Tag: Royal Navy

• Monday, March 10th 2014 - 06:12 UTC

  Atlantic patrol HMS Portland conducted joint exercises with Nigerian navy

  

  Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate HMS Portland on Atlantic patrol is visiting Western Africa and conducted training with the Nigerian Navy, hosted a Security Forum in support of United Kingdom Trade and Industry and a maritime security conference.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2014 - 04:59 UTC

  HMS Richmond back in Portsmouth with a special honor received in Falklands

  

  HMS Richmond is back in Portsmouth at the end of her South Atlantic patrolling that saw her spend 2,881 hours at sea covering 33,316 nautical miles, visiting seven foreign countries (Portugal, Cape Verde, South Africa, Panama, Colombia, Bahamas and the United States of America) and five British Overseas Territories (Ascension Island, St Helena, Falkland Islands, Tristan da Cunha and South Georgia).

• Friday, February 21st 2014 - 07:41 UTC

  HMS Portland involved in anti-narcotics training with the Cape Verde Coast Guard

  

  On her way to South Africa and the South Atlantic islands of Falklands and South Georgia, the Royal Navy's Atlantic patrol HMS Portland after a brief stop at the port of Mindelo sailed back out to sea with a boarding team from Cape Verde embarked.

• Tuesday, February 11th 2014 - 23:59 UTC

  First Sea Lord warns the Royal Navy faces “the fight of our generation”

  

  Britain must commit to operating both its new aircraft carriers and replacing its nuclear deterrent if it is to remain a first division military power, the head of the Royal Navy has warned. Admiral Sir George Zambellas, the First Sea Lord, said the service faced “the fight of our generation” if it was to remain a credible force in the years ahead.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2014 - 19:48 UTC

  HMS Portland begins her Atlantic deployment visiting England's centuries old ally Portugal

  

  HMS Portland has called into the Portuguese capital, the first stop of her Atlantic deployment that will take her to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2014 - 19:20 UTC

  Anglo-Colombian defense conference onboard HMS Richmond in Cartagena

  

  The third annual Anglo-Colombian Strategic Defense Conference was held this week onboard HMS Richmond in Cartagena. The Portsmouth based type 23 returning from her Atlantic deployment also supported Defense and Security Industry Day while alongside in the Colombian port.

• Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 05:41 UTC

  HMS Protector surveying previously unchartered waters off Sandwich Islands

  

  Previously uncharted areas of the Southern Ocean have been surveyed by personnel on board Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector. Using its multi-beam echo sounder the ship gathered data off the Sandwich Islands along areas of the Douglas Straits between South Thule and Cook Island for the UK Hydrographic Office to fill in missing data in the Admiralty Charts.

• Friday, January 17th 2014 - 06:44 UTC

  HMS Portland with a female commander leaves for Atlantic patrol

  

  Type 23 frigate HMS Portland left on Monday from Davenport naval base for the Atlantic to provide on-going protection and reassurance to British interests in the region, which includes the Falklands and other South Atlantic islands.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2014 - 23:43 UTC

  Falklands and Atlantic patrol HMS Richmond commended by Commander La Forte

  

  Falkland Islands based Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Air Commodore Russell La Forte CBE presented HMS Richmond with his personal Commendation in recognition of Distinguished Service in the region by the Type 23 Duke Class frigate during her Atlantic Patrol Tasking.

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 05:49 UTC

  Westminster addressed Spain's Guardia Civil 'dangerous and provocative' actions in Gibraltar waters

  

  British Labor MP Jim Dobbin has filed an early day motion calling on the House of Commons to condemn the actions of the Spanish Guardia Civil crew that led to “an armed stand-off” with Royal Navy vessels in Gibraltar waters last week.