Tag: Royal Navy

Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 20:49 UTC
HMS Protector inspecting Antarctic Treaty sites; first visit to Brazil’s Comandante Ferraz station

Royal Navy Ice patrol HMS Protector has arrived in Antarctica for the first time this season after her long sail south from Portsmouth. She will spend this, the first of her four work periods in the ice this Austral Summer, supporting an international team conducting formal Antarctic Treaty inspections of sites across the Peninsula.
Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 18:17 UTC
Royal Navy has a new Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Philip Jones

Royal Navy has welcomed its newly-appointed Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff at a handover ceremony in Portsmouth. Vice Admiral Philip Jones takes up the role from outgoing Fleet Commander Admiral Sir George Zambellas who will continue in his NATO role, Commander Maritime Command, at Northwood in North West London.
Friday, November 9th 2012 - 05:41 UTC
Drastic changes in UK forces: Territorial Army will be deployed in the Falklands

UK Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond signalled Thursday morning that members of the Territorial Army will be deployed to the Falkland Islands. Addressing the House of Commons Secretary Hammond said that reserve forces will be expected to fulfill new roles including contributing to standing commitments such as the Falklands.
Tuesday, October 30th 2012 - 14:15 UTC
HMS Dauntless in Portsmouth after South Atlantic deployment; HMS Edinburgh on her way

After a six-month deployment to the South Atlantic, including a patrol and exercises in the Falkland Islands, the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless has returned to her home port in Portsmouth, southern England.
Friday, October 5th 2012 - 22:06 UTC
HMS Protector on route to the Antarctic previous surveying in St Helena

The Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol ship HMS Protector is on her way for an eight-month deployment surveying and patrolling Antarctica. She left Portsmouth late September and is currently visiting St Helena to conduct surveys of the harbour in preparation for the building of a new jetty.
Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 06:24 UTC
HMS Dauntless called in Colombia and joined major UNITAS naval exercise

After a major naval exercise in the Caribbean with the participation of 13 warships from several countries of the Americas and following some anti-drugs patrolling in the Caribbean HMS Dauntless is expected back in Portsmouth at the end of October.
Monday, September 24th 2012 - 20:01 UTC
HMS Edinburgh on South Atlantic patrol; last deployment for Type 42 destroyers

The Royal Navy’s destroyer HMS Edinburgh left on Monday Portsmouth on her final planned deployment. It marks a historic milestone for both the ship and the Royal Navy as it will be the last time a Type 42 destroyer deploys on operations as they make way for the new-generation Type 45 destroyers.
Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 15:06 UTC
Preparing to re-enact Shackleton’s epic on a replica of ‘James Caird’ next January

A pair of Royal Navy and Royal Marines adventurers has completed a summer of sea trials as they prepare to take an authentic replica of Sir Ernest Shackleton's famous lifeboat back to the icy wastes of the South Pole.
Saturday, September 15th 2012 - 05:54 UTC
The Royal Navy attack submarine, “HMS Ambush” ready for sea trials

In the next few days, the second of the Royal Navy’s Astute Class attack submarine, “HMS Ambush” will leave the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, where she was built, and sail to Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde in Scotland.
Wednesday, September 12th 2012 - 01:58 UTC
Plans to preserve the legacy of the Royal Navy’s Invincible class aircraft carriers

Plans to preserve the legacy of the Royal Navy's Invincible Class aircraft carriers have been outlined. HMS Invincible, HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal came into service in the early 1980s and have spent the last thirty years protecting the UK's interests across the world.