Portsmouth-based minehunter HMS Middleton has become the Royal Navy’s first warship to operate new equipment allowing divers to work at greater depths.
When actor and ex-sailor Shaun Williamson arrived in Portsmouth to star at the Kings Theatre as habitual criminal Norman Stanley Fletcher from 1970s TV show Porridge, he was unprepared for the professionalism of the Royal Navy police staff.
The 70-strong Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Royal Marines team hoping to flambé up a first class feast at one of the biggest Tri-Service cookery events of the year have been practising their skills at HMS Nelson, Portsmouth.
One of the country’s leading trombone players who performs regularly on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing is to lead the Royal Marines Big Band on Thursday November 12.
The commanding officer of HMS Victory demonstrated he has a head for heights as he climbed 205 feet up the main mast and straight into the history books.