Coronavirus: Royal Navy Helicopters To Be Used As Air Ambulances
Air and ground crews will work 12-hour shifts as part of RNAS Culdrose's response to the coronavirus crisis.
Air and ground crews will work 12-hour shifts as part of RNAS Culdrose's response to the coronavirus crisis.
The passing out parade was held behind closed doors because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Alongside NATO allies, the Royal Navy vessel helped locate and detonate "several munitions".
A total of seven Russian ships were monitored by the Royal Navy in the space of a week.
The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier cost £3.1 billion.
Belarusian forces shared tactics with another nation for the first time in "recent history" during the exercise.
The announcements come amid the Government's continued call for social distancing to try and stop the COVID-19 outbreak.
One Royal Navy officer described Exercise Cold Response as "invaluable" preparation.
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The Type 45 destroyer was deployed to the Gulf last August.
There have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus at the base, with those self-isolating doing so as a precaution.
As well as meeting Captain Angus Essenhigh, the Queen was joined by the commanding officer's predecessor, Commodore Steve Moorhouse.
Both services has encouraged personnel to stay active, while following Government guidelines on social distancing and group gatherings.
Lieutenant Commander John Manners commanded two Royal Navy destroyers during the Second World War.
The ship returned to the UK on Saturday after spending more than three years deployed in the Caribbean.
Exercise Dynamic Manta tested Navy submarine hunters "to the max" in the Ionian Sea.