#HMSSomerset arriving in 🇳🇱Den Helder today in tricky berthing conditions with wind gusting up to Force 10. 

#DenHelder #RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate 

Via: OZD_CDE
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#RFALymeBay sailed from #Gibraltar this afternoon and anchored in the Bay to receive her landing craft after completing maintenance period supported by @gibdock 

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary 

Via: M. Sanchez
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New analysis article on or website: #linkinbio

Royal Navy submarine diplomacy: sending a warning to Russia 

(Mock-up image)

#SSN #Submarine #Russia #Yantar #criticalunderseainfrastructure #RoyalNavy
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Astute-class Submarine on Loch Long this morning.

#SSN #Submarine #RoyalNavy #LochLong #Clyde
 
Via argyllseaglass
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BREAKING news article on our website

Royal Navy submarine authorised to surface close to Russian spy ship operating close to the UK

#SSN #Submarine #RoyalNavy #Russia #Yantar #SpyShip #IrishSea #UKWaters
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#HMSStAlbans outbound on the Clyde following sound-ranging on Loch Goil yesterday.

#Type23Frigate #Clyde

Via @she_lilly
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#RFAProteus sails from Portsmouth this morning after nearly 6 weeks alongside.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Portsmouth 

Via: @portsmouthshipping
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#HMSDuncan moved onto the UHAF in Portsmouth yesterday to de-ammunition ahead of maintenance period.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth 

Via @portsmouthshipping
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The @Schiebel S-300 Camcopter has been selected for the 🇪🇺 European Seabed and Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability (SEACURE) project.

(Peregrine ISR variant S-100 camcopter is in service with RN)
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Latest analysis article on our website #LinkInBio

The Royal Navy – convening force to protect UK maritime infrastructure 

#criticalunderseainfrastructure #Windfarm #offshoreenergy #ukwaters #territorialwaters #NorthSea #underseacables #greyzonewarfare #RoyalNavy #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #rfaproteus
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#HMSStAlbans heading to the static underwater test range at Loch Goil in foggy conditions this morning.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Clyde #LochGoil #noiserange 

Via @michaelcuthbertphotography
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#HMSLedburyarrived in Devonport yesterday afternoon.

#MCMV #Minehunter #DevonportNavalBase #RiverTamar 
#HMSIronDuke

Via K. Clarke
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Astute class submarine outbound on the Clyde this afternoon - first RN SSN to put to sea this year.

#SSN #Submarine #RoyalNavy #Clyde #AstuteClass 

Via @she_lilly
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#RFAProteus still alongside in Portsmouth after arriving on 16th December.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Portsmouth

Via @portsmouthshipping
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#RoyalAirForce P-8A Poseidon involved in monitoring 🇷🇺RFS Aleksandr Shabalin passing through the English Channel (December 2024)

#RussianNavy #RAF #p8aposeidon
1135 4
#HMSStAlbans outbound from Devonport this afternoon.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #PlymouthSound 

Via @westward01
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Last year BAE Systems Maritime conducted sea trials off Portsmouth of Autonomous Vessel launch and recovery cradle (ALR-C) developed in cooperation with Sealartec

#BAESystems #launchandrecoverysystems #maritimeautonomy #USV #uncrewedsurfacevehicle
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#HMSSomerset winching exercise with 814NAS Merlin helicopter - demonstrate precision by landing aircrewman on the 4.5"gun 

#Winchex #MerlinHelicopter #FleetAirArm #RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate
1444 0
847 NAS Wildcat helicopters loaded onto C-17 Globemaster at RAF Brize Norton for delivery to Norway ahead of forthcoming winter exercises.

#c17globemaster #wildcathelicopter #FleetAirArm #RAF
2548 6
#HMSDaring came out of dry dock in Portsmouth and into 3 basin this week as her slow regeneration progresses.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth 

Via @portsmouthshipping
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#HMS Medway arrived today at 🇺🇸USCG Base, Miami Beach, Florida to resupply and refuel.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Florida
1127 1
#HMSDragon inbound to Plymouth Sound this evening.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Plymouth

Via: RFA Nostalgia
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Latest news article on our website:

HMS Iron Duke arrives in her new base port of Devonport

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #PlymouthSound #Sunset #HMSIronDuke

Photo @westward01
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#HMSLedbury back into #Portsmouth this evening.

