HM Naval Base Devonport is staging a sell-out charity dinner and variety performance this week in aid of recovering service personnel. HMS Drake is hosting the event on Friday (9th March) in aid of a new recovery centre for service personnel with long-term health and fitness issues, being built in the naval base and funded by the public through the charity Help for … [Read more...] about Royal Navy hosts charity variety performance
Navy News
The Eyes of the Fleet return home.
After more than 15 months in Afghanistan, 854 Naval Air Squadron (854 NAS) returns home to Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, near Helston, Cornwall in early March. Providing a key part of the surveillance effort in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, 854 NAS and its Sea King Airborne Surveillance and Control helicopters (SKASaCs) has … [Read more...] about The Eyes of the Fleet return home.
HMS Vengeance arrives in Plymouth
The giant ballistic missile submarine HMS Vengeance arrived in Plymouth on Thursday for a three-year upgrade and refuel. The 150m-long, 15,900-tonne submarine will come under the management of contractor Babcock at Devonport Dockyard for the hugely complex project. HMS Vengeance is part of the UK’s strategic nuclear deterrent fleet of Vanguard Class submarines carrying the … [Read more...] about HMS Vengeance arrives in Plymouth
Sea King squeezes through Museum’s Doors
With help from the Ministry of Defence, the Maritime Museum in Falmouth today installed its biggest object to date as part of its forthcoming Search & Rescue exhibition - a 6 tonne Sea King helicopter. The helicopter which is 70ft long and 16ft high had just 1½ inches of clearance through the Museum’s doors. The helicopter is painted the aircraft in the combined livery of … [Read more...] about Sea King squeezes through Museum’s Doors
HMS Monmouth in dry dock
Friends of the Royal Naval frigate HMS Monmouth did not stop the fact that the ship was in dry dock to have a visit with a difference. As a result, the affiliate organisations linked to HMS Monmouth were invited to see ‘their’ ship from a unique perspective. The highlight (or ‘lowlight’) of the visit was the dock bottom tour, where the visitors were given the rare chance to … [Read more...] about HMS Monmouth in dry dock
The lonely road to Orkney
LANDS End to John O'Groats is so yesterday. Falmouth to Stromness in Orkney is the ultimate challenge for cyclists in 2012. At the end of March, observer Lt Edwin 'Coops' Cooper of 824 Naval Air Squadron at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose sets off on the 'home to home' challenge: from his home in Falmouth, to the family home in the windswept Scottish islands. Coops will … [Read more...] about The lonely road to Orkney
HMS Somerset’s warm welcome home.
Sailors arriving back in the UK today (Friday 24th) following a six-month deployment on counter-piracy operations received a rapturous welcome. An emotional homecoming greeted the crew of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset on sailing patrol in the Middle East into its home base of HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth. More than 600 joyous families and friends greeted their … [Read more...] about HMS Somerset’s warm welcome home.
HMS Somerset home on Friday 24th.
An emotional homecoming is expected when the Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset returns to HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth, on Friday (24 February) following a six-month deployment to the Middle East. Hundreds of ecstatic families and friends are expected to meet their loved ones on the jetty following the ship’s success in conducting maritime security operations to ensure the … [Read more...] about HMS Somerset home on Friday 24th.
A spot of wizardry from Navy’s trainee Merlin crews
Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose is about to receive the updated Merlin Mk2 helicopter which will bring the latest technology to the Merlin squadrons at the base. The latest batch of trainee Merlin aircrew, eighteen pilots, observers and aircrewmen from 824 Naval Air Squadron, are completing years of arduous training off the Cornish coast before the next-generation version of … [Read more...] about A spot of wizardry from Navy’s trainee Merlin crews
Royal Navy flagship paid a surprise visit to the German port of Kiel
Britain’s Royal Navy flagship paid a surprise visit to the German port of Kiel when ice stopped it sailing into Hamburg. The threat of being stuck on the River Elbe thanks to the cold snap dominating Europe led to Plymouth-based HMS Bulwark visiting the home of the German Fleet instead as the amphibious assault ship begins its winter deployment. Ice on the Elbe meant HMS … [Read more...] about Royal Navy flagship paid a surprise visit to the German port of Kiel
