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Montevideo, May 22nd 2024 - 00:03 UTC

Tag: Royal Navy

  • Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 06:38 UTC

    UK Defence Secretary visits Royal Navy's future flagship

    Sir Michael Fallon with officers from HMS Queen Elizabeth

    Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon visited the largest and most powerful ship built for the Royal Navy for the first time at sea on Monday. Sir Michael landed by Merlin helicopter on the deck of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is currently on sea trials off the coast of Scotland. He met with members of the crew and thanked them for their contribution to UK defence.

  • Monday, July 24th 2017 - 09:26 UTC

    Submarine HMS Ambush collision off Gibraltar cost at least £ 3.4m

    HMS Ambush was involved in the collision despite being equipped with what the Royal Navy boasts are “world-leading sensors”.

    British taxpayers were left with a bill of over £3.4m following the collision off Gibraltar last year between a Royal Navy submarine and a merchant ship. HMS Ambush, one of Britain’s new Astute-class nuclear-powered submarines, sustained damage to its conning tower during a glancing collision with a chemical tanker while submerged in international waters 3.3 nautical miles off Gibraltar.

  • Friday, July 21st 2017 - 09:33 UTC

    Cutting steel ceremony for Royal Navy's First Type 26: “HMS Glasgow”

    The last HMS Glasgow - a Type 42 Destroyer - was awarded the “Falkland Islands 1982” battle honor.

    The first of eight new Type 26 frigates being built for the Royal Navy has been named HMS Glasgow. The name was revealed by Defense Secretary Sir Michael Fallon as he cut the first steel on the ship at BAE System's Govan shipyard. The last HMS Glasgow, a Type 42 Destroyer, was awarded the “Falkland Islands 1982” battle honor. The new anti-submarine warfare frigates will be known as the City Class.

  • Tuesday, June 27th 2017 - 19:29 UTC

    HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first QE Class aircraft carrier takes to sea for the 1st. time

    HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first QE Class aircraft carrier, set sail from Rosyth to commence first stage sea trials off the north-east of Scotland.

    The largest warship ever built in the UK eased into the Firth of Forth as it set out on two years of sea trials HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier, left her dock in Scotland in a delicate operation that took around three hours.

  • Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 09:16 UTC

    Falklands' patrol HMS Clyde undergoing maintenance work in South Africa

    The Royal Navy said HMS Clyde has been almost constantly on duty in and around the Falkland Islands since her last overhaul in 2011.

    The Falklands’ permanent guard ship, HMS Clyde is undergoing refurbishment work at the South African naval dockyard in Simon’s Town in her first overhaul in five years. The vessel (P257) arrived in Simon’s Town on 22 December, and is scheduled to depart again on 20 February.

  • Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 17:18 UTC

    Falklands War carrier HMS Illustrious headed for scrapping in Turkey

    HMS Illustrious is the last aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy until the new Elizabeth-class ships become available

    Replacements are years away and still Britain’s last aircraft carrier, ‘HMS Illustrious,’ has set sail to be scrapped in Turkey. The vessel, known as 'Lusty,' came into service in 1982 and was rushed into service to catch the lattermost stages of the Falklands War. She also served in the Gulf Wars and Sierra Leone conflict. It was one of three Invincible-class ships commissioned in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

  • Thursday, December 1st 2016 - 11:56 UTC

    UK defence and security relationship underlined at Chile´s Exponaval 2016

    The Type 23 Frigate HMS Portland is making its first visit to Chile along with Royal Fleet Auxiliary RFA Gold Rover.

    Innovation, partnership and technology transfer are the main themes as the UK is showing a strong commitment to the UK/Chilean defence relationship by sending two Royal Navy ships to Exponaval 2016 in Valparaiso, Chile. The Type 23 Frigate HMS Portland is making its first visit to Chile along with Royal Fleet Auxiliary RFA Gold Rover.

  • Saturday, November 5th 2016 - 07:11 UTC

    UK Defense Secretary confirms 2017 start for Type 26 Frigates

    The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR15) set out the UK Government's commitment to build eight Anti-Submarine Type 26 Global Combat Ships.

    Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced that the steel cut for the Royal Navy’s new next generation Type 26 Global Combat Ship now will take place in summer 2017, subject to final contract negotiations. The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR15) set out the UK Government's commitment to build eight Anti-Submarine Type 26 Global Combat Ships.

  • Sunday, October 23rd 2016 - 07:18 UTC

    First of the UK’s new nuclear deterrent submarines has been named “Dreadnought”

    Named fifty six years after the launch of Britain’s first nuclear-powered submarine of the same name, Dreadnought has been borne by no fewer than nine Royal Navy ships.

    The United Kingdom Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced that, to mark Trafalgar Day, Her Majesty the Queen has graciously approved that ‘Dreadnought’, one of the most famous names in the Royal Navy, will become the lead boat and class name for the Royal Navy’s new successor submarines.

  • Saturday, May 14th 2016 - 07:46 UTC

    HMS Kent in London: Battle of Jutland centenary commemorations

    HMS Kent is the fourteenth of the Royal Navy’s sixteen Type 23 Frigates. She was launched by her sponsor, Her Royal Highness Prince Alexandra, on 27th May 1998.

    HMS Kent is visiting London this weekend on her way to take part in the Battle of Jutland centenary commemorations, in which she will play a central role. This year marks 100 years since the Battle of Jutland, the greatest sea battle of the 20th Century.