Royal Navy sailors to get polar training from Canadian Coast Guard
The Navy said its personnel will learn more about navigating icy waters and breaking ice sheets.
The Navy said its personnel will learn more about navigating icy waters and breaking ice sheets.
Since March last year, COVID-19 restrictions have prevented the usual welcomes for families separated for months at a time.
Crew of minehunter HMS Shoreham took to the waves in Portugal as they waited to resume their homeward-bound journey.
The Royal Navy chief is set to take up the role on 30 November, replacing General Sir Nick Carter.
Royal Navy chief Admiral Sir Tony Radakin is set to take up the role on 30 November, replacing General Sir Nick Carter.
Analysts are speculating that the UK should expect increased Chinese maritime activity as the Strike Group sails into fresh waters.
The River-class patrol ship finished preparations for her patrol to West Africa this week in the waters close to Gibraltar.
Past the midway point of the deployment, the Strike Group is now preparing for engagements with Singapore, India and Oman.
The Offshore Patrol Vessels transited the Panama Canal arriving into their "new playground" – the Pacific.
A three-day bilateral exercise started on Sunday by testing out electronic warfare skills at a distance.
HMS Queen Elizabeth was also joined by ships from New Zealand, Canada and the Netherlands as she leads the Carrier Strike Group 21.
It is seven years since the former prime minister committed the UK to a second new aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales.
The two patrol vessels left Portsmouth in September to begin their five-year deployment to the Indo-Pacific region.
The £3.2bn HMS Prince of Wales will join her sister HMS Queen Elizabeth for duties around the globe after being declared fully operational.
BFBS Cinemas also partnered with Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Stanford Hall, to host two free screenings for patients.
The race will see a four-man team of sailors race HMS Albion from Liverpool to Plymouth – a 280-mile route.