Leonardo PROTEUS Rotary Wing Uncrewed Aircraft technology demonstrator - full size mock up. ‘Gate guardian’ for the Combined Naval Event which began today in Farnborough.
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#RFATidesurge outbound from Loch Long to Loch Striven this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Tanker #Clyde 

Via @she_lilly
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#RFATidesurge at anchor on the Clyde yesterday ahead going to Glen Mallan this morning.

#royalfleetauxiliary #Tanker #Clyde 

Via @wolfie505
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🇺🇸USS Harry S. Truman, USS Jason Dunham & USS Gettysburg left the Red Sea on Saturday after an eventful deployment and are now in the Mediterranean.

#USNavy #ussharrystruman #carrierstrikegroup #mediterraneanse
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Details of Devonport Open Days are now available on the Babcock website.

Thursday 24 July (for families of those working on site) and on Friday 25 July for the general public.

Tickets are free but must be applied for in advance to enter the ballot.
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New technical briefing article on our website: #LinkInBio

Virtual Warrior: Royal Navy training to fight modern threats before setting sail

#synthetictraining #VirtualReality #RoyalNavy #BAESystems #NavalWarfare #FutureNavy #Simulator
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#HMSAstute arriving in #Gibraltar this morning.

#SSN #Submarine #CSG25 #RoyalNavy 

Via dparody
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#HMS_Spey has just conducted a freedom of navigation activity through the South China Sea in accordance with UNCLOS rules - underlining the UK’s commitment to upholding a free, open and stable South China Sea. 

#RoyalNavy #OPV #SouthChinaSea #UNCLOS #FreedomofNavigation 

Via @defenceops
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#HMSMersey undergoing inclination trial as maintenance period at A&P Falmouth almost complete.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Falmouth #SafetyTrial #aandpfalmouth #shipmaintenance #dronephotography
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Latest article on our website:

HMS Dragon destroys hard-manoeuvring supersonic missile in Sea Viper test-firing

#type45destroyer #royalnavy #MissileTest #SeaViper #FormidableShield2025
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The periscope from HMS Stickleback (midget submarine, built in 1954) was unveiled @scotmaritime by Commodore Paul Dunn OBE and after being restored by Thales

#Thales #scottishmaritimemuseum #Periscope #NavalHistory
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#HMSProtector outbound from Devonport this morning.

#RoyalNavy #IcePatrolShip #PlymouthSound 

Via @westward01
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12 jets on deck as #HMSPrinceofWales arrived in 🇬🇷Souda Bay earlier this week.

#CSG25 #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy #SoudaBay #Crete
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Latest news article on our website:

Royal Navy's first XLUUV formally named XV Excalibur

#XLUUV #Submarine #Submersible #ExperimentalVessel #XVExcalibur #FutureNavy #TechnologyDemonstrator #Plymouth #NamingCeremony
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🇸🇪HMSWS Belos alongside in Leith with NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) submarine rescue vehicle (SRV) on deck.

#SwedishNavy #SubmarineRescue #natosubmarinerescuesystem #Leith #dronephotography 

Via @dave_cullen_photography
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🇪🇸Spanish Defence Minister visits ESPS Mendez Nuñez alongside in Souda Bay, 🇬🇷Crete.

🇳🇴HNoMS Roald Amundsen berthed alongside.

#CSG25 #SpanishNavy #CarrierStrikeGroup #Crete #SoudaBay
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BREAKING: (Latest news article on our website)

Royal Marine, General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, appointed First Sea Lord

#RoyalMarine #RoyalNavy #FirstSeaLord #Leadership
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Latest news article on our website:

Serco secures Royal Navy marine services contracts

#Serco #Tugs #HarbourCraft #GlobalSupportShip #SDVictoria #Serco #publicprivatepartnership #RoyalNavy #Ports #Portsmouth #Devonport #Faslane
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🇺🇸 USNS William McLean heading up the Clyde this morning.

#strategicsealiftcommand #USNavy #usnswilliammclean #solidstoressupportship #AOR #Clyde 

Via @she_lilly
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#HMSTyne inbound to Faslane this morning.

#OPV #Clyde #RoyalNavy 

Via @she_lilly
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#RFATidespring conducting VERTREP exercises with embarked Merlin Mk2 helicopter in the South Atlantic.

#MerlinHelicopter #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Tanker #VERTREP #verticalreplenishment 
#CSG25 #FleetAirArm
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#HMSPrinceofWales alongside in Souda Bay, Crete.

#CSG25 #RestandRelaxation #RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier
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MV Hartland Point inbound to Devonport this morning after delivering Army equipment to Estonia and participating in Operation Baltic Express.

