Hundreds of jubilant families and friends crowded the jetty to welcome the crew of Royal Navy flagship HMS Bulwark back to her base-port of Plymouth today after a successful four-month deployment. More than 700 well-wishers and a Royal Marines Band playing Christmas tunes spread festive cheer as the 360 crew came home for Christmas after a 12,000 miles trip visiting 14 … [Read more...] about HMS Bulwark home to jubilant welcome
Navy News
Royal Marine Powerlifters Compete at Annual Event
Royal Marine powerlifters from across the country have been flexing their muscles in a bid to find the strongest among them as part of the annual Strongman event. The competition was organised by the RN Powerlifting Association (RNPA) at the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone (CTCRM) and consisted of three lifting disciplines. There were two RNPA officials present to run … [Read more...] about Royal Marine Powerlifters Compete at Annual Event
HMS Montrose celebrates St Andrew’s Day
HMS Montrose marked her Scottish connections with a flight deck St Andrew’s Day celebration whilst on deployment to the Gulf. The Type 23 Plymouth based Duke Class frigate has longstanding ties with Scotland. To celebrate the Scottish link, the ship took a few hours aside from maritime security operations in the Middle East to mark Saint Andrew’s Day with a ship’s company … [Read more...] about HMS Montrose celebrates St Andrew’s Day
Royal Navy proves engineers can do it afloat
Two British naval vessels have proven that heavy duty engineering work can be done at sea, anywhere in the world. HMS Montrose and RFA Diligence joined forces for the finale of a large scale exercise named OMAR 13 (Operational Maintenance and Repair) in which HMS Montrose assumed the role of a casualty ship which suffered major damage in a collision with a merchant … [Read more...] about Royal Navy proves engineers can do it afloat
Exercise Black Alligator takes her final bite.
The green berets of 40 Commando have returned home after fine tuning their skills in the US desert ahead of them taking over as Lead Commando Group next year. For several weeks the men from Norton Manor Camp, in Taunton, relocated to the US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Centre in Twentynine Palms, California. With nearly 1,000 miles of hot, arid landscape, the training … [Read more...] about Exercise Black Alligator takes her final bite.
HM Naval Base Devonport marks Armistice Day
The Royal Navy marked Armistice Day on Monday 11th, with a short service at HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth. The Reverend Bill Gates, Royal Naval chaplain at HMS Drake, conducted the service at the Boscawen memorial in Liberty Square where a wreath had been placed yesterday on Sunday. All Service personnel and civilian employees were invited to attend to mark Armistice Day … [Read more...] about HM Naval Base Devonport marks Armistice Day
Warship hunts Submarine in Eastern Mediterranean
Anti-submarine warfare may not be the usual forte for a destroyer – an air defence warship – but HMS Dragon snapped up the chance to work alongside nuclear submarine HMS Talent. As both were working in the Eastern Mediterranean at the same time, the units practised advanced underwater training with HMS Dragon tasked with hunting Talent down. The Devonport-based submarine … [Read more...] about Warship hunts Submarine in Eastern Mediterranean
Joint helicopter operations on Cougar 13
Army Apache helicopters have joined Navy Sea King, Merlin and Lynx helicopters onboard HMS Illustrious for two weeks in the Gulf as part of the ongoing Cougar 13 deployment. The Apache helicopters from 656 Squadron 4 Regiment Army Air Corps joined Illustrious in the waters off the United Arab Emirates as she took part in Exercise Sea Khanjar before then returning to the UK. … [Read more...] about Joint helicopter operations on Cougar 13
Royal Navy concludes bilateral exercise with Omani forces
The Royal Navy’s Response Force Task Group, currently deployed on Cougar 13, has successfully completed a six day exercise, Omani Cougar, with the Royal Omani Armed Forces. The maritime exercise tested the full integration of the Royal Navy and Royal Navy of Oman by conducting conventional maritime warfare serials, as well as amphibious training with Royal Marines from 42 … [Read more...] about Royal Navy concludes bilateral exercise with Omani forces
Teamwork helps stop Somali pirates
A group of Somali pirates have been stopped dead in their tracks by a counter piracy task force following recent attacks of two vessels in the Indian Ocean. The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) Counter Piracy task force, Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, embarked on Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort Victoria coordinated the operation. They were supported by HMAS Melbourne and ROKS … [Read more...] about Teamwork helps stop Somali pirates
