tamar forges bonds with Cambodia on week-long visit
HMS Tamar paid the third visit by a Royal Navy warship to Cambodia in three years – building on the work of her sister HMS Spey – with a week in the port city of Sihanoukville to promote military and civilian cooperation between the two nations. Making her first visit to Cambodia, Tamar conducted joint training, hosted VIPs and local schoolchildren on board, and experienced … [Read more...] about HMS Tamar forges bonds with Cambodia on week-long visit
From heat wave to ocean wave: 150 Naval Cadets pass out at Dartmouth to lead the Fleet into the mid-21st Century
ONE hundred and fifty junior officers – 134 for the Royal Navy, 16 for ten of our allied and partner navies around the world – today completed 29 weeks of demanding training and passed out from Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. Friends and family were on hand to watch their loved ones on the famous parade ground of the spiritual home of the Royal Navy’s officer … [Read more...] about From heat wave to ocean wave: 150 Naval Cadets pass out at Dartmouth to lead the Fleet into the mid-21st Century
First group of officer cadets complete their initial training at HMS Raleigh
The first officer cohort have completed their 10-week Initial Naval Training course alongside ratings at HMS Raleigh. The updated system, designed to ensure all new entrants develop the skills, values and resilience needed for service in a warfighting-focused fleet, sees all officers and ratings complete a 10 week Initial Naval Training course at HMS Raleigh before officers … [Read more...] about First group of officer cadets complete their initial training at HMS Raleigh
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 Mk2 airborne surveillance and control … [Read more...] about Culdrose helicopters are home as air defence mission of Cyprus ends
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 followed a concerted … [Read more...] about Always On Watch: Royal Navy maintains constant vigil over Russian warships in UK waters
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 of weeks … [Read more...] about RFA Lyme Bay arrives in Cyprus ahead of potential Hormuz mission
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 Whitehall to confront growing Russian threats and strengthen deterrence in the High North, North Atlantic and Baltic. General Sir Gwyn Jenkins will host his counterparts to discuss how they can … [Read more...] about Royal Navy hosts Joint Expeditionary Force naval chiefs to reinforce deterrence in North Atlantic and Baltic
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 of hours of missions – sometimes regular patrols, sometimes scrambled to respond to possible threats – since deploying to RAF Akrotiri to safeguard British interests and the people of … [Read more...] about Royal Navy fliers pass six-week mark safeguarding Cyprus from drone and missile attack
