The crew of HMS Kent have helped
with the resumption of seaborne trade around the coast of
southern Iraq – at the same time as putting the squeeze
on smugglers.
A partnering document has been
signed between the Ministry of Defence and a private organisation
with a view to providing training for the next generation
of Royal Navy submarines.
Air crew and civilian staff
at RN air station Culdrose were treated to a genteel method
of flying when a vintage airliner dropped in on the Cornish
air base.
Former Royal Navy frigate HMS
Scylla has embarked on the first stages of a new lease of
life – as a sunken reef to create a wildlife habitat
and for use by leisure divers.
The Ministry of Defence has
announced that a consortium named C2C has been awarded Preferred
Bidder status for the third and final element of one of its
most significant Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects.
A superb display of skill and
nerve by a relatively-inexperienced Sea King flight crew who
became engulfed in a sandstorm during operations in Iraq has
resulted in one member winning a prestigious award on behalf
of the whole team.
A Service of Remembrance was
held at sea yesterday in honour of the aircrew who died in
a helicopter collision over the Northern Gulf during the conflict
in Iraq.
The story of the only unofficial
‘submariner’ to lose his life in a British boat
during the war has been revealed by staff at the RN Submarine
Museum in Gosport – although the full details will probably
never be known.
Details of the honours and
awards made to members of the Naval Service for service on
Operation Telic and in support of Operation Telic from the
period March 19 to April 19 2003 – including awards
made to British Service personnel by the Americans.
Drugs runners in the Caribbean
were forced to dump a tonne of cocaine, worth an estimated
£25 million, into the sea in an attempt to evade a chasing
Royal Navy destroyer.
