Babcock International Group, the defence company, has started a post-life extension (LIFEX) on the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll at their Devonport facility. It is the first Type 23 to undergo a post-LIFEX upkeep, adopting a new innovative approach to re-certification at the facility’s Frigate Support Centre (FSC). Babcock will overhaul equipment and carry out … [Read more...] about Babcock begins first Type 23 frigate post-life extension upkeep
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Royal Navy tests artificial intelligence to defeat latest missiles
The Royal Navy is using artificial intelligence for the first time at sea in a bid to defeat missile attacks. Leading-edge software is being tested at sea against live missiles during the largest exercise of its type off the coasts of Scotland and Norway. Involving more than 3,000 military personnel, Formidable Shield tests the ability of NATO warships to detect, track … [Read more...] about Royal Navy tests artificial intelligence to defeat latest missiles
Royal Navy joins NATO for biggest missile exercise of 2021
Three Royal Navy warships today join NATO allies in the world’s largest test of naval air and missile defences. Played out off Scotland’s Outer Hebrides and Norway’s Arctic coast, the three-week-long Formidable Shield 2021 will test missile systems, sensors, software – and the hundreds of men and women operating them as they demonstrate their ability to deal with the latest … [Read more...] about Royal Navy joins NATO for biggest missile exercise of 2021
Royal Navy shadows seven Russian warships in the Channel and North Sea
As the Royal Navy prepares to help the NHS and other government departments deal with the response to the coronavirus outbreak, nine British ships have been shadowing seven Russian vessels in waters around the UK. The Navy has completed a concentrated operation to shadow the Russian warships after unusually high levels of activity in the English Channel and North … [Read more...] about Royal Navy shadows seven Russian warships in the Channel and North Sea
Sailors decorated for bravery, devotion and dedication in Operational Honours
SAILORS behind one of the most dramatic rescues in recent years and a record-breaking drugs haul are among Servicemen and women recognised by the Queen. Four RN personnel have been singled out in the latest Operational Honours awarded to those in the Services whose bravery, dedication and effort goes above and beyond what would normally be expected. Leading Seaman David … [Read more...] about Sailors decorated for bravery, devotion and dedication in Operational Honours
HMS Argyll returns from nine-month Pacific mission
Around 900 family and friends today cheered HMS Argyll home after her nine-month mission to the Pacific. Just days after rescuing all the crew of a blazing container ship off the French coast, the frigate and her 210 sailors and Royal Marines arrived back in Plymouth. The warship covered the equivalent of one and a half times around the globe as she sailed to Tokyo and … [Read more...] about HMS Argyll returns from nine-month Pacific mission
Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll rescues all 27 crew from blazing ship in Bay of Biscay
Royal Navy sailors saved the 27 crew of a container ship which turned into a raging inferno off the French coast this morning. The crew of HMS Argyll spent eight hours saving every soul aboard the Grande America in the Bay of Biscay after the ship’s cargo of containers and cars caught fire. The frigate – on her way home to Plymouth after nine months away in the … [Read more...] about Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll rescues all 27 crew from blazing ship in Bay of Biscay
Royal Navy Warship HMS Argyll honoured by train company
A Royal Navy warship has been honoured by a commercial train company which is naming a locomotive after Plymouth-based HMS Argyll. A naming ceremony took place at HM Naval Base Devonport yesterday (Tuesday) when the GB Railfreight engine was named ‘Argyll’ and had a newly-attached ship’s crest unveiled with the crew present. The naming marks the beginning of a new … [Read more...] about Royal Navy Warship HMS Argyll honoured by train company
HMS Argyll sails after major refit
The Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll has sailed to sea following a 20-month refit refit in her baseport of Devonport, Plymouth. The Type 23 frigate sailed with the very latest Royal Navy sensors and equipment newly fitted, in particular the new Sea Ceptor air-defence missile system, for which she will lead the first acceptance trials for the class of warship in the Navy later … [Read more...] about HMS Argyll sails after major refit
Royal Navy team up with Plymouth Argyle
The Royal Navy showed Plymouth Argyle players behind the scenes on a warship at Devonport Naval Base as a warm-up for the club’s Armed Services Day match. Members of the club’s squad and staff were treated to a rare look round namesake Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll on Monday (14 November) for an informal visit to where the ship’s company (crew) live and work round the … [Read more...] about Royal Navy team up with Plymouth Argyle