#MCMV #Minehunter #Sunset #RoyalNavy 

Via: Jonathan Davies
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#HMSCattistock operating in the Scottish Exercise Areas with the RN Mine Threat Exploitation Group workboat RNMB Hebe

#RoyalNavy #Minewarfare #RoyalNavyMotorBoat #Workboat
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#HMSSomerset conducted practice Replenishment At Sea with #RFATidesurge in the South Coast Exercise Areas today.

#ReplenishmentAtSea #Tanker #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy
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#HMSTyne outbound from Portsmouth this afternoon.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth

Via: Jonathan Davies
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#HMSPortland outbound from Devonport this morning.

Naval Strike Missile canisters not yet re-embarked.

(HMS Somerset left Devonport yesterday afternoon)

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #PlymouthSound 

Via @westward01
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Latest analysis article: #LinkInBio

Shadow fleet showdown: NATO responds to grey zone threats in the Baltic 

#BalticSea #Russia #NATO #criticalunderseainfrastructure #Sabotage #Finland #MerchantShip #Tanker 

Photo: #finnishcoastguard
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🇺🇸US Navy Virginia class SSN conducting boat transfer off Gibraltar today - HMS Cutlass in attendance.

#Submarine #SSN #USNavy #Gibraltar #RoyalNavy 

Via @dferro10
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824 Naval Air Squadron Merlin Mk2 flypast with #HMSCattistock in Scottish waters.

#MerlinHelicopter #FeetAirArm #RoyalNavy
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James Fisher PLC tanker MV Leander Fisher in Gibraltar. Renamed @gibdock Ltd this week. Chartered to the MOD as new freighting tanker used to supply naval oil & fuel depots (replacing MV Raleigh Fisher).

#Tanker #Gibraltar #navallogistics 

Via: @dferro10
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#HMSCattistock anchored off the Isle of Bute yesterday.

#RoyalNavy #MCMV #Minehunter #isleofbute
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Defence Minister @lukepollard visited 
RFA Proteus and met Fleet Commander, VAdm Andrew Burns in Portsmouth yesterday to mark RFA pay award agreed with the RMT and Nautilus unions.

He also presented Command Pins to Capt Martin Jones, RFA & Cdre RFA, Sam Shattock.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Portsmouth
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Vanguard-class submarine enters the shiplift at Faslane today.

#SSBN #Submarine #Faslane #Shiplift #HMNBClyde #RoyalNavy 

Via @michaelcuthbertphotography
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#HMSTrent back into Dry Dock in 🇲🇹Malta at Palumbo Shipyard.

#OPV #DryDock #Malta

Via: HMS Ceres
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#HMSCattistock at sea in the South Coast Exercise Areas off Devon this week. 

#Minehunter #RoyalNavy #MCMV 

Photo via: 824NAS
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BREAKING: (Latest news article on our website)

Royal Fleet Auxiliary sailors vote to end pay dispute after significantly improved salary offer

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PayDispute #GoodNews #NavalLogisitics
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#HMSIronDuke back out from Portsmouth this afternoon following Christmas and New Year leave period.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy 

Via: PortsmouthProud
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#HMSLancaster conducted boarding operations under the command of CTF-150 to deter and disrupt illicit activities on December 31st.

#CTF150 #Kipion #Type23Frigate
#RoyalNavy #MiddleEast
1802 1
Latest news article on our website:

Proteus uncrewed helicopter unveiled ahead of flight testing later this year

#RWUAS #uncrewedsystems #uncrewedaerialvehicle #Helicopter #RoyalNavy #FutureNavy
@lifeatleonardouk
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#HMSSomerset returned to Devonport yesterday following Christmas FRE activation to monitor Russian naval vessels.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Devonport 

Via: K. Clarke
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#HMSCattistock sailed yesterday - the first warship movement of the year in Portsmouth.

#RoyalNavy #MCMV #Minehunter
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🇸🇪Swedish submarine rescue/seabed operations vessel HSwMS Belos arrived in the Gulf of Finland on Sunday to participate in a joint investigation with 🇫🇮Finland into damage to communication cables between Estonia and Finland - likely caused by tanker MV Eagle S dragging its anchor on Christmas Day.

