Posts Tagged ‘royal-navy’

VIDEO: Sun sets on UK operation in Iraq

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

The UK’s military operation in Iraq is to end on Sunday when the Royal Navy stops training Iraqi sailors.

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VIDEO: Sun sets on UK operation in Iraq

Britain’s Iraq military campaign ends

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

The UK’s military operation in Iraq is to end within hours when the Royal Navy completes its mission to train Iraqi sailors.

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Britain’s Iraq military campaign ends

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

The UK’s military operation in Iraq is to end within hours when the Royal Navy completes its mission to train Iraqi sailors.

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Final farewell

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

Departure of Royal Navy training team ends UK operations in Iraq

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Final farewell

Plastic warship sails to the Gulf

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

A Royal Navy warship made from plastic rather than metal leaves Faslane on the Clyde for active service in the Gulf.

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Plastic warship sails to the Gulf

Plastic warship sails to the Gulf

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

A Royal Navy warship made from plastic rather than metal leaves Faslane on the Clyde for active service in the Gulf.

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Plastic warship sails to the Gulf

VIDEO: Clearing mines at Misrata port

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

The Royal Navy has been involved in clearing mines off the Libyan port of Misrata, which they say were laid by pro-Gaddafi forces.

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Last WWI Combat Vet Dies

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

The last known combat veteran from World War I has died. The British-born Claude Stanley Choules spent more than 40 years in the Royal Navy in England and Australia. He died in Australia at the age of 110. Like the last American World War I veteran,…

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Last WWI Combat Vet Dies

Having a deck-o: Bidders to view Ark Royal

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Potential buyers of the HMS Ark Royal will get a first chance to look at the Royal Navy’s former flagship later as tours start in Portsmouth.

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Having a deck-o: Bidders to view Ark Royal

Man still held over sub shooting

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

A Royal Navy crewman continues to be questioned on suspicion of murder after a shooting on board a nuclear submarine that left a naval officer dead.

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Going once…Ark Royal for sale on auction site

Monday, March 28th, 2011

The Ministry of Defence auction website is inviting bids for the Royal Navy’s former flagship, the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.

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Going once…Ark Royal for sale on auction site

VIDEO: Somali pirates ‘could cause huge catastrophe’

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Somali pirates could create a “huge catastrophe” by disrupting the UK’s energy supply, former head of the Royal Navy Lord West of Spithead has warned.

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UK sailor dies in Dubai accident

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

A British sailor from the Royal Navy is killed in a road accident in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

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Libya worker robbed at knifepoint

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

A contracts manager from the Vale of Glamorgan rescued by a Royal Navy frigate from Libya speaks of the moment he was robbed at knifepoint.

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Libya worker robbed at knifepoint

Navy’s underwater ‘Seafox’ in action

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

A rare insight into how the Royal Navy’s unmanned mini-sub, called Seafox, helps a ship’s crew clear underwater mines.

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Navy’s underwater ‘Seafox’ in action