#RoRo #militarylogistics #StartegicSealift #MVHartlandPoint #awshipping #PlymouthSound

Via @westward01
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View from #HMSDauntless of post-exercise Med Strike PHOTEX

#CSG25 #CarrierStrikeGroup #mediterraneansea #RoyalNavy #photoexercise
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#HMSPrinceofWales arrives in Souda Bay, 🇬🇷Crete for first run ashore of the #CSG25 deployment.

#RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #Crete #SoudaBay #RunAshore
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#RFALymeBay inbound to Devonport this morning ahead of participation in French-led exercise Polaris 25 - the amphibious phase begins in late May in the West Atlantic.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound 

Via @westward01
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Latest analysis article on our website: #LinkInbio

The survivability of the aircraft carrier

Pictured: fire on USS Enterprise, 1969.

#aircraftcarriers
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#HMSDauntless ship's company assembled for team photo on completion of exercise Med Strike.

(CO & HOD’s front of the gun
Officers STBD side of the gun
WO’s & SR’s Port side of the gun
JR’s either side of the silo with the SSEP on the bridge wings)

#CSG25 #Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #TeamPhoto 

Via @hmsdauntless33
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#RFATidesurge participates in PHOTEX with warships in the Atlantic group for exercise #FormidableShield25

🇺🇸USS Bulkely, USS Thomas Hudner, 🇪🇸ESPS Cristóbal Colón, 🇮🇹ITS Giovanni delle Bande Nere, 🇳🇱HMNLS De Ruyter, 🇫🇷FS Normandie and 🇩🇰HMDS Iver Huitfeldt. 

(#HMSDragon has detached from the group)

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Tanker #PHOTEX #NATO
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Latest news article on our website:

AI-enabled underwater gliders could enhance Royal Navy ASW capability

#UUV #UnderwaterGlider #RoyalNavy #FutureNavy #ASW #antisubmarinewarfare
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#HMSSutherland arrived in London yesterday - the first time in over 10 years a Type 23 frigate has berthed alongside HMS Belfast (1938).

Was to have supported the Sea Power Conference (cancelled this year).

#Type23Frigate #TowerBridge #London #RoyalNavy
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Latest news and photo essay on our website:

Royal Navy and Italian Carrier Strike Groups conclude joint exercise in Mediterranean #CSG25

#RoyalNavy #marinamilitare #CarrierStrikeGroups #MediterraneanSea #PHOTEX
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Italian Navy F-35B lands back on 🇮🇹ITS Cavour after cross-decking with #HMSPrinceOfWales 

#MarinaMilitare #F35 #CrossDecking #VerticalLanding #CSG25
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HMS Astute heading east through the Strait of Gibraltar today #CSG25

#SSN #Submarine #RoyalNavy #straitofgibraltar 

Via @jr_amon_ceuta_shipspotting
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Last day of exercise Med Strike in the Ionian Sea today.

End of exercise PHOTEX underway - images to come. 

Via @hmsdauntless33 

#HMSPrinceofWales #Sunrise #mediterraneansea #CarrierStrikeGroup #CSG25 #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy
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A good all-round test of weapons...

@thebelgiannavy 🇧🇪BNS Louise-Marie launched Harpoon, Sea Sparrow missiles and fired Oto Melara 76mm gun & Goalkeeper CIWS during exercise #FormidableShield this week.

#missilefiring #weaponstest #belgiannavy #HarpoonMissile #76mmgun
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#RFALymeBay arrives inside Plymouth Breakwater this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthBreakwater 

Via @westward01
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#HMSLedbury inbound to Devonport yesterday.

#MCMV #Minehunter #RoyalNavy #PlymouthSound 

Via @westward01
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.@kongsbergmaritime and BAE Systems have signed a cooperation agreement on board #HMSStAlbans alongside in 🇳🇴Oslo.

Will further industrial collaboration to support the defence requirements of Norway, the United Kingdom and other allies.

Type 26 frigate model in photo featuring 16 x NSM. Norwegian order for Type 26 seems more likely every day...

#Norway #RoyalNavy #MerlinHelicopter #Type26Frigate
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HMS Astute passes 🇲🇦Moroccan frigate Mohammed VI off the coast of Morocco on 1st May.

 #CSG25 #SSN #Submarine #RoyalNavy #moroccannavy #straitofgibraltar
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Italian Navy F-35B cross-decked from 🇮🇹ITS Cavour to HMS Prince of Wales during exercise Med Strike 

#CSG25 #F35B #lightningii #marinamilitare #AircraftCarrier #CrossDecking 

#RoyalNavy #HMSPrinceofWales
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#RFATidespring seen from her embarked Merlin helicopter while on operations with #CSG25

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Tanker #MerlinHelicopter #CarrierStrikeGroup
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#RFATidesurge arriving in Lerwick, Shetland Islands this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Shetland #Tanker
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Latest news article on our website:

815 NAS Wildcat helicopter and HMS Tyne shadow Russian submarine in the English Channel

#SSK #Submarine #RussianSubmarine #rfskrasnodar #RoyalNavy #EnglishChannel
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Norwegian corvette 🇳🇴HNoMS Storm arrived in Lerwick, Shetland Islands today.

