Posts Tagged ‘Royal Navy’
The UK MOD has signed a contract with BAE Systems Maritime to provide two further Offshore Patrol Vehicles. The £287M contract was announced by Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin during a tour of the Govan shipyard which will construct the vehicles. Mrs Baldwin was at the yard to ‘cut the ...
HMS Illustrious is setting off on her final journey today following 32 years in service. The Royal Navy’s former aircraft carrier is leaving Portsmouth to allow her replacement, the UK’s biggest ever warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth into port. Work is carrying on at pace to make the dockyard ready to accept ...
The Royal Navy has announced plans to create a bespoke facility for reservists that will meet the aspirations of the UK’s Reserves Forces for the next 50 years. Located in Cardiff Bay, the £11M centre will provide modern, state-of-the-art training facilities for the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR), Royal Marine Reserve (RMR) ...
Following the release of the Defence Committee’s Report entitled ‘Restoring the Fleet’, several news articles and discussions have arisen about the state of the Navy. The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Philip Jones, here refutes the claims that the Royal Navy fleet is in crisis. He writes: Reading the news over the ...
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