#HMSDiamond sails from the Tyne today following a few days alongside for a logistic stop. #UKCSG23

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Tyne #PortofTyne 

Via @NormTyne
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🇹🇼Taiwan has formally named its first Indigenously-built submarine  ROCS Hai Kun today.

First of eight 2,700-tonne SSKs.

#Submarine #SSK #Taiwan #Shipbuilding
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🇺🇸USMC AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters conduct familiarisation flights with #HMSPrinceofWales off the US Coast 

#RoyalNavy #USMarineCorps #Helicopters #NavalAviation #AircraftCarrier #Viper #Venom
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#Westlant23 patch 

#HMSPrinceofWales #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier
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#RFAMountsBay inbound to Faslane this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Faslane #Clyde

Via @michaelcuthbertphotography
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Latest article on our website: #LinkInBIo

Refining the Fleet Solid Support ship design

#FleetSolidSupportShip #Shipbuilding #FSS #HarlandandWolff #BMT #Navantia #TeamResolute #ShipDesign
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🇮🇪Irish special forces stormed a Panamanian cargo ship MV Matthew by rapid roping yesterday after warning shots were ignored.

The ship is suspected to have been transporting drugs and has now been impounded in the port of Cork.

#IrishArmy #IrishNavy #DrugsBust #SepecialForces #RapidRoping #MVMatthew #AntiNarcotics

H/T @conorsweeneys
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This capability has been in development for some time but #MalloyAeronautics T-600 heavy-lift UAS dropped a Sting Ray torpedo during trials at #REPMUS23 in 🇵🇹Portugal.

Not a subtitle for the ASW helicopter but would give the RN another means of torpedo delivery at range given the absence of ASROC (and Torpedo Launch System on Type 26 frigates).

#BAESystesms #StingRay #UAS #UncrewedSystesm #Drone #HeavyLiftDrone #AntiSubmarineWarfare #ASW 

Video: BAE Systems
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Inbound Astute class submarine at the mouth of Loch Long today.

#RoyalNavy #Submarine #SSN #AstuteClass #Clyde #LochLong

Via @she_lilly
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Video snapshot - first weeks of #UKCSG23 deployment.

#RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #HMSQueenElizabeth #F35 #Merlin #V22 #WildcatHelicopter #RFATideforce

Via: Commander UK Carrier Strike Group
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🇳🇱HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën  operating in 🇳🇴 fjords while part of the UK Carrier Strike Group #UKCSG23 

#koninklijkemarine #Norway #DronePhotography 
#HNLMSDeZevenProvinciën 

Via @JasperBol
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Merlin Mk2 operating from #HMSQueenElizabeth cross decking with Norrwegian frigate 🇳🇴HNoMS Otto Sverdrup.

#UKCSG23 #NorwegianNavy #MerlinHelicopter #MerlinHelicopter #MerlinMk2 #NavalAviation #CrossDecking #FlightDeckOfficer 

 Via  @Forsvaret
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#HMSDuncan conducts a man overboard exercise whilst underway in the Mediterranean.

#Type45Destroyer #MOBEX #SeaBoat #RoyalNavy #Sailors #SNMG2 #NATO #MediterraneanSea
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🇺🇸 US Air Force CV-22B Ospreys continue trining on #HMSQueenElizabeth 

#V22 #Osprey #TiltRotor #USAF #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #UKCSG23
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🇺🇸US Coastguard MH-65 Dolphin helicopters landing on #HMSPrinceofWales

#RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #USCG
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#RFAArgus arrives in Portland today.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Portland

Via:  Capt Ali Clack
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Lt Cdr David Fleming, RN (on exchange with 
US Coast Guard lands 🇺🇸 MH-65E helicopter on the deck of #HMSPrinceofWales

#Westlant23 #USCoastGuard #Helicopter #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #FlightDeck 

Via: UK Military & Defence Staff in US
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🇺🇸USS Mesa Verde inbound to Devonport again following her first visit in July.

She is part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group carrying the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit on deployment in Europe.

#USNavy #2MEU  #USMarines  #USSMesaVerde #PlymouthSound

Via @Westward01
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Night sortie from #HMSQueenElizabeth 

#UKCSG23 #F35 #AircraftCarrier #ShipsAtNight #NightFlying #FlightDeck #SkiRamp
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#HMSPrinceofWales sails from 🇺🇸Naval Station Mayport today.