@forsvaret #Corvette #Norway #Shetland #Lerwick
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Latest news article on our website:

UK Carrier Strike Group shadowed by Russian intelligence gathering vessel in Mediterranean 

#CSG25 #CarrierStrikeGroup #AGI #IntelligenceGathering #HMSDauntless #Russia #MediterraneanSea
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HNoMS Maud replenishes @hmsdauntlessd33 during exercise Med Strike 

#CSG25 #Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #forsvaret #Tanker #NavalAuxiliary #ReplenishmentAtSea
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#HMSStAlbans arriving in 🇳🇴Oslo today. 

Norwegian Minister of Defence flown on board by Merlin helicopter ahead of arrival.

#Norway #Oslo #RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate
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#HMS_Richmond gunnery practice with 4.5" gun and 30mm ASCG during exercise Med Strike - currently underway in the Ionian Sea.

 #CSG25 #Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #GUNNEX #Gunnery #mediumcalibregun #30mmCannon #automatedsmallcalibregun
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#RFATideforce arrived in Gibraltar this afternoon after providing support to #CSG25 warships.

Now dressed overall for the third anniversary of the King and Queen's coronation.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Tanker #Gibraltar #DressedOverall 

Via: M. Sanchez
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BREAKING: 

Professional head of the Royal Navy, Admiral Ben Key has resigned, citing personal reasons

(New article on our website)

#RoyalNavy #FirstSeaLord
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Successful Harpoon missile launch by 🇧🇪 BNS Louise-Marie off Norway at start of At-Sea-Demonstration #FormidableShield25

#BelgianNavy #HarpoonMissile #MissileTest
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#HMSDuncan dressed overall for #VEDay80 in Portsmouth yesterday.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth #dressedoverall 

Via @portsmouthshipping
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#HMSStAlbans outbound from Faslane this afternoon.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Clyde 

Via @michaelcuthbertphotography
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New article on our website: #LinkInBio

Punching above its weight – up close with the 🇸🇬Singaporean Navy

#republicofsingaporenavy 
#RSSFormidable #westindiadocks #London #DefenceDiplomacy #sg60 @singaporenavy
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Welcome back to the UK. 

#HMSProtector returns to her home in Devonport this morning for the first time in almost two years.

#RoyalNavy #AntartcticPatrolShip #PlymouthSound #Homecoming 

Via @westward01
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Large-scale biennial missile defence exercise Exercise #FormidableShield 2025 to be held in two main locations - off the Hebrides, NW Scotland and in the Norwegian Sea. 

Besides arrivals on the Clyde, other participants are assembling in Bodø, Norway.

🇬🇧HMS Dragon
🇮🇹ITS Giovanni delle Bande Nere
🇫🇷FS Normandie
🇺🇸USS Bulkeley
🇺🇸USS Thomas Hudner
🇳🇱HNLMS De Ruyter
🇩🇰HDMS Absalon
🇩🇰HDMS Iver Huitfeldt
🇳🇴KNM Thor Heyerdahl
🇨🇦HMCS Montreal
🇪🇸ESPS Cristobal Colon
🇧🇪BNS Louise Marie

(BNS Louise Marie and HDMS Absalon pictured)

#ADEX #AirDefence #AtSeaDemonstration #stikefornato #Norway #bodø 

Via @lasse_pau05
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#RFATidespring detached from the carrier strike group off Southern Italy and heading west through Strait of Gibraltar this afternoon. #CSG25 

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Tanger #straitofgibraltar 

Via dparody
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🇮🇹 ITS Giovanni delle Bande Nere outbound from Faslane this afternoon to join exercise Formidable Shield that begins shortly.

#ItalianNavy #Clyde 

Via @she_lilly
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#hmsdauntless on approach to #RFATideforce for #ReplenishmentAtSea this week 

#CSG25 #RoyalNavy #Type45Destroyer
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🇪🇸ESPS Méndez Núñez conducting boat transfer today #CSG25 

#CarrierStrikeGroup #SpanishNavy #armadaespañola #MeditteraneanSea #BoatTransfer
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SubSea Craft (of #Portsmouth) Unveils MARS: a multi-purpose USV developed in just 100 days.

