HMS Kent CO: 'Whole Career Has Been Working Towards Carrier Strike Group'
HMS Kent is currently taking part in Exercise Strike Warrior - the last workout before the Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment.
HMS Kent is currently taking part in Exercise Strike Warrior - the last workout before the Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment.
The submarine was used as a target for Royal Navy training exercises after it was decommissioned and scuttled off the Dartmouth coast.
The Royal Navy ship will be training alongside NATO partners as part of the Littoral Response Group North.
The Ministry of Defence says no serious injuries were sustained during the incident.
Offshore Patrol Vessels HMS Tamar and HMS Severn will return to port in the UK following a fishing row escalation.
HMS Tamar looks a bit different to many Royal Navy vessels after recently undergoing a dazzle camouflage makeover.
HMS Severn became the first Royal Navy vessel in almost 40 years to be decommissioned and then recommissioned in 2020.
The paint scheme was first introduced by the Royal Navy in the First World War and will be applied to the whole Batch 2 River-class fleet.
The £3.2bn aircraft carrier will lead the UK Carrier Strike Group on the Royal Navy's largest deployment in more than a decade.
The Carrier Strike Group will visit 40 countries over 28 weeks during the deployment and will sail through the disputed South China Sea.
The front and rear blocks have been joined to show off the full size of the ship, for the first time.
The ship has departed Portsmouth Naval Base for sea trials.
The 'dazzle' camouflage paint scheme became a popular tactic for vessels to deceive an enemy in the First and Second World Wars.
The Carrier Strike Group is set to deploy next month, travelling 26,000 nautical miles over 28 weeks.
They will be a new class of surface warship, designed to protect territorial waters and provide a persistent presence for the UK overseas
The paint scheme was first introduced by the Royal Navy in the First World War and will be applied to the whole Batch 2 River-class fleet.