#BalticSea #Sweden #Finland #criticalunderseainfrastructure #Sabotage #Russia

Via @navyfi
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#hmslancaster coming alongside in 🇧🇭Bahrain for New Year.

#Kipion #Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Bahrain
1316 1
#HMSChiddingfold and #HMSMiddleton sailed from Bahrain shortly after Christmas for visit to 🇦🇪Dubai, UAE. 

#Kipion #MCMV #RoyalNavy #Bahrain #persiangulf #ArabianGulf #minehunters
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Latest technical briefing article on our website: #LinkInBio

Programme EUSTON - floating dry docks for Royal Navy submarines

#RoyalNavy #navalinfrastructure #FloatingDryDock #hmnbclyde #Faslane #nuclearsubmarine
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#HMSTamar sailed from 🇸🇬Singapore on Saturday.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Singapore 

Via @thebaseleg
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#HMSMagpie is currently undergoing her annual work package at UK Docks Mashfords boatyard on the River Tamar in Cornwall.

#RoyalNavy #inshoresurveyvessel #mashfordsboatyard #Cornwall
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After several weeks alongside, HMS Medway sailed from Willemstad, 🇨🇼Curaçao today to resume Caribbean patrols.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #caribbean #curacao 

H/T @warship_cam
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With the loss of Syrian base, 🇷🇺Russia has ended conventional submarine operations in the Mediterranean for now. 

Kilo-class conventional submarine, RFS Novorossiysk passed westward through the Strait of Gibraltar (monitored by HMS Cutlass) on 2nd January - likely returning to the Baltic. 

#Russia #SSK #Submarine #mediterranean 

Photo: 🇵🇹Portuguese Airforce
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#HMSSpey sailed from 🇸🇬Singapore today.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Singapore 

Via: @thesummonuncle
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#RFATidesurge sails from Gibraltar this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Gibraltar 

Via @dferro10
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While Europeans have only conducted defensive missions to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea, the 🇺🇸US Navy has resumed the offensive, striking Houthi targets in Yemen again.

Flying from USS Harry S Truman on 30-31st Dec, Super Hornets struck a Houthi command facility and weapon production/ storage facilities.

(RAF Typhoons made 6 long sorties from Cyprus, dropping a handful of bombs on Houthi targets Jan-May 2024)

#USNavy #RedSea #f18superhornet #houthirebels #aircraftcarrier
1841 24
Latest news article on our website:

Royal Navy warship HMS Somerset deployed at Christmas to shadow 🇷🇺Russian naval group

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Russia
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🇺🇦Ukrainian navy makes history...

🇷🇺Russian Mi-8 helicopter shot down over the Black Sea using R-73 SeaDragon missiles fired from Magura V5 uncrewed surface vehicle.

#ShootDown #BlackSea #USV #uncrewedsurfacevehicle #Drone #surfacetoairmissile #Ukraine #Russia #navalhistory
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Latest in-depth article on our website: #LinkInBio

A year in review – The Royal Navy in 2024

#futurenavy #2024reviews #RoyalNavy
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#HMSTrent now out of dry dock and undergoing maintenance period alongside in 🇲🇹Malta. No 'dazzle' paint scheme applied.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Malta 

Via @adampileuk
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🇫🇮Finnish authorities investigating damage to subsea power and data cables in the Baltic Sea have found drag marks on the seabed left by the anchor of the seized tanker MV Eagle S.

The track is 'dozens of km in length'.

#BalticSea #criticalunderseainfrastructure #Russia #greyzone #Sabotage #darkfleet
1168 7
Rev Fergus Cook has become the oldest person to pass out and receive a commission in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Chaplains serving in the RN have an important role, being a friend and adviser to all, regardless of rank.

#Chaplain #TheBish #RoyalNavy
2405 26
#HMSSomerset made unplanned departure from Devonport this morning. 

Via @westward01 

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #PlymouthSound
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🇫🇮Finland and 🇪🇪Estonia have requested NATO support following damage to Estlink 2 power cable running under the Baltic Sea on Christmas Day.

Ship suspected of involvement that left Russia on 24th Dec - MV Eagle S, detained in Finnish waters by Finnish Border Guard OPV Turva. Anchor was missing and AIS track confirms it was over the cabe when severed.

