#RoyalNavy

Killed by his poorly trained pilot attempting take-off in an iced up aircraft. Safe, secure VIP air transport is taken for granted now but it wasn't always so.https://twitter.com/RoyalNavy/status/1345429423831609345 It's horrifying
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As #Hindu communities around the world celebrate the Festival of Light, I'm reflecting on what the @RoyalNavy has taught me about the meaning and value of #Diwali #Diwali
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I like a good yarn and heroism as much as the next person, and I get that Taranto has quite the @royalnavy myth around it, but let's not get carried
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As @smrmoorhouse announces IOC, we wanted to show you some of the incredible work helping #815NAS become part of that capability. Workers at @ThalesDefence @thalesgroup in Belfast working on #Martlet
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We begin 2021 with the declaration of Initial Operating Capability for #CarrierStrike. A few thoughts on what this means...https://www.gov.uk/government/news/carrier-strike-group-hits-important-milestone Symbolically, this is an inflection
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It's worth saying that the Pacific Fleet off Japan wasn't the only @RoyalNavy fleet in the Far East on #VJDay. At Trincomalee lay the East Indies Fleet, under Adm Sir
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On this day 1945 the @RoyalNavy Pacific Fleet under V/Adm Sir Bernad Rawlings, with its @Australian_Navy & @NZNavy elements launched an air strike on Japan, alongside the vast @USNavy 3rd
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On this day 1940, the 5,136 ton Denholm Line cargo ship SS Broompark sailed from Bordeaux as part of Operation Aerial, the final evacuation of British & other forces from
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On this day 1940 @RoyalNavy Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from @815NAS & 819 NAS took off from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious to bomb Italian airfields on Stampalia & Rhodes
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Been on leave for a week, but it's back to work on Monday, and that means it's nearly time for a Basin Trial. But what is that I don't hear
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#SubWednesday #Submarines #RoyalNavy #SilentService #SovietNavy #ВМФ #ColdWar 1. In the early 1977, Royal Navy's Swiftsure class leader HMS Swiftsure (S-126) shadowed Soviet Navy's Project 1143 Krechyet class aircraft carrier Kie
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On this day 1941, the @RoyalNavy's Force H under V/Adm Sir James Somerville, aboard the battlecruiser HMS Renown, with the battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal & cruiser
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Thread. My Dad is 80.5 years old. In 1972 he started building a model of #HMSVictory at 1 to 48' scale. My parents moved back to England grom Australia a
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#ThursdayThoughtsNab Tower has been a prominent structure marking the deep water entry of The Solent. Helping guiding shipping around the channels of Portsmouth and Southampton.Nab Tower however was built for
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On this day 1940 the German heavy cruiser Hipper, commanded by Cpt Wilhelm Meisel, began an attack on the large, Allied troop convoy WS5A, 800 miles west of Cape Finisterre.Opening
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Okay, since the @RoyalNavy (& @RoyalAirForce) have been in the news a bit these last couple of days regarding rumours of cuts in the forthcoming Integrated Review, it's possibly time
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