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The Royal Navy
A community portal about The Royal Navy with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services. From the early 18th century to the middle of the 20th... [more]
A community portal about The Royal Navy with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services. From the early 18th century to the middle of the 20th century, it was the largest and most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant power of the 19th and early 20th centuries. During the Cold War, it was transformed into primarily an anti-submarine force, hunting for Soviet submarines, being mostly active in the North Atlantic Ocean. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, its role for the 21st century has returned to focus on global expeditionary operations.
LONDON (Reuters) – The Royal Navy chief hit back on Friday at claims his sailors were “cowards” for failing to intervene after a British couple were captured by Somali pirates saying they could not have put the civilians’ lives at risk ...
- Royal Navy chief says his sailors not "cowards" (search.msn.com)
Frigates and Corvettes
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BAE Systems Surface Ships inherited the £400 million [[Khareef class|''Khareef'' Ocean Patrol Vessel project]] from VT Group which will see three ships delivered to the [[Royal Navy of Oman]] in 2010.cite news |first...
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- BAE seeks international warship orders to remain buoyant (telegraph.co.uk)
The first woman in the Royal Navy to be awarded the Military Cross collected her bravery medal today from Buckingham Palace today. Medical Assistant Kate Nesbitt was honoured for her heroism by the Prince of Wales. The 21-year-old from Plymouth, Devon, braved Taliban fire to tend to a comrade shot in the neck during a gun battle in Afghanistan in March. Brave: Medical Assistant Kate Nesbitt receives the Military Cross from the Prince of Wales...
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- Royal Navy gets creative in attracting engineers (government.zdnet.com)
The Royal Navy's Weapons Engineering School has purchased 230 PSP handhelds which they will load with training programs for officers, reports The Times.
The console is seen as equally effective as textbooks and more portable. Overall, the Navy has cut training costs down to GBP 200 per hour.
The first officers to receive the training PSPs are" marine warfare engineering technicians, who are responsible for radar, sonar, VHF radio and...
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- News: Royal Navy to use PSPs for engineering training (gamesindustry.biz)
- Royal Navy patrol off Gibraltar accused of firing at Spanish flag (news.google.co.uk)
CLYDE NAVAL BASE, Scotland, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The British Royal Navy announced its next-generation submarine Astute has been take out to sea to begin a performance testing and evaluation period.
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