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- [Twitter:] Royal Navy Divers join fight agianst IEDs in Helmand http://bit.ly/9A228Z via @MediaOps
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:53:30 +0000 - Royal Navy Divers join fight agianst IEDs in Helmand http://bit.ly/9A228Z via @MediaOps
- [Twitter:] Today is the 40th anniversary of the ending of the Royal Navy's daily issue of rum - I was there! Oh, it's also Sue & my wedding anniversary
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:46:44 +0000 - Today is the 40th anniversary of the ending of the Royal Navy's daily issue of rum - I was there! Oh, it's also Sue & my wedding anniversary
- [Twitter:] RT @MediaOps: Royal Navy Divers join fight agianst IEDs in Helmand http://bit.ly/9A228Z
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:43:21 +0000 - RT @MediaOps: Royal Navy Divers join fight agianst IEDs in Helmand http://bit.ly/9A228Z
- [Twitter:] RT @MediaOps Royal Navy Divers join fight agianst IEDs in Helmand http://bit.ly/9A228Z
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:39:44 +0000 - RT @MediaOps Royal Navy Divers join fight agianst IEDs in Helmand http://bit.ly/9A228Z
- [Twitter:] RT @MediaOps: Royal Navy Divers join fight agianst IEDs in Helmand http://bit.ly/9A228Z
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:34:34 +0000 - RT @MediaOps: Royal Navy Divers join fight agianst IEDs in Helmand http://bit.ly/9A228Z
- Royal Navy opens its doors to the public - Peterborough Today
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:27:16 +0000 - Royal Navy opens its doors to the public
Peterborough Today
The Royal Navy is to open its doors to the public for a three-day show in Portsmouth which will provide an insight into the Senior Service, from Nelson to ...
Excitement builds for three great Navy Days Portsmouth News
The List: week commencing Friday July 30, 2010 Portsmouth News
Win a Family Ticket to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard AboutMyArea
all 6 news articles » - Rum ration - BBC News
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:07:24 +0000 -
Telegraph.co.ukRum ration
BBC News
For hundreds of years, Royal Navy seamen queued up in galleys from the poles to the tropics to receive their regulation lunchtime tot of rum. ...
Last Navy rum sold, £600 a bottle Telegraph.co.uk
Raising a tipple to toast the Navy Peterlee Mail
Last Consignment of Navy rum ration up for sale this Saturday TheDailyDust (satire) (blog)
Yachting Monthly - Register
all 12 news articles » - [Twitter:] @stephenfry You should look at Jack Speak by Rick Jolly. A book containing all the peculiar language of the Royal Navy, past and present
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:21 +0000 - @stephenfry You should look at Jack Speak by Rick Jolly. A book containing all the peculiar language of the Royal Navy, past and present
- A DECISION to make the Ministry of Defence pay the full cost of renewing ... - Plymouth Herald
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:19:38 +0000 -
The GuardianA DECISION to make the Ministry of Defence pay the full cost of renewing ...
Plymouth Herald
They will either have to shut the naval base site and keep the dockyard or get rid of other parts of the Royal Navy. "Everything is a now possibility. ...
Trident costs must come from MoD budget, Osborne says BBC News
George Osborne: Trident is not exempt from budget cuts Telegraph.co.uk
Defence Secretary Liam Fox warns over 'new nuclear arms race' This is London
all 93 news articles » - [Twitter:] I'm so glad I picked up ORLY Royal Navy at Sally's on Tuesday. Even though I paid full price for it, it's GORGEOUS.
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:57:09 +0000 - I'm so glad I picked up ORLY Royal Navy at Sally's on Tuesday. Even though I paid full price for it, it's GORGEOUS.
