Hundreds of happy friends and families welcomed their loved ones home as they sailed into HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth, on board HMS Somerset today after more than six months deployed abroad. About 500 thronged the jetty cheering and waving welcome banners, including one proposal, while a Royal Marine Band serenaded the Type 23 frigate and entertained the crowd in the … [Read more...] about HMS Somerset home to jubilant welcome.
Navy News
Royal Marines swoop on passenger ferry
Royal Marines stormed a passenger ferry packed with holidaymakers as they rehearsed boarding drills in the Channel. Using high-speed boats and their specialist climbing equipment, commandos deftly clambered aboard Brittany Ferries’ Armorique, ten miles off the south coast. The green berets of 539 Assault Squadron and 42 Commando swooped on the Plymouth-bound ship as she … [Read more...] about Royal Marines swoop on passenger ferry
Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, RFA Mounts Bay, returns to island paradise it helped rebuild
Nearly two years after British military personnel helped rebuild it, Royal Navy support ship RFA Mounts Bay has returned to the British Virgin Islands capital of Tortola. The airmen of 211 Flight, who fly the Royal Navy’s Wildcat helicopter, dropped in on Road Town, Tortola, as part of a fact-finding mission to prepare themselves and their ship for the hurricane season which … [Read more...] about Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, RFA Mounts Bay, returns to island paradise it helped rebuild
Royal Navy recipients in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list
HMS Queen Elizabeth’s first Commanding Officer and a Royal Navy aviator responsible for delivering the F-35 Lightning jets into service are among those recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2019. In total 22 men and women from across the Royal Navy and Royal Marines have dates at Buckingham Palace to acknowledge their long-standing and energetic service, from … [Read more...] about Royal Navy recipients in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list
UK-led maritime force completes first phase of Baltic deployment
An action-packed commando raid on the west coast of Denmark brought the first stage of the UK’s Baltic deployment to a close. British Royal Marines and their Dutch counterparts waged a battle around the towns of Esbjerg and Varde in western Denmark, taking on Danish troops. The focus of the first phase of the deployment – Danex, or Danish Exercise – was meshing the … [Read more...] about UK-led maritime force completes first phase of Baltic deployment
Commando ’chuting stars as Royal Marines leap into Denmark
Royal Marines performed a stunning sunset parachute drop over Denmark as the UK’s key military deployment of the spring moves up a gear. Leaping from just 800 feet, the men of the elite Pre-Landing Force, 30 Commando, landed outside the small town of Varde in western Jutland. After a 90-minute flight in a C130 Hercules from RAF Brize Norton, the Plymouth-based commandos … [Read more...] about Commando ’chuting stars as Royal Marines leap into Denmark
Royal Navy warship HMS Defender demonstrates her power with missile firing
In a burst of fire and smoke, Royal Navy warship HMS Defender has tested her world-beating missile system off the coast of Scotland. Blasting from the Type 45 destroyer’s silo, the missile flew four times the speed of sound before obliterating an incoming drone target designed to simulate a projectile attack on the ship. It marks the first time HMS Defender has taken on … [Read more...] about Royal Navy warship HMS Defender demonstrates her power with missile firing
Royal Navy shadows Russian warship through English Channel
Royal Navy warship HMS Northumberland has escorted a Russian destroyer through the English Channel. The Devonport-based Type 23 frigate was activated to meet the Severomorsk, a Udaloy-class guided missile destroyer. The Russian ship passed through the English Channel on the way back to her home port after operations in the Mediterranean. HMS Northumberland is one of … [Read more...] about Royal Navy shadows Russian warship through English Channel
Destroyer HMS Duncan joins forces with French carrier strike group on counter-Daesh operations
Royal Navy warship HMS Duncan joined forces with a French carrier strike group to support the international fight against Daesh. The Type 45 destroyer has been providing air defence and escort duties to the FS Charles de Gaulle and her accompanying ships in the eastern Mediterranean over the past few weeks. French jets have been flying missions in support of Operation … [Read more...] about Destroyer HMS Duncan joins forces with French carrier strike group on counter-Daesh operations
Exercise Joint Warrior, biggest UK war game of 2019 reaches its high point
The biggest military exercise in the UK this year moves up a gear after a hugely successful opening first week ‘waging war’ in northwest Scotland. More than 8,000 military personnel from 13 nations, nearly 40 ships and submarines – including two NATO task groups – and 60 aircraft, including the debut by the Navy’s new F-35 Lightning stealth fighter, and helicopters are … [Read more...] about Exercise Joint Warrior, biggest UK war game of 2019 reaches its high point