Designed for Persistent ISR or Counter UxS, MARS can be equipped with payloads such as active and passive sensors, Camera suites or Loitering Munitions.

#USV #UncrewedSurfaceVehicle #BritishIndustry #MaritimeAutonomousSystems #FutureNavy #NavalWarfare
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Latest news article on our website:

Royal Navy-led operation demonstrates protection of shipping in the Baltic

#JEF #BalticSea #MVHartlandPoint #RoRo #StrategicSealift #MilitaryLogistics #hdmsabsalon #forsvaretdk
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#RFATideforce and #HMSPrinceofWales seen from 🇳🇴HNoMS Roald Amundsen #CSG25

#CarrierStrikeGroup #AircraftCarrier #Tanker #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #RoyalNavy @forsvaret
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Trainee sailors armed with a pressure washer and brooms gave #RNASCuldrose ‘gate guardian’ - a former 771 NAS #SeaKing helicopter a spring clean yesterday. It is on permanent display as a reminder of the countless lives saved across the south west by #RoyalNavy search and rescue teams.

#GateGuradian #RoyalNavy #Helicopter #Cornwall
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#RFALymeBay has joined #RFAArgus alongside in Portland.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Portland 

Via @justynayton
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#HMSStAlbans inbound to Faslane this afternoon, following participation in exercise #DynamicMongoose 2025

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Clyde 

Via @she_lilly
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Another #CSG25 Merlin Mk2 arriving at RAF Gibraltar today - disembarked from #HMSPrinceofWales went to Lisbon, then Faro and then #Gibraltar

 
#820NAS #MerlinHelicopter #RoyalNavy #FleetAirArm

Via @gibraltar_airport_spotter
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HMS Astute seen from #HMSRichmond

#SSN #Submarine #RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate #CSG25
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#HMSDragon inbound to Faslane this morning ahead of exercise #FormidableShield 2025.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Clyde 

Via @she_lilly
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NATO ASW exercise #DynamicMongoose 2025 underway in the Greenland-Iceland-UK #GIUK gap. 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇩🇪🇮🇸🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸

#HMSStAlbans and RAF P-8A Poseidon participating.

#AntiSubmarineWarfare #NATO #Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #PHOTEX
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🇫🇷 FS Normandie @marinenationale arriving on the Clyde this morning ahead of exercise #FormidableShield 2025.

#MarineNationale #FrenchNavy #Clyde 

Via @she_lilly
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#RFATidespring carrying out Replenishment at Sea with Portuguese frigate 🇵🇹NRP Bartololeue Dias (attached to the carrier group for exercise Neptune Strike) while conducting concurrent flying operations. #CSG25

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #ReplenishmentAtSea #portugesenavy #MerlinHelicopter
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Antony Carlile ‘Carli’ @antonycarlile currently serving on 846 squadron, a WAFU in the Royal Navy is taking on the Action challenge Jurassic coast Ultra Marathon, that’s 100km across the trails of Dorset. 

He’s currently raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital, “the reason I’m raising money for GOSH, they provided care for my wife’s sister before she passed, with out their cutting edge treatments and places to stay for the family Rachel wouldn’t have had the time with her family she did, even back then in the 70’s and 80’s they were leading the charge for children’s medicine and they’re still doing it now! That’s why I hold them close to my heart and have decided to raise money in support of them!” 

Please feel free to donate following the link. 

https://www.justgiving.com/page/antony-carlile-1729605459982?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=015
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HMS Anson outbound from Faslane this afternoon.

#SSN #Submarine #Clyde #RoyalNavy 

Via @she_lilly
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#HMSMiddleton visits 🇰🇼Kuwait.
 
#RoyalNavy #Minehunter #MCMV #Kuwait #OpKipion
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MV Fure Vanguard arrives to deliver fuel to the Gosport oil depot yesterday.

@furetank have been contracted by the MoD to provide freighting services between naval fuel depots. The Furetank vessels have been built to very high emissions and environmental standards.

#Tanker #Portsmouth #FuelDepot 

Via: @portsmouthshipping
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#RFATidesurge outbound from Devonport this morning after loading fuel at Yonderberry Jetty.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary#Tanker #PlymouthSound 

Via @westward01
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Rare @ItalianNavy visitor... Possible participant in exercise #FormidableShield2025

Brand new OPV, ITS Giovanni Delle Bande Nere, heading up the Clyde this morning.

#marinemilitare #Clyde 

Via @she_lilly
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XV Patrick Blackett outbound from Portsmouth this afternoon.

#RoyalNavy #ExperimentalVessel #Portsmouth

Via @PortsmouthProud
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Offical 815 Naval Air Squadron Patch for #CSG25 deployment

#aircrewpatch #ophighmast #815NAS #FleetAirArm #RoyalNavy #WildcatHelicopter
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The 🇫🇷French navy @marinenationale has just tested a one-way attack USV.

