Tag: Royal Navy

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 07:36 UTC

  HMS Lancaster visits Colombia to participate in the multinational exercise Unitas

  

  The Royal Navy warship HMS Lancaster has visited Colombia to strengthen relationships with the country. The vessel called at the port of Cartagena ahead of Exercise Unitas, a multinational exercise being played out in the region headed by the US Navy.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2013 - 17:35 UTC

  Royal Navy frigates to be equipped with Sea Ceptor air defense missiles

  

  A new British naval air defense system that can intercept and destroy enemy missiles is to be manufactured in the UK under a £250 million contract. Sea Ceptor, which will be fitted to the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates and, in future, the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, is a cutting-edge missile designed and built by MBDA.

• Monday, August 26th 2013 - 04:10 UTC

  HMS Argyll sails across the Panama Canal on the last leg of her deployment

  

  South Atlantic patrol HMS Argyll is coming to the end of her seven month deployment and next month is expected back in Davenport. Last week the Type 23 frigate crossed the 80 kilometre Panama Caal sailing two seas in one day, after finishing an intense period of counter-narcotics operation in the Eastern Pacific.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:32 UTC

  Gibraltar will challenge “misleading versions propagated” by the Spanish media on the situation

  

  The Gibraltar Government said it appreciated the “huge” level of support for Gibraltar from UK, European and Spanish parliamentarians, and announced the launching of a media operation to reverse the ‘bought-in’ misleading versions propagated by the Spanish government on the current situation.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:27 UTC

  UK warns Spain with legal action over the tight controls at the Gibraltar border

  

  Britain warned Spain it might take legal action to try to force Madrid to abandon tighter controls at the border with the contested British overseas territory of Gibraltar in what it called an “unprecedented” step against a European ally.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 16:27 UTC

  HMS Richmond leaves for seven months Atlantic Patrol Tasking

  

  Portsmouth-based frigate HMS Richmond has sailed for a routine seven months Atlantic Patrol Tasking which includes the South Atlantic. According to the official release she left Portsmouth on Monday 5 August and will maintain the continuous Royal Navy presence in the Atlantic and provide an ongoing protection and reassurance to British regions within the region.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2013 - 23:33 UTC

  London honours HMS Edinburgh, the last of the Type 42 destroyers

  

  Royal Navy Veteran destroyer HMS Edinburgh and giant helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious brought London to a halt on Wednesday as they glided down the River Thames. HMS Edinburgh is the last of the Type 42 destroyers and is on her first stop on a round-Britain farewell tour which ends nearly 30 years of service.

• Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 05:44 UTC

  Malvinas dispute ‘will only end when Argentina has full, definitive possession of the Islands’, insists Puricelli

  

  The Malvinas cause will only come to an end when Argentina has definitive possession of the Islands, said Argentine defence minister Arturo Puricelli during a military ceremony to remember the 31st anniversary of the loss of cruiser ‘General Belgrano”, during the Falklands’ conflict torpedoed on 2 May 1982 by a Royal Navy submersible with the loss of 323 lives.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 16:03 UTC

  Admiral Zambellas takes over as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff

  

  Admiral Sir George Zambellas has superseded Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope as the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff. Admiral Stanhope stepped down on Tuesday as the professional head of the Royal Navy after a career spanning 43 years.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 16:30 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ long standing friend, HMS Edinburgh returns to Portsmouth for decommission

  

  Edinburgh, the Royal Navy's last remaining Type 42 destroyer, returned to Portsmouth from her final deployment last week. The 30 year old warship has spent the past 6 months patrolling the Atlantic and over the years has been in several assignments in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.