- [Twitter:] News : Royal Marines Train for Naval Base Protection http://bit.ly/dhlU4i #navy #security
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:29:16 +0000 - News : Royal Marines Train for Naval Base Protection http://bit.ly/dhlU4i #navy #security
- [Twitter:] @will_cornelius I hope ur ass gets arrested.. By the fashion police!! Tryna wear black n royal air max with a navy polo..smh
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:56:41 +0000 - @will_cornelius I hope ur ass gets arrested.. By the fashion police!! Tryna wear black n royal air max with a navy polo..smh
- [Twitter:] Vinyl Colours Bottle Green, Red, Peppermint Green, Orange, Royal Blue, Pink navy, Teal, Turquoise, Burgundy,... http://fb.me/A1UlvHm5
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:32:16 +0000 - Vinyl Colours Bottle Green, Red, Peppermint Green, Orange, Royal Blue, Pink navy, Teal, Turquoise, Burgundy,... http://fb.me/A1UlvHm5
- [Twitter:] @chojahiragawa they used to have them--the British Royal Navy.
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:50:14 +0000 - @chojahiragawa they used to have them--the British Royal Navy.
- [WordPress Blogs:] Royal Navy divers join fight against IEDs in Helmand
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:30:55 +0000 - Four Royal Navy bomb disposal experts from the Fleet Diving Squadron based at Horsea Island, Portsmo
- Scapa Flow war salvage success remembered - BBC News
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:43:07 +0000 - Scapa Flow war salvage success remembered
BBC News
By 1924, the German fleet had lain submerged throughout the Royal Navy anchorage of Scapa Flow for five years and the accepted wisdom was that this was ...
and more » - Threat to Tornado jet - Independent
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:02:55 +0000 -
Daily MailThreat to Tornado jet
Independent
Scrapping the Tornado would save billions more than withdrawing the Harrier jet used by the RAF and Royal Navy, according to MoD analysis. ...
RAF Tornado fleet 'faces axe' in bid to save £7.5bn Daily Mail
all 3 news articles » - [Twitter:] Successful launch of first Multi Mission Frigate for the Royal Moroccan Navy http://twurl.nl/w5cyzs
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:25:57 +0000 - Successful launch of first Multi Mission Frigate for the Royal Moroccan Navy http://twurl.nl/w5cyzs
- [Twitter:] Orly Royal Navy: I am majorly late with this polish, but I couldn’t find it anywhere around here! I finally spotte... http://bit.ly/cO22Ii
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:15:28 +0000 - Orly Royal Navy: I am majorly late with this polish, but I couldn’t find it anywhere around here! I finally spotte... http://bit.ly/cO22Ii
- [Twitter:] Honouring our sailors: In honour of the Royal Canadian Navy's 100th anniversary, the Royal Canadian Legion Selkirk... http://bit.ly/daJRkH
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:08:52 +0000 - Honouring our sailors: In honour of the Royal Canadian Navy's 100th anniversary, the Royal Canadian Legion Selkirk... http://bit.ly/daJRkH
- [Twitter:] EDP - WW2 mine blown up twice in Southwold: A Royal Navy Bomb disposal team conducted a controlled explosion in So... http://bit.ly/a6NbWd
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:00:40 +0000 - EDP - WW2 mine blown up twice in Southwold: A Royal Navy Bomb disposal team conducted a controlled explosion in So... http://bit.ly/a6NbWd
- Bomb disposal team detonates mine on Southwold beach - BBC News
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:31:42 +0000 -
The Lowestoft JournalBomb disposal team detonates mine on Southwold beach
BBC News
A Royal Navy team of bomb disposal experts went to the site and detonated the mine during the afternoon. A small area of the beach had been cordoned off ...
Bomb disposal team arrive in Southwold The Lowestoft Journal
Bomb disposal team due in Southwold after swimmer discovers WWII mine Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
all 13 news articles » - [WordPress Blogs:] Abandoned 1854 ship found in Arctic
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:22:25 +0000 - Another article about the discovery of the wreck, with a sonar image. via CBC News – Technolog
- H.M.S. Gloucester
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:04:45 +0000 -
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Description: H.M.S. Gloucester leaving Portsmouth Harbour, April 2009 - Sea King Rotor
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- Sea King Helicoptor
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- [WordPress Blogs:] Australian Relations: William Joseph Henry BATEMAN (The Navy Years: 1898 to 1912)
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:03:32 +0000 - This is the second in a series of articles about William Joseph Henry BATEMAN and his family from Au
- [WordPress Blogs:] Helping the Afghan Women
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:56:13 +0000 - By Lieutenant Elaine Boyd Royal Navy The pace just doesn’t let up out here and it definitely makes t
- [WordPress Blogs:] Canadian team finds 19th Century HMS Investigator wreck
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:50:44 +0000 - BBC News – Canadian team finds 19th Century HMS Investigator wreck.
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HMS Westminster Type 23Frigate.
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HMS Westminster Type 23Frigate.
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HMS Westminster Type 23Frigate.
- Royal Navy SeaKing Helicopter
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What's the rush posted a photo:
taken whilst on a famil trip
- Royal Navy SeaKing Helicopter
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What's the rush posted a photo:
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- Royal Navy SeaKing Helicopter
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- Royal Navy SeaKing Helicopter
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- HMS Atherstone (M38) under tow
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:53:11 +0000 -
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- Aircraft I See From My Windows 34 - AgustaWestland Lynx HMA 8
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- Midshipman Colpoys B. Walcott
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red-eye posted a photo:
British Cemetery, Kefalonia, Greece.
Sacred to the Memory of
Colpoys B. Walcott
Midshipman HMS Victor Emanuel
Died 10th June 1861 Age 18 years
Erected by his brother officers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victor_Emmanuel_%281855%29 - William H. Towner
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:44:51 +0000 -
red-eye posted a photo:
British Cemetery, Kefalonia, Greece.
Sacred to the memory of
William H. Towner
E.R.A.
of HMS Dreadnought
who was drowned while in the execution of his duty on Wednesday Oct. 12th 1887
aged 28 years
And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Mark 13. 37
This stone was erected by the
E.R.A.s, Chief and Leading Stokers and Stokers in token of their esteem.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_%281875%29 - Lucius Steed
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:24:45 +0000 -
red-eye posted a photo:
British Cemetery, Kefalonia, Greece.
Sacred to the memory of
Lucius Steed
Stoker
of HMS Dreadnought
who was drowned while in the execution of his duty on Wednesday Oct. 12th 1887
aged 21 years
Thy will be done. Matt 6.10.
This stone was erected by the
E.R.A.s, Chief and Leading Stokers and Stokers in token of their esteem.
Lucius Steed was born 10th September 1865 in Cosham, Hampshire. He joined the Royal Navy on the 11th May 1884 and was described ; 5'6'', brown hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion, distinguishing marks : scar in the centre of forehead. He initially served on HMS Asia, 11th July - 13th October 1984, joining HMS Dreadnought on the 14th October 1884. The final entry on his service record states: Discharged Dead - drowned at Argostoli 12/10/87.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_%281875%29 - Vulcan bomber thrills Cornwall's Culdrose day crowd - BBC News
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:06:55 +0000 - Vulcan bomber thrills Cornwall's Culdrose day crowd
BBC News
Its helicopter squadrons also support the Royal Navy across the world. The air day features exhibitions, trade stands and numerous air displays. ...
Helicopter crews from a Cornish air base have arrived in Afghanistan to join ... The Cornishman
all 4 news articles » - [MoD:] Royal Navy divers join fight against IEDs in Helmand
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - Four Royal Navy bomb disposal experts from the Fleet Diving Squadron based at Horsea Island, Portsmouth, are heading to Afghanistan in a few weeks to help deal with the improvised explosive device threat.
- HMS Duncan affiliation
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:43:13 +0000 -
belfastcitycouncil posted a photo:
Lord Mayor, Pat Convery and High Sheriff Christopher Stalford pictured with Commander Tony Long, Commanding Officer of HMS Monmouth, and Rear Admiral Martin Alabaster, Flag Officer for Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland, after accepting the Royal Navy's invitation for the city of Belfast to formally affiliate with HMS Duncan, the brand new Type 45 destroyer, due to be launched this October 2010.
The ceremony took place on the bridge of HMS Monmouth, a Type 23 'Duke' class frigate, which visited Belfast as part of our annual Titanic Maritime Festival in June 2010. - 1954-04-01 - The Auckland Star - Page 2 - The Aucklander's Diary
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:01:40 +0000 -
jhndyl posted a photo:
Clipping from The Auckland Star, 1st April 1954 summarising the naval history of the new Captain Superintendent of the Naval Dockyard at Devonport, Captain THB Shaw.
- 1954-03-23 - The Auckland Star - Page 3 - Higher rank for dockyard chief
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:01:35 +0000 -
jhndyl posted a photo:
Clipping from The Auckland Star, 23rd March 1954 detailing the new rank for the superintendent of the Naval Dockyard there.
- 1954-02-12 - The Auckland Star - Page 3 - Two R.N. officers for our Navy
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:01:33 +0000 -
jhndyl posted a photo:
Clipping from The Auckland Star, 12th February 1954 announcing two new Royal Navy officers for the Royal New Zealand Navy.
- Indian media reveal details of British submarine operations - Telegraph.co.uk
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:13:42 +0000 -
ReutersIndian media reveal details of British submarine operations
Telegraph.co.uk
Defence chiefs were furious after the Indian authorities disclosed that Royal Navy submarines were taking part in secret naval war games off the coast of ...
Cameron accused of stoking anti-Western feeling Telegraph.co.uk
Cameron turns on the charm for jobs mission in 'responsible' India Aberdeen Press and Journal
Cameron Gets A Royal Reception In Delhi www.newsworms.com
all 3,329 news articles » - Sea Hawk
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:37:09 +0000 -
Ceej-Muso posted a photo:
Farnborough International Airshow, 25 July 2010.
- H.M.S Walrus
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:16:01 +0000 -
by: geoff smith 1932 - Dover 2008
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:48:54 +0000 -
by: afv
Description: Not sure whats going on here, but it involved cyclists and folks with parachutes. - Dover 2008
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:46:09 +0000 -
by: afv
Description: Not sure whats going on here, but it involved cyclists and folks with parachutes.
1 comment - [MoD:] Royal Marines train for naval base protection
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:27:29 +0000 - Royal Marines from the Fleet Protection Group at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde took to the Gareloch last week to practise the boat formations that make them one of the most feared fighting forces on land or sea.
- [WordPress Blogs:] Australian Relations: William Joseph Henry BATEMAN (The Early Years: 1882-1898)
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:44:01 +0000 - This is the first in a series of articles about William Joseph Henry BATEMAN and his family from Aus
- H.M.S Cleopatra.
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:23:58 +0000 -
by: geoff smith 1932
Description: At Liverpool.
14 comments - £1m security bill (including guards and even a Royal Navy warship) for Queen's ... - Daily Mail
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:52:16 +0000 -
Daily Mail£1m security bill (including guards and even a Royal Navy warship) for Queen's ...
Daily Mail
An estimated £1million security bill - including the services of a Royal Navy warship - for the ten-day cruise around the Western Isles has drawn criticism ...
Queen Elizabeths 1m holiday security FemaleFirst.co.uk
Rarely seen shots of royal family posted on website Times of Malta
Queen embraces technology and uploads family pics to Flickr Geek WIth Laptop
all 252 news articles » - [MoD:] Royal Marine witnesses progress in Sangin
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:09:48 +0000 - Five years after first deploying to Sangin, Royal Marine Captain Marty Adams is back in the town and is witnessing some of the progress made there thanks to the military effort and the civilian 'surge' by the UK Government's Stabilisation Unit.
- From Naval base to Olympic hopes - BBC News
- Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:51:01 +0000 - From Naval base to Olympic hopes
BBC News
From the mid-eighties until 1998 I worked at the Royal Naval Air Station Portland, otherwise known as HMS Osprey, as an engineering technician in the Royal ...
and more » - [In Parliament:] Written Answers — Defence: Somalia: Piracy (27 Jul 2010)
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - Nick Harvey: Combating piracy is one of a number of concurrent tasks carried out by Royal Navy units around the Horn of Africa. Therefore, the cost of the British Naval deployments, the associated costs and contributions to multinational task forces and the UK command and control elements could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
- [In Parliament:] Written Answers — Defence: Piracy (27 Jul 2010)
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - Nick Harvey: The Royal Navy can and will take robust action to come to the aid of any victim vessel under attack by pirates in international waters, regardless of flag, but cognisant of the potential threat to the lives of innocents on board. International counter piracy operations are operating in close coordination with the shipping community to ensure merchant vessels are following best management...
- [In Parliament:] Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Internet (27 Jul 2010)
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - Andrew Robathan: ..., one for the corporate Ministry of Defence (MOD) and one for each of the armed forces. Design costs are available for these websites from 2005-06. £000 Financial year MOD corporate Royal Navy British Army Royal Air Force 2005-06 400 270 0 0 2006-07 0 0 266 120 2007-08 150 110 75 0 2008-09 0 0 0 0 2009-10 (1)418 298 25 215 (1)...
- [In Parliament:] Written Answers — Defence: Armed Services: Discharges (27 Jul 2010)
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - Andrew Robathan: The numbers of early service leavers and others that have left each of the armed forces in each year since 2006 are listed in the following tables: Financial year Royal Navy early service leavers Army early service leavers Royal Air Force early service leavers 2006-07 1,860 5,240 522 2007-08 2,268 6,347 1,738 2008-09 2,248 5,261 949 Financial year Royal Navy...
- [In Parliament:] Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Injuries (27 Jul 2010)
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - Andrew Robathan: ...is an end-to-end system for enabling injured personnel to regain fitness for duty if possible, or to leave the services with the appropriate level of support, where this is more appropriate. The Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force also have their own bespoke recovery capabilities, tailored to their particular service's requirements.
- [MoD:] Carrier construction begins on the Mersey
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - The nationwide programme to build the Royal Navy's new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers passed another milestone when construction on the first ship, the Queen Elizabeth, began in Birkenhead yesterday, Monday 26 July 2010.
- HMS Enterprise
- Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:16:40 +0000 -
by: Astra
Description: HMS Enterprise of the British Royal Navy and a small US gun boat operating just outside the US Navy Base at Juffair, ca. 5 miles South East of Manama, Bahrain - on 17th July 2010. - [MoD:] Families join HMS Chatham on way home from fighting piracy
- Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:20:12 +0000 - The relatives of HMS Chatham's ship's company recently experienced life at sea, joining their loved ones for the final leg of the frigate's journey back from the Gulf of Aden.
- Eddyness
- Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:55:35 +0000 -
by: BOBBY
6 comments - [MoD:] HMS Monmouth crew undergo maritime security training
- Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:26:51 +0000 - Sailors from HMS Monmouth are currently training at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall, learning how to carry out one of the most important Royal Navy roles - boarding suspect vessels around the world.
- [WordPress Blogs:] Raf Robertson - Pan Night and Day
- Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:15:42 +0000 -
- HMS Westminster F237
- Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:19:59 +0000 -
by: GeeMcDee
Description: Photographed Sunday 25th July 2010, offshore Roker, Sunderland, participating in the annual International Air Show. - [WordPress Blogs:] The staff course essay question
- Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:58:58 +0000 - I’m on the Advanced Command and Staff Course (Reserves) at the moment. A course at the Defenc
- HMS Ledbury
- Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:22:52 +0000 -
by: japottinger
Description: Lying off Aberdeen - H.M.S. Daring
- Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:15:53 +0000 -
by: bob5111
Description: H.M.S. Daring entering Portsmouth Harbour, June 2010
12 comments - R.F.A. Wave Knight
- Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:01:01 +0000 -
by: bob5111
Description: R.F.A. Wave Knight leaving Portsmouth Harbour, May 2010 - R.F.A. Mounts Bay
- Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:48:32 +0000 -
by: bob5111
Description: R.F.A. Mounts Bay leaving Portsmouth Harbour, June 2009
3 comments - HMS Severn
- Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:31:56 +0000 -
by: John_F
Description: HMS Severn in Dartmouth today. She leaves on Monday. Next week, the cruise liner The World is expected in port.
4 comments - RFA Empire Gull 1972
- Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:35:12 +0000 -
by: GBXZ
Description: Any names please ?
