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Navy not sure why HMAS Choules broke down BY:MAX BLENKIN  From:AAP  October 17, 2012 5:07PM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print   DEFENCE is still trying to figure out why a $100 million navy vessel bought last year from the United Kingdom and given a clean bill of mechanical health broke down. Defence Materiel OrganisationContinue reading “Navy not sure why HMAS Choules broke down”

The Rock’s rockin’ with warships as Cougar task force visits Gibraltar News The Rock’s rockin’ with warships as Cougar task force visits Gibraltar 16 October 2012 Gibraltar Harbour bristled with battleship as four of the six ships assigned to the Royal Navy’s key autumn deployment made the Rock their first port of call. Flagship HMSContinue reading “The Rock’s rockin’ with warships as Cougar task force visits Gibraltar”

HMS Caroline to be restored to her Great War glory News Jutland veteran HMS Caroline to be restored to her Great War glory 16 October 2012 HMS Caroline – the last surviving warship from the greatest battle ever fought in European waters – will be preserved for the nation in her native Belfast – andContinue reading “HMS Caroline to be restored to her Great War glory”

Hits: 171 Share This weekend will see a huge Navy presence in Gibraltar with over 1,100 sailors and marines using the Naval base as a forward mounting base. The deployment is knows as Cougar 12 and is a ‘long planned routine Royal Navy Response Force Task Group (RFTG) which will see ships transit through theContinue reading “OCT 12 – GIBRALTAR TO HOST ROYAL NAVY RESPONSE FORCE TASK GROUP”

  11/10/2012 A Royal Navy-led task force made up of warships, airpower and Royal Marine Commandos has now left UK waters and is heading for the Mediterranean for Exercise Cougar 12. The Response Force Task Group (RFTG), which is led by the Fleet Flagship HMS Bulwark, is a rapid reaction force that can be deployedContinue reading “ROYAL NAVY TASK FORCE HEADS FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN”