Tag: Royal Navy

• Friday, November 5th 2021 - 07:00 UTC

  London Poppy Day with Royal Navy sailors involved in a record fundraising

  

  London Poppy Day saw more than 200 Royal Navy sailors in the streets in a fundraising effort to help the Royal British Legion and raise awareness of the sacrifices made by Service personnel past and present. After last year’s fundraising effort was scaled back due to the pandemic. 2021 is looking to set a record: the biggest cash street collection of its kind in Europe.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Ice Patrol HMS Protector sailing to Falklands and Antarctica; she called at St Helena and Rio

  

  The Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector on her trip to the Falkland Islands and Antarctica sailed past an old work colleague during a fuel stop in Rio de Janeiro earlier this week.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  James Bond 007 actor Daniel Craig made honorary Commander of the Royal Navy

  

  Actor Daniel Craig has been made an honorary Commander in the Royal Navy – matching the on-screen rank of James Bond. Commander Craig’s appointment as an honorary officer reflects his support for UK Armed Forces and links it with the legacy created through the guise of the fictional British secret agent.

• Friday, September 24th 2021 - 07:55 UTC

  First steel cut for Royal Navy Type 31 frigates program

  

  The Royal Navy on Thursday entered the age of the Type 31 as work began on HMS Venturer, the first of five ships ‘at the fulcrum of the future fleet’. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace set the cutters at work on steel for the lead ship in the Inspiration class in a brand-new assembly hall in Rosyth.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 07:36 UTC

  Royal Navy helping to survey devastation in earthquake hit Haiti

  

  Royal Navy aviators are helping to survey the devastation in Haiti as they fly dawn-to-dusk flights over the earthquake-hit Caribbean country. A helicopter from support ship RFA Wave Knight has been in the air since Friday, flying over parts of the Tiburon Peninsula – epicenter of the quake which struck on August 14 – to locate villages, towns and infrastructure urgently in need of help.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  HMS Protector heads for new adventures in Antarctica

  

  The Royal Navy's sole icebreaker HMS Protector is sailing for the Antarctic, her first visit to the frozen continent since 2019. With the UK about to be the focus of international efforts to tackle climate change as it hosts the UN COP26 conference in Glasgow, the unique survey/research ship will continue her work supporting scientists from around the world to study the impact of global warming.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 18:27 UTC

  The Rebellious reason British submarines fly the Jolly Roger after missions

  

  The sight of a Jolly Roger flag once struck fear into the hearts of sailors at sea as it often meant a bloodthirsty band of pirates were about to launch a deadly attack – but there is a fascinating, if not somewhat rebellious, reason why today’s Royal Navy submarines fly the iconic skull and crossbones as part of a tradition that dates back to the First World War.

• Saturday, July 17th 2021 - 07:38 UTC

  Museum cruiser HMS Belfast reopened its doors after a 15-month refit

  

  The museum ship HMS Belfast, permanently moored on the River Thames has reopened its doors to the public after being closed for 18 months during the pandemic.

• Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Outbreak of covid-19 reported in Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group

  

  Despite all personnel being fully vaccinated, a “small number” of covid-19 cases within Britain's Royal Navy has been reported.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 21:38 UTC

  Second British Aircraft Carrier visits Gibraltar

  

  HMS Prince of Wales arrived in Gibraltar on Tuesday 6 July for a programmed logistics visit. This inaugural visit to Gibraltar will also be her first non-UK port visit.