Those that know me will know that I have lots of opinions 🗣️

After nearly 30 years of working with and for the Royal Navy, I wrote down some of my reflections upon retirement from the @Service for Forces News.

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🇫🇷French Frigate FS Premier Maître L'Her arrives in Leith for her final overseas port visit after 44 years of service with the Marine nationale to celebrate #EntenteCordial120

Via Royal Navy in Scotland

New article:

Type 26 frigate construction and shipyard investment – progress update

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.UK Docks Marine Services Limited has oficially taken over global support of HMS Tamar , HMS Spey , HMS Medway , HMS Trent and HMS Forth in addition to their existing contract for HMS Protector

The 8-year, £250m contract will see the company work in partnership with overseas shipyards to oversee…

BREAKING:

The MoD has announced it will accelerate the DragonFire Laser weapon from a demonstrator programme to an operational capability to be installed on Royal Navy warships.

Initially for use as a counter-UAV solution, it is hoped it will be operational by 2027 but…

Ukrainian minehunters 🇺🇦UNS Cherkasy and Chernihiv to be based in Portsmouth for the foreseeable future and will exercise with RN and USN.

They currently cannot enter the Black Sea due to the terms of the Montreux Convention but are being prepared for post-war mine clearance…

.RFA Stirling Castle formally welcomed into RFA service at service of dedication held in Leith today in the presence of HRH Prince Edward.

(Photo 3: Dave Cullen Photography )

Absolute non-story. All RN personnel will still need to have passed a swimming test in Phase One training. This is removing the requirement to be a swimmer during the recruitment phase.

The UK Littoral Response Group (South) arrives in the Indo-Pacific

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MoD confirms RFA Cardigan Bay is the vessel on her way to the eastern Mediterranean to join the US-led humanitarian aid operation to Gaza.

RFA Cardigan Bay passed through the Suez Canal today and is likely initially bound for Cyprus. HMS Diamond previously escorted her…

This is a Rolls-Royce Spey gas turbine! Koninklijke Marine pool them with Royal Navy and we move them in and out of the ship through the inlets… both GT’s enable the ship to reach around 28 knots 👊🏻

The Princess Royal, the ship's sponsor of HMSVenturer has visited the ship for first time

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.HMS Protector arriving in St. John’s 🇨🇦Canada yesterday

Via: Ships in Passing
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Latest photo of HMS Argyll in the Frigate Support basin at Devonport.

Scaffolding has been removed and guardrail stanchions put back.

Via Tomleachphotography