#USV #Drone #NavalWarfare #FutureNavy
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#RFAProteus on the Mersey today - being moved from West Float into 
#CammellLaird for additional equipment upgrades. 

#MROS #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Mersey
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#RFALymeBay docked down in the Solent yesterday.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Solent 

Via @portsmouthshipping
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#RFATidesurge inbound to Yonderberry Oil & Fuel jetty this evening to replenish empty cargo tanks.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound #Tanker 

Via @westward01
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🇺🇸 F/A-18E Super Hornet of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 was lost overboard (along with towing tractor) from USS Harry S. Truman while being manoeuvred in the hangar bay during operations in the Red Sea.

#USNavy #NavalAccident #f18superhornet #NavalAviation #aircraftcarrier
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The UK Carrier Strike group has now joined NATO exercise #NeptuneStrike #CSG25 

#HMSPrinceofWales #UKCarrierStrikeGroup #RoyalNavy #NATO 

Music: #uppbeat
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#RFATidesurge at buoy in Plymouth Sound yesterday evening.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound #ShipsAtNight #Tanker 

Via: RFA Nostalgia
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🇺🇸USS Bulkeley outbound from Faslane this evening.

#USNavy #Clyde #arleighburkeclass 

Via @she_lilly
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Latest news article on our website:

Frigate shortage exposed as Royal Navy shadows more 🇷🇺Russian ships

#Type23Frigate #HMSStAlbans #RussianNavy #RoyalNavy #EnglishChannel
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HMS Dragon finally sailed from Portsmouth today after several abortive attempts to leave the wall since Thursday.

Expected to participate in large-scale air defence exercise Formidable Shield 2025, which begins on 5th May.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth 

Via: PortsmouthProud
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🇳🇴HNoMS Roald Amundsen @forsvaret arrived south of Plymouth breakwater on Thursday for boat transfer before joining the carrier strike group #CSG25 

#NorwegianNavy #Plymouth #ukcarrierstrikegroup #hnomsroaldamundsen 

Via @tomleachphotography
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#HMSCattistock passing under Tower Bridge in London this morning on her way to berth alongside HMS Belfast (1938).

#Minehunter #Thames #London #RoyalNavy #TowerBridge
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XV Patrick Blackett at anchor in the Solent this week.

#Solent #navyx #ExperimentalVessel #RoyalNavy #spinnakertower 

Via @callsign.kodak
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Latest news article on our website:

Royal Navy confirms Portsmouth as Type 31 frigate home port

#type31frigate #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth #mockup
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🇳🇴HNoMS Maud sailed from Devonport yesterday after loading fuel at Yonderberry Jetty.

#CSG25 participants now proceeding south toward the Mediterranean.

@forsvaret #NorwegianNavy #Tanker #PlymouthSound #CarrierStikeGroup

Via: @westward01
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HMS Anson heading into Faslane this morning.

#SSN #Submarine #Clyde #Gareloch #RoyalNavy 

Via @michaelcuthbertphotography
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#RFAProteus joined RFA Stirling Castle in West Float dock, Birkenhead yesterday.

Proteus is due into #CammellLaird shipyard shortly for a series of equipment upgrades following recent successful trials and CUI protection activities.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Brikenhead #westfloatdocks 

Photos: @streetgang42
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The Spanish frigate 🇪🇸 ESPS Méndez Núñez making final preparations in Ferrol before sailing tomorrow to join #CSG25 

#SpanishNavy #armadaespañola #Ferrol #CarrierStrikeGroup

Via @armadaesp
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Navantia is increasing investment in #harlandandwolff Belfast shipyard to deliver the Fleet Solid Support ships - above the original £78M allocated

Includes new lifting cranes, a fully mechanised panel line for flat panel units, robotic plasma cutting systems, and automated quality control processes. The iconic Samson and Goliath gantry cranes will be fully utilised.

Investments are also underway at Appledore, Arnish and Methil yards.

#ShipBuilding @navantia_oficial #Belfast #fleetsolidsupportship #britishindustry
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Fall in - fall out. 

#TimeLapse video of #HMSPrinceofWales sailors conducting procedure Alpha as the carrier sailed from Portsmouth on Tuesday. #CSG25 

#Sailors #FlightDeck #AircraftCarrier #NavalTraditions #RoyalNavy #portsmouth
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HMS Dragon loading munitions at the UHAF in Portsmouth this week ahead of participation in large-scale air defence At Sea Demonstration / Exercise FormidableShield 2025 (ASD/FS25), which runs 5th-23rd May off NW Scotland.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth #upperharbourammunitioningfacility 

Photo: @portsmouthshipping
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Prime Minister @keirstarmer set to visit #HMSPrinceofWales (currently off the South West Coast) today ahead of CSG25 global deployment.