#Florida #Mayport #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #Westlant23

Via @nsmayport
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So far #HMSTrent has visited 🇬🇲Gambia, 🇨🇻Cape Verde Islands, 🇸🇱Sierra Leone and 🇳🇬Nigeria on her West African deployment. 

#Interlock2023 #OPV #RoyalNavy #Africa
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#HMSMersey inbound to Portsmouth this morning.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth #Solent

Via @george_emmett_ship_photograghy
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🇳🇴HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen outbound from Devonport this morning. Passing #RFAMountsBay 

#FOST #Forsvaret #NorwegianNavy #PlymouthSound #RoyalFleetAuxiliary 

Via @Westward01
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#HMSDuncan has conducted (planned?) maintenance period alongside at Rota Naval Base in 🇪🇸Spain. 

Now ready to resume role as flagship of #SNMG2 

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Spain #Rota #NATO #StandingNATOMaritimeGroup1 #Flagship
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#HMSIronDuke heading down the #Garonne this morning after visit to 🇫🇷#Bordeaux and hosting King and Queen.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #France #PontJacquesChabanDelmas #Bridge #River
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#HMSRaleigh exercised the freedom of Torpoint today with a march through the streets - helping reinforce the close ties between the town and the training base.

#Sailors #Parade #Torpoint #Cornwall #Freedomofthetown #Marching #RoyalNavy 

Via @maritimetom_photography
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#HMSPortland returns to Devonport this morning following visit to 🇨🇦Canada

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #PlymouthSound #DrakesIsland

Via @Westward01
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#RFATidespring joins #RFALymeBay and 
#RFAMountsBay at buoy in Plymouth Sound yesterday.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound #Tanker
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#HMSIronDuke hosted a reception in Bordeaux for The King and Queen on the final day of their state visit to 🇫🇷France.

#HisMajestyTheKing #KingCharlesIII  #QueenCamilla #RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate #France #Bordeaux #RoyalVisit
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#HMSScott alongside at County Wharf, #Falmouth today.
 
Bunkering ahead of departure following summer maintenance period A&P Falmouth.

#RoyalNavy #OceanSurveyVessel #Cornwall 

Via E. Moorhouse
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#RFAProteus arrives in Portland today. 

Now alongside with #RFAStirlingCastle

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #MROS #MultiRoleOceanSurveillance #Portland

Via: Capt Ali Clack
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@HMSDauntless has now sailed after visiting Montserrat 🇲🇸 as part of the UK's ongoing commitment to support Overseas Territories during the hurricane season.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Caribbean #Montserrat #DisasterRelief #BritishOverseasTerritories #HurricaneSeason
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#RFATideforce replenishes #HMSQueenElizabeth with fuel today.

#ReplenishmentAtSea #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarier

#UKCSG23
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#XVPatrickBlackett completes exercise #REPMUS23 in 🇵🇹Portugal 

#FutureNavy #NavyX #ExperimentalVessel #RoyalNavy
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🇺🇸 US Air Force CV-22B Ospreys landed on 
#HMSQueenElizabeth refreshing Carrier Deck currency.

#V22 #Osprey #TiltRotor #USAF #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #UKCSG23
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#RFAMountsBay sails from South Yard Devonport today.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Devonport #Plymouth Hamoaze
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RIP. 

Three 🇿🇦South African submariners have died after seven of the casing party from SAS Manthatisi were swept off the boat while conducting VERTERP with Lynx helicopter in high seas off Capetown.

#SouthAfrica #CapeTown #SASManthatisi #SSK #Submarine #NavalAccident
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#HMSDauntless currently at anchor off 🇲🇸Montserrat.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Caribbean
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#HMSSpey conducted manoeuvres with 🇺🇸US Coast Guard cutter Munro in the South China Sea. 17/9/23

#USCG #USCoastGuard #RoyalNavy #OPV #Cutter #SouthChinaSea 

Via: Ryan Chan
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#XVPatrickBlackett passes 🇵🇹Portuguese 
Tall Ship, NRP Sagres during operations on Exercise #REPMUS23 

#RoyalNavy #Portugal #TallShip
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Finally made it to 🇺🇸America!

