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Defence
Royal Navy unveils new £3m sea survival centre
THE navy has unveiled a new £3.25m sea survival training centre to teach sailors and Royal Marines how to abandon ships safely.
Lusty in Denmark
PORTSMOUTH-BASED warship HMS Illustrious has been working with the Danish military during a four-day visit to Copenhagen.
Royal Navy contract goes overseas
A MAJOR £452m contract to build four new fuel tankers to supply the Royal Navy has gone to a firm in South Korea.
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Gosport Royal Navy sites opened up to raise cash for sub
FOR one day only, Gosport’s Royal Navy sites at Fort Blockhouse and HMS Sultan are opening their doors to their hidden heritage as part of a fundraising day to save a submarine.
Full steam ahead for Zoe’s navy ambitions
ZOE Williams has completed initial training in her bid to become a warfare officer in the Royal Navy.
Captain honoured by the Queen
A PORTSMOUTH Royal Navy flyer was awarded the OBE for his work with aircraft carrier fast jets today.
Apprentices are shown off by navy during visit
NAVAL training base HMS Collingwood played host to career advisers as part of National Apprenticeship Week, to show what the navy has to offer.
Rust in pieces
STRIPPED back and looking in a sorry state, this is axed warship HMS Cornwall arriving in Portsmouth to be tied up with all the other decommissioned warships.
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Union backs plan for carrier to arrive early
SHIPBUILDING union GMB has backed a plan to move the final stages of work for the Royal Navy’s first new aircraft carrier down to Portsmouth.
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Willetts to make flying visit to the Falklands
HAVANT MP David Willetts is to become the first minister to visit the Falklands Islands since renewed tensions arose between Britain and Argentina.
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Secret anti-pirate base aims to keep ships safe in dangerous waters
A NEW state-of-the-art global anti-piracy centre has been unveiled ahead of a major conference aimed at tackling pirates in Somalia.
1 commentTroops will take part in grand parade
PORTSMOUTH troops are due to take part in a parade to mark Queen’s diamond jubilee year.
Axed ship comes to city
AXED Royal Navy frigate HMS Cornwall arrived at Portsmouth Naval Base yesterday.
Dozens of sailors head down under
MORE than 80 axed Royal Navy sailors have applied to serve in the Australian Navy.
Dozens of sailors are sacked for drug abuse
MORE than one warship’s worth of sailors were sacked for failing Royal Navy drug tests in a four-year period, new figures reveal.
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Huge rig arrives off Portsmouth
A LARGE drilling rig has arrived in Portsmouth Harbour this morning as part of preparations for the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers.
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Tributes to ‘suicide mission’ 70 years ago
THE Royal Navy will lead tributes to 40 men killed in a Second World War ‘suicide mission’ 70 years ago today.
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Thorney Island soldiers have pedal power
SOLDIERS from 47 Regiment got on their bikes and pedalled hell for leather.
Book tells of a life of sea, fish and ships
A LIFE spent on the ocean waves and serving fish and chips has been chronicled in an aptly named book – Fish and Ships.
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Union in call for clarity amid fears of shipyard closure
BAE Systems is facing calls to come clean over whether it has plans to stop building warships in Portsmouth.
4 commentsWarship to help raise Hounds for Heroes cash
SAILORS from HMS Illustrious are aiming to buy a specially-trained dog to improve the quality of life of an injured serviceman or woman.
Commodore rides high as he leaves base
THE commanding officer of the navy’s training base got to leave his posting by an unusual means of transport – a giant red tractor.
1 commentLottery cash to conserve old navy steam boat
CONSERVATIONISTS have been awarded a £50,000 lottery grant to spruce up a Royal Navy steam boat dating back to the Edwardian era.
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Hampshire councils to hire experts to fight shipyard closure
COUNCIL leaders are due to hire a crack team of business experts in a bid to save Portsmouth’s 500-year-old shipbuilding industry.
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Lusty heads north
CUTTING an imposing figure off the coast of Scotland, this is Portsmouth-based HMS Illustrious as she heads north to the Arctic.
