The Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset and other Plymouth-based ships are ready to take part in the major multi-national military exercise Joint Warrior. Exercise Joint Warrior is a tri-service exercise held in the spring and autumn of each year. Providing high quality tactical training for the three UK armed forces, as well as visiting units from allied nations, the exercise … [Read more...] about Warships ready for Exercise Joint Warrior
Navy News
Owl’s About This Then?
It may not have been a pea green boat but an owl has definitely gone to sea in a steely grey warship. And the pussy cat has slightly bigger claws in the shape of Cougar 13 – the Royal Navy’s annual workout of the Response Force Task Group operating in the Mediterranean and Gulf. It was during their busy operations and while working off the coast of Yemen that eagle-eyed … [Read more...] about Owl’s About This Then?
Marathon replenishment for HMS Bulwark
Fleet Flagship HMS Bulwark has restocked her food supplies during a marathon 14-hour replenishment with Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fort Austin in the middle of the Red Sea. A highly complex manoeuvre, a replenishment at sea (RAS) takes a lot of seamanship skill on all sides – from the navigation on the bridge to ensure the ships stay at no more than 50 metres apart and sail at … [Read more...] about Marathon replenishment for HMS Bulwark
Freedom of Plymouth Parade
The Royal Navy was cheered through a city centre (Friday) to celebrate the flourishing close links with the community. Thousands of Plymouth people lined the streets of the city centre as 500 sailors and Royal Marines marched for a ceremonial event marking the close relationship between the city and the Royal Navy. Serving personnel and veterans took part in the parade … [Read more...] about Freedom of Plymouth Parade
British Warships in Gulf Exercise
Sailing together in a powerful display of might, British warships have taken part in their first major exercise in the Gulf since passing through the Suez Canal last week. Three Royal Navy ships – Fleet Flagship HMS Bulwark, helicopter and commando carrier HMS Illustrious and Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster joined with three warships from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Royal … [Read more...] about British Warships in Gulf Exercise
Green Award for Chief Petty Officer Chris Springett
A green-thinking Royal Naval sailor has made a splash at Plymouth Royal Naval Base by reducing costs and the carbon footprint of a diver training tank. Chief Petty Officer Chris Springett, an engineer at Devonport Naval Base Southern Dive Unit, has won a coveted MOD award for dramatically improving the tank’s water heating and cleaning treatment. The scheme has been adopted … [Read more...] about Green Award for Chief Petty Officer Chris Springett
HMS Argyll given a hero’s welcome home
The crew of the Royal Naval frigate HMS Argyll was given a rousing hero’s welcome by hundreds of cheering relatives and friends when the ship returned from a successful maritime policing patrol. About 500 banner-waving family members and friends welcomed the ship back home to Plymouth after a deployment including operations in the seas around Africa, the Falklands, the … [Read more...] about HMS Argyll given a hero’s welcome home
HMS Argyll visits Bermuda on way home to UK
Following an intense period of counter-narcotics operations in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean HMS Argyll has held a four-day visit to Bermuda. On arrival the Type-23 frigate, which is on her way back to the UK following a seven-month deployment in the South Atlantic, held a reception and capability demonstration attended by the Bermudian governor, His Excellency George … [Read more...] about HMS Argyll visits Bermuda on way home to UK
Royal Marines on exercise Albanian Lion
Through the night they work securing the beach and providing a safe drop off point for Royal Marines, their equipment and vehicles. Over the course of four days scores of vehicles and hundreds of Royal Marine Commandos will have passed through their landing point, a narrow strip of beach lit only by dim port and starboard lights against a wall of darkness. This is the role … [Read more...] about Royal Marines on exercise Albanian Lion
Royal Marines begin exercise Albanian Lion
A large-scale exercise which will see nearly 1000 Royal Marines hone their skills alongside their Albanian counterparts is now under way. Exercise Albanian Lion is the first major outing for the Response Force Task Group (RFTG) - a Royal Naval force involving four warships and five support vessels which is exercising in the Mediterranean and Gulf over the next three months … [Read more...] about Royal Marines begin exercise Albanian Lion
