Posts Tagged ‘royal-navy’
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force take part in an event to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, including a flypast of 78 current and historic aircraft.

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VIDEO: Flypast for Diamond Jubilee
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Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force are taking part in a parade and flypast for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

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Armed forces in Jubilee parade
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Saturday, May 12th, 2012
The Royal Navy pilots learning to fly state-of-the-art US fighter jets

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‘Top Gun’ training for UK pilots
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
The government has changed its mind over the type of fighter planes it is ordering for the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers.

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U-turn over fighter plane choice
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Royal Navy bomb disposal teams work to ensure a World War II German rocket found in the mud flats at Harwich Harbour is made safe.

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Tide reveals V2 rocket in harbour
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
A £350m contract to refit and refuel a Royal Navy nuclear missile submarine could safeguard 2,000 jobs, the defence secretary is to announce.

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Submarine deal ‘saves 2,000 jobs’
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012
A posthumous George Medal is awarded to a Royal Navy officer who was shot dead on board a nuclear submarine as it was docked in Southampton.

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Submarine death officer honoured
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
A Royal Navy engineer who tried to rape a woman in her own home after she had earlier rejected his advances in a pub is jailed for seven years.

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Navy man jailed for rape attempt
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Saturday, January 14th, 2012
The Royal Navy has captured 13 Somali pirates after boarding a dhow in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defence says, as part of a Nato-led operation.

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Royal Navy takes Somali pirates
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
The crew of a Royal Navy ship – who became internet sensations after they recorded a Christmas video while at sea – have arrived back in port.
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VIDEO: Net sensation ship returns home
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
The prime minister is to use a shell casing, fired by the Royal Navy in Libya , as his umbrella stand.
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Libya shell casing lands in No 10
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Women are to be allowed to serve on Royal Navy submarines, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed.
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Women to serve on UK submarines
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
More than 1,000 Royal Navy personnel are to learn they are losing their jobs, as the defence secretary says military chiefs have to share the blame for cuts.

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Navy making first 1,000 job cuts
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Sailors who took part in the Libya campaign will be among hundreds of Royal Navy personnel to learn they are being made redundant later this week.

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Libya sailors among navy job cuts
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Monday, September 19th, 2011
A Royal Navy serviceman who shot dead a senior officer on board a nuclear submarine is jailed for life and told he must serve at least 25 years in prison.

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Man jailed for submarine murder
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