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Total annihilation! 💥

This was the moment the Royal Navy's HMS Westminster, a Wildcat helicopter and three Royal Air Force jets used a range of high-powered weaponry on the decommissioned frigate, USS Boone.

Ex Atlantic Thunder has demonstrated that U.K. 🇬🇧and U.S. 🇺🇸naval and air forces can integrate to deliver an end-to-end kill chain against a maritime target at long range.” - Cmdr. Ed Moss-Ward, commanding officer of HMS Westminster

“Direct hit, good effect on target!”

An 847 NAS Forward Air Controller (Airborne) provides terminal guidance from a Wildcat HMA of 815 Naval Air Squadron onboard HMS Westminster to a 500lb Paveway IV launched by 41 Squadron RAF Typhoon as part of Ex Atlantic Thunder 22. Royal Navy Royal Air Force

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HMS Westminster took part in Exercise Atlantic Thunder. A 'SINKEX' to trial new methods of targetting with our US Allies

INTO THE SUNSET.
HMS Westminster has sailed for the last time as a Portsmouth based ship. On a sunlit Sunday evening the Ship's Company said farewell to HMNB Portsmouth and Spinnaker tower. HMS Westminster will soon arrive in HMNB Devonport to enter a period of Upkeep.

Thank you, Ma'am.

The United Kingdom's service chiefs, led by Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, stand vigil at Her Majesty The Queen's coffin in Westminster Hall, where they paid their respects to the late sovereign.

The National Moment of Reflection will take place at 8pm on Sunday night to mourn the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and reflect on her life and legacy.

“Do the best you can. Look impeccable. Show up. Go out and perform. That was it, my grandad said.'

Able Seaman Murray Kerr’s grandfather guarded the Queen at her coronation – 70 years on the Scottish sailor will do the same at Her Majesty’s funeral.

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Members of the Armed Forces, including troops from Commonwealth nations, came together in Central London in the early hours of the morning for a full rehearsal of Her Majesty The Queen's funeral.

#RoyalNavy sailors will have the honour of pulling the State Ceremonial Gun Carriage bearing HM The Queen’s coffin on Monday, a duty they have performed since the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901.

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Sailors at HMS Collingwood practiced pulling the gun carriage which will carry Her Majesty The Queen's coffin at her funeral on Monday.

The accuracy and precision demonstrated is a testament to the close relationship the Armed Forces have always maintained with The Royal Family.

A bond of love and duty.

From her birth in 1926 to her final visit to Portsmouth last year, the Queen’s long, eventful life and reign has interwoven with the Royal Navy's history.

We look back at an unparalleled 96 years: ow.ly/xFaC50KHTse

An everlasting love, together again.

The then Princess Elizabeth first remembered meeting Prince Philip, in 1939, when she accompanied her parents on a visit to the Royal Naval College Dartmouth where he was a cadet.

Royal Navy personnel paused to remember Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as they took part in memorial services across the country.