Following an Illustrious career, the MOD has announced that the former aircraft carrier is to be recycled. With some 32 years of exemplary service, between 1982 and 2014, HMS Illustrious covered over 900,000 nautical miles. Operations ranged from stabilisation efforts in the immediate aftermath of the first Gulf War and delivering ...
Construction is nearing completion on the top sections of the new lights at Portsmouth harbour that will help to guide the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers safely. The last stage of construction will see the superstructures lifted onto the pile foundations driven earlier this year. The 14 steel structures, standing at 30 metres ...
The programme to transform BAE Systems’ submarine construction site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria has gathered pace with the award of another major contract and erection of the first steelwork for the largest of the planned new facilities to build Successor, the replacement for the Royal Navy’s Vanguard Class submarines. BAE Systems has ...
Facilities to power the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers have taken a major step forward with the delivery of a frequency converter. The frequency converter will play a major part in providing the ships with enough electricity to power a small town. When at their home port, HMNB Portsmouth, HMS Queen ...
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