Sourced: UK Defence Journal By George Allison HMS Ocean was the Royal Navy’s Landing Platform Helicopter and Fleet Flagship. A helicopter carrier and amphibious assault ship, Ocean was designed to deliver troops to the centre of the action by helicopter or by landing craft. Aviation capabilities include six helicopter operating spots on her flight deck… Continue reading HMS OCEAN DECOMMISSIONED FROM THE ROYAL NAVY, SOLD TO BRAZIL
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HMS OCEAN LEADS BRITISH INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR GREEK EXERCISE
Sourced : Royal Navy The Greeks host Exercise Niriis to test a sizeable international naval force and its ability to respond to a major crisis in the region – not unlike the Turkish exercise HMS Ocean and the NATO group she leads has just completed. The 2017 incarnation of Niriis involved ships/aircraft/personnel from Greece, Italy,… Continue reading HMS OCEAN LEADS BRITISH INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR GREEK EXERCISE
BRAZIL TO BUY HMS OCEAN FOR 80.3 MILLION POUNDS
Sourced : UK Defence Journal By George Allison According to Brazilian journalist Roberto Lopes in an e-mail to us, the ship’s cost to the Brazilian Navy is fixed at £80.3 million pounds (312 million of Brazilian Reais). Commander of the Brazilian Navy, Admiral Eduardo Leal Ferreira, claimed that the price of Ocean seemed “convenient”. HMS… Continue reading BRAZIL TO BUY HMS OCEAN FOR 80.3 MILLION POUNDS
ROYAL MARINES UNLEASH FULL METAL JACKAL STORMING BEACHES IN BAHRAIN
Jackal armoured cars kicked up the Bahraini sand as they swarmed ashore during the climax of a three-week amphibious exercise in the Gulf. Despite choppy surf, Royal Marines from Lima Company, 42 Commando, stormed the beaches alongside their Bahraini counterparts under the cover of air power as Exercise Pearl Dagger 16 came to an explosive… Continue reading ROYAL MARINES UNLEASH FULL METAL JACKAL STORMING BEACHES IN BAHRAIN
ROYAL NAVY PROTECTS SHIPPING IN MIDDLE EAST
Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring has protected merchant vessels and Royal Navy ships sailing through the Bab al-Mandeb strait. The Portsmouth-based warship has provided reassurance in the region, being equipped to tackle possible air and surface threats with her combination of surveillance radars and Sea Viper missiles. The advanced air destroyer also escorted the Navy’s… Continue reading ROYAL NAVY PROTECTS SHIPPING IN MIDDLE EAST
HMS DARING TO JOIN CAMPAIGN AGAINST DAESH
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced HMS Daring will deploy to the Gulf as the UK’s latest contribution to the campaign against Daesh. The Type 45 destroyer and her 190-strong crew will sail from Portsmouth on Friday with a mission to use her sophisticated radar and missile systems to protect US aircraft carriers as they… Continue reading HMS DARING TO JOIN CAMPAIGN AGAINST DAESH
HMS OCEAN SAILS FOR NATO EXERCISE IN THE BALTIC SEA
The Royal Navy’s Fleet Flagship HMS Ocean makes her way out of Devonport to take part in a huge multinational NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea. Exercise Baltops is an annual workout which tests the 16 allied and partner maritime nations taking part. The helicopter carrier will be taking part in one of the largest… Continue reading HMS OCEAN SAILS FOR NATO EXERCISE IN THE BALTIC SEA
HUGE UK BASED ANGLO FRENCH EXERCISE COMES TO AN END
A Tri-Service exercise designed to test the Anglo-French working partnership was completed last Friday after a fortnight of exercising on sea, land and air. Eight warships from the Royal Navy and Marine Nationale took part – Royal Navy flagship HMS Ocean, HMS Bulwark, HMS Sutherland, as well as RFA Lyme Bay and French frigates FS… Continue reading HUGE UK BASED ANGLO FRENCH EXERCISE COMES TO AN END
HMS BULWARK RETURNS TO PLYMOUTH
Royal Navy amphibious assault ship, HMS Bulwark, has returned to Plymouth from operations in the Mediterranean after leading a major Royal Navy deployment. The Plymouth-based ship was leading this year’s exercise Cougar comprising exercises with the French Navy off Corsica and then Exercise Trident Juncture, the largest NATO exercise for a decade involving 30 nations,… Continue reading HMS BULWARK RETURNS TO PLYMOUTH
TRIDENT JUNCTURE SUCCESS FOR ROYAL NAVY
Played out like a battlefield re-enactment, NATO representatives witnessed Royal Marines, from 45 Commando, simulate the storming of a beach in Troia, Portugal. Working alongside US marines the men from Zulu Company, 45 Cdo, came ashore in landing craft from HMS Bulwark before retaking a peninsula from hostile enemies; while that was happening Portuguese marines… Continue reading TRIDENT JUNCTURE SUCCESS FOR ROYAL NAVY