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Royal Navy recipients in Queen’s birthday honours list
17/06/2013 14:39:00
A cross section of naval personnel have been recognised for their public service in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2013.
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary Commodore awarded OBE
17/06/2013 11:11:00
A Royal Fleet Auxiliary Commodore has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for achieving excellence in Engineering. Commodore David Preston RFA heads up Commercially Supported Shipping at the Defence Equipment and Support organisation, based at Abbey Wood, in Bristol.
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Black Rover remembers her wartime forebears in Atlantic tribute
10/06/2013 11:15:00
Sailors from tanker RFA Black Rover paid tribute to their forebears when their ship paid a brief visit to a remote Atlantic island. The crew smartened the war memorial on Jamestown, St Helena, where the names of 41 crew of the tanker RFA Darkdale, killed when she was torpedoed by...
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RFA Gold Rover returns home
31/05/2013 14:26:00
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Gold Rover, a Small Fleet Tanker, has returned to Plymouth today after nearly two years on deployment keeping warships on station at sea.
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Trials begin on state-of-the-art demonstrator for next generation ships
31/05/2013 10:01:00
Trials have started on a new facility at HMS Raleigh which will be used to prove equipment for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers and future Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels. The Heavy Replenishment-at-Sea (HRAS) demonstrator is being used to simulate the transfers of bulk stores and munitions to the...
