Sea Cadets from all over the world have descended upon HMS Raleigh this week (Monday 29 to Friday 2 Aug) to take part in a summer training camp. A group of 44 Sea Cadets from Australia, Belgium. Bermuda, Canada, Hong Kong, Russia, Singapore, South Korea and Sweden are taking part in a week long prog
The Commodore of the Devonport Flotilla has paid a special visit to HMS Argyll while she visited Balboa in Panama. Commodore Richard Farrington took the opportunity to go onboard the Type 23 frigate, assess the platform and address the Ship’s Company while in the Central American country. HMS Argyll
Pella Shipyard held a keel-laying ceremony for a special vessel based on the tug of project 16609, building No 629 on July 24th. This vessel pertains to the series of the project 16609 vessels being built for the Russian Federation’s (RF) Navy. The solemn ceremony saw the participation of the troop
An important milestone was reached yesterday, 31 July, in the major upkeep and upgrade programme being carried out by Babcock on HMS Ocean when the amphibious assault ship (the Royal Navy’s largest ship) came out of dock at Babcock’s Devonport Royal Dockyard. This significant milestone, achieved on-
A Royal Navy warship has been working alongside one of the US Navy’s mighty aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Oman. The Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon joined the USS Nimitz and her carrier battle group as they conducted maritime security operations and offered support to US forces involved in Operation
“La Unión” the new Peruvian Navy tall ship sail training vessel, will be constructed under the supervision of classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL). Tall ships are used in navies around the world to build seamanship, leadership and foster teamwork under challenging conditions at sea. The ke
The Royal Navy’s reputation and history inspires and encourages young people the world over – so whilst alongside in Dubai HMS Dragon welcomed youngsters from a local scout unit. The select group of 16 scouts, guides and youth leaders from the Ismaili Aga Khan Scouts and Guides received a bespoke to
Spanish maritime action ship ‘Rayo’ arrived at her home port in Las Palmas (Canary Islands) on June 28th after a six-month deployment. During this period, the ship participated in operation ‘Atalanta’ aimed against pirate activities in the Indian Ocean and in a cruise around the African coast visiti
The crew of Plymouth Royal Navy warship HMS Sutherland took its families and friends for a rare day at sea to say thank you for their support during long periods away at sea. Commander Al Wilson, the commanding officer of HMS Sutherland had his family on board. He said: “To be able to say thank [&he
HMS Argyll has just completed a very successful 30 day period of exercises and local engagement in the Falkland Islands. Arriving in the South Atlantic on the 1st June she spent 30 days working to a high-tempo programme which included her playing a leading role in Exercise Cape Bayonet. Exercise Cap
The Lynx Wildcat Maritime Force (LWMF) was awarded the prestigious Australia Shield on 26 July by the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir George Zambellas KCB DSC ADC, at a ceremony held at 815 Naval Air Squadron based at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset. The Australia Shield, a gift from
It was ten years ago to the day on July 29, 2003, that the final group of Naval Hospital Bremerton staff members returned from Fleet Hospital 8 at Rota, Spain supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. At the time it was the first, largest and longest deployed fleet hospital
During the recent Exercise Joint Warrior, and in subsequent weapon firings and submarine training off the West Coast of Scotland, the warship HMS Montrose spent many weeks operating around the Inner and Outer Hebrides. On her travels, she repeatedly passed the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry MV Lord Of T
Having completed a successful three months of Maritime Security and Marine Enforcement tasking since leaving refit earlier this year, HMS Tyne came alongside in the River Tyne to visit her affiliated port of North Shields. Arriving early in the morning on Saturday 13 July, it was a unique opportunit
