A team of six cyclists from the Royal Navy submarine HMS Talent is planning to ride from Plymouth to London in a race against time and raise charity funds in memory of a colleague. The Plymouth-based sailors Chief Petty Officers Craig Parker, Scott Yeardley, Matthew Bradley and Warrant Officer Jimmy Dyke and Able Seaman Aidan Madden and Leading Seaman Matty Mead are aiming … [Read more...] about Royal Navy Submariners charity cycle bid
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HMS Talent home from patrol
The crew of the Royal Navy submarine HMS Talent arrived home to a cheering crowd of families and friends in Plymouth after a five-month deployment. About 100 families and friends accompanied by a bugler and bagpiper were not deterred by freezing rain and gales. They crowded the jetty waving ‘welcome home’ banners to greet the crew of the nuclear-powered submarine to its … [Read more...] about HMS Talent home from patrol
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
HMS Talent home to Plymouth
After three months spent deep beneath the ocean the crew of the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Talent have returned home to Plymouth and their waiting families. During its busy deployment HMS Talent engaged in defence diplomacy, undertook a number of trials and exercised with US and French ships and stopped in Gibraltar. Shortly after sailing from HM Naval Base, Devonport, HMS … [Read more...] about HMS Talent home to Plymouth
First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope GCB OBE ADC visited HM Naval Base
The most senior officer in the Royal Navy, First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope GCB OBE ADC visited HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, as part of his farewell tour of the South West. As the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, since 2009, Admiral Stanhope is the Royal Navy's professional head and chairman of the Navy Board. He is responsible to Secretary of State … [Read more...] about First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope GCB OBE ADC visited HM Naval Base
