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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 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

HMS Argyll in counter-narcotics operations

Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll has just completed an intense period of counter-narcotics operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean before making her way back home to the UK. The Plymouth-based Type-23 frigate worked alongside her US, Canadian and Colombian allies to help deter potential drug traffickers from using the sea to transport their goods. She had to use her full range … [Read more...] about HMS Argyll in counter-narcotics operations

845 Naval Air Squadron on Exercise Pashtun Commando

Commando fliers spend six weeks training in punishing desert conditions. Nearly two years after their last experience of operating in desert conditions, 845 Naval Air Squadron decamped from their base at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset to Aqaba in southern Jordan for Exercise Pashtun Commando. The squadron – which spent four years in Afghanistan with its sister Commando … [Read more...] about 845 Naval Air Squadron on Exercise Pashtun Commando

Royal Navy sails for Annual Cougar Deployment

Thousands of Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel sailed (Monday 12th August) for an annual deployment to the Mediterranean and Gulf region - Cougar ’13. The long-planned deployment will see elements of the UK’s Response Force Task Group (RFTG) – the naval force formed under the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review – hone its world class maritime … [Read more...] about Royal Navy sails for Annual Cougar Deployment

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