He will pledge to "defend trade routes around the globe" and says the deployment is "sending a clear message of strength to our adversaries, and a message of unity and purpose to our allies".

#PrimeMinister #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy
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🇳🇴HNoMS Maud inbound to Devonport this afternoon on arrival from Norway ahead of joining #CSG25 deployment.

@forsvaret #Tanker #PlymouthSound 

Via @westward01
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Latest news article on our website

🇩🇰Denmark unveils major naval investment programme

#ForsvaretDk #DanishNavy #BalticSea 

Photo: HDMS Niels Juel
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#RFALymeBay departing Gibraltar to return to the UK this morning after a 21-day Assisted Maintenance Period.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Gibraltar 

Via: M Sanchez
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814 NAS Merlin embarked on 
#RFATidespring

#CSG25 #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #merlinmk2 #FleetAirArm
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🇨🇦HMCS Ville de Québec sailing from Devonport this morning for #CSG25 deployment.

#RoyalCanadianNavy #PlymouthSound 

Via: @westward01
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Farewell #HMSRichmond

Sailing from Devonport this morning for #CSG25 deployment.

#RoyalNavy #Type23Frigate #PlymouthSound #Farewell
 

Via @westward01
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🇩🇪FGS Hamburg outbound from Devonport this morning #FOST

#deutchemarine #PlymouthSound

Via @westward01
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Happy hunting...

HMS Astute sails from Devonport this morning #CSG25

#SSN #Submarine #PlymouthSound #RoyalNavy 

Via: @westward01
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🇳🇱Netherlands frigate HMNLS Tromp joined by 🇩🇪German auxiliary FGS Rhön in Leith for Easter - both assigned to 
#standingnatomaritimegroup1 

#SNMG1 #koninklijkemarine #deutchemarine #Leith #dronephotography 
 

Via @dave_cullen_photography
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🇨🇦HMCS Ville de Québec alongside at 1 Wharf in Devonport.

Due to depart from Devonport at 1200 tomorrow, preceded by #HMSRichmond at 1100 to begin #CSG25 deployment.

#CanadianNavy #devonportnavalbase #Plymouth #hmcsvilledequébec 

Via: RFA Nostalgia
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HMS Prince of Wales sails from Portsmouth tomorrow, passing Round Tower at approximately 1300 to begin 8 month #CGS25 deployment. 

(Followed by HMS Dauntless at 1500)

#AircraftCarrier #Portsmouth #RoyalNavy #CarrierStrikeGroup #Flagship 

Photo @portsmouthshipping
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#RFATideforce at buoy in Plymouth Sound #ShipsatNight 

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #PlymouthSound #Tanker #navalauxiliary 

Via: RFANostalgia
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Latest news article on our website:

🇨🇦HMCS Ville de Québec arrives in Plymouth ahead of joining Carrier Strike Group deployment.

#royalcanadiannavy #hmcsvilledequébec #PlymouthSound #CSG25 #TFATideforce 

Photo: RFA Nostalgia
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🇳🇱HNLMS Tromp alongside in Leith this weekend.

#koninklijkemarine #Leith 

Via @dave_cullen_photography
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#HMSStAlbans passing South Shields on her way up the Tyne this afternoon.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #RiverTyne #SouthShields 

Via normtyne
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Exercise #BersamaShield25 patch

#RoyalNavy #AsiaPacific #FivePowerDefenceArrangement #HMSSpey
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🇫🇷French FREMM frigate destroys Houthi drone in the Red Sea at very short range with Oto Melara 76mm Super-Rapid gun.

#MarineNationale #RedSea #Gunnery #AirDefence #76mmcannon #houthirebels
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#RFAProteus heading up the Clyde this morning.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #MROS #Clyde 

Via @she_lilly
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Ex-RFA Wave Ruler moved from Seaforth Dock, Liverpool yesterday (where she has been laid up since 2018) to #CammellLaird Birkenhead.

Now earmarked for disposal - unclear if she has been sold to a foreign navy.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Tanker #Mersey #Liverpool #Shipyard #Tug 

Via: @dcfh.aviation
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Latest news article on our website:

#HMSRichmond first Royal Navy frigate to receive Link 16 combat data system modernisation

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #Link16 #TacticalDataLink #militarycommunications 

Photo: @tomleachphotography
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Fleet Ready Escort #HMSStAlbans seen from her Merlin helicopter.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #MerlinHelicopter #Sunset #LifeAtSea
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#hmsqueenelizabeth now at low readiness - preparing for docking in Rosyth later this year.

