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HMS Blyth takes command of NATO task group

HMS Blyth, the Clyde-based minehunter currently deployed in the Mediterranean, has taken up position as ‘command platform’ of a NATO task group in the region.

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Ambush sails into base port to begin sea trials

By Sharon Black

Ambush, the second of the Royal Navy’s potent, new Astute Class attack submarines, sailed into Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde today to begin sea trials.

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HMS Vigilant returns to the fleet following refit

By Sharon Black

Royal Navy submarine HMS Vigilant has recently returned to her home on the Clyde in Scotland following a multi-million pound, three-year overhaul.

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Firearms training centre opens at Clyde

By Sharon Black

A £3.8m firearms training facility was opened at HM Naval Base Clyde yesterday, 13 June, for use by military personnel and Ministry of Defence Police.

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HMS Grimbsy home from the Gulf

By Sharon Black

Royal Navy minehunter HMS Grimsby returned to her home port of Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde on Friday, 19 August 2011, after almost three years in the Gulf.

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Street named after MOD policeman

By Sharon Black

A senior Ministry of Defence policeman who works at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde has recently been honoured by having a road named after him.

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HMS Ramsey embarks on four-year Suez deployment

By Sharon Black

HMS Ramsey leaves her base port of HM Naval Base Clyde today to start a four-year deployment in an area to the east of Suez.

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Royal Navy divers dispose of three bombs in a day

By Sharon Black

Bomb disposal experts from HM Naval Base Clyde’s Northern Diving Group had a busy time of it recently when they were called out to three different bomb disposal tasks in a single day.

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Navy-based submarine rescue system goes airborne

By Sharon Black

The NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS), which is based at HM Naval Base Clyde in Scotland, was deployed by air for the first time last week to be a part of a major exercise in Norway.

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Sailors honour Falklands fallen

By Sharon Black

Saluting their fallen forebears, four sailors from HMS Clyde recently honoured the crew of HMS Coventry, which was sunk in the Falklands campaign, after restoring their memorial in the South Atlantic islands.