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Much-loved historian and boat keeper passes away
BRIAN Patterson was a familiar face at Portsmouth Dockyard for six decades.
Royal Navy decides against painting ex-warships HMS Manchester and HMS Gloucester
THE Royal Navy has decided against repainting decommissioned warships at Portsmouth Naval Base as part of a new marketing campaign.
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Protector breaks the ice
THE Royal Navy’s new ice patrol ship has cut through the floes of Antarctica for the first time.
MPs warn on stretched Navy after Libya conflict
Britain could struggle to mount another military operation on the scale of the intervention in Libya, MPs warned today.
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HMS Dauntless at the centre of new Argentina/UK diplomatic row
Argentina is to make a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council after accusing Britain of ‘militarising’ their long dispute over the Falkland Islands.
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Sailor had sex on board frigate
A sailor had sex with a colleague on board a Royal Navy frigate in Kent after waking up another female rating and touching her breast in the hope that she would invite him into her bed, a court martial has heard.
This was a great result for my ship
ILLEGAL fishermen have been handed a record £8,000 on-the-spot fine by the Royal Navy.
Portsmouth-based Type 42 warship gives a Russian escort out of British waters
HMS Liverpool is dwarfed by the looming outline of a Russian aircraft carrier as she escorted it out of British waters.
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Navy fires gun salute in tribute to Queen video
A THUNDERING 21 gun salute was fired at Fort Blockhouse in Gosport today to mark 60 years since the Queen came to the throne.
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Fire crews tackle fire on board warship
FIREFIGHTERS are onboard the Royal Navy’s HMS Edinburgh, at Portsmouth Naval Base, tackling a blaze inside the Type 42 destroyer.
Bid to fast-track navy children into schools scrapped
A BID to give children from armed forces families priority when applying for school places looks set to be scrapped.
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Arrival of drilling rig for new carriers delayed
THE arrival of a 100ft drilling rig to prepare Portsmouth Harbour for the navy’s new aircraft carriers has been put back to next week.
‘It’s cold right now but it’s nothing compared to where we’re going’
IF YOUR’RE feeling the cold outside, spare a thought for the sailors aboard HMS Illustrious who are heading for minus 40°C in the Arctic.
£22m refit for Lancaster
PORTSMOUTH-based warship HMS Lancaster has returned to sea following a £22m refit.
Daring’s raring to go
HMS Daring has sailed through the Suez Canal as she steams towards the Gulf amid rising tensions with Iran.
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Land Girl Iris honoured 70 years after her war efforts
SHE toiled for four years at a dairy farm and on milk rounds to do her bit for the war effort.
Remains of Portsmouth warship on display in Denmark
LAUNCHED from Portsmouth 227 years ago, she was one of the biggest warships in the Royal Navy at the time.
Nelson’s sword
NELSON enthusiasts are celebrating a ‘significant find’ after divers discovered what they believe to be a sword belonging to the naval hero in a Mediterranean shipwreck.
Navy to mark 60th anniversary of Queen’s ascension to the throne
A SPECTACULAR 21-gun salute will be fired by the Royal Navy on Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s ascension to the throne.
HMS Brocklesby named navy’s top minehunter
PORTSMOUTH-based warship HMS Brocklesby has scooped the Royal Navy’s best minehunter award for her efforts off the coast of Libya last year.
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Thorney Island soldiers to be given freedom of Havant
SOLDIERS are to be honoured for their bravery with the freedom of Havant.
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Plea to build new navy ships now in Portsmouth to save jobs
THE government has been urged to bring forward orders for a new generation of Royal Navy frigates to help bridge a production gap that could threaten the future of shipbuilding in Portsmouth.
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Britain is right to send Prince William to the Falklands this year, says Portsmouth MP
PORTSMOUTH North MP Penny Mordaunt has reacted strongly against claims by the Argentinian government that the posting of Prince William to the Falkland Islands is a ‘provocative act’.
8 commentsPirates to face court after capture
PIRATES caught in a Royal Navy operation led by a captain from Southsea will face justice in the Seychelles.
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