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Iconic QE2 To Go To Chinese Shipyard For Conversion The last Cunard liner to have been built on the River Clyde, is to sail the seas once more: this time to a Chinese shipyard in October to be transformed into a 400 bedroom hotel. The ship has been moored at Dubai for many years followingContinue reading

RFA ARGUS Completes Refit At Falmouth A&P Falmouth has just completed a multi-million pound refit of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Argus as part of the company’s through life support “cluster” contract with the Ministry of Defence. Work started on January 21 this year and was completed in late June 13, involving an average of 200Continue reading

Navy successfully lands unmanned drone on carrier An unmanned drone landed successfully on the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush at 1:58 p.m. off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday. View this post on Google+ Post imported by Google+Blog for WordPress. via WordPress http://www.navyandmarinenews.jcandmei.com/?p=214 via Blogger http://www.h16613.com/2013/07/navy-successfully-lands-unmanned-drone.html

RFA DILIGENCE Leaves Portsmouth For Deployment A unique Naval Support Ship sailed from Portsmouth today on one of the navy’s lengthiest deployments. Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Diligence, a 10595 tonne Forward Repair Ship, spends most of her time in the Gulf Region supporting deployed units. Because of the nature of the work she carries outContinue reading

Reshared post from +David Arkwright In album HMS Adamant View this post on Google+ Post imported by Google+Blog for WordPress. via WordPress http://www.navyandmarinenews.jcandmei.com/?p=201 via Blogger http://www.h16613.com/2013/07/reshared-post-from-david-arkwright-in_11.html