1 comment - R.F.A. Wave Knight
- Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:39:10 +0000 -
by: bob5111
Description: R.F.A. Wave Knight leaving Portsmouth Harbour, May 2010 - Commander Mike Crosley
- Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:05:34 +0000 - Fleet Air Arm ace who fought in the skies over Malta and North Africa, Normandy, Norway and Japan
- RFA LARGS BAY (and a Mulberry)
- Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:37:36 +0000 -
by: Shaun Jones
Description: Portland, Dorset with old sections of a WW2 Mulberry Harbour
8 comments - RFA GREY ROVER
- Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:14:46 +0000 -
by: Shaun Jones
Description: Port Stanley, July 2005
1 comment - RFA CARDIGAN BAY
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by: Shaun Jones
Description: Gibraltar, Aug 2007
1 comment - [MoD:] Royal Marine survives Taliban bullet
- Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - The combination of body armour, a Jackal patrol vehicle, a Chinook helicopter and the skill of medics has helped to save the life of a Royal Marine shot during a gun battle in Afghanistan.
- [MoD:] Devonport plays host to international relief exercise
- Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - Ships from four countries have spent the past week getting to grips with disaster relief training at Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth.
- Portsmouth Harbour 1987
- Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:26:46 +0000 -
by: Smudger211
Description: RFA's Brambleleaf and Sir Geraint both reportedly towed away for scrap.
3 comments - [WordPress Blogs:] The looming deployment
- Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:44:50 +0000 - I received an advance copy of my mobilisation order last week, and I’ve been thinking it over
- RFA SLAVA - query
- Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:30:29 +0000 -
by: Graybeard
Description: This is a scan of the original photo from my collection. There is a note:1917 British Caspian Sea Expedition NPL3044.
4 comments - [WordPress Blogs:] HMS Cumberland added to Navy Days
- Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:54:39 +0000 - The Type 22 Frigate HMS Cumberland has been confirmed to appear at the Navy Days event in Portsmouth
- [MoD:] Royal Marines rescue fisherman
- Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:48:21 +0000 - A team of Royal Marines from 9 Assault Squadron, based on board the Royal Navy helicopter commando carrier HMS Ocean, have helped save an American fisherman whose boat was on the brink of sinking.
- [MoD:] HMS Somerset heads for Iraq
- Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - Currently on maritime policing patrol in the Gulf, Royal Navy warship HMS Somerset is now setting course to protect an Iraqi oil port.
- Lieutenant-Commander David Foster
- Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:07:28 +0000 - Much-decorated naval pilot who led the attack on refineries supplying the Japanese with fuel
- [MoD:] Marine Jonathan David Thomas Crookes killed in Afghanistan
- Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:08:31 +0000 - It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Marine Jonathan David Thomas Crookes, from 40 Commando Royal Marines, was killed in Afghanistan on Friday 16 July 2010.
- [WordPress Blogs:] The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759 by Nicholas Tracy
- Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:44:37 +0000 - Popular convention seems to place the birth of the Royal Navy as 1805. Somehow the fleet simply tran
- [MoD:] Royal Marine and soldier killed in Helmand
- Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a Marine from 40 Commando Royal Marines was killed in Afghanistan yesterday, Friday 16 July 2010, and, in a separate incident, a soldier from The Royal Dragoon Guards was killed there today, Saturday 17 July 2010.
- John Coates
- Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:02:08 +0000 - Naval architect whose replica of a Greek trireme helped to solve a mystery of classical scholarship
- [MoD:] IN PICTURES: Royal Navy Photographic Competition 2010
- Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - The awards for the annual Royal Navy Photographic Competition, 'The Peregrine Trophy', took place at Mercedes-Benz World, Weybridge, Surrey, yesterday, Thursday 15 July 2010.
- [MoD:] IN PICTURES: Navy pilots train for Helmand in Californian desert
- Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 - Royal Navy Sea King helicopter pilots and their crews from the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) have been training for their deployment to Afghanistan in the Californian desert.
- [WordPress Blogs:] Fantastic news: Max Adams' "Collingwood - Northumberland's Heart of Oak" as Audio Book - for free!
- Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:22:54 +0000 - A wave of updates has swept across the Official Collingwood 2010 Website, and I hope I won’t f
- [WordPress Blogs:] The Cruise Of The Torch
- Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:00:03 +0000 - From “Tom Cringle’s Log,” BY Michael Scott (1789 – 1835). “Tom Cringle
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