Malign activity in the Baltic Sea in last 3 months - all denied by 🇷🇺.

All 3 ships suspected of involvement sailed from Russian ports.

October 8th
Balticconnector Gas Pipeline and Telecoms cable (Finland-Estonia): Damaged
(🇨🇳MV Polar Bear )

November 18–28th
C-Lion1 Cable (Finland-Germany): Severed. Repaired but further cut reported on Dec 25th.
(🇨🇳MV Yi Peng 3 )

December 25
Estlink 2 Power Cable (Finland-Estonia) and 4 telecoms lines between Finland and Estonia damaged
(🇨🇰MV Eagle S) 

Photo: @rajavartiolaitos 

#BalticSea #Russia #criticalunderseainfrastructure #finlandborderguard
1831 14
#HMSDagger #RoyalNavy #Gibraltar Squadron on duty for Christmas 

#RoyalNavy #gibraltar🇬🇮
1683 5
#HMSProtector is alongside at the Rothera BAS research station in Antarctica for Christmas.

#rotheraresearchstation #RoyalNavy #IcePatrolShip
1200 0
#RFAMountsBay alongside in Belfast for Christmas.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Belfast
1167 2
Latest news article on our website:

Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon with potential naval applications successfully demonstrated in the UK

(Unofficial mock-up of RFDEW on a Type 45 destroyer)

#FutureNavy #rfdew #navaltechnology #weaponsystem #counterdrone #counteruas
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Latest technical briefing article on our website #linkinbio

Future littoral strike enablers being developed for the Royal Navy

#littoralstrike #MRSS #RoyalNavy #BAESystems #AmphibiousWarfare #FutureNavy
1706 8
MV Eddystone inbound to Devonport this morning.

#RoRo #PlymouthSound #StrategicSealift

Via @westward01
789 0
#HMSTamar transits the Johor Strait today, inbound to 🇸🇬Singapore for Christmas.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Singapore 

Via: @straitssights
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From Russia with love...

🇮🇳Indian warship INS Tushil - built by the Yantar shipyard in 🇷🇺Kaliningrad (engines supplied by Ukraine), arrived in London and berthed alongside HMS Belfast (1938) today - the first stop on her delivery voyage.

#IndianNavy #London
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MV Anvil Point alongside in #Gibraltar this morning.

#RoRo #strategicsealift 

Via @dferro10
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#HMSIronDuke returns to Portsmouth this afternoon following deployment to the Baltic.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy
 

Via: PortsmouthProud 🎵
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#RFAMountsBay at C Anchorage in the Solent today - ahead of disembarking equipment at Marchwood following Mediterranean deployment.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Solent 

Via @portsmouthshipping
942 0
#HMSStAlbans inbound to Devonport this afternoon.

#Type23Frigate #PlymouthSound #RoyalNavy

Via @westward01
1493 2
#HMSAnson arrives back in Faslane this morning. 

#ssn #submarine #faslane #clyde

via @she_lilly
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#hmsdauntless arrives home in Portsmouth this morning

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth
2016 5
#HMSIronDuke conducts #WINCHEX with her Wildcat helicopter while assigned to #SNMG1 

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #standingnatomaritimegroup1 #winchingexercise #searchandnrescue
1514 1
#BAESystems, the 🇦🇺Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) and ASC Pty Ltd have signed an agreement to support the future manufacture of SSN-AUKUS

#aukus #submarine
2314 1
Latest analysis article on our website #LinkInBio

The Royal Navy's fading presence in the Middle East 

#RoyalNavy #Bahrain #Minehunter #hmsmontrose #RFACardiganBay
1378 13
#HMSDragon taking on munitions at the UHAF today.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth 

Via @portsmouthshipping
1512 0
#RFAMountsBay arrives in Plymouth Sound this morning from #Gibraltar 

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Plymouth 

Via: @westward01
919 3
Unusual double casualty…

2 🇷🇺old Russian oil tankers - Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239, broke their backs, apparently caused by bad weather in the Kerch Strait. 

At least 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil leaked.  #russia #blacksea #oiltanker #marineaccident
1610 27
#HMSIronDuke conducts night repelnishment at sea with (future CSg25 participant) Norweigan auxiliary 🇳🇴 HMNoS Maud #SNMG1
1509 0
#HMSSomerset progressing through FOST training, multiple post-LIFEX refit defects finally rectified. 

