Pinpoint accuracy from Royal Marinessnipers of 42 commando in an 815 NASWildcat from HMS Lancaster stopped traffickers in their tracks as their engine was disabled while trying to flee with £35m illegal drugs in the Gulf.
HMS Agamemnon has completed her first underwater dive. Conducted at BAE Systems plc in Barrow, HMS Agamemnon’s onboard systems were tested. This included the ballast tanks, which ensure she can surface. The vessel’s precise weight and centre of gravity were also established.
USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) departing from Portsmouth, UK, after completing a NATO mission in the Baltic Sea.
HMS Somerset has completed the first firing of new ship-busting missiles capable of taking out enemy vessels at ranges of more than 100 miles.
On 9th Sept, in a rare replenishment with an aircraft carrier, HMS_Richmondrefuelled from JS Kaga, ahead of her Taiwan Strait transit. CSG25.
On this day 10 years ago in 2015, the last Type 42 Destroyer still afloat, HMS Gloucester, left HMNB Portsmouth to be scrapped at the Turkish yard that dismantled all but one (Birmingham) of her sisters. The departure is witnessed by the Type 42 successor, a Type 45 Destroyer.
The RN’s experimental XLUUV, XV Excalibur, continues its programme of trials and experimentation from Turnchapel Wharf in Plymouth. https://www.navylookout.com/plans-for-the-royal-navys-extra-large-autonomous-underwater-vehicle-xv-excalibur/
Half of the RFA fleet is currently stationed next to the River Mersey.RFA Tidesurge, RFA Tiderace, RFA Proteus in theCammellLaird shipyard. RFA Fort Victoria and RFA Wave Ruler in Liverpool.
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