#RoyalNavy #AircraftCarrier #Portsmouth
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#HMSDaring in 3 basin #Portsmouth today - undergoing slow regeneration.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #HMNBPortsmouth
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#HMSStAlbans seen from #RFATidespring as they conduct a second day of RAS training serials.

#ReplenishmentAtSea #Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #RoyalFleetAuxiliary
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#HMS_Spey has sailed from Tg Gelang Naval Base, 🇲🇾Malaysia to join FPDA exercise #BersamaShield in the western South China Sea.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Malaysia #fivepowersdefencearrangement
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New article on our website: 

UK carrier strike – full operating capability on final approach

#CarrierStrikeGroup #F35B #LightningII #FastJet #AircraftCarrier #RoyalNavy #RAF
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#RFATidespring conducts RAS with 
#HMSStAlbans while on pre #CSG25 work up off South Coast today.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #ReplenishmentAtSea #Refuelling #Tanker #Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy
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The #RoyalNavy has confirmed #RFAArgus will join the later stages of the #CSG25 deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #LittoralStrikeShip #afloatmedicalcapability 

Photo: Andy Amor
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🇩🇪FGS Hamburg arrived in Plymouth yesterday to begin training period with RN with FOST organisation

#deutchemarine #GermanNavy #PlymouthSound #FOST 

Via: @tomleachphotography
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#HMSHurworth inbound to #Portsmouth this morning.

#MCMV #Minehunter #RoyalNavy 

Via: PortsmouthProud
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Latest insight article on our website #LinkInBio

RFA Proteus begins operations as seabed warfare threats increase

#RFAProteus #SeaBedWarfare #criticalunderseainfrastructure #subseainfrastructure #internetcables #RoyalFleetAuxiliary
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#HMSSomerset sailors welcomed home by families in Devonport today.

#Homecoming #RoyalNavy #LovedOnes #britishumour #devonportnavalbase
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#HMSSutherland heads out from Plymouth for families day this morning.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #PlymouthSound #FamiliesDay 

Via @westward01
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#HMSSomerset at anchor inside Plymouth Breakwater after more than 3 months away on operations, due to be welcomed home in Devonport this morning.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #PlymouthSound #Homecoming
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HRH The Princess Royal officially opened the new £12M #BAESystems Applied Shipbuilding Academy at Scotstoun in Glasgow today. 

The 5,500 sq m facility comprises a multipurpose flexible learning hub and a modern trade hall, where apprentices can learn practical skills. 

The academy will also provide career-long learning and skills development for more than 4,500 employees.

#Glasgow #Shipbuilding #Scotstoun #apprenticeships #skillsdevelopment #workforcetraining #princessanne
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Latest news article on our website:

Babcock awarded contract to add upgrades to Type 31 frigates

#Type31Frigate #Babcock #CapbilityInsertionPeriod #RoyalNavy #Shipbuilding
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#HMSDauntless Phalanx CIWS undergoing pre-deployment checks with radome removed. Upper Ku-band moving track indicator (MTI) radar aerial visible rotating.

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy #closeinweaponsystem #mtiradar 

Via @portsmouthshipping
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.@hms_mersey arriving in Liverpool yesterday.

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Liverpool #Mersey #dronephotograpy 

Via @stratus_imagery
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Banshee drone has now been retired from RN service.

Has been used by 700X Naval Air Squadron to learn to operate jet-propelled UAS and new systems will replace it. 

#Drone #Banshee #Qinetiq #JetDrone #TragetDrone #700XNAS #RoyalNavy
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#HMS_Spey alongside in Kuantan 🇲🇾Malaysia ahead of participation in Five Power Defence Arrangement exercise #BersamaShield25
🇦🇺🇲🇾🇳🇿🇸🇬🇬🇧

#Malaysia #RoyalNavy #asiapacific #OPV #FPDA #fivepowerdefencearrangement
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.@hmsdauntless33 
#CSG25 patch

#Type45Destroyer #RoyalNavy
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🇪🇸Spanish OPV making illegal incursion into #Gibraltar Territorial Waters this morning. 

Closely monitored by #HMS Dagger.

#SpanishNavy #OPV #Incursion 
#RoyalNavy #royalnavygibraltarsquadron 

Via dparody
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MV Hartland point in the Solent this morning.

#RoRo #strategicsealift #navallogistics #Solent

Via @harry_c0le
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Latest news article:

#HMSPrinceofWales to leave Portsmouth on 22nd April to lead Carrier Strike Group deployment

#CSG25 #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth #CarrierStrikeGroup

Library photo: Andy Amor
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#HMSHurworth sailed from Devonport yesterday.

