Babcockplc, has been awarded a contract to manage the Type 23 class frigate Refit Support Group so the company takes end-to-end responsibility for vessel upkeep and regeneration – releasing RN personnel. This model is already used to deliver HMS St Albans to sea three months ahead of schedule.

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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) conducts a RAS with fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO-194) and destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59) in South China Sea on April 22.

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On this day in 1918, the Royal Navy Grand Fleet deployed in full fighting array for the last time in wartime to counter a German sortie in the North Sea. Admiral Beatty sailed with 193 ships including 31 battleships, 4 battle cruisers, 24 light cruisers & 85 destroyers.