More than 260 apprentices and graduates are beginning their new careers at the expansive Babcock facility in Devonport, Plymouth. The 2024 cohort of joiners will be some of the first to benefit from the recently opened Engineering & Nuclear Skills building at City College Plymouth, part of the Babcock Skills Academy. This hybrid teaching model combines cutting-edge … [Read more...] about Babcock welcomes over 260 new starters to Devonport
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Royal Navy hunts down narco-sub carrying £160m of cocaine
Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Trent seized £160m of cocaine from a ‘narco-sub’ in the Caribbean Sea. In eight drugs busts in seven months, the Portsmouth-based patrol ship has stopped nearly £750m of narcotics reaching the streets of the UK – or anywhere else. Trent’s latest operation, alongside the US Coast Guard and a US Maritime Patrol Aircraft, was the first ‘narco-sub’ … [Read more...] about Royal Navy hunts down narco-sub carrying £160m of cocaine
HMS Lancaster strengthens UK’s security ties with Seychelles through islands’ visit
HMS Lancaster helped bolster security in the southern Indian Ocean and ties with the Seychelles on her second visit to the islands in four months. Her commandos trained with local forces as the UK government committed nearly £2.5m to provide additional expertise and support to the Commonwealth nation in the ongoing fight to deter terrorism, smuggling, trafficking and piracy … [Read more...] about HMS Lancaster strengthens UK’s security ties with Seychelles through islands’ visit
Olympian Victoria Pendleton and explorer Dwayne Fields named as Royal Marines ‘ambassadors’
Double Olympic gold medallist cyclist Victoria Pendleton and adventurer/explorer Dwayne Fields will champion the UK’s elite Royal Marines after being unveiled today as official ambassadors. Visiting the Commando Training Centre at Lympstone near Exeter, they were named as Honorary Colonels in the Royal Marines Reserve as they watched recruits put through their … [Read more...] about Olympian Victoria Pendleton and explorer Dwayne Fields named as Royal Marines ‘ambassadors’
Royal Navy destroyer on Eastern Mediterranean security mission alongside US task force
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duncan has been protecting a US Navy task group in the Eastern Mediterranean as part of a regional security mission. The Portsmouth-based warship deployed at the end of May and, after intensive training and a short stop in Cyprus, linked up with two US Navy task forces – the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Carrier Strike Group and USS Wasp’s Amphibious … [Read more...] about Royal Navy destroyer on Eastern Mediterranean security mission alongside US task force
Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines recognised by the King for their dedication and ingenuity
Sailors and Royal Marines have been recognised by His Majesty the King for their dedication and ingenuity on operations around the globe. Among those singled out on the Operational Honours and King’s Birthday Honours lists is a sailor who has reduced the risk of the entire submarine fleet from being detected by the enemy. Petty Officer Matthew Connick is made an MBE in … [Read more...] about Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines recognised by the King for their dedication and ingenuity
Royal Navy joins Fiji to keep Pacific fish thieves at bay
Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Tamar joined forces with authorities in Fiji and the Royal New Zealand Navy to help tackle illegal fishing in the South Pacific. The warship – on a long-term deployment to the region with her sister HMS Spey – scoured Fijian waters on the lookout for illicit activity. Experts reckon illegal fishing deprives Pacific nations of more than £200m … [Read more...] about Royal Navy joins Fiji to keep Pacific fish thieves at bay
Royal Navy seizes nearly £300m of drugs in the Caribbean Sea
A Royal Navy warship seized £290.66m of cocaine and narcotics in two huge blows to drug runners in the Caribbean. British sailors, Royal Marines and a US Coast Guard team on HMS Trent intercepted a suspected smuggling speedboat south of the US Virgin Islands. The smugglers began jettisoning their illegal cargo as they fled towards land, but Trent, her fast sea boats and … [Read more...] about Royal Navy seizes nearly £300m of drugs in the Caribbean Sea
Babcock awarded contract to refit UK nuclear submarine
Babcock International Group PLC (“Babcock” or “the Group”) and the UK’s Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) have agreed a full cost recovery contract worth an estimated £560 million to undertake the planned deep maintenance and life extension programme for HMS Victorious, one of the UK’s Vanguard Class nuclear submarines. The multi-year life extension programme will deliver HMS … [Read more...] about Babcock awarded contract to refit UK nuclear submarine
Royal Navy sailors clear waste off Antarctic island
Ice breaker HMS Protector returned to Brabant Island – on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula – for the first time since 2017 to continue work to remove abandoned equipment from an expedition in the 1980s. Ice had frozen some waste into position but subsequent thaw and freeze cycles meant it could now be removed seven years on. Twenty-nine members of HMS Protector’s … [Read more...] about Royal Navy sailors clear waste off Antarctic island
