Royal Navy to participate in Bournemouth Air Festival
The Bournemouth Air Festival begins today and runs until Saturday 31st August. RN aircraft and P2000 boats will participate.More
Naval heritage
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (air) branch honoured with flying memorial
Naval historic aircraft preservation charity Navy Wings has restored a de Havilland Chipmunk, registration G-RNVR, as a flying memorial to the RNVR (A) branch.
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A Royal Navy heritage attraction on the Clyde – bringing the former HMS Ambuscade home
A Scottish maritime heritage group, Falls of Clyde International (FOCI), has embarked on a project that will return the Type 21 frigate PNS Tariq, (formerly HMS Ambuscade) to her birthplace on the Clyde. Here we look at the history of the vessel and consider the plan to preserve her as a museum ship.
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Can Plymouth give its Royal Navy heritage the place it deserves?
An ambitious plan has been launched to create a new Cold War and Maritime Heritage Museum in Plymouth featuring the retired nuclear submarine, HMS Courageous, as its centrepiece. Here we look at the hurdles that must be overcome to make this exceptional concept a reality
Sailing under a different flag – former Royal Navy vessels serving with other navies
With the recent sale of HMS Ocean to Brazil, we take this opportunity to examine the considerable number of RN and RFA vessels that have been sold on for further service with foreign navies and are still operational today.
Bring back Navy Days
The tradition of Navy Days dates back to the 1920s when the Royal Dockyards were open to the public for “Navy Week”. Under various names and formats these events were held every year (except during WWII) until the RN finally gave up on Navy Days with the Meet your Navy event at Portsmouth in 2010.
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