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    May 11

    Roll up, roll up, and get your navy news. hosts our slightly extended news update this week as the Type 45 destroyer returns to sea after an extensive refit. We also have a commissioning, a homecoming and a milestone for our future submarines.

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  2. 16 hours ago

    Forty years since the Falklands War, Steve Tinney, Mark Eve, and John Strachan share their compelling stories with our latest recruits.

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  3. 17 hours ago

    Take it to the limit, . 🚢🚁 With and , test pilots, and scientists, the patrol ship completed 2 weeks of extensive trials with a Wildcat helicopter to set safe aviation boundaries for all 5 overseas patrol vessels.

    Wildcat - callsign Gauntlet - is silhouetted against the setting Med sun
    Wildcat off the flight deck of HMS Trent as the sun goes down
    Wildcat off the starboard stern of HMS Trent as the sun goes down
    Group shot of the team with the Wildcat off the stern of HMS Trent
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  4. 20 hours ago

    The baton of Royal Navy submarine operations today passed firmly to the cutting-edge Astute class. After 32 years in service, HMS Trenchant and Talent – 2 of the 3 final Trafalgar-class boats - decommissioned before HRH The Princess Royal.

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  5. May 20

    Fliers from helped install monuments to and aviators killed when their bombers crashed in December 1943. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 The squadron delivered two memorial stones to Corn Ridge on near Okehampton.

    A Merlin Mk4 successfully delivers one of the stones
    The ground team help manouevre a stone into place
    A Merlin Mk4 approaches the new memorial to the B-17 crash
    The memorial stone for the Liberator crewmen
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  6. Retweeted
    May 20

    📽️Staying sharp for global operations... Commandos from across the Reserve have completed two weeks of intensive training in Cyprus to stay ready for deployments wherever they are needed. Read more ▶️ 🗡️🇬🇧

    Royal Marines Reserve in Cyprus
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  7. Retweeted
    May 19

    Rehearsals continue……… Don’t miss out on tickets for our Beating Retreat 2022 on Horse Guards Parade on 25 & 26 May Tickets available from

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  8. Retweeted
    May 19

    Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 20 May 2022 Find out more about the UK government's response: 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

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  9. May 19

    Steve Tinney, Mark Eve, and John Strachan, veterans of the Royal Navy talk with our current recruits about their experience of war in the Falklands.

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  10. May 19

    The Royal Navy has signed an agreement with to bring the Fleet's next-generation warships into service. 🇬🇧 🇩🇰 The Type 31s - replacing five general duty Type 23 frigates - are based on the Royal Danish Navy's proven Iver Huitfeldt class. 🔗

    Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Andrew Burns and Admiral of the Danish Fleet Rear Admiral Torben Mikkelsen
    Type 31 Frigate - Consort Defence + SLOC Protection
    Danish frigate Iver Huitfeldt on operations in the Baltic in 2018
    Laying the keel of HMS Venturer in Rosyth in April 2022
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  11. May 19

    A place to push the boundaries of technology... The Defence BattleLab has officially been opened in Dorset. It will be a hub where the and the UK's Armed Forces can trial and experiment with cutting-edge technology. ▶️

    A view of the Defence BattleLabs in Dorset, which has officially been opened
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    May 18

    Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 19 May 2022 Find out more about the UK government's response: 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

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  13. May 18

    Come in, P273 and P280, your time is up! 📣 New boats HMS Cutlass and Dagger escorted and out of Gibraltar for the last time after 23 months on the Rock. The duo return to the UK to re-join the Coastal Forces Squadron.

    HMS Cutlass and Dagger lead HMS Pursuer.
    Pursuer makes her way along the Gib waterfront one last time
    HMS Dasher follows HMS Pursuer out of Gib.
    HMS Pursuer and Dasher make their way home.
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  14. May 18

    The titular head of the Silent Service today unveiled an imposing new memorial to submariners. The Duke of Cambridge praised the duty and sacrifice of submariners and families as the £440k monument was dedicated at .

    Prince William with some of the team behind the memorial
    The Duke of Cambridge chats with Diana Mayes, widow of WW2 submarine CO
    Prince William chats with former CDS and submariner Admiral Lord Boyce
    More than 350 people attended the unveiling and dedication ceremony
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    May 18

    Staying sharp...🗡️ Reserves have completed two weeks of intensive exercises in Cyprus to keep themselves prepared for operations around the globe. The tough training finished with a mission to rescue a downed pilot behind 'enemy' lines. ▶️

    A Royal Marines Reservist in action during the final stages of their training in Cyprus
    Royal Marines Reservists launch their final training mission from a helicopter from the RAF's 84 Squadron
    A Royal Marines Reservist, with a mighty moustache, in action during the final phases of training in Cyprus
    A Royal Marines Reservist stands at the top of a range in Cyprus during the exercises
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  16. Retweeted
    May 17

    (1/2) Whether we’re interdicting drugs in the Caribbean or building maritime domain awareness in the Indo Pacific, cooperation between and is a global success story.

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  17. May 18

    Building on an already rich history... 🇺🇸x🇬🇧 The and have vowed to work more closely together in a range of areas, including fighting crime, operations in the polar regions and exchange programmes. Read more ▶️

    CPO Stacia Bowles of the US Coast Guard during her exchange with the Royal Navy on HMS Albion
    The USCG flag
    A US Coast Guard cutter on operations alongside RFA Argus in the Caribbean
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    May 17

    Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 18 May 2022 Find out more about the UK government's response: 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

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  19. May 17

    Members of the public lined the streets to applaud 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery as they celebrated 60 years with Freedom of Plymouth Parade!🎉 🔗Read more here:

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    May 17

    The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is continuing. The map below is the latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 17 May 2022. Find out more about the UK government's response: 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

    Image is of a map showing the latest update of Russia's invasion in Ukraine
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    May 16

    Handover Complete! WATCH ⬇️ for highlights of a busy but rewarding time in Gibraltar. After spending 2 years with , & have taken the reins & are now back on Ops with Coastal Forces Squadron!

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