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Final passing out parade at Bassingbourn Barracks

The last tranche of soldiers to complete their Phase 1 training at Bassingbourn Barracks have marched off the parade square and into the history books.

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HMS Illustrious begins training after £40m refit

By Sharon Black

Fresh from a £40m refit, helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious has begun two months of intensive training off the south coast of Britain.

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Royal Navy frees fishermen from suspected Somali pirates

By Sharon Black

A boarding team from HMS Somerset has liberated a large fishing dhow, which had been taken over by a group of armed Somalis a few days earlier, over 100 miles (160km) off the coast of Somalia.

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HMS Bangor destroys bombs off Libya

By Sharon Black

The Royal Navy minehunter HMS Bangor has destroyed a 2,000-pound (907kg) mine and a torpedo lying on the seabed off the port of Tobruk in eastern Libya.

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UK and French ships rendezvous off Libyan coast

By Sharon Black

Attack helicopter ships from the British and French navies have met up off the coast of Libya in a practical demonstration of the UK-French Defence Co-operation Treaty.

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HMS Somerset sets sail for Horn of Africa

By Sharon Black

HMS Somerset was given a warm send-off by families and friends yesterday as she set sail from Plymouth to assist in the provision of maritime security off the Horn of Africa for the next six months.

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Royal Navy takes part in largest submarine rescue exercise

By Sharon Black

Royal Navy personnel have joined 2,000 sailors from 13 nations for the world’s largest submarine rescue exercise, off the south-eastern tip of Spain.

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Royal Navy takes part in largest submarine rescue exercise

By Sharon Black

Royal Navy personnel have joined 2,000 sailors from 13 nations for the world’s largest submarine rescue exercise, off the south-eastern tip of Spain.

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Navy helicopters exercise with USA’s newest aircraft carrier

By Sharon Black

Helicopters from 849 Naval Air Squadron have been taking part in a major maritime exercise this week with the United States aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush off the west coast of Cornwall.

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Exercise Joint Warrior ends with a bang

By Sharon Black

A major maritime exercise recently ended with a bang, when minehunter vessels participating in Exercise Joint Warrior 2011, hosted by the Royal Navy off the northwest coast of Scotland, encountered two pieces of Second World War ordnance.

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HMS Westminster supports Libya operations

By Sharon Black

HMS Westminster is currently patrolling off the coast of Libya and stands ready to support any humanitarian or embargo actions as required by the coalition to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973.