On both right and left, there's a lot of anger about the assessment of threat from Russia and the need to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. ๐งต
For actions in Red Sea, Cdr Pete Evans, CO @hmsdiamond and Cdr Rich Kemp, CO @HMS_Richmond among RN personnel to recieve awards in new year's honours list.
AB M Winton, mentioned in dispatches for manually aiming 30mm cannon on HMS Diamond and destroying Houthi drone, saving lives of sailors on board a merchant ship.
https://t.co/l0PMafHl4X
DIAMOND's ๐ Warfare Dept use the Shipโs Comms, Sensors and Weapons as the main fighting workforce onboard, but they also do: Replenishment at Sea, Gunnery, Seamanship, Anchoring, Aircraft Control, Seaboat Crew, Boarding Operations, Navigating...
Interested? @RoyalNavy
Shine on you 'mazing Diamond ๐
Welcome home the men and women of @hmsdiamond after 7 months away successfully protecting shipping from Houthi drone/missile attacks in the Red Sea.
She's due past Portsmouth's Round Tower around 1pm tomorrow, so please show your support.๐
A quick top-up from USNS KANAWHA๐บ๐ฒ, as DIAMOND ๐ makes a fuel stop. The highly trained and professional Ship's Company worked against 40kt headwinds and concurrent flying, which is degree level RASing! ๐ฅ
First T45 to visit Turku, Finland โ ๏ธ
First T45 to transit the Finnish Archipelago โ ๏ธ
12 hours of constrained navigational waters, in and out โ ๏ธ
Many, many hours of planning and one very tired Navigator โ ๏ธ
My time with Coastal Forces Squadron has come to an end.
Thank you to the PURSUER & SCIMITAR team (past and present) for an amazing 18 months.
Best of luck to the new team!
Transiting 7,000 Miles, visiting 6 countries across 2 Continents it's time for Lt Josh Tyrie to hand over.
Welcome to our new Commanding Officer Lt Ed Farrer who joins us from @HMSQNLZ.
Fair Winds & Following Seas!
#RelentlessInPursuit
@CdrRSkelton
Well done Team!
Time for some very well deserved leave and time to thank our families for all their support.
Pursuer will return for more adventures so stay tuned!
In the meantime here's a few ๐ธ
#CFSOverseas2022@CdrJamieWells
@CdrRSkelton
@NavyLookout
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We've covered thousands of miles alongside @HmsDasher from North Africa to the North Sea working alongside our @NATO allies all the way ๐ช#CFSOverseas2022
๐2 Ships
๐7 Countries
๐16 overseas stops
Check out where we've been! โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ฆ ๐ต๐น ๐ซ๐ท ๐ง๐ช ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐๐ฌ๐ง
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Good morning Belgium, and thanks for having us!
With our Defence Engagement complete it's a race back across the channel for some well deserved leave! ๐ฅณ
But before we go let's have a look at what we've achieved in the last 3 months...
@UKinBelgium#CFSOverseas2022
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