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

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Tyne #PortofTyne

Via @NormTyne

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

First of eight 2,700-tonne SSKs.

#Submarine #SSK #Taiwan #Shipbuilding

#Westlant23 patch

#HMSPrinceofWales #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier

#RFAMountsBay inbound to Faslane this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Faslane #Clyde

Via @michaelcuthbertphotography

Latest article on our website: #LinkInBIo

Refining the Fleet Solid Support ship design

#FleetSolidSupportShip #Shipbuilding #FSS #HarlandandWolff #BMT #Navantia #TeamResolute ...

🇮🇪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 ...

Inbound Astute class submarine at the mouth of Loch Long today.

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

Via @she_lilly

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

#koninklijkemarine #Norway #DronePhotography
#HNLMSDeZevenProvinciën...

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

#UKCSG23 #NorwegianNavy #MerlinHelicopter #MerlinHelicopter #MerlinMk2 ...

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

#Type45Destroyer #MOBEX #SeaBoat #RoyalNavy #Sailors #SNMG2 #NATO #MediterraneanSea

🇺🇸 US Air Force CV-22B Ospreys continue trining on #HMSQueenElizabeth

#V22 #Osprey #TiltRotor #USAF #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #UKCSG23

#RFAArgus arrives in Portland today.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Portland

Via: Capt Ali Clack

🇺🇸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...

Night sortie from #HMSQueenElizabeth

#UKCSG23 #F35 #AircraftCarrier #ShipsAtNight #NightFlying #FlightDeck #SkiRamp

#HMSPrinceofWales sails from 🇺🇸Naval Station Mayport today.

#Florida #Mayport #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #Westlant23

Via @nsmayport

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

#Interlock2023 #OPV #RoyalNavy #Africa

#HMSMersey inbound to Portsmouth this morning.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth #Solent

Via @george_emmett_ship_photograghy

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

#FOST #Forsvaret #NorwegianNavy #PlymouthSound #RoyalFleetAuxiliary

Via @Westward01

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

Now ready to resume role as flagship of #SNMG2

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy ...

#HMSIronDuke heading down the #Garonne this morning after visit to 🇫🇷#Bordeaux and hosting King and Queen.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #France #PontJacquesChabanDelmas #Bridge #River

#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 ...

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

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #PlymouthSound #DrakesIsland

Via @Westward01

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

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound #Tanker

#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 ...

#HMSScott alongside at County Wharf, #Falmouth today.

Bunkering ahead of departure following summer maintenance period A&P Falmouth.

#RoyalNavy #OceanSurveyVessel #Cornwall
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#RFAProteus arrives in Portland today.

Now alongside with #RFAStirlingCastle

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #MROS #MultiRoleOceanSurveillance #Portland

Via: Capt Ali Clack

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

#Type45Destroyer ...

#RFATideforce replenishes #HMSQueenElizabeth with fuel today.

#ReplenishmentAtSea #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarier

#UKCSG23

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

#V22 #Osprey #TiltRotor #USAF #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #UKCSG23

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 ...

#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

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

#RoyalNavy #Portugal #TallShip

Finally made it to 🇺🇸America!

#HMSPrinceofWales arrives at Naval Station Mayport, Florida today.

#Westlant23 #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #Florida #USNavy

#RFAMountsBay inbound to Devonport this afternoon following recent deployment in the Baltic Sea.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound

Via @Westward01

#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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

#MarineNationale #PlymouthBreakwater
#OPV #FisheryProtection

Via: RFA Nostalgia

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

#CSG23 #Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier

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...

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.

...

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

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

Via: RFA ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#HMSDiamond escorting #HMSQueenElizabeth during operations in the North Sea this week.

#CSG23

#Type45Destroyer #Sunset #RoyalNavy #LifeAtSea #CarrierStrikeGroup

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

More photos on our website.

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#HMSPursuer and #HMSPuncher - RN Coastal Forces Squadron represented at #DSEI2023

#L3Harris MAST USV in foreground

#P2000 #RoyalNavy #PatrolBoat
#RoyalDocks #London

#F35 operating from #HMSQueenElizabeth

#CSG23 #NorthSea #FastJet #NavalAviation
#RoyalNavy #RAF #617Squadron

#RFALymeBay at buoy inside Plymouth Breakwater last night.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound #Shipsatnight

Via: RFA Nostalgia

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 ...

#HMSForth alongside at the North Mole #Gibraltar

#RoyalNavy #OPV #Bunkering #GibraltarPort

Via: Alfred Pizarro

#HMSDauntless departing Road Town 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands yesterday afternoon.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Caribbean

Via dparody

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 ...

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.

...

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

#dsei2023 #Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy

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 ...

