Tag: Royal Navy

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 20:02 UTC

  HMS Protector cuts through Antarctic ice and visits remote research bases

  

  HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship, has cut through the ice floes of Antarctica for the first time. The icebreaker arrived in Antarctica for the first time two weeks ago and is following up important survey work for shipping in the region with visits to remote research bases locked in the frozen continent.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 13:58 UTC

  HMS Dauntless on South Atlantic patrol in coincidence with Falklands’ anniversary

  

  The UK press reports that the Royal Navy is to send one of its most powerful warships to the Falkland Islands as tensions rise with Argentina over the disputed territory.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 05:09 UTC

  BAE yards threatened once Royal Navy carriers are delivered in 2018, warn unions

  

  Britain should bring forward orders for a new generation of navy frigates to help BAE Systems bridge a production hiatus that’s threatening its warship-making capabilities and 6.000 engineering jobs, the Unite union revealed.

• Thursday, January 26th 2012 - 19:05 UTC

  HMS Protector reaches Antarctica, visits Uruguayan and Argentine bases

  

  HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's new ice patrol ship, has arrived in Antarctica for the first time after her long sail south from Portsmouth. Her arrival, via Montevideo in Uruguay, coincided with the centenary of the Royal Navy's Captain Scott reaching the South Pole.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2012 - 23:30 UTC

  Historic Portsmouth dockyard could face the axe, says The Sunday Times

  

  UK arms manufacturer BAE Systems said it was reviewing its warship business but refused to comment on a newspaper report that it was set to close the historic Portsmouth dockyard.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 02:58 UTC

  HMS Montrose on patrol in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  

  The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose”, with a crew of 185 made a several days patrol visit to South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, GSSI, waters in December.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 05:31 UTC

  HMS Protector ‘complies with all requirements’ to operate from Montevideo

  

  Uruguay authorized the Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector into Montevideo because it complies with normal procedure in spite of the fact that its next port of call is Stanley in Falklands/Malvinas.

• Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 03:18 UTC

  Thatcher was warned about risks of Navy cuts a year before the Falklands conflict

  

  Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was warned about the risks in slashing Britain's navy, a year before the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, secret files released Friday showed.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2011 - 04:57 UTC

  Former First Sea Lord suggests sending a nuclear sub to protect the Falklands

  

  A former British First Sea Lord (2002-2006) and Commander during the South Atlantic conflict stated that Britain should respond to the Mercosur bloc’s decision to close their ports to ships that fly the Falklands/Malvinas flag, by sending a nuclear submarine to protect the Islands, the Telegraph newspaper reported Wednesday.

• Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:17 UTC

  Women to be allowed to server in Royal Navy submarines; first expected end of 2013

  

  Women are to be allowed to serve in submarines for the first time in the Royal Navy’s history the Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, announced on Wednesday. The decision comes following an 18-month review conducted by the Royal Navy looking at the legal, operational, health, social, technical, and financial issues of allowing women to serve on submarines.