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The Fleet Air Arm has lost one of its greatest and most influential aviators with the passing of Commander Nigel 'Sharkey' Ward.
'Mr Sea Harrier' downed three Argentine aircraft during more than 60 sorties as CO of 801 NAS in the Falklands.
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Crew of @HMS_GlasgowRN paid their respects to the men of 1944 on a battlefield tour of #Normandy.
With colleagues from @BAES_Maritime they visited sites where the 6in guns of the wartime Glasgow saw action. #DDay80
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Cdre Matt Stratton shares memories of his grandfather who fought in the war and landed in Normandy on D-Day.
#DDay80
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An absolute privilege in being able to organise the @CWGC ANZAC Day Dawn Service today, which took place at the Glasgow Western Necropolis. Thanks to all who were involved in making today such a success!
@LegionScotland
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Thanks for the good times & support in 2023…here’s to an awesome 2024 from the Ship’s Company of HMS MEDWAY!
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Almost 7,000 members of the Armed Forces will spend Christmas Day serving their country overseas.
Chief of the Defence Staff @AdmTonyRadakin_ has thanked those spending Christmas away from their loved-ones and paid tribute to the success and service of the Armed Forces in 2023.
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Sailors from #HMSGlasgow have joined staff and pupils from Holy Cross Primary School at Fairfield Heritage, a museum dedicated to local shipbuilding.
Children tried their hand various activities and learnt about their namesake city’s long and proud history of shipbuilding.
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It's our 2 year anniversary today 🥳
On 7 September 2021, we sailed from Portsmouth with @hms_tamar to embark on the journey of our sustained presence in the Indo-pacific. It barely feels like any time at all since we left!
#Speytacular #TeamSpeymar #TeamSpey
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History in the making... A pilotless aircraft has landed - and taken off again from - a Royal Navy aircraft carrier for the first time at sea. The drone from W Autonomous Systems flew from Predannack near @RNASCuldrose to @HMSPWLS and back again.
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This week, the Governor welcomed the Ship’s Company of HMS Medway to Government House #Falklands.
HMS Medway is currently in the islands covering for her older sister, HMS Forth, which is currently undergoing a refit in Gibraltar.
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HMS Glasgow - now alongside at @BAES_Maritime Scotstoun on the Clyde
Via @liz_c177
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HMS Glasgow in Glasgow after launch a few weeks ago. If someone tells you there are no frigates being built in Scotland, show them this!
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.@HMS_Medway has now spent two months in the South Atlantic – relocating 6,000 miles from the Caribbean where she's spent the majority of her active life.
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.@HMS_Medway has now been in the South Atlantic for 2 months after temporarily replacing @HMS_Forth as Falkland Islands Patrol Ship.
Medway recently made the 2,000-mile round to South Georgia
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Bring on the Brum!
Work's begun on the Royal Navy's 4th Type 26 anti-submarine frigate: HMS #Birmingham.
VIPs from England's 2nd city joined RN officers, veterans and Defence minister Alex Chalk in cutting the first steel @BAES_Maritimein Govan.
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First steel was cut today for 4th Type 26 frigate, HMS Birmingham @BAES_Maritime in Glasgow today.
HMS Birmingham is 1st of the 5 batch II ships which should be built faster and be cheaper than the 3 batch I ships.
More details of the programme here:
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The crew of @RoyalNavy warship @HMS_Medway rescued five people after their ocean-going tug started sinking in choppy seas in the Caribbean.
Medway was pushed to the limits of its capability with 30-knot winds and 5ft waves.🌊
Find out more here👇
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Yesterday @HMS_Medway
rescued the 5 crew of an ocean-going tug that started sinking in choppy seas west of Sint Maarten, near 🇦🇮Anguilla.
When the tug's engines failed, the crew took refuge on the barge they had been towing. Medway's sea boat recoverd the crew from the barge.
