The @RMBandService of HMS Collingwood gave a fitting finale in Bahrain, performing Sunset as the crew of HMS Lancaster marked an emotional day.
After 34 years of exceptional service, the Royal Navy’s longest-serving frigate has now been decommissioned. 🫡🇬🇧⚓️ #RMBand#RoyalNavy
As the @RoyalNavy’s longest-serving frigate, we are celebrating 34 years service, 4,097 days at sea and 816k miles sailed.
The “Queen’s Frigate” ends with a remarkable final deployment including 7 drug busts & key Red Sea ops. We reflect with great pride🫡⚓️🇬🇧
#pride#royalnavy
A day of immense emotions, as we come alongside for the final time in Bahrain. Thank you, Fleet Commander @smrmoorhouse, @UKMCC and @RMBandService for the memorable welcome.
We are incredibly proud of the ship and her crew, as we complete her final deployment in the Royal Navy.
Farewell, @HMSLANCASTER and we thank you.
The longest-serving frigate in the Fleet (34 years) paid off arriving in Bahrain for the last time.
The 'Queen's Frigate' has spent more than 11 years at sea on patrol, sailing over 800,000 nautical miles.
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We are incredibly proud of @HMSLancaster's long career, spanning 34 years and operating in all four corners of the world. From Arctic patrols to Caribbean drugs busts, our ship has done it all.
Our hearts are full, as we begin to say farewell to the ship we call home.
Golden hour in the Gulf 🌅⚓️
Stunning sunsets are a daily highlight as our dedicated crew continue their mission, safeguarding vital waterways and ensuring maritime security in the Middle East.
#RoyalNavy#HMSMiddleton#MaritimeSecurity#GulfOperations
Teamwork makes our mission possible
💪⚓️ From navigating challenging waters to using advanced sonar, remote underwater vehicles & divers to neutralise seabed threats, every crew member plays a vital role.
Trust, skill, and unity keep the seas safe.
#RoyalNavy#Teamwork
🔥Coming in hot🔥
⚓️ @HMSMiddleton and Task Force 16 @42_commando participate in Qatari-led Ex FEROCIOUS FALCON 6 🦅
🎞️Check out some cool footage from the exercise!👇
💪Precision training with world-class partners
🇬🇧🇶🇦UK forces joined🇺🇸🇮🇹🇫🇷🇹🇷allies in Qatari-led Ex FEROCIOUS FALCON 6, which saw:
🚢@HMSMiddleton utilise her mine-countermeasure capability
🗡️@42_commando sharpen amphibious assault skills, during day & night boarding operations
11 o’clock of the 11th day of the 11th month.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
We remember those who have given the ultimate sacrifice, on this Armistice Day.
#ForTheFallen#RemembranceDay#RoyalNavy
🌊🎶We'll fight & we'll conquer again & again! ⚓️
We hosted our annual all-ranks Tr-ickle night; a combination of Trafalgar & Pickle nights, with traditional Naval shenanigans! The night included naval fancy dress, naval toasts & ships-of-the-line ⛵️
#BattleofTrafalgar
⚓ On this Remembrance Sunday, we honour our sailors, marines, and all those who served with courage and pride. 🌊
Under the invitation of His Excellency Alastair Long, we represented the UK Armed Forces at the British Embassy, Bahrain. 🇧🇭🇬🇧
#LestWeForget#RemembranceDay
‘On its way’ 4 times and ‘Out for delivery’ 3 times in 6 days. CHEAP for good reason .. because @evrisupportline you are utterly diabolical. Let’s hope you’ll pull this one out of the bag so you don’t loose 3 out of 6 deliveries in 12 months!! 💩📦🚚👎 #evri#worstever
What a year 2024 was for @RFALymeBay We reflect on a year that saw us sail to four continents 🌍 Visit some amazing places and build crucial partnerships 🤝 through defence engagement and multinational exercises. We look forward to what 2025 brings #RFA#RoyalFleetAuxiliary
Thankful for the opportunity as @RNReserve Media Operations Officer, deployed on @RoyalNavy Offshore Patrol Vessels @HMS_Spey & @hms_tamar in the Indo-Asia Pacific during late 2023 & to be recognised for my imagery depicting the global work undertaken by the #RoyalNavy 🇬🇧⚓️📷
13 - lucky for some...
@RFALymeBay's 13-month mission to the Mediterranean, Far East and Africa ended with thanks for crew's efforts from @FirstSeaLord and the head of the @RFAHeadquarters when they visited the ship in Gib.🇬🇧🇬🇮
After more than a year away from the UK as part of the Littoral Response Group (with @RFAArgus) on a mammoth deployment to the Med, Indo-Pacific-Australia & more recently a string of visits to South & West Africa, we have arrived in Gibraltar. 🇬🇧⚓️🇬🇮
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From dolphins 🐬 to whales 🐳 and even a sunfish ☀️🐟 trying to impress. We’ve seen so much sealife in its natural element during our recent transit North along the West Coast of Africa.
#GlobalBritain#Nature#PlanetEarth 🇬🇧⚓️🌍
Terrestrial Transit - Life at sea presents the perfect opportunity to witness the night skies in all their beauty without interference from domestic light pollution. 🇬🇧⚓️💫
#GlobalBritain#Terrestrial#NightSkies