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Libya operation recognition for Naval Air Squadron personnel

The 4 servicemen from 815 Naval Air Squadron are among 1,500 Royal Navy personnel to receive medals for their part in the NATO -led Libya operation. The aircrew and engineers, based at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, were presented with NATO Operation Unified Protector medals for their participation in the Libya operation while serving with 217 Flight on board HMS Liverpool . Left to right: Lieutenant Alastair Crawford, Petty Officer Paul Perry and Lieutenant Craig Farquharson with their Operation Unified Protector medals [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2012] The four who received medals for the operation were Lieutenant Alistair Crawford, Lieutenant Craig Farquharson, Petty Officer Paul Perry and Air Engineering Technician Matthew Parker

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HMS Protector takes to the ice for a charity Santa run

By Sharon Black

The Santas, accompanied by Rudolph, were gathered at 10am for a gentle warm-up led by the Executive Officer, Commander Don Mackinnon, who is currently in command for this Antarctic patrol, before it was ‘on your marks, get set… ho ho ho’. The Santa run was conducted on ice in the waters surrounding Deception Island, a dormant, water-filled caldera volcano; one of only two known in the world. Breaking through a sheet of snow-covered ice before coming to a planned stop, HMS Protector took position and disembarked her personnel to test the ice conditions and drill ice core samples to ensure the ice was safe, before Protector’s eager Father Christmasses followed via the ship’s accommodation ladder

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Royal Navy surveys remote volcanic archipelago

By Sharon Black

Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector has visited the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to conduct the first systematic survey of the British Overseas Territory since the 1970s.

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Protector remembers wartime tanker with service in St Helena

By Sharon Black

Survey ship HMS Protector has produced stunning sonar imagery of the wreck of a wartime tanker to help salvage experts study the state of it.

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HMS Protector returns from maiden deployment

By Sharon Black

Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector has returned home to Portsmouth today, 27 June, from her maiden deployment.

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IN PICTURES: Ice patrol ship photos win Royal Navy annual awards

By Sharon Black

Pictures of the Royal Navy’s ice patrol ship HMS Protector have won this year’s Peregrine Trophy, the Royal Navy’s annual photographic competition.

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Royal Navy’s new ice-breaker deploys to Antarctica

By Sharon Black

The Royal Navy’s new ice patrol ship, HMS Protector, left Portsmouth yesterday for a seven-month deployment surveying and patrolling the frozen continent of Antarctica.

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Navy’s new ice-breaker officially named

By Sharon Black

The Royal Navy’s new Antarctic patrol vessel was officially named as HMS Protector at a ceremony in Portsmouth this week.

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Apaches get ready to help protect Libyan civilians

By Sharon Black

Ministers agreed in principle yesterday to make UK Apache Attack Helicopters available to NATO as part of Operation Unified Protector which aims to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack.

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Operation ELLAMY update – 9 April 2011

By Sharon Black

Royal Air Force aircraft hit seven Main Battle Tanks on Friday 8 April 2011, as part of the UK’s continued support for NATO’s Operation Unified Protector to protect Libyan civilians and enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973.