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Daring makes iconic passage of Suez to begin her deployment in earnest 02/02/2012
HMS Daring has sailed through the Suez Canal for the first time as she begins her maiden deployment in earnest. It took 12 hours for the Type 45 destroyer to pass through the 120-mile canal linking the Mediterranean with the Middle East, where she’ll spend the next six months.
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Illustrious is Arctic-bound for major war games
03/02/2012 11:27:00
HMS Illustrious sails from Portsmouth today for two months of training culminating in large-scale Arctic war games. The helicopter carrier is working with Apache gunships and Sea Kings in the North Sea before moving on to the Norwegian fjords for NATO’s Exercise Cold Response.
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Lancaster ‘ready to show what she can do’ after £22m revamp
02/02/2012 10:30:00
Faster, punchier, and more efficient, HMS Lancaster has put to sea again after a 16-month overhaul in her home port. The Portsmouth-based frigate has emerged from a £22m refit with increased firepower and improved kit from bow to stern and is now being put through her paces off the South...
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Culdrose ignites Olympic fever as symbolic flame begins its journey around the UK in Cornwall
01/02/2012 17:07:00
The Olympic flame will begin its 8,000-mile journey around the UK by arriving at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall it was announced today. It will be flown into the air station from Greece on May 18 before the first of 8,000 torchbearers begins carrying it the length and breadth of the...
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Minehunter Brocklesby rewarded for her Libyan mission
01/02/2012 12:53:00
The crew of HMS Brocklesby are the best in the minehunting business as they and their ship were rewarded for their deeds off Libya. The ship was singled out as the most effective mine warfare vessel in the Royal Navy – out of a fleet of 15 – for her...
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Bulwark’s winter deployment opens with a visit to Germany’s greatest port
01/02/2012 11:52:00
The citizens of Germany’s greatest port will see what Britain’s flagship can do when HMS Bulwark pays a four-day visit to Hamburg. The assault ship is heading up the Elbe on the first stage of her winter deployment which will eventually take her to northern Norway for Arctic training alongside...