#HMSPrinceofWales arrives at Naval Station Mayport, Florida today.

#Westlant23 #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #Florida #USNavy
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#RFAMountsBay inbound to Devonport this afternoon following recent deployment in the Baltic Sea. 

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound

Via @Westward01
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#HMSPrinceofWales Atlantic crossing completed. Conducting replenishment at sea with 🇺🇸USNS Supply and escorted by USS Oscar Austin.

#RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #ReplenishmentAtSea #USNSSupply #NorthAtlantic #USNavy #USSOscarAustin
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#RFALymeBay will be the command ship for the Littoral Response Group (South) and has embarked equipment and a company of 40 commando #RoyalMarines

She will be based in Duqm 🇴🇲Oman with 
#RFAArgus and engage with partners from Kenya to Australia.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #LRGS #LittoralResponseGroup 
#Plymouth
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On 7th Sept #HMSLancaster while operating in support of Combined Task Force 150, in the Arabian Sea seized more than 450kg of illegal drugs worth approx $9.5M. 

#AntiNarcotics #DrugsBust #Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #ArabianSea #CTF150 #OpKipion
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In her new role as the Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales visited #RNASYeovilton yesterday.

She met sailors and viewed a Merlin and Wildcat helicopter, conducted training exercises with the Navy Survival Equipment technicians, and spent time in the Air Traffic Control tower, where she met staff and spoke with an airborne Wildcat crew.

Yeovilton is where King Charles learnt how to fly helicopters nearly 5 decades ago.

#FleetAirArm #RoyalVisit #RoyalNavy #HRHThePrincessofWales
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Home after operations in the Baltic Sea #RFAMountsBay south of Plymouth breakwater in windy and wet conditions this afternoon. 

Sea boat heading into Millbay.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Plymouth

Via: RFANostalgia
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🇫🇷French fishery protection vessel FS Pluvier inbound to Devonport this morning 

#MarineNationale #PlymouthBreakwater
#OPV #FisheryProtection

Via: RFA Nostalgia
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#HMSMersey heading up the Clyde today following visit to Belfast last week.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Clyde

Via @she_lilly
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#HMSDiamond escorts #HMSQueenElizabeth in the North Sea during air exercise Cobra Warrior 23-2 which is currently underway.

#CSG23 #Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier
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Pictures emerge of damage to 🇷🇺Russian Kilo-class SSK RFS Rostov-on-Don in dry dock at Sevastopol.

Extreme precision & bunker-busting warhead of 🇺🇦Storm Shadow ALCM also handy for penetrating a pressure hull. 

Almost certainly beyond practical repair.

This is one ex-submarine.

#UkraineWar #Submarine #CruiseMissile #AirStrike #Crimea #Sevastopol #DryDock #SSK #RussianNavy
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Missing an F-35...

USMC pilot from VMFAT-501 ejected safely from a jet over 🇺🇸South Carolina on Sunday but the US military has been unable to locate the wreckage.

#USMarineCorps #F35 #Ejection #FastJet #AirAccident #SouthCarolina
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Pholos™ developed by OVERWATCH is a lightweight coaxial loitering munition with potential for use in the naval environment. 

Originally conceived from direct combat experience where personnel lacked sensors & strike systems to quickly find/neutralise enemy personnel/vehicles.

Pholos™ can be used for reconnaissance, precision strike and force protection using novel sensors. It can loiter for around 40 minutes and can be recovered if not used. In the naval environment, it could be employed by amphibious forces or from wardships to counter attacks by small craft, to deliver decoys or for general ISR. The system is fully modular and can be fitted with a variety of payloads and warheads.

This is the kind of product that NavyX could consider trialling on board the XV Patrick Blackett.

Pholos™ has been developed and manufactured entirely in the UK and provided to the forces of Ukraine.

#LoteringMunition #Pholos #UAV
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#HMSTriumph inbound to Devonport this evening - passing #RFATidespring at buoy in Plymouth Sound.

#SSN #Submarine #PlymouthSound #RoyalNavy #Tanker #RoyalFleetAuxiliary 

Via: RFA Nostalgia
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#HMSPrinceofWales crossing the Atlantic on her way to the US to conduct a series of flying trials.

#Westlant23 #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy #LifeatSea #NorthAtlantic
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#HMSIronDuke outbound on the Thames this afternoon following participation in #DSEI2023 

Good to meet some of her friendly ship's company this week.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Thames 

Via: JasonPhotos
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#F35 on board #HMSQueenElizabeth in the North Sea during participation in Exercise Cobra Warrior 23-2 this week.

 #CSG23 #Sunset #NorthSea #AircraftCarrier #LightningII #F35B #Jet #RAF #RoyalNavy #617Squadron #FlightDeck
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#HMSDiamond escorting #HMSQueenElizabeth during operations in the North Sea this week.

#CSG23

#Type45Destroyer #Sunset #RoyalNavy #LifeAtSea #CarrierStrikeGroup
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First image of Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship #RFAProteus outbound on the Mersey this afternoon following conversion 
#CammellLaird

More photos on our website.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #MROS #MultiRoleOceanSurveillanceShip #Mersey #Birkenhead
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New article on our website: #Link inBio

Today the keel was laid for the second Type 31 frigate – HMS Active

#Type31Frigate #Shipbuilding #Babcock #Rosyth #HMSActive #RoyalNavy
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#HMSPursuer and #HMSPuncher - RN Coastal Forces Squadron represented at #DSEI2023

#L3Harris MAST USV in foreground

#P2000 #RoyalNavy #PatrolBoat 
#RoyalDocks #London
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#F35 operating from #HMSQueenElizabeth 

#CSG23 #NorthSea #FastJet #NavalAviation 
#RoyalNavy #RAF #617Squadron
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Engineering equipment, medical crew, SAR teams and aid supplies being loaded onto the 🇪🇬Egyptian assault ship ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser for delivery to Libya to assist in relief operations following the floods. #LibyaFloods 

#EgyptianNavy #DisasterRelief #AssaultShip #Libya #MistralClass
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#RFALymeBay at buoy inside Plymouth Breakwater last night.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound #Shipsatnight

Via: RFA Nostalgia
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The 4 impressive 🇳🇱 #koninklijkemarine
De Zeven Provincien-class frigates (approx 20 years old) are undergoing a mid-life upgrade programme.

HNLMS De Ruyter has been upgraded with improved radar for ballistic missile tracking and will be the first Dutch warship to test fire Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) at US test range next year.

Harpoon will be replaced by Naval Strike Missile and ancient Otobreda 127/54 gun will be replaced by Oto Melara 127/64

#DSEI2023 #DutchNavy #HNLMSDeRuyter #RoyalVictoriaDock #London
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#HMSForth alongside at the North Mole #Gibraltar

#RoyalNavy #OPV #Bunkering #GibraltarPort

Via: Alfred Pizarro
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#HMSDauntless departing Road Town 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands yesterday afternoon.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Caribbean

Via dparody
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#HMSTriumph outbound from Faslane this afternoon.

#SSN #Submarine #Clyde

Via @She_lilly
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In addition to the 🇺🇦Ukrainian cruise missile strike on the dry docks at Sevastopol, it is believed around the same time a USV attack was mounted against 🇷🇺Russian warships and merchant ships at sea.

The Maritime Autonomous Guard Unmanned Robotic Apparatus (MAGURA) V-type USV on display at the 🇺🇦Ukraine stand at #DSEI23 

This is the MAGURA V5 is designed for multiple roles including surveillance, reconnaissance, patrol and 'kamikaze' combat missions.

Cruising speed 22knots, max speed 42 knots, 450nm range

#USV #Ukriane #MAGURA
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Sampson Multi Function radar removed during #HMSDragon refit/PIP has returned to Portsmouth by barge following refurbishment by #BAESystems at their Cowes facility on the Isle of Wight.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth #Radar #Refit #Brage #Crane

Via: S. Wenham
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Refit may have cost c£100million but up close  #HMSIronDuke is in immaculate condition and looks like a new ship. 

#dsei2023 #Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy
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The latest milestone in 🇬🇧🇫🇷 Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) programme:

#Thales has successfully completed an at-sea demonstration of the world's first uncrewed mine countermeasures system to locate, identify and neutralise sea mines.

#Minewarfare #UncrewedSystesms #AutonomousSystesms #USV #ROV #RoyalNavy #MarineNationale
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#RFALymeBay docked down with🇳🇴HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen inside Plymouth Breakwater this morning with #RFATidespring in the distance.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound #Forsvaret #Norway #FOST

Via @Westward01
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#RFALymeBay an unusual visitor to Milbay Docks in Plymouth today. Loading vehicles via the ro-ro facility ahead of the Littoral Response Group (South) deployment.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #MilbayDocks #Plymouth #RoRo #LittoralResponseGroup #AmphibiousWarfare
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Merlin Mk2 helicopters of #820NAS embark on board #HMSQueenElizabeth 

#CROWSNEST  #MerlinHelicopter #RoyalNavy #FleetAirArm #AircraftCarriers #CSG23
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#hmsironduke alongside in the Royal Docks for #dsei2023 

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #london #excel #royalvictoriadock
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Yesterday #BabcockInternational announced they have formed a strategic partnership with #Saab 

Together they will develop a design for an advanced corvette (initially to meet 🇸🇪Swedish Navy requirement)

#NavalExports #WarshipDesign #Sweden #Corvette #FutureNavy #dsei2023
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Last night 🇺🇦Ukrainian forces mounted a successful attack on the 🇷🇺Russian naval base at Sevastopol.

Cruise missile strikes hit dry docks where a Kilo-class submarine and Ropucha-class LCT were believed to be under repair.

#UkraineRussiaWar #Sevastopol #Crimea #NavalBase #CruiseMissile
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#HMSDiamond conducting Replenishment At Sea (RAS) approaches with #RFATideforce

#CSG23 #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy #Tanker #CarrierStikeGroup
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#HMSDauntless alongside in the 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands - ready to support British Overseas Territories during the hurricane season.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Caribbean #BVI #BritishVIrginIslands #Tortola

Via: @adampileUK
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MBDA has been funded by UK MoD to accelerate development of the SPEAR EW variant. 

Can be launched by F-35 or Typhoon to provide stand off electronic warfare capability for suppression of enemy air defences. #DSEI23 

#SPEAR #standoffmissile #SEAD #F35 #carrierstrike #airweapons  #MBDA
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#bmtglobal #harlandandwolff #navantia today unveiled their model of the Fleet  Solid Support ship. #dsei2021 

RFA sailors will be pleased to know portholes have been added. 

(Search “Fleet Solid Support Ship for our in-depth article about the design)

#shipmodel. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #shipdesign
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HMS Anson inbound to Faslane this morning

#SSN #Submarine #Clyde #HMSAnson

Via @she_lilly
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617 Squadron jets take off from #RAFMarham today to embark on #HMSQueenElizabeth 
 

#CSG23 #F35 #FastJet #RAF #TakeOff
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#HMSDauntless off Road Town, 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands this morning for a boat transfer.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #BritishVirginIslands  #Caribbean #BoatTransfer 

Via dparody
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New article on our website #linkinbio 

2023 Carrier Strike deployment begins

#AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy #csg23
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BZ and welcome home.

Vanguard class submarine inbound to Falsane today after a patrol lasting more than 6 months.

#SSBN #Submarine #NuclearDeterrent #Homecoming #RoyalNavy #Faslane #Clyde 

Photo: @she_lilly
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#HMSKent nearing end of FTSP - shrouded in scaffolding with freshly painted hull. 

Due to join #HMSQueenElizabeth on #CSG23 deployment soon.

#Type23Frigate #FLeetTimeSupportPeriod #Portsmouth #RoyalNavy #CarrierStrikeGroup

Via: S. Wenham
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MV Anvil Point inbound to Devonport in hazy Plymouth Sound this afternoon.

#RoRo #StrategicSealift #ForelandShippingLtd #PlymouthSound 

Via @westward01
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#HMSIronDuke heading up the Thames this morning on her way into the Royal Docks for #DSEI2023 

Watch this space for photos from onboard later this week.

#QE2Bridge #Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Thames
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Not the view you want if you're smuggling drugs by sea 

#RoyalNavy #AntiNarcotics #BoardingParty #ShipsBoats #WildcatHelicopter
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During her recent patrol in the Caribbean, Wildcat helicopter flying from #HMSDauntless stopped a drug smuggling boat. The ship’s boarding party then recovered 1.2 tonnes of cocaine worth around £142 Million.

In a 2nd success, Sampson radar was used to track a plane carrying 550kg of cocaine from Venezuela.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #DrugsBust #AntiNarcotics #Caribbean
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#HMSDauntless now arrived alongside in the 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Caribbean #USVirginIslands
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Dusk departure this evening for 
#HMSQueenElizabeth 

Beginning a 3-month operational Carrier Strike Group deployment in the northern European region.  #CSG23

More details in article coming soon.

#AircraftCarrier #CarrierStrikeGroup #Portsmouth #RoyalNavy #Farewell #Dusk 

Photo:  @jimdroneson
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#RFALymeBay inbound to Devonport in scorching hazy conditions this afternoon.

Due to deploy shortly to the Middle East with 
#RFAArgus forming the Littoral Response Group (South).

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound

Via @maritimetom_photography
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#HMSDuncan Transiting the 🇮🇹Strait of Messina today following several weeks alongside in 🇬🇷Souda Bay. 

#Type45Destroyer #Mediterranean #StraitofMessina #Italy #RoyalNavy
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On board #HMSQueenElizabeth as she prepares to sail from Portsmouth for operational deployment later today. #CSG23

#RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #FlightDeck
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#HMSAlbion dressed overall in Devonport to mark #AccessionDay - the first anniversary of the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

Via: T. Lamerton

#RoyalNavy #AssualtShip #HMNBDevonport #DressesOverall
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New article on our website:

The first fixed-wing UAV lands on a Royal Navy aircraft carrier

#HMSPrinceofWales #UAS #UAV #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy #FlightTrials #Drone #CargoDrone #NavalLogistics #AutonomousSystems #UncrewedAircraft
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#HMSPrinceofWales conducts Replenishment at Sea with #RFATideforce as she heads west across the Atlantic #Westlant23

#ReplenishmentAtSea #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy #RoyalFleetAuxiliary
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#RFAArgus inbound to conduct boat transfer off Plymouth this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PCRS #LittoralStrikeShip #Plymouth

Via @joshcopsey
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New article on our website: #LinkInBio

The struggle to get HMS Somerset back to sea

#Type23Frigate #HMSSomerset #LifeExtension #RoyalNavy #Refit #Repair #ShipRepair #ShipMaintenance #Defects #DevonportDockyard #FrigateSupportCentre
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#HMSQueenElizabeth store ship - loading victuals ahead of upcoming #CSG23 deployment.

#RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #Food #Victuals #StoreShip #ForkLift #AircraftLift #Portsmouth
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Containerised components of the new Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) capability onboard #RFAStirlingCastle alongside in Portland. 

Including the #Saab mine disposal ROV and the towed body of the #Thales SAMDIS  minehunting sonar.

#MineCountermeasures #Minewarfare #ROV #AutonomousSystems #Mothership #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Portland
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#RoyalMarines have been equipped with a new assault rifle. 

The US-made Knight’s Stoner 1 (KS-1) rifle (designated L403A1) is equipped with advanced optical & thermal sights and suppressor (silencer) systems.

#Rifle #AssaultRifle #NewKit #KnightsStoner #Commando #Weapons
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#HMSTriumph heading up the Clyde inbound to Faslane this afternoon.

#SSN #Submarine #RoyalNavy #Clyde

Via @she_lilly
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#HMSSpey exercising with 🇦🇺HMAS Childers this week - conducted navigational training, gunnery exercise, comms serials, and exchanged personnel.

#RoyalAustralianNavy #HMASChilders #OPV #RoyalNavy #Australia
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43 Commando Fleet Protection Group 
#RoyalMarines conduct joint training with USMC during exercise #TartanEagle in 🇺🇸Chesapeake, Virginia.

#USMC #CloseQuartersBattle #liveammunition I#shoothouse #Training #43Commando #FleetProtectionGroup
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#HMSPortland has arrived in 🇨🇦Halifax, for Fleet Week. 

#HFXFleetWeek #Halifax #Canada #RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate 

Via @RoyalCanNavy
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XV Patrick Blackett is not attending #DSEI 

Instead is going on first overseas deployment to 🇵🇹Portugal for NATO Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems - REPMUS 2023 exercise (11 - 15 September)

#ExperimentalVessel #RoyalNavy #NavyX #REPUS 

Via: Col Tom Ryall
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#RFAFortVictoria arrived on Merseyside yesterday. 

Now in the wet basin at #CammellLaird

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Merseyside #Liverpool

Via @pbrstreetgang30
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🇷🇺Russian frigate RFS Admiral Gorshkov (with supporting tanker Vyazma) heading west through Strait of #Gibraltar this morning.

#RussianNavy #AdmiralGroshkov #StraitofGibraltar

Via dparody
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#HMSPenzance outbound from Faslane this foggy morning.

#MCMV #Minehunter #Faslane #Fog #Mist #RoyalNavy #Clyde

Via  @michaelcuthbertphotography
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Fight deck structural work nearly complete - #HMSVenturer under construction in #Rosyth

#Type31Frigate #InspirationClass #Babcock #Shipbuilding #VenturerBuilding #GantryCrane #RoyalNavy
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#HMSTriumph outbound from Devonport this morning.

#SSN #RoyalNavy #Submarine  #PlymouthSound

Via @westward01
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New article on our website: #LinkInBio

Multi Role Support Ships – the future of Royal Navy amphibious capability

(Pictured: 🇳🇱Damen ‘Enforcer’ LPD concept)

#FutureNavy #RoyalNavy #koninklijkemarine  #MultiRoleSupportShip #MRSS #AmphibiousWarfare #LittoralStrike #ShipDesign #ShipBuilding
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#HMSIronDuke sails from Portsmouth this morning.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth

Via @jcmaritime_photos
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#HMSKent planned maintenance in full swing.

#RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate #Portsmouth #FTSP 

Via: S. Wenham
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🇺🇦Ukrainian Navy destroys 🇷🇺Russian patrol boat KS-701 in Kerson region.

(Presumed drone strike)

#ukrianeWar #Kerson #PatrolBoat #DroneStrike

Via: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
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🇫🇷French Rubis-Class submarine outbound from Faslane this afternoon - with a very relaxed casing party.

#MarineNationale #SSN #Submarine #Clyde #Faslane #CasingParty 

Via @michaelcuthbertphotography
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#RFATidesurge inbound to Birkenhead this morning for planned maintenance at #CammellLaird

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Tanker #Mersey #Birkenhead
 

Via: GogleddIwerddon
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#HMSQueenElizabeth aircraft lift chains being replaced.

#RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #AircraftLift 

Via; S. Wenham
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Today is #MerchantNavyDay. 

Red Ensign flown from #HMSVictory in support of merchant seafarers who do so much to keep the economy of our maritime nation flowing.

#MerchantNavy #RedEnsign 
#Portsmouth #MuseumShip #Flagship

Via: First Sea Lord
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#HMSBangor and #HMSChiddingfold participated in a joint exercise (28-31 Aug) with 🇶🇦Qatari Naval Forces.

#Qatar #PersianGulf #Minehunters #Minewarfare #MCMV

Via @ukinqatar
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#HMSDauntless arrived in Nassau 🇧🇸Bahamas on Friday.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Nassau #Bahamas

Via: UK Defence in the Caribbean
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The turtle package...

Divers from #HMSBangor on patrol in the Persian Gulf rescue a turtle caught in nets. 

Apparently, this debris has an official acronym, Abandoned, Lost or Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG)

#Turtle #MarineLife #MarineConservation #Sailor #diver #RoyalNavy #PersianGulf #ArabianGulf #RoyalNavy 🐢
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Good news - a Royal Navy Attack submarine puts to sea today. 

Astute class submarine heading down the Clyde.

#AstuteClass #SSN #Submarine #Clyde #RoyalNavy 

Via @she_lilly
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#RFALymeBay arrives in 🇫🇷Brest this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Brittany #France 

Via @premar_ceclant
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XV Patrick Blackett, #HMSRanger and #HMSExploit -  #RoyalNavy presence off Bournemouth this weekend for the Air Festival.

#BournemouthAirFestival 

Via @bensmith6143_king_
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#RFATidesurge outbound from  #LochStriven crossing Rothesay Bay and heading down the Clyde today.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Tanker #Clyde

Via: David Swan
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Finally, flying trials with 🇺🇸USMC MV-22 Ospreys will be used to test its operating limits from the ship. This will enable greater capacity for joint operations in the future culminating in #HMSPrinceofWales global deployment in 2025.

#Westlant23 #CSG25 #V22 #Osprey #FlyingTrials #USMC #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy
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Once F-35 flying is completed, #HMSPrinceofWales will conduct trials landing a #GeneralAtomics Mojave RPAS which can carry a 1,500lb ISR payload or weapons.

#RPAS #UAV #UAS #Drone #Mojave
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Once #HMSPrinceofWales arrives off 🇺🇸USA, the ship will embark F-35B jets for Developmental Test Phase (DT-03) conducting advanced flying trials including Shipbourne Rolling Vertical Landing (SRVL) and proving the jet can be operated in heaviest sea states.

#F35 #TestFlying #SRVL #Jet #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy #Westlant23
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Once in the English Channel #HMSPrinceofWales will conduct trials with W Autonomous Systems STOL UAV to assess the feasibility of drones delivering supplies to warships at sea – initially flying in up to 100kg of stores.

#UAV #UAS #Drone #LogisticsDrone #WAutonmousSystems #FlyingTrials
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Procedure Alpha #HMSPrinceofwales sails from Portsmouth this afternoon.

#Westlant23 #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth #Farewell

Photo @scottyc298
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🇳🇴Norwegian frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen inbound to Devonport this morning.

#NorwegianNavy #Forsvaret #PlymouthSound #DrakesIsland #HNoMSFridtjofNansen

Via @westward01
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Almost exactly a year since breaking down at the start of the Westlant 22 deployment, 
#HMSPrinceofWales will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow to resume the programme #Westlant23 🇺🇸

Passing Round tower approx 1330.

Photo: Ian Pears

#RoyalNavy #AIrcraftCarrier #Portsmouth
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New book published 7th Sept:
The History of the British Midget Submarine by Keith Hall.

Royal Navy WWII X craft submarine crews won 167 honours including four Victoria Crosses.

Pre-order here:
https://amzn.to/45OEMKM

#Book #WWII #RoyalNavy #Submarine #MidgetSubmarine #XCraft
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#hmsprinceofwales store ship ahead of departure for 🇺🇸 soon.

#aircraftcarrier #RoyalNavy #Stores #Victualling #Hangar #pallete #Portsmouth
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#RFAFortVictoria discharging stores and munitions at Crombie Jetty today ahead of return to Birkenhead.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #CrombieJetty #FirthofForth #Scotland #Munitions 

Via @WGreen530
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.@HarlandWolffplc announces proposals to build & operate 2 ferries on Penzance to Isles of Scilly ferry route and inter-island vessel commencing spring 2025.

Govt has allocated £48M 'levelling up' funding for these vessels. To replace MV Scillonian III built at Appledore in 1977.

#Shipbuilding #UKIndustry #IslesOfScilly #Ferry#HarlandandWolff #AppledoreShipyard
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In recent weeks #HMSTyne #HMSPortland
and RAF P8 Poseidon aircraft have monitored the movements of 🇷🇺Russian warships in the English Channel, North Sea & North Atlantic.

Including corvettes RFS Boikiy & Grad, cruiser RFS Marshal Ustinov and destroyer RFS Severomorsk.

#RussianNavy #RoyalNavy #RAF
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Ben Wallace has now formally resigned and 
Grant Shapps is appointed in his place as Minister for Managed Decline.

(Apologies) Secretary of State for Defence.

#Government #GrantShapps #MinistryofDefence #Politics #Merrygoround #MinisterialAppointmnents #SecretaryofState
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#HMSLancaster in 🇵🇰Karachi ahead of joint exercise with the Pakistan Navy.

Via @ukinpakistan
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#RFAFortVictoria sailed from Leith today believed to be on her way to Birkenhead, pending further work at #CammellLaird

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Leith #SolidStoresShip
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