Last week Lt Samuel Charleston RN assumed Command of HMS SMITER taking over from Lt Beth Humby RN. Sam joins the Ship as She returns from refit and prepares for an exciting summer deployment. Fair winds and following seas Beth in your next assignment! #CFS #RoyalNavy

It was a great privilege to host the Annual Coastal Forces Dinner Explosion Museum and to have the opportunity to share some dits and experience’s with so many serving and ex-serving members of the squadron!

#CoastalForcesSquadron Commanding Officers joined the Second Sea Lord Second Sea Lord onboard HMS Victory this morning to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Nelson’s innovation, courage and leadership continue to inspire the next generation!

Summer deployment complete and it’s good to be home HMNB Portsmouth !
17 port visits 🍻
1600 miles steamed ⚓️
Countless rainstorms 🌧️
Many many 🐬
Some great training achieved 🫡
URNU Devon URNU Bristol URNU Wales URNU Birmingham

Thank you Liverpool for a great couple of days! A highlight of the deployment so far and a chance for Ship’s Company and students to explore the city. Now to begin the long transit back to Portsmouth! #homewardbound

The 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 leg of our deployment is now at an end as we look ahead to returning to Portsmouth soon. Tarbert, Troon, Tobermory, Oban, Port Ellen, Stranraer- what a tour it’s been ☔️ great to see HMS CHARGER on her travels too 👋

This is not where you'd expect to see #RoyalNavy vessels but HMS Biter HMS CHARGER HMS Smiter and HMS Blazer have navigated the canals and lochs of #Scotland as part of their summer deployment. It comes after supporting ops in the #Baltic and #Arctic
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14 Port Visits, students from URNU Glasgow, working with Royal Navy in Scotland and the Engineering Training Squadron with company from HMS Blazer and HMS Smiter, it has been great! Of course a visit to the Isle Of Skye would not be complete without a trip to Talisker

Recently members of URNU DEVON have embarked on HMS Smiter

During this time OCs have practised duties as OOW, helmed & handled lines on the upper deck.

A speedy passage saw the ship travel down the SW coast, round Lands’ End & up to Holyhead. Thank you for having us onboard!

Hey there 👋 HMS Biter
Sister ships alongside in Tarbert 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great to conduct some impromptu training with Belfast Coastguard today as we continue our summer deployment to the West Coast of Scotland 🚁 #handstoflyingstations

Great to have you on board- good training despite some questionable weather! 🌧️

Brilliant to be in the Isle of Man and able to meet an assortment of wonderful people, including individuals from charity Heroes on the Water. And what a beautiful place!

We’ll be back! 🇮🇲🇮🇲🇮🇲

First stop on our ‘summer’ deployment with students from URNU Bristol URNU Wales URNU Devon was a rainy (but beautiful!) Weymouth 🌧️
Here’s hoping the sun makes an appearance soon! 🌞

'Coastal Forces Squadron, like their historic forebears, is the breeding ground for a Navy that Fisher characterised as ruthless, remorseless and relentless' write Commander Richard Skelton RN and Strategyforward in the latest #RUSIDefenceSystems article.
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Delighted to have hosted patrons from Royal Yacht Squadron Foundation and students from Cowes Enterprise College in company with HMS Smiter and Diving & Threat Exploitation Group during Fleet Commander's Executive Oversight Committee. The future is in steady hands! ⚓
#smallshipsbigimpact
#isleofwight

P2000s crossing the T as we exercise threat response drills with our Baltic partners 🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪 - it’s what Nelson would have wanted!

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#SmallShipsBigImpact

Here's a short video showcasing our achievements:

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First P2000s to enter the Arctic Circle ✅

#FutureCFSTactics on #ExerciseJointViking and #ExTamberShield . ✅

Integration with 815 Naval Air Squadron Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret and The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) allies ✅

NAVYfit Adventurous training ✅

⛽️ Sustaining ourselves on operations takes careful planning. While utilising traditional methods of topping up fuel, we have also been experimenting with new ways to do it too! Yesterday, P2000’s replenished fuel underway from HMS Albion LCU’s. 🇬🇧🇸🇪🇬🇧

Taxi!🚕 Another first for CFS today. Explorer conducted transfer of personnel and stores with HMS Albion whilst underway! Continuing to prove the concept of new ideas and ways to use P2000’s on operations. #StrongerTogether