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@HMSDuncan is back at sea after a major overhaul during the last 30 months.
The Type 45 is carrying out comprehensive trials on her upgrades off the South Coast as she looks towards the next five years on global operations.
▶️ https://t.co/0bYd8SqwkJ https://t.co/dTSQ8F3ece Britain’s most senior sailor @FirstSeaLord gave a speech at the Sea Power Conference and said the #RoyalNavy's commitment to operating with international partners and embracing technology are as important as ever amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
🔗https://t.co/5Gh3YwCSXw https://t.co/IGVojz8BCP The White Ensign has been hoisted on HMS Cutlass...
The first of the #RoyalNavy's new patrol boats for the @RNGibSqn has been formally commissioned and has been on her first patrol today.
Read more: https://t.co/qfWC8Npw73 https://t.co/jzwnDrmHJt Undeterred by pouring rain, HMS Sheffield veterans saw a monument to the Shiny Sheff unveiled @Nat_Mem_Arb
The monument was dedicated 40 years to the day the 2nd Sheffield, a Type 42 destroyer, was fatally attacked off the Falklands.
🔗Read more: https://t.co/oDeEDMzfz4 https://t.co/dbL5RPIXab Thank you, Roger, good luck Sarah.
Captain Roger Readwin today bade farewell to @DartmouthBRNC after 2½ years at the helm of the college producing the naval leaders of tomorrow for the Royal Navy and its allies.
He is succeeded by Capt Sarah Oakley.
https://t.co/MGV7kWXR5T https://t.co/pkAZOLEeHb HMS Cutlass commissioned into the fleet...
The first of the #RoyalNavy's new £5m patrol boats for the @RNGibSqn has been formally commissioned in Gibraltar.
https://t.co/WYr4O1Tz1A https://t.co/zLmFywCy98 #OTD in 1982, the Navy lost its first ship in action since #WW2 when HMS Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile.
A memorial is being unveiled @Nat_Mem_Arb while sailors at HMS Sultan are remembering an inspirational engineer: https://t.co/ySpfXeXy2r
https://t.co/ZXOgA0rJ4k https://t.co/lW8VNPF1E0 The May edition of @navy_news is now on sale featuring @RoyalMarines in #Guam, @HMS_Spey and @hms_tamar in the #Pacific, and a round-up of the #NATO exercise #Cold Response.
Don’t miss an edition and save some cash by subscribing at https://t.co/qlTVJI2wjF https://t.co/N1xWNwSqm0 #OTD in 1982, Argentine forces in the #Falklands were subjected to a day of 'shock and awe' as RN and RAF jets pounded defences from dawn till dusk, supported by naval gunfire - paving the way for amphibious landings later in the month. #Falklands40
🔗https://t.co/VQDBxFxWeI https://t.co/mAhMZ7zoNw @BritishArmy @ArmyvNavyRugby See you on the pitch - good luck to your team! #BringYourAGame #TeamNavy 🤝 @BritishArmy @ArmyvNavyRugby We'll be shore to take the trophy off your hands 🏆 20,000 miles later, @HMSNORT returns...
The Type 23 frigate is back home in @HMNBDevonport after four months of busy operations from the Mediterranean to the Arctic and Baltic.
Welcome home 🇬🇧⚓️!
▶️Read more: https://t.co/GhquPPZBhL https://t.co/4gUFhl5ESM For almost eight decades the final fate of HMS Urge was unknown...
But thanks to a remarkable feat of historical detective work the mystery was solved. A memorial has now been unveiled and families and submariners laid wreaths above the wreck.
▶️https://t.co/Akv4WSA9AS https://t.co/OqiFnDhf3T #Thor assists @HMSPWLS in the Arctic...
Not the Norse god of thunder, but ice expert Commander Harald thor Straten - a god of the ice, if you will - of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
Thanks to Harald our carriers are better equipped for Arctic operations.
▶️https://t.co/9SdD8iGbi0 https://t.co/QFQ2CJ4Ho1 We're ready are you?
#BringYourAgame 🏉
✅ Respect the team
✅ Respect the players
✅ Respect the community
#TeamNavy CPO Wareing on @HMSPWLS is preparing for an epic cycle ride this weekend when he takes on the Mallorca 312 - a 312km ride around the Mediterranean island. He managed to squeeze in some training time during the ship's recent deployment to the #Arctic. Good luck! https://t.co/nkePnFl3JU The first ever Army v Navy women's game will take place at Twickenham this year.
Bring your A game and watch history in the making.
🏉 Respect the team
🏉 Respect the players
🏉 Respect the community It's back and history will be made🏉
The @ArmyvNavyRugby returns to @Twickenhamstad this Saturday and, for the first time ever, the women's teams will also be facing off.
#BringYourAGame for a big day of rugby and respect the game, team and community.
▶️https://t.co/Y1PCwJpdGZ https://t.co/bV2AuPtqud 📽️What are these new frigates all about?
Here's a bit of insight into the Type 31 frigates as formal construction of the first, HMS Venturer, begins at Rosyth dockyard in #Scotland.
▶️Read more: https://t.co/XrZqs87xy1 https://t.co/0vYiZcPYB2 Ace! Venturer takes shape...
Construction of HMS Venturer, the first of the #RoyalNavy's Type 31 frigates, began at a ceremony in #Scotland today.
The keel was placed upon a coin minted especially for the occasion designed by seven-year-old Josh Duffy.
https://t.co/XrZqs87xy1 https://t.co/8aSvApYZMg 📹60-Second Update: The Arctic Aviators
Here's the latest news round-up from the #RoyalNavy. We have updates on @847NAS who have returned home after spending months in the #Arctic. @HMS_Richmond and @hms_albion also feature along with @42_commando
🔗https://t.co/ugT0On5f5R https://t.co/fiy8C1Q7O5 Sustaining Arctic submarine operations... 🇬🇧🇳🇴
After extensive work in Norwegian waters, submarine HMS Ambush is paying short visit to facilities designed to sustain submarines in the #Arctic before resuming patrols.
#RoyalNavy | #WeAreNATO
▶️https://t.co/avjLWCQWLT https://t.co/VPbG0Z1kZd #OTD in 1982, the first act liberating the Falklands ended when British forces re-took the island of South Georgia.
An Argentine submarine was crippled before a landing by @RoyalMarines under the guns of HMS Antrim forced surrender. #Falklands40
🔗https://t.co/nMRFx26CVd https://t.co/PnaVKSkOgZ HRH The Princess Royal gave her seal of approval to #WW2 #DDay Landing Craft Tank 7074, formally opening the Normandy survivor at @TheDDayStory in Southsea.
She met some of the @NatMuseumRN staff behind the vessel's 6-year restoration.
https://t.co/0hp1W8ITdw https://t.co/84B8T5F61n Blockships were scuttled in the harbour in a failed attempt to prevent U-boats slipping into the North Sea, as raiding parties attacked the Mole destroying port facilities.
1 in 5 participants was wounded, 1 in 8 killed and 8 Victoria Crosses were awarded to participants.