#MCMV #Minehunter #RoyalNavy #devonportnavalbase #RiverTamar

Via K. Clarke
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By @zanerutley 

On the 27th of April 2025 I will take on the biggest challenge I have ever attempted, Running The TCS London Marathon 2025… and here’s why.
In 2020 I Deployed on Operations overseas with the Royal Navy Submarine Service. Whilst deployed I spent 12 hours a night every night for 142 days mentoring my friend Robbie in the galley helping him to become a submariner chef. Robbie and I had a very close friendship both in and out of work, often spending more time with each other than family, he was like a brother to me. When we returned from that operation whilst on post deployment leave Robbie tragically took his own life. For the last 4 and a half years coming to terms with his loss has been hard for everyone but I particularly can’t and don’t think ever will ever be able to shake a feeling of guilt. Having to come to terms with the fact I spent every single day 1 on 1 with him and not be able to detect he was feeling alone , scared and troubled deeply saddens me to this day and in many ways I will never be able to forgive myself for not doing more. What If?…. A question I can never truly answer but I wish I could. I will be running the marathon in memory of Robbie and for the @royalbritishlegion who do amazing work with Serving members of the armed forces their families and with veterans to combat issues they face in day to day life. Suicide is the leading killer in men under 50 and it IS something that can be prevented…. To highlight the importance of mental health, in particular within the armed forces, I will be attempting to break a Guiness world record for the fastest time running a marathon in full combat uniform and boots (4.47.17). If you are able to donate anything at all towards my attempt there is a donation link in my Bio.And the last thing I will leave you with is this …. Be kind to one another because one minute they are there on the next minute they’re not… In a world full of hate choose to be kind, in a world full of sadness choose to make others happy and in a world full of negativity choose to be positive …. AB1 TSM Robbie Hooper-Devlin , this is for you brother. #londonmarathon #mentalhealthawareness
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🇨🇦 Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec and Spanish 🇪🇸frigate ESPS Mendez Nunez to participate in the UK-led Carrier Strike Group deployment April -November 2025 along with:

🇬🇧HMS Prince of Wales 
🇬🇧HMS Dauntless
🇬🇧HMS Richmond
🇬🇧RFA Tidespring 
🇬🇧SSN
🇳🇴HNoMS Roald Amundsen
🇳🇴HNoMS Maud

Not known if US warship will be attached to the group.

#CSG25 #CarrierStrikeGroup #RoyalNavy #canadiannavy #spanishnavy #norwegiannavy
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Naval Support ship SD Northern River alongside in Leith.

#sdnorthernriver #Serco #Leith #NavalLogistics #navalsupportship 

Via @dave_cullen_photography
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Latest article on our website:

Pioneering a sovereign solution for Britain’s fast jet trainer requirement

#fastjettrainer #flyingtraining #PilotTraining #AERALIS
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#RFATidespring heading up the the Clyde this morning after loading oil at Loch Striven.

#RoyalFleetAuxiliary #Clyde #Tanker 

Via @she_lilly
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Round-the-clock strikes against the Houthis are being launched from 🇺🇸USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea.

Additional strikes on Yemen by USAF B-2 bombers operating from Diego Garcia.

USS Carl Vinson CSG on its way to the Middle East region from the Pacific.

#USNavy #ussharrystruman #fa18superhornet #CarrierStriekGroup #RedSea #houthirebels #Yemen #navalairpower
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#Chiddingfold being towed through the Solent.

Via @uav_hampshire
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#HMSChiddingfold towed into Portsmouth this morning after being brought back from the Gulf to Southampton on a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel.

Under Lloyds rules, she needs dry docking and recertification as her last refit was completed in February 2019.

#Minehunter #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth #TowedHome #Tugs #Towing 

Via: PortsmouthProud
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First deck landing on #HMSSutherland as she regenerates after refit (by #815NAS Wildcat Helicopter) off Plymouth.

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #WildcatHelicopter
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🇫🇷 FS Aquitaine sailed from Portsmouth yesterday

#marinenationale⚓️ #Portsmouth 

Via: PortsmouthProud
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Welcome to Instagram @hms_tyne 

#OPV #RoyalNavy #Portsmouth
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#HMSTamar with the new paint job and dazzle scheme reapplied during refit in 🇸🇬Singapore (She undocked a couple of weeks ago).

#OPV #RoyalNavy #DryDock #Singapore
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Latest news article on our website:

Farewell HMS Monmouth – first of the Type 23 frigates to be scrapped is towed away

#Type23Frigate #RoyalNavy #HMSMonmouth #Scrapyard #Recycling #TowedAway #Portsmouth #Farewell
 

Photo @george_emmett_ship_photograghy
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