#Type23Frigate  #RoyalNavy  #PlymouthSound #OperationalSeaTraining
1932 7
New set of anchors to dress the main gate made by Babcock engineers at HMS Caledonia (Rosyth) - home to the nacent ship's company of HMS Venturer while the ship is in build.

#HMSVenturer #Rosyth #HMSCaledonia #Type31Frigate
1236 10
SD Victoria arrived in Portsmouth yesterday.

Via @PortsmouthProud
530 1
#HMSProtector heading through Patagonian Canals and down the west coast of 🇨🇱Chile 

#RoyalNavy #Chile
946 0
#HMSStAlbans sailed from Faslane yesterday - likely to become Towed Array Patrol Ship over Christmas period.

#Type23Frigate  #RoyalNavy #Clyde 

Via:  @she_lilly
1364 4
#RFAProteus alongside in Portsmouth after arriving today. 

Via @mleishman.21
783 3
.#HMSDragon and #HMSDuncan alongside in Portsmouth today.

#Type45Destroyer  #RoyalNavy  #Portsmouth 

Via @mleishman.21
2221 8
The end of an era - last of the T-boats, HMS Triumph came home for the final time today.

Her pressure hull and reactor fuel is life-expired and she will never put to sea again. After storage for a couple of decades she will be recycled in Devonport.

#SSN #Submarine #Farewell #PlymouthSound #Tboat #TrafalgarCalss #RoyalNavy #HMSTriumph 

Photo: @westward01
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#RFAProteus arrives in Portsmouth this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary  #SeaBedWarfare #Mothership 

Via: PortsmouthProud
1074 2
🇨🇦HMCS Protecteur - new Joint Support Ship (based on 🇩🇪German navy's Berlin class) rolled onto heavy lift vessel ahead of float off at Seaspan shipyard in Vancouver.

Can carry 6,875 tonnes of marine diesel and 1,037 tonnes of aviation fuel for issue as well as solid stores for replenishment by heavy jackstay. 

#RCN #RoyalCanadianNavy #Tanker #NavalAuxiliary #Shipbuilding
2175 9
HMS Astute returns to Faslane this morning.

#SSN #Submarine #Clyde #RoyalNavy 
 
Via @She_Lilly
1230 3
#HMSIronDuke operating with 
#SNMG1 in the Baltic.

#NATO #standingnatomaritimegroup1 #BalticSea #RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate
1295 0
#HMSDragon arrived back in Portsmouth today following brief post-refit sea trials.

#Type45Destroyer  #RoyalNavy 

Via @portsmouthshipping
1149 2
#HMSLedbury sailed from Portsmouth today for the first time in almost 3 years following major refit.

#MCMV #Minehunter #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth 

Via @PortsmouthShipping
1253 3
In late September, RNMB Apollo was deployed from SD Northern River in the Firth of Clyde.

Apollo carried towed synthetic aperture sonar for minehunting - the first trial of an autonomous MMCM boat from a commercial vessel. 

#Minewarfare #Serco #DSNorthenRiver #FirthofClyde #FutureNavy #MaritimeAutonomy
870 3
#HMSPrinceofWales is returning to Portsmouth this morning following transit from Liverpool with families on board.

#RoyalNavy. #AircraftCarrier
2814 11
Capt Will King hands over command of #HMSQueenElizbeth to Capt Claire Thompson, the first female RN aircraft carrier CO.

#RoyalNavy  #AircraftCarrier #ChangeofCommand
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#HMSDragon sails from Portsmouth today for the first time in two and a half years, following Upkeep period and engine upgrade.

#Type45Destroyer  #RoyalNavy 

Via: PortsmouthProud
1852 6
#RFAMountsBay at anchor in the Bay of #Gibraltar this morning before she departs for the UK. 

See from HMS Dagger 

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary
1048 3
Latest news article on our website:

Royal Navy’s last Trafalgar-class submarine sails for the final time

Farewell HMS Triumph

#SSN #Submarine #Farewell #decomissioning #DutyDone #RoyalNavy 

Photo: @wolfie505
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🇫🇷FS Flamant outbound from Portsmouth this morning.

#MarineNationale #OPV #Portsmouth

Via: PortsmouthProud
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