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Tag: Royal Navy

  • Thursday, October 26th 2017 - 06:45 UTC

    Crowdfunder to recover Falklands' conflict flagship HMS Hermes

    Andy Trish believes HMS Hermes can be used as a 'showpiece' for the UK and has so far raised £9,303 of the £100,000 target from 272 supporters.

    HMS Hermes was laid down in 1944 and was in service with the Royal Navy between 1959 to 1984 serving as the flagship during the Falklands War in 1982. She was sold to the Indian Navy in 1987 and renamed INS Viraat.

  • Thursday, September 7th 2017 - 19:39 UTC

    Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales first seagoing captain named

    Captain Moorhouse is a former Commanding Officer of HMS Ocean and HMS Lancaster, known as the ‘Queen’s Frigate’ because HM is the ship’s sponsor.

    The first seagoing Captain of the Royal Navy’s second new aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, will be Captain Stephen Moorhouse. The announcement was made at an event at the Institute of Directors in London just two days before the warship is officially named in Rosyth.

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2017 - 08:59 UTC

    Royal Navy River-class offshore patrol vessel HMS Forth begins sea trials

    HMS Forth is the first of five new patrol ships built to assist the navy in safeguarding fishing stocks, as well as protecting the Falkland Islands

    The British Royal Navy's Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) HMS Forth has commenced its first sea trials on the River Clyde. HMS Forth is the first of five new patrol ships of the same class being built to assist the navy in safeguarding fishing stocks, as well as protecting the Falkland Islands and their inhabitants.

  • Thursday, July 27th 2017 - 11:40 UTC

    British forces commanders oppose any ban on transgender serving in the military

    In response, Rear Admiral Burton of the Royal Navy tweeted: “As a Royal Navy LGBT champion and senior war-fighter I am so glad we are not going this way.”

    Commanders from British armed forces have opposed any ban on transgender people serving in the military. It comes after Donald Trump said that transgender people would not be allowed in the US military due to “tremendous” medical costs and disruption.

  • 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.