Tag: HMS Resolution

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  UK attempts to dismantle nuclear submarine in a world first

  

  Nicknamed 'the silent service', nuclear submarines are used to patrol the oceans and seas – armed with numerous weapons and capable of spending months underwater. However, one question has been grappled with for decades. What do you do with a nuclear submarine when it has gone out of service?

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:12 UTC

  247 anniversary of South Georgia Possession for the British Crown

  

  Monday, January 17th was South Georgia Possession Day, marking 247 years since the first landing on the island was made by Captain James Cook. The British explorer was on his second world voyage aboard HMS Resolution.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2020 - 06:30 UTC

  Coin to mark 250th anniversary of the launching of James Cook HMS Resolution

  

  Pobjoy Mint has issued the first 50-penny coin on behalf of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands government. The new coin features the HMS Resolution, the ship that was captained by James Cook.

• Monday, January 21st 2019 - 19:58 UTC

  Submariners celebrate 50 years of the Royal Navy's nuclear deterrent patrols

  

  Events across the UK will celebrate the 50 years of dedication of submariners on the longest operation ever carried out by British armed forces. No mission has been longer – or more important – than the nuclear deterrent patrols performed around the clock by the Royal Navy over the past half-century.