#RFALymeBay docked down with🇳🇴HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen inside Plymouth Breakwater this morning with #RFATidespring in the distance.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound #Forsvaret #Norway ...

#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 ...

Merlin Mk2 helicopters of #820NAS embark on board #HMSQueenElizabeth

#CROWSNEST #MerlinHelicopter #RoyalNavy #FleetAirArm #AircraftCarriers #CSG23

#hmsironduke alongside in the Royal Docks for #dsei2023

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #london #excel #royalvictoriadock

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 ...

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 ...

#HMSDiamond conducting Replenishment At Sea (RAS) approaches with #RFATideforce

#CSG23 #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy #Tanker #CarrierStikeGroup

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

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Caribbean #BVI ...

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 ...

#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 ...

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


#CSG23 #F35 #FastJet #RAF #TakeOff

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 ...

#HMSKent nearing end of FTSP - shrouded in scaffolding with freshly painted hull.

Due to join #HMSQueenElizabeth on #CSG23 deployment soon.

#Type23Frigate #FLeetTimeSupportPeriod ...

MV Anvil Point inbound to Devonport in hazy Plymouth Sound this afternoon.

#RoRo #StrategicSealift #ForelandShippingLtd #PlymouthSound

Via @westward01

#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 ...

Not the view you want if you're smuggling drugs by sea

#RoyalNavy #AntiNarcotics #BoardingParty #ShipsBoats #WildcatHelicopter

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 ...

#HMSDauntless now arrived alongside in the 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Caribbean #USVirginIslands

Dusk departure this evening for
#HMSQueenElizabeth

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

More details in ...

#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).
...

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

#Type45Destroyer #Mediterranean #StraitofMessina #Italy #RoyalNavy

#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 ...

#RFAArgus inbound to conduct boat transfer off Plymouth this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PCRS #LittoralStrikeShip #Plymouth

Via @joshcopsey

New article on our website: #LinkInBio

The struggle to get HMS Somerset back to sea

#Type23Frigate #HMSSomerset #LifeExtension #RoyalNavy #Refit #Repair #ShipRepair #ShipMaintenance ...

#HMSQueenElizabeth store ship - loading victuals ahead of upcoming #CSG23 deployment.

#RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #Food #Victuals #StoreShip #ForkLift #AircraftLift #Portsmouth

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 ...

#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 ...

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

#RoyalAustralianNavy #HMASChilders #OPV ...

#HMSPortland has arrived in 🇨🇦Halifax, for Fleet Week.

#HFXFleetWeek #Halifax #Canada #RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate

Via @RoyalCanNavy

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 ...

#RFAFortVictoria arrived on Merseyside yesterday.

Now in the wet basin at #CammellLaird

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Merseyside #Liverpool

Via @pbrstreetgang30

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

#RussianNavy #AdmiralGroshkov #StraitofGibraltar

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#HMSPenzance outbound from Faslane this foggy morning.

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

Via @michaelcuthbertphotography

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

#Type31Frigate #InspirationClass #Babcock #Shipbuilding #VenturerBuilding #GantryCrane #RoyalNavy

#HMSTriumph outbound from Devonport this morning.

#SSN #RoyalNavy #Submarine #PlymouthSound

Via @westward01

New article on our website: #LinkInBio

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

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

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#HMSIronDuke sails from Portsmouth this morning.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth

Via @jcmaritime_photos

#HMSKent planned maintenance in full swing.

#RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate #Portsmouth #FTSP

Via: S. Wenham

🇫🇷French Rubis-Class submarine outbound from Faslane this afternoon - with a very relaxed casing party.

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

Via ...

#HMSQueenElizabeth aircraft lift chains being replaced.

#RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #AircraftLift

Via; S. Wenham

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 ...

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

#Qatar #PersianGulf #Minehunters #Minewarfare #MCMV

Via @ukinqatar

#HMSDauntless arrived in Nassau 🇧🇸Bahamas on Friday.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Nassau #Bahamas

Via: UK Defence in the Caribbean

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 ...

#RFALymeBay arrives in 🇫🇷Brest this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Brittany #France

Via @premar_ceclant

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

#BournemouthAirFestival

Via @bensmith6143_king_

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

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Tanker #Clyde

Via: David Swan

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Procedure Alpha #HMSPrinceofwales sails from Portsmouth this afternoon.

#Westlant23 #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth #Farewell

Photo @scottyc298

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

#NorwegianNavy #Forsvaret #PlymouthSound #DrakesIsland #HNoMSFridtjofNansen

Via @westward01

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 🇺🇸

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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.

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#RFAFortVictoria discharging stores and munitions at Crombie Jetty today ahead of return to Birkenhead.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #CrombieJetty #FirthofForth #Scotland #Munitions

Via ...

.@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 ...

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.

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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 ...

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

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